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Role of Pantoea agglomerans in opportunistic bacterial seed and boll rot of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) grown in the field.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2007
Medrano E G, Bell A A
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AIMS: To investigate the aetiology of seed and boll rot of cotton grown in South Carolina (SC). METHODS AND RESULTS: Bacteria were isolated from diseased locules of cotton bolls collected in a field in SC, USA and tested for the ability to cause comparable disease symptoms in greenhouse grown cotton fruit. Spontaneously generated rifampicin-resistant (Rif(r)) mutants of the isolates were used in confirmatory...
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