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Table 2 Sensitivity of primer pair TYL828F/TYL834R in the detection of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) by recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays

From: Evaluation of recombinase polymerase amplification for detection of begomoviruses by plant diagnostic clinics

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Detection limita

PCR

RPA

Cloned TYLCV genome

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9.6 × 10 −15 g

9.6 × 10−12 g

Purified DNA

TYLCV- infected tomato

1 × 10−9

1 × 10−5

 

TYLCV- infected bean

1 × 10−6

1 × 10−3

 

Non-inoculated tomato

0

0

 

Non-inoculated bean

0

0

Crude extraction

TYLCV- infected tomato

0

1 × 10−3

 

TYLCV- infected bean

0

1 × 10−2

 

Non-inoculated tomato

0

0

 

Non-inoculated bean

0

0

  1. a Detection Limit – the last dilution in which an amplicon could be visually detected by ethidium staining in agarose gel electrophoresis