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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2025

A comprehensive guide to loop-mediated isothermal amplification, an emerging diagnostic tool for plant pathogenic fungi.

Márk Z Németh, Gábor M Kovács

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rapid Visual Detection ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  3. Rapid On-Site Detection ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  10. LAMP-Based Detection ofThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Márk Z NémethPlant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary.
Gábor M KovácsPlant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detection and identification of plant pathogenic fungi are crucial for effective plant protection measures. In the past two decades, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) has emerged as a simple and cost-efficient tool for plant disease diagnosis, overcoming many drawbacks of traditional and PCR-based methods. LAMP relies on efficient DNA synthesis at a constant temperature, eliminating the need for thermocycling equipment. It is typically more robust, specific, and sensitive than PCR. This literature review summarizes LAMP primer design, reaction protocol development, sensitivity and specificity testing, and result detection methods. We provide examples of how LAMP's advantages are exploited in disease diagnosis and survey its diverse applications in plant pathogenic fungi research. These applications include the detection, identification, and monitoring of plant pathogenic fungi; the replacement of culture-based methods; the detection of genetic regions associated with functional changes; and the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms. A comprehensive list of available assays is also provided. Despite its shortcomings-including difficulties with primer design, risks of cross-contamination, and the potential for false positives-LAMP holds significant potential to gain widespread recognition and popularity in the study of plant pathogenic fungi.

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assay developmentDNA-based detectionidentificationin-field diagnosticspathogen detectionSNP detection

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