Genomic sequence of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ haplotype C and its comparison with haplotype A and B genomes
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Jinhui Wang1*, Minna Haapalainen1 , Thomas Schott2, Sarah M. Thompson 3,4, Grant R. Smith3,4,5, Anne I. Nissinen6, Minna Pirhonen1 1Department of Agricultural Sciences, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2Herne Genomik, Neustadt, Germany 3The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Lincoln, New Zealand 4Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, ACT, […]
Environmental variables influencing the incidence of Pierce’s disease
ORIGINAL ARTICLE M.J. Costello, S.J. Steinmaus, C.J. Boisseranc ABSTRACT Pierce’s disease (PD) of cultivated grape, Vitis vinifera, caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and transmitted by xylem-feeding insects, can lead to vine decline and death. Infection and expression of PD among or within vineyards vary, depending on known environmental variables, such as climate and Xf vegetative […]
Polydiacetylene-coated sensor strip for immunochromatic detection of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Jessica T. Wen1,2, Polrit Viravathana3, Brian Ingel3, Caroline Roper3, Hideaki Tsutsui1,2 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA 2Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA 3Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA ABSTRACT This study presents a sensor strip for user-friendly, naked-eye detection […]
Italy issues a new decree with measures against Xylella fastidiosa
In the Official Journal of the Italian Republic of January 31, 2017, has been published the Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies of December 7, 2016, concerning the “Emergency Measures for the prevention, control and eradication of Xylella fastidiosa (Well and Raju) in the territory of the Italian Republic”. The new […]
Functional and evolutionary characterization of a UDP-Xylose synthase gene from the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa, involved in the synthesis of bacterial lipopolysaccharide
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Valquíria Campos Alencar†, Daniela Leite Jabes†, Fabiano Bezerra Menegidio†, Guilherme Lanzi Sassaki‡, Lucas Rodrigo de Souza§, Luciano Puzer§, Maria Cecília Zorél Meneghetti∥, Marcelo Andrade Lima∥, Ivarne Luis dos Santos Tersariol∥, Regina Costa de Oliveira†, and Luiz R. Nunes*§ † Núcleo Integrado de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC), Av. Dr. Cândido Xavier […]
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