Publications by authors named "Wen-Chien Tang"
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- - In December 2022, a leaf blight disease was observed in 2-month-old pocketbook plants (F1 'Dainty') at a nursery in Ren'ai Township, with about 20% showing symptoms like brown or gray lesions and wilting.
- - Samples were taken from affected plants, and bacteria isolated from the lesions were identified as Gram-negative, producing fluorescent pigments and able to induce a hypersensitive response in tobacco.
- - DNA sequencing revealed high similarity to known strains from the GenBank database, confirming the identity of the bacteria and suggesting a connection to specific plant pathogenic strains.
spp. are phytopathogenic bacteria whose phylogeny has been continuously revised throughout the years. Previous studies on 's phenotypic diversity often analyzed strains obtained from specific crops or adopted outdated classification systems.
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- - Satin pothos (or silver vine) is an evergreen climbing plant from the Araceae family, and it was noted that a soft rot disease affected it in a greenhouse in Taiwan in September 2022, with significant impact observed on about 70% of the plants.
- - The affected plants showed symptoms like dark brown to gray lesions on their petioles and leaves, leading to estimated losses of 15-30%.
- - Through laboratory analysis, rod-shaped bacteria were identified, which caused damage and characteristic growth on specific culture media; further genetic testing confirmed and identified the bacterial strains involved in the disease.