A team led by CRAG researchers unveils the physico-chemical nature of the xylem barriers responsible for bacterial wilt resistance in tomato plants In order to understand how bacterial wilt resistance ...

The bacterium Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii causes Stewart’s wilt disease in corn and serves as a model for other xylem-dwelling phytopathogens. P. stewartii is transmitted to plants via corn ...

Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial wilt. Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in ...

Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that leads to wilt, cankers, and eventually death. The disease was first discovered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1909, but annual outbreaks now affect tomato ...

The cucumbers in the photo appear to have bacterial wilt, which is caused by the bacterium Erwinia tracheiphila. The leaves of infected plants first appear a dull green, then wilt during the day and ...

Plant Physiology, Vol. 138, No. 2, Arabidopsis Special Issue (Jun., 2005), pp. 803-818 (16 pages) The growth of secondary xylem and phloem depends on the division of cells in the vascular cambium and ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 40, No. 219 (October 1989), pp. 1069-1078 (10 pages) The minute changes in volume of a grape berry which occur from hour to hour were measured non-destructively in ...

As summer approaches, LSU plant specialist Raj Singh is warning growers of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables to beware of a particularly deadly bacteria that may be lurking underground. Caused by ...