Xanthomonas diversity, virulence and plant–pathogen interactions

S Timilsina, N Potnis, EA Newberry… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Xanthomonas spp. encompass a wide range of plant pathogens that use numerous
virulence factors for pathogenicity and fitness in plant hosts. In this Review, we examine …

Mechanistic insights into host adaptation, virulence and epidemiology of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas

SQ An, N Potnis, M Dow, FJ Vorhölter… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

R Oliva, C Ji, G Atienza-Grande, JC Huguet-Tapia… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bacterial blight of rice is an important disease in Asia and Africa. The pathogen,
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), secretes one or more of six known transcription …

Persistence in phytopathogenic bacteria: do we know enough?

PMM Martins, MV Merfa, MA Takita… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phytopathogenic bacteria affect a wide range of crops worldwide and have a negative
impact in agriculture due to their associated economic losses and environmental impacts …

Nanomaterials: new weapons in a crusade against phytopathogens

JM Rajwade, RG Chikte, KM Paknikar - Applied microbiology and …, 2020 - Springer
Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes are the major causal agents of plant diseases.
These phytopathogens are responsible for about 10–40% losses in productivity and quality …

Biallelic Editing of the LOB1 Promoter via CRISPR/Cas9 Creates Canker-Resistant 'Duncan' Grapefruit

H Jia, AA Omar, V Orbović, N Wang - Phytopathology®, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri is one of the most devastating citrus
diseases worldwide. Generating disease-resistant citrus varieties is considered one of the …

Cassava diseases caused by Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis and Xanthomonas cassavae

CA Zárate‐Chaves, D Gómez de la Cruz… - Molecular plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis (Xpm) and X. cassavae (Xc) are two bacterial
pathogens attacking cassava. Cassava bacterial blight (CBB) is a systemic disease caused …

Base editors for citrus gene editing

X Huang, Y Wang, N Wang - Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Base editors, such as adenine base editors (ABE) and cytosine base editors (CBE), provide
alternatives for precise genome editing without generating double-strand breaks (DSBs) …

Diversity and copper resistance of Xanthomonas affecting citrus

F Behlau, AM Gochez, JB Jones - Tropical Plant Pathology, 2020 - Springer
Since citrus canker was first described in the early 1900's, four major types and three
species of pathogenic xanthomonads associated to citrus were identified based on the …

Origin and diversification of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri pathotypes revealed by inclusive phylogenomic, dating, and biogeographic analyses

JSL Patané, J Martins, LT Rangel, J Belasque… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri pathotypes cause bacterial citrus canker, being
responsible for severe agricultural losses worldwide. The A pathotype has a broad host …