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Population genomic analysis of a bacterial plant pathogen: novel insight into the origin of Pierce's disease of grapevine in the U.S.
PloS one - 16 Nov 2010
Nunney Leonard, Yuan Xiaoli, Bromley Robin, Hartung John, Montero-Astúa Mauricio, Moreira Lisela, Ortiz Beatriz, Stouthamer Richard
Abstract excerpt
Invasive diseases present an increasing problem worldwide; however, genomic techniques are now available to investigate the timing and geographical origin of such introductions. We employed genomic techniques to demonstrate that the bacterial pathogen causing Pierce's disease of grapevine (PD) is not native to the US as previously assumed, but descended from a single genotype introduced from Central America. PD...
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