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dPCR sensitivity was inferior to qPCR for Fp.
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Verbatim
e0“Overall, when comparing assay sensitivity using both fungal and field oat DNA extracts, dPCR assays were superior to qPCR for Tri5 , Fl , and Fs , but the converse was true for Fp .”
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Title
Subramani Natarajan; Diana Bucur; Steven Kildea; et al. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2025. doi:10.1007/s00216-025-05840-0
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Method / resource The F. poae rDNA assay was less reliable for quantification than the other assays.
- Method / resource Optimized dPCR assays had linearity of R2 = 0.99.
- Method / resource dPCR assays were more resilient than qPCR to varied oat DNA concentration.
- Method / resource dPCR sensitivity was superior to qPCR for Tri5.
- Method / resource dPCR sensitivity was superior to qPCR for Fl.
- Method / resource dPCR sensitivity was superior to qPCR for Fs.
- Method / resource Field sample qPCR and dPCR agreement for Tri5 was κ = 0.5.
- Method / resource Field sample qPCR and dPCR agreement for Fl was 0.86.
- Method / resource Field sample qPCR and dPCR agreement for Fp was κ = 0.00.
- Method / resource The methods had strong correlations for Tri5, Fl and Fp.
- Method / resource qPCR did not detect Fs in field samples, unlike dPCR.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that dPCR for Tri5 reliably quantifies the pathogen.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that dPCR for Fl reliably quantifies the pathogen.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that dPCR for Fs reliably quantifies the pathogen.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that Fp dPCR reliably detects fungus.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that Fp dPCR is less reliable for pathogen quantification in field samples.