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SUBMITTER: Lamarche J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4537292 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lamarche Josyanne J Potvin Amélie A Pelletier Gervais G Stewart Don D Feau Nicolas N Alayon Dario I O DI Dale Angela L AL Coelho Aaron A Uzunovic Adnan A Bilodeau Guillaume J GJ Brière Stephan C SC Hamelin Richard C RC Tanguay Philippe P
PloS one 20150814 8
Invasive alien tree pathogens can cause significant economic losses as well as large-scale damage to natural ecosystems. Early detection to prevent their establishment and spread is an important approach used by several national plant protection organizations (NPPOs). Molecular detection tools targeting 10 of the most unwanted alien forest pathogens in Canada were developed as part of the TAIGA project (http://taigaforesthealth.com/). Forest pathogens were selected following an independent prior ...[more]