Validation of the real-time PCR assay for the detection of D. suzukii: Blind panel results.

The samples returning a positive result for D. suzukii are in bold. All samples were tested in duplicates.1Morphological IDs were carried out by Dr. Disna Gunawardana and were corroborated with assay results by her independently.2Collection locations with “*” against them denote that the country of origin are provided instead because these were samples intercepted at the New Zealand border. For New Zealand (NZ) locations, Crosby codes have been used to denote the area codes.