Article
A pith necrosis caused by Xanthomonas perforans on tomato plants
2013-09-01
Abstract excerpt
Pith necrosis is a common disease of tomato in Europe, mainly caused by Pseudomonas corrugata and other soil-borne species of Pseudomonas. During 2011–2012 a survey was conducted in soil-grown tomato crops in southeastern Sicily (Italy). Plants showed pith necrosis, brown discolouration of the vascular tissues, leaf chlorosis and sometimes wilting of leaves. Thirty bacterial isolates from symptomatic tissues, form...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d82e5814-39d8-591d-8c04-c784fd0d3eda
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-013-0214-7
