Recombination of Virulence Genes in Divergent Acidovorax avenae Strains That Infect a Common Host

Bacterial etiolation and decline (BED), caused by Acidovorax avenae, is an emerging disease of creeping bentgrass on golf courses in the United States. We performed the first comprehensive analysis of A. avenae on a nationwide collection of turfgrass- and maize-pathogenic A. avenae. Surprisingly, ou...

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Main Authors: Quan Zeng, Jie Wang, Frederic Bertels, Paul R. Giordano, Martin I. Chilvers, Regan B. Huntley, Joseph M. Vargas, George W. Sundin, Janette L. Jacobs, Ching-Hong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2017-10-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-06-17-0151-R