Table 3. Comparison of lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), plate isolation and real time PCR for detection of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni in asymptomatic samples collected from healthy plants.
| Positive samples / Total samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Organ | Plate isolation | Real time PCR | LFIA |
| Almond | • Fruit • Leaf |
• 0/10 • 0/20 |
• 0/10 • 0/20 |
• 0/10 • 0/20 |
| Peach | Leaf | 0/15 | 0/15 | 0/15 |
| Apricot | Leaf | 0/15 | 0/15 | 0/15 |
| Japanese plum | Leaf | 0/18 | 0/18 | 0/18 |
| GF-305 | Leaf | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 |
| GF-677 | Leaf | 0/15 | 0/15 | 0/15 |
| Prunus laurocerasus | Leaf | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 |
| Total | 0/113 | 0/113 | 0/113 | |