Pathogens cause illness to their hosts through a variety of ways. The most obvious means is through direct damage of tissues or cells during replication, generally through the production of toxins, which allows the pathogen to reach new tissues or exit the cells inside which it replicated. Bacter...
Evolution of Phytophthora infestans on its potato host since the Irish potato famine Article Open access 05 August 2024 References Young, J. M. Pathogenicity and identification of the lilac pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall 1902. Ann. Appl. Biol. 118, 283–298 (1991). ...
The other things gardeners want to be aware of who are growing potatoes, is that you don’t want to just take a potato that is being sold in a grocery store and plant it. There is a higher chance that it has the late-blight pathogen than if you buy tubers being sold as seed. Q...
Too much moisture is one of the main causes of crown rot, so you have to make sure the soil is just getting dry before you water your plants. Plants like African violets have their crown very close to soggy ground, so you must take care to make sure they aren't overly saturated. A...
In plant science, as previously reported, the main applications are currently observed in the two sectors of GMO traceability [80] and pathogen diagnostics. However, other applications, such as the analysis of gene expression and the determination of structural gene variants and mutations, are ...