Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Solanum commersonii, which consists of∼
830 megabases with an N50 of 44,303 bp anchored to 12 chromosomes, using the potato …

Bacterial wilt of solanaceous vegetables caused by the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia
solanacearum is a serious plant disease-causing heavy economical losses. Traditional …

Potato ('Solanum tuberosum'L.) is the third most important food crop in the world after wheat
and rice while bacterial wilt is the second most important disease of potatoes after late blight …

Bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is responsible for substantial losses
in cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum) crops worldwide. Resistance genes have been …

Background Solanum commersonii is a wild potato species that exhibits high tolerance to
both biotic and abiotic stresses and has been used as a source of genes for introgression …

This article gives a general overview of bacterial wilt of potatoes and its management. It also
highlights the potential of host resistance as an important component of integrated …

Several breeding programs are under way to introduce resistance to bacterial wilt caused by
Ralstonia solanacearum in solanaceous crops. The lack of screening methods allowing …

Potato is world's major non-cereal food crop preceded by only rice, wheat and maize. It
belongs to the family Solanaceae and the genus Solanum, which contains about 2000 …

Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs), the causal agent of bacterial wilt disease in an unusually wide
range of host plants, including potato (Solanum tuberosum), is one of the most destructive …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the main hosts of Ralstonia solanacearum, the
causative agent of bacterial wilt. This plant pathogen bacteria produce asymptomatic latent …