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Emigration of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae from leaf litter contributes to its population dynamics in alpine snowpack.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Monteil Caroline L, Guilbaud Caroline, Glaux Catherine, Lafolie François, Soubeyrand Samuel, Morris Cindy E
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The recently discovered ubiquity of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae in headwaters and alpine ecosystems worldwide elicits new questions about the ecology of this bacterium and subsequent consequences for disease epidemiology. Because of the major contribution of snow to river run-off during crop growth, we evaluated the population dynamics of P.syringae in snowpack and the underlying leaf litter during...
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