Table 2. Effect of propidium monoazide (PMA) treatment on cycle threshold (Ct) values obtained in real-time PCR assays for naturally infected seeds.

Naturally infected seeds	Ct value
	Not treated with PMA	PMA treated
Sample 1 (untreated)	27.18	28.28
Sample 1 (treated with 1% HCl)	29.31	37.74
Sample 2 (untreated)	28.99	29.51
Sample 2 (treated with 1% HCl)	30.19	38
Sample 3 (untreated)	29.16	29.89
Sample 3 (treated with 1% HCl)	31.33	38