Tomato fruit and seed colonization by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis through external and internal routes.

ABSTRACT: The Gram-positive bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, causal agent of bacterial wilt and canker of tomato, is an economically devastating pathogen that inflicts considerable damage throughout all major tomato-producing regions. Annual outbreaks continue to occur in New York, where C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis spreads via infected transplants, trellising stakes, tools, and/or soil. Globally, new outbreaks can be accompanied by the introduction of contaminated seed stock; however, the route of seed infection, especially the role of fruit lesions, remains undefined. In order to investigate the modes of seed infection, New York C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis field strains were stably transformed with a gene encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP

SUBMITTER: Tancos MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3811524 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature