Development of a multiplex real-time PCR method for the detection of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea and Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in soybean seeds

• Published in: Brazilian journal of biology 2023, Vol.83, p.e275505-14
• Main Authors: Tarakanov, R, Ignatov, A, Evseev, P, Chebanenko, S, Ignatyeva, I, Miroshnikov, K, Dzhalilov, F
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Actinomycetales - genetics; Bacteria; bacterial diseases; BIOLOGY; Crop diseases; Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA probes; Endophytes; Epidemics; Glycine max; Infections; Leguminous plants; Microorganisms; Multiplexing; Pathogens; PCR; Plant Diseases; Plasmids; Polymerase chain reaction; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas savastanoi; Real time; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Seeds; soybean; Soybeans; Strains (organisms)
• ISSN: 1519-6984; 1678-4375; 1678-4375
• DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.275505

Multiplex real-time PCR with TaqMan® probes has been developed for the simultaneous detection of soybean pathogens Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea and Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens. The method specificity has been confirmed using 25 strains of target bacteria and 18 strains of other bacteria common to soybean seeds as endophytes. The multiplex real-time PCR developed has been shown to have high sensitivity - a positive result was achieved at 0.01 ng/µl of DNA for both target organisms, and at 100 CFU/ml of bacteria in soybean seed homogenate. The robustness of the multiplex real-time PCR developed has been verified by the detection of the pathogens in 25 commercial seed stocks, in comparison with previously published PCR protocols. In all tests, three seed stocks were positive and 22 were negative. The multiplex real-time PCR can be applied in diagnostic practice for the simultaneous detection of two important pathogens of leguminous plants.