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Table 1 Specificity and sensitivity of the novel primers in the detection of Las as shown by qRT-PCR assay

From: Repertoire of novel sequence signatures for the detection of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus by quantitative real-time PCR

Primer pairs

Target gene

Las

CTvalue of the qRT-PCR#

Negative control

Other controls

CTvalue

R 2value†

Slope†

Laf

Lam

Healthy plant tissue

Water

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

P1

CLIBASIA_05555

20.54

0.9944

-0.2883

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P2

CLIBASIA_04315

19.99

0.9867

-0.2849

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P3

CLIBASIA_05575

20.15

0.9991

-0.2847

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P4

CLIBASIA_05465

19.52

0.9618

-0.2897

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P5

CLIBASIA_01460

19.48

0.9995

-0.2969

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P6

CLIBASIA_05145

22.29

0.9971

-0.3057

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P7

CLIBASIA_05545

20.11

0.9972

-0.3407

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P8

CLIBASIA_05560

19.92

0.9982

-0.3132

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P9

CLIBASIA_02025

20.12

0.9875

-0.2743

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P10

CLIBASIA_05605

20.18

0.9945

-0.2781

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P11

CLIBASIA_03090

23.61

0.9997

-0.2867

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P12

CLIBASIA_03875

27.47

0.9992

-0.2563

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P13

CLIBASIA_02305

UD

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P14

CLIBASIA_05495

21.25

0.9974

-0.2594

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P15

CLIBASIA_02660

UD

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P16

CLIBASIA_02715

20.26

0.9411

-0.3480

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P17

CLIBASIA_03110

20.11

0.9994

-0.2786

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P18

CLIBASIA_03675

20.02

0.9967

-0.2780

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P19

CLIBASIA_03725

19.91

NT

NT

35.29

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P20

CLIBASIA_03955

21.08

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

37.41

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P21

CLIBASIA_04030

20.30

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

32.93

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P22

CLIBASIA_04150

24.00

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P23

CLIBASIA_04310

20.76

0.991

-0.2976

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P24

CLIBASIA_04330

20.85

0.9986

-0.2635

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P25

CLIBASIA_04405

21.60

0.9987

-0.3051

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P26

CLIBASIA_04425

20.41

0.9994

-0.3032

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P27

CLIBASIA_02645

21.77

NT

NT

38.61

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P28

CLIBASIA_04515

22.00

NT

NT

38.63

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P29

CLIBASIA_04530

19.00

0.9919

-0.2852

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P30

CLIBASIA_04550

22.48

0.9938

-0.2708

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P31

CLIBASIA_05230

21.68

0.9941

-0.2771

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P32

CLIBASIA_05480

21.48

0.988

-0.2776

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P33

CLIBASIA_04475

20.84

0.9913

-0.2644

UD

UD

UD

UD

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

P34

CLIBASIA_05505

22.70

0.9893

-0.2791

UD

UD

UD

UD

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

UD

CQULA04F/R

β-operon

22.11

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

LJ900f/r

Prophage

22.25

NT

NT

UD

UD

UD

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

HLBas/r

16Sas

24.33

0.9998

-0.3057

NT

NT

UD

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

HLBam/r

16Sam

NT

NT

NT

NT

24.68

UD

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

HLBaf/r

16Saf

NT

NT

NT

21.28

NT

UD

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

COXf/r

Cox

14.80

NT

NT

15.21

18.54

16.15

UD

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

  1. †Las-infected psyllids total DNA was serially diluted spanning up to five logs and used as a template in the qRT-PCR assay. R2 and slope were further calculated from a plot of CT values versus log dilution factor. #qRT-PCR was conducted by using template DNA samples of Las, Laf, Lam, C1: Colletotrichum acutatum KLA-207, C2: Elsinoe fawcettii, C3: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citrumelo 1381, C4: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri Aw, C5: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri A*, C6: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri 306. The CT values are average of three replicates for each primer pair. UD: undetected; NT: Not tested.