Rapid and sensitive assays for the identification of plant pathogens are necessary for the
effective management of crop diseases. The main limitation of current diagnostic testing is …

Surveillance for early disease detection is crucial to reduce the threat of plant diseases to
food security. Metagenomic sequencing and taxonomic classification have recently been …

Early disease detection is a prerequisite for enacting effective interventions for disease
control. Strains of the bacterial plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa have recurrently spread to …

Fossils and other preserved specimens are integral for informing timing and evolutionary
history in every biological system. By isolating a plant pathogen genome from herbarium …

Disease-free planting stocks and formal certification systems are critical for the profitable
production of vegetatively propagated crops. Propagation through seed tubers is the …

Quickly understanding the genomic changes that lead to pathogen emergence is necessary
to launch mitigation efforts and reduce harm. In this study, we tracked in real time a 2022 …

Global travel and trade in combination with climate change are expanding the geographic
distribution of plant pathogens. The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is a prime example. Native …

Pectobacterium brasiliense (Pbr) has caused significant economic losses in major vegetable
production areas in Northern China by causing bacterial soft rot in cash crops such as …

In November 2021, in the framework of the annual surveillance program implemented in all
European Union countries, an outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa was intercepted in the Italian …

Quickly understanding the genomic changes that lead to pathogen emergence is necessary
to launch mitigation efforts and reduce harm. Often the evolutionary events that result in an …