Abstract
The golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata has become a major agricultural and environmental pest across Asia. Here, using the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I as a diagnostic, we develop a multiplex PCR, that discriminates P. canaliculata from the most common non-invasive Pomacea species, thereby providing a fast and reliable diagnostic tool.
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This project was funded by Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Training. The authors thank Jacek Plazinski (Plant Biosecurity, DAFF), John MacDonald and Wayne Burcher (AQIS) for their support in the project. Matthias Glaubrecht for providing samples of Pomacea from SE Asia.
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Cooke, G.M., King, A.G., Miller, L. et al. A rapid molecular method to detect the invasive golden apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822). Conservation Genet Resour 4, 591–593 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9599-9
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