Relationship Between Avirulence Gene (avrA) Diversity in Ralstonia solanacearum and Bacterial Wilt Incidence

Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is a serious disease of tobacco in North and South Carolina. In contrast, the disease rarely occurs on tobacco in Georgia and Florida, although bacterial wilt is a common problem on tomato. We investigated whether this difference in disease incidence...

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Main Authors: Alison E. Robertson, W. Patrick Wechter, Timothy P. Denny, Bruce A. Fortnum, Daniel A. Kluepfel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2004-12-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.12.1376