Evaluation and Genome Mining of Bacillus stercoris Isolate B.PNR1 as Potential Agent for Fusarium Wilt Control and Growth Promotion of Tomato.

Recently, strategies for controlling Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol), the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of tomato, focus on using effective biocontrol agents.

Evaluation of Soil Streptomyces spp. for the Biological Control of Fusarium Wilt Disease and Growth Promotion in Tomato and Banana.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) and Fusarium oxysporum f.

Refinement of the Taxonomic Structure of 16SrXI and 16SrXIV Phytoplasmas of Gramineous Plants using Multilocus Sequence Typing.

Phytoplasmas that infect gramineous plants, including Napier grass stunt, sugarcane whiteleaf, sugarcane grassy shoot, and Bermuda grass whiteleaf, have been classified into two closely related groups, 16SrXI and 16SrXIV, based on the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene. Subsequently, phytoplasmas associated with coconut and Areca palm in southern India and Sri Lanka have been added into the 16SrXI group. However, the 16S rRNA gene gives relatively poor resolution between these phytoplasmas.

Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae" Strain Mbita1, the Causative Agent of Napier Grass Stunt Disease in Kenya.

Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens with devastating impact on agricultural production worldwide. In eastern Africa, Napier grass stunt disease causes serious economic losses in the smallholder dairy industry. This draft genome sequence of " ITALIC! CandidatusPhytoplasma oryzae" strain Mbita1 provides insight into its genomic organization and the molecular basis of pathogenicity.

Enterobacter spp.: a new evidence causing bacterial wilt on mulberry.

Thirty-six pathogenetic bacterial strains were isolated from wilted mulberry plants in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. The six representative strains were confirmed to be involved in more than one Enterobacter species by common bacteriological test, electron microscope observation, hypersensitive reaction, Koch's postulates, physiological and biochemical test, biology, fatty acid methyl esters analysis (FAMEs), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR (ERIC-PCR), 16s rRNA sequences analysis, and comparative analysis with 7 type strains and 3 reference strains. This is the first report on mulberry disease caused by Enterobacter spp.