Research Article

Development of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Two Badnavirus Species in Sugarcane

Table 1

A list of primers and TaqMan probes used in this study for detecting sugarcane bacilliform viruses (SCBVs) infecting sugarcane.

Primer/ProbeVirus detectionSequence (5′3′)Size of fragment (bp)Reference

SCBV-FSCBVsGTTCATCGCHGTNTAYATTGATGAC726Wu et al., 2016 [3]
SCBV-RGAAGGYTTRTGTTCTVCACTCTTGTTG
IM-QF2SCBIMVACAAAAGGCTGAATGACAACACA79this study
IM-QR2TTGCTACATTTTTCAGTAATGCATTG
IM-QP2FAM-CCTGATCAGTACTCACTGCCCGGGA-Eclipse
MOR-QF2SCBMOVCAGCTCATTGTATGCTGAAAATGC85this study
MOR-QR2GTTTGATTTGAAGAGCGGGTTT
MOR-QP2FAM-TGGAATACTTTCTTCATCCATGGCGACTTG-Eclipse

Y = C/T, H = A/C/T, R = A/G, V = A/G/C, and N = A/G/C/T in primer sequences. TaqMan probes (IM-QP2 and MOR-QP2) were labeled with fluorescent reporter dye (FAM) at 5′-end and nonfluorescent quencher dye (Eclipse) at the 3′-end.