Plant pest genome sequenced

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2000
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CTA. 2000. Plant pest genome sequenced. Spore 89. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46928
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For the first time, a plant pest genome, the bacterium Xyella fastidiosa has been completely sequenced. It s a pest of orange trees, which prevents sap from flowing in the host plant, so that the fruits fail to grow and are dry inside. The...
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For the first time, a plant pest genome, the bacterium Xyella fastidiosa has been completely sequenced. It s a pest of orange trees, which prevents sap from flowing in the host plant, so that the fruits fail to grow and are dry inside. The bacterium is spread by a leafhopper, which farmers try to control with insecticides. The disease it causes is called citrus variegated chlorosis. Around São Paulo in Brazil, 80% of the trees are affected. The genome was sequenced by scientists in Brazil, who now will try to use this information to develop better control methodologies. This could involve breeding varieties with a modified iron metabolism, since the Brazilian work has revealed that the bacterium is dependent on iron for its survival. A Simpson Bioinformatics Laboratory LBI - Laboratório de Bioinformática Universidade Estadual de Campinas Av. Albert Einstein, 1251 - sala 72 Caixa Postal 6176 13083-970 Campinas - SP Brazil Fax: + 55 19 788 58 47 Email: lbi@ic.unicamp.b
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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