Amplicon sequencing identified a putative pathogen, Macrophomina phaseolina, causing wilt in African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) grown in Tanzania and Uganda

Amplicon sequencing identified a putative pathogen, Macrophomina phaseolina, causing wilt in African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) grown in Tanzania and Uganda

African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) is one of the most common traditional vegetables in Tanzania and Uganda, but its productivity is severely affected by wilt diseases caused by a number of pathogens. Plant stem and root samples were collected in several fields from many neighboring diseased a...

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Main Authors: Xiangming Xu, Ruth Minja, Elizabeth Balyejusa Kizito, Fekadu Dinssa, Greg Deakin, Pamela Nahamya Kabod, Asheri Kalala, Eliciana Kweka, Omary Mbwambo, Deusdedith Mbanzibwa, Hamza Msangi, Mildred Julian Nakanwagi, Tom Passey, Stuart Sentance, Godfrey Sseremba, Eleftheria Stavridou, Gerard J. Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Agronomy
Subjects:
wilt
amplicon-sequencing
Ralstonia solanacearum
Macrophomina phaseolina
African eggplant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fagro.2023.1300324/full

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