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Research. Identification of Erwinia carotovora from Soft Rot Diseased Plants by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Analysis. Jean Guy Parent, Service de phytotechnie de Quebec, MAPAQ, 2 700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1P 3W8. Michel Lacroix, Daniele Page, and Lise Vezina, Service de phytotechnie de Quebec, MAPAQ, 2 700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1P 3W8; and Sylvain Vegiard, Service de planification et de soutien scientifique, MAPAQ, 2 700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1P 3W8. Plant Dis. 80:494. Accepted for publication 9 January 1996. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1996. DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0494. Erwinia carotovora and peclolytic pseudomonads are the most prevalent bacteria associated with soft rot of plants. A procedure based on random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was developed to distinguish these bacteria rapidly and easily. Forty bacterial strains isolated from diseased plants in the |