Table 1.

Results of laboratory LAMP assays and corresponding validation via fungal isolation to detect Raffaelea lauricola from wood tissue samples collected from sites with laurel wilt disease in the southeastern US. Results are reported as number of positive assays or fungal isolations out of the total samples tested.

StateCollecting agencySite nameHost speciesSymptomatic samplesNon-symptomatic samples
LAMPFungal isolationLAMPFungal isolation
ArkansasArkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry DivisionConway Cemetery Historic State ParkSassafras3/53/50/50/5
GeorgiaGeorgia Forestry CommissionToomsboroRedbay3/53/50/50/5
LouisianaUnited States Forest ServiceKisatchie National ForestSassafras0/30/30/30/3
North CarolinaNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCabin Lake RoadRedbay4/54/50/50/5
South CarolinaSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionSesquicentennial State ParkRedbay4/54/50/50/5
TexasUnited States Forest ServiceJohn H. Kirby State ParkRedbay0/50/50/50/5