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Enhanced detection and isolation of the walnut pathogen Brenneria rubrifaciens, causal agent of deep bark canker
2008-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Deep bark canker (DBC) of walnut is caused by the bacterium Brenneria rubrifaciens which produces the red pigment rubrifacine. This disease of English walnut trees, is characterized by deep vertical cankers which exude sap laden with B. rubrifaciens. Although DBC is not observed on young trees, it is hypothesized that B. rubrifaciens is present in host tissue years before symptom development. Therefore, a sensitiv...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d5b02506-18bf-5212-b650-412e1fc90581
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-008-9308-z
