Publications by authors named "Nataliya Drenova"
Article Synopsis
- Fire blight, caused by a bacterial pathogen, has spread from Europe and the Mediterranean to parts of Asia, posing threats to apple and pear production as well as local wild species in countries like Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
- This study aimed to investigate the genetic diversity of the fire blight pathogen in Central Asia and the Caucasus using genomic sequencing and CRISPR Repeat Regions genotyping to trace its spread across these regions.
- Results revealed that Central Asian strains are closely related to those from the Persian region and the Middle East, while the Georgian population shows more genetic distance; the study also documents fire blight's first occurrences in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China, emphasizing the need for genetic analysis to combat
Fire blight, a bacteriosis of apple and pear, was assayed with molecular tools to associate its origin in Russia, Slovenia and south-eastern Austria with neighboring countries. The identification of all investigated strains was confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy except one. Independent isolation was verified by the level of amylovoran synthesis and by the number of short sequence DNA repeats in plasmid pEA29.
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