Agrobacterium is not only an important bacterium in genetic engineering for gene transformation but also an important plant pathogenic bacterium. Economically significant diseases caused by Agrobacterium include crown galls in apples and pears, caused by A. tumefaciens. Agrobacte...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i63144
The pigeonpea crop has a direct impact on the economic and financial well-being of subsistence farmers in the subcontinent as it is a low-input, rainfed crop that provides economic returns from every part of the plant. Sterility mosaic disease is the major constraint to pigeonpea...
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Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is an aphid-borne pathogen that causes devastating disease. Due to its devastating effects reaching endemic, epidemic and pandemic levels , it was named as “tristeza” which means “sadness” in Spanish and Portuguese. CTV belongs to Closterovirus group w...
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The genus Mycosphaerella is one of the largest genera of ascomycetes, containing approx. 3000 species. Mycosphaerella species cause important diseases like Sigatoka leaf spot of banana,black streak of banana. Diffrent hosts for Mycosphaerella includes banana, groundnut, pine, lin...
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