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BioTechniques Vol. 69 No. 4 | Reports

RPA-PCR couple: an approach to expedite plant diagnostics and overcome PCR inhibitors

Method Summary

Crudely macerate plant tissue in water for a few minutes and transfer supernatant in a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) reaction. Incubate RPA reaction for 20 min at 39°C and thereafter directly utilize RPA reaction to exponentially amplify target through standard PCR.

Authors: Munawar M, Martin F, Toljamo A, Kokko H & Oksanen E.

View the full protocol on RPA-PCR here