Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies against such pathogens, understanding the plant's immune response is of ...

A simple way to visualize plant disease is using the disease triangle. A disease requires a pathogen, a susceptible plant and ...

One of the Oregon coast’s most popular public gardens is facing the loss of more than 100 of its prized plants after they tested positive for a pathogen. Priscilla Patterson, head gardener at The ...

Plant pathogens, particularly those from the genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium, are the primary causal agents of soft rot diseases, which affect a wide range of economically important crops. These ...

The genus Phytophthora comprises a diverse array of oomycetes that pose a serious threat to global agriculture, forestry and natural ecosystems. These pathogens are responsible for diseases ranging ...

Rows of meticulously tended grapevines sprawled across large vineyards, with a sweet, fruity aroma wafting through the air are classic features of America’s thriving wine industry. However, in the ...

In the 13 July Nature a Brazilian sequencing consortium reports the first public sequence of a free-living plant pathogen (Nature 2000, 406:151-159). The bacterium, Xyella fastidiosa, grows in the ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Wiping “phantom agents” from a list of suspected plant pathogens would improve agricultural efficiency and food security by updating regulations on international shipment of ...

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