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Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (PSA) isolates from recent bacterial canker of kiwifruit outbreaks belong to the same genetic lineage.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Mazzaglia Angelo, Studholme David J, Taratufolo Maria C, Cai Rongman, Almeida Nalvo F, Goodman Tokia, Guttman David S, Vinatzer Boris A, Balestra Giorgio M
Abstract excerpt
Intercontinental spread of emerging plant diseases is one of the most serious threats to world agriculture. One emerging disease is bacterial canker of kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa and A. chinensis) caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (PSA). The disease first occurred in China and Japan in the 1980s and in Korea and Italy in the 1990s. A more severe form of the disease broke out in Italy in 2008 and...
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