| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-16T09:07:50Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-16T09:07:50Z | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46928 | en_US |
| dc.title | Plant pest genome sequenced | en_US |
| cg.subject.cta | CROPS | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | 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... | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 2000. Plant pest genome sequenced. Spore 89. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en_US |
| dcterms.description | 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 | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 2000 | en_US |
| dcterms.language | en | en_US |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dcterms.type | News Item | en_US |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| cg.identifier.url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99591 | en_US |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en_US |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en_US |
| cg.journal | Spore | en_US |
| cg.issn | 1011-0054 | en_US |
| cg.number | 89 | en_US |
