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The fire blight pathogen <i>Erwinia amylovora</i> enters apple leaves through naturally-occurring wounds from the abscission of trichomes
2024-10-11
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<h4>SUMMARY</h4> The plant epidermis is a single layer of cells covering all plant organs. How pathogens overcome this barrier and enter plants is an important aspect of plant-pathogen interactions. For bacterial plant pathogens, known entry points include natural openings such as stomata, hydathodes, and mechanical injuries caused by insect feeding, wind damage or hailstorms. Here, we report that the fire blight...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 551aa953-a080-5026-b63a-a9a906bd87bc
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.10.10.617712
