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Production of Xylella fastidiosa diffusible signal factor in transgenic grape causes pathogen confusion and reduction in severity of Pierce's disease.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2014
Lindow Steven, Newman Karyn, Chatterjee Subhadeep, Baccari Clelia, Lavarone Anthony T, Ionescu Michael
Abstract excerpt
The rpfF gene from Xylella fastidiosa, encoding the synthase for diffusible signal factor (DSF), was expressed in 'Freedom' grape to reduce the pathogen's growth and mobility within the plant. Symptoms in such plants were restricted to near the point of inoculation and incidence of disease was two- to fivefold lower than in the parental line. Both the longitudinal and lateral movement of X. fastidiosa in the...
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