start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=185 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=57 end-page=62 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2014 dt-pub=20140920 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A rapid and enhanced DNA detection method for crop cultivar discrimination en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In many crops species, the development of a rapid and precise cultivar discrimination system has been required for plant breeding and patent protection of plant cultivars and agricultural products. Here, we successfully evaluated strawberry cultivars via a novel method, namely, the single tag hybridization (STH) chromatographic printed array strip (PAS) using the PCR products of eight genomic regions. In a previous study, we showed that genotyping of eight genomic regions derived from FaRE1 retrotransposon insertion site enabled to discriminate 32 strawberry cultivars precisely, however, this method required agarose/acrylamide gel electrophoresis, thus has the difficulty for practical application. In contrast, novel DNA detection method in this study has some great advantages over standard DNA detection methods, including agarose/acrylamide gel electrophoresis, because it produces signals for DNA detection with dramatically higher sensitivity in a shorter time without any preparation or staining of a gel. Moreover, this method enables the visualization of multiplex signals simultaneously in a single reaction using several independent amplification products. We expect that this novel method will become a rapid and convenient cultivar screening assay for practical purposes, and will be widely applied to various situations, including laboratory research, and on-site inspection of plant cultivars and agricultural products. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MondenYuki en-aut-sei=Monden en-aut-mei=Yuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakasakiKazuto en-aut-sei=Takasaki en-aut-mei=Kazuto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=FutoSatoshi en-aut-sei=Futo en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NiwaKousuke en-aut-sei=Niwa en-aut-mei=Kousuke kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KawaseMitsuo en-aut-sei=Kawase en-aut-mei=Mitsuo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=AkitakeHiroto en-aut-sei=Akitake en-aut-mei=Hiroto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=TaharaMakoto en-aut-sei=Tahara en-aut-mei=Makoto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=FASMAC Co., Ltd. affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=FASMAC Co., Ltd. affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University en-keyword=Cultivar discrimination kn-keyword=Cultivar discrimination en-keyword=Multiplex PCR kn-keyword=Multiplex PCR en-keyword=Strawberry kn-keyword=Strawberry en-keyword=Practical application kn-keyword=Practical application en-keyword=Retrotransposon kn-keyword=Retrotransposon END