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Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum in French Guiana expands knowledge of the "emerging ecotype".
Phytopathology - 1 Jun 2014
Deberdt P, Guyot J, Coranson-Beaudu R, Launay J, Noreskal M, Rivière P, Vigné F, Laplace D, Lebreton L, Wicker E
Abstract excerpt
Although bacterial wilt remains a major plant disease throughout South America and the Caribbean, the diversity of prevalent Ralstonia solanacearum populations is largely unknown. The genetic and phenotypic diversity of R. solanacearum strains in French Guiana was assessed using diagnostic polymerase chain reactions and sequence-based (egl and mutS) genotyping on a 239-strain collection sampled on the families...
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