Jinyun Li; Zhiqiang Pang; Mongi Zekri; Gitta Coaker; Nian Wang
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) associated with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), a biotrophic pathogen, is a devastating citrus diseases worldwide. Enhancing host plant resistance through elicitor treatments has been exploited for crop disease managemen…
Luis Fernando Flores-Lopez; Dante M. Callejas; Anne K. Vidaver; Devanshi Khokhani; Oscar Morales-Galvan; Veronica Roman-Reyna
Goss’s wilt and leaf blight of maize is caused by Clavibacter nebraskensis and has reemerged as an important disease in North America. Despite its epidemiological relevance, this species remains poorly characterized in terms of population structure, functiona…
Jhulia Gelain; Johanna Wesche; Emma Katherine Trotter; Matheus Beger; Maximiliano Ortiz; Guido Schnabel
Brown rot, caused by Monilinia fructicola, is the most destructive pre- and postharvest fruit rot of peach worldwide. In 2024, a disease outbreak occurred in a South Carolina orchard despite a rigorous chemical management program consisting of preharvest appl…
Ricardo G. Tomáz; Felipe Dalla Lana; Cláudia V. Godoy; Emerson M. Del Ponte
Target spot of soybean is strongly influenced by weather, but the major drivers of epidemics remain poorly understood. Using a dataset obtained in non-treated plots of 254 trials conducted across nine Brazilian states over 13 growing seasons, we applied a dis…
Abstract Vascular plants use the phloem to transport photoassimilates via sieve elements, which are cells with modified anatomy to accommodate long distance transport. Mature sieve elements lack a majority of cell organelles to reduce friction in the tube sys…