Identification of beetle-susceptible coniferous trees by innovative LAMP assay

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Coniferous trees greatly contribute to forestry in Alberta and other parts of Canada. Global warming and climate change effects on native beetles, important mortality agents of conifers. To sustain conifer forests, the Department of Sustainable Resource Development makes careful efforts to track, harvest and replant coniferous trees. Since resistance and susceptibility to insects (like the pine beetle) are highly species dependent, they could help identify the actual species to cut or replant in the forest inventory. An effective detection system for beetle-susceptible strains would represent an enormous opportunity for all conifer forestry industries to benefit. Therefore, it is essential to develop and verify an efficient, simple and economical gene detection system to distinguish which coniferous species are susceptible to beetles.