Emerging infectious plant diseases (EIPD) pose major challenges to global food systems.
We identified 14 EIPDs that can potentially inflict combined production losses worth over US …

Background Potato is an essential food staple and a critical tuber crop for rural livelihoods in
Ethiopia, where many pathogenic pests are threatening production. Bacterial wilt, also …

Potato is the second most important food crop after maize in Kenya. However, most farmers
produce potatoes under sub-optimal management, resulting in low yields, despite the …

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum can cause up to 100% yield loss in tomato
production and has compelled many farmers to abandon previous productive farms …

Background Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) represent a large subfamily of
receptor-like kinases and play vital roles in diverse physiological processes in regulating …

CONTEXT Informal seed trade can exacerbate crop disease epidemics. Potato production
across Ethiopia is threatened by the spread of seedborne pests and pathogens, particularly …

Bacterial wilt, caused by the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC), is the most
destructive potato disease in Kenya. Studies were conducted to (i) determine the molecular …

The Ralstonia species complex is a group of genetically diverse plant wilt pathogens. Our
goal is to create a database that contains the reported global distribution and host range of …

Soil acidity is one of the main constraints to crop production worldwide. In Ethiopia, the
problem of soil acidity has been increasing. Currently, more than 40% of cultivated land in …

A bacterial wilt disease (R. solanacearum) severely damages potato crops. The pathogen
infects several crops in various agroclimatic areas, and it has a broad pathogenic diversity …