Vascular pathogens are the causal agents of some of the most devastating plant diseases in
the world, which can cause, under specific conditions, the destruction of entire crops. These …

An unprecedented plant health emergency in olives has been registered over the last
decade in Italy, arguably more severe than what occurred repeatedly in grapes in the United …

Abstract Historically, research on Soft Rot Pectobacteriacea (SRP) has focused on
economically important crops and ornamentals and knowledge of these bacteria outside the …

Xylem serves as a conduit linking soil to the aboveground plant parts and facilitating the
upward movement of microbes into leaves and fruits. Despite this potential, the composition …

Type IV pilus (TFP) is a multifunctional bacterial structure involved in twitching motility,
adhesion, biofilm formation, as well as natural competence. Here, by site-directed …

The bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (Rps) colonizes plant xylem
vessels and blocks the flow of xylem sap by its biofilm (comprising of bacterial cells and …

Microbial competition within plant tissues affects invading pathogens' fitness. Metabolomics
is a great tool for studying their biochemical interactions by identifying accumulated …

Plants lack immunocytes but possess tissue-specific immune responses. Recent studies by
Lin et al. demonstrate that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK) phosphatase 1 (MKP1), a …

Eggplant is prone to several fungal diseases, of which leaf spot disease is the most
devastating in the Mattu Gulla (MG) variety of eggplant. The current investigation focuses on …

All the strains grouped under the species Ralstonia solanacearum represent a species
complex responsible for many diseases on agricultural crops throughout the world. The …