Clavibacter nebraskensis causing Goss's wilt of maize: Five decades of detaining the enemy in the New World.

ABSTRACT: Goss's bacterial wilt and leaf blight of maize (Zea mays) caused by the gram-positive coryneform bacterium Clavibacter nebraskensis is an economically important disease in North America. C. nebraskensis is included within the high-risk list of quarantine pathogens by several plant protection organizations (EPPO code: CORBMI), hence it is under strict quarantine control around the world. The causal agent was reported for the first time on maize in Nebraska (USA) in 1969. After an outbreak during the 1970s, prevalence of the disease decreased in the 1980s to the early 2000s, before the disease resurged causing a serious threat to maize production in North America. The re-emergence of Goss's wilt in the corn belt of the United States led to several novel achievements in understanding the path

SUBMITTER: Osdaghi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10257048 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature