A reverse transcriptase recombinase polymerase amplification assay (RT-RPA) was developed for the detection of Little cherry virus 2 (LChV-2).
Detection with RT-RPA is simple, fast, cost effective and as sensitive as RT-PCR.
Incubation for the RT-RPA is performed at a single temperature (39 °C) for only 15 min before visual detection of end point amplicons.
Amplification with RT-RPA is performed on crude extracts of plant samples.