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Molecular and evolutionary analyses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato race 1.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Apr 2010
Kunkeaw Suparat, Tan Steven, Coaker Gitta
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the causal agent of bacterial speck of tomato, has recently become an increasing problem in California due to the evolution and prevalence of highly aggressive race 1 strains. In resistant plant genotypes, the type III effectors AvrPto and AvrPtoB are recognized by the tomato proteins Pto and Prf. We investigated the prevalence of avrPto and avrPtoB in strains collected over the...
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