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Unraveling the genetic basis of quantitative resistance to diseases in tomato: a meta-QTL analysis and mining of transcript profiles
Whole-genome QTL mining and meta-analysis in tomato for resistance to bacterial and fungal diseases identified 73 meta-QTL regions with significantly refined/reduced confidence intervals.
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Open AccessGenome-wide meta-QTL analyses provide novel insight into disease resistance repertoires in common bean
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is considered a staple food in a number of develo** countries. Several diseases attack the crop leading to substantial economic losses around the globe. However, the crop has ra...
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Open AccessBiocontrol potential of bacterial isolates from vermicompost and earthworm against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica infecting tomato plants
Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are the most destructive agricultural pests, which parasitize thousands of different plant species in the world. Using antagonistic bacteria can be a potential alternative t...
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Etiology of leaf spot and fruit canker symptoms on stone fruits and nut trees in Iran
During July 2015 to June 2017, 63 walnut and 94 stone fruit orchards were surveyed in Iran to identify and characterize the causal agent of a disease inducing leaf spot and fruit canker symptoms. Altogether, 189
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Rutin promoted resistance of tomato against Xanthomonas perforans
Xanthomonas perforans is the causal agent of bacterial spot, one of the most devastating diseases of tomato that results in considerable yield losses worldwide. Rutin, as a polyphenolic substance...
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Serratia marcescens associated with squash leaf chlorosis and necrotic spots in Iran
In autumn 2011, a survey was conducted for the identification of plant pathogenic bacteria affecting Cucurbitaceae grown in southwestern Iran. Squash (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) plants with suspected bacterial...
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Discrimination of Shirazi thyme from thymus species and antioxidant activity prediction using chemometrics and FT-IR spectroscopy
Local names are not reliable sources for identification of plants, because they differ significantly from one region to another. Apart from confusing nomenclature, the similar appearance and fragrance of Shira...
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Host range and phylogenetic analysis of Xanthomonas alfalfae causing bacterial leaf spot of alfalfa in Iran
In summer and early autumn 2016, as a part of a country-wide survey, five Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented bacterial isolates were recovered from diseased alfalfa (Medicago sativa cv. Bonab) plants in southern Ira...
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Pathogenicity, host range and phylogenetic position of Agrobacterium species associated with sugar beet crown gall outbreaks in Southern Iran
In autumn 2013, an alert concerning a suspected outbreak of sugar beet disease under field conditions has received from Eghlid county, Fars province, Southern Iran. Field surveys were performed following the a...
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Induction of resistance in pepper against Xanthomonas euvesicatoria by β-aminobutyric acid
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria is one of the most destructive pathogens of pepper that results in serious yield loss worldwide. Previous studies confirmed that β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) induc...
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Occurrence and characterization of a new red-pigmented variant of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens, the causal agent of bacterial wilt of edible dry beans in Iran
A number of crop diseases are emerging at an alarming rate worldwide. Bacterial wilt of dry beans, caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (Cff), is one of them. In Iran, this disease was first...
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Effect of β-aminobutyric acid on resistance of tomato against Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum
Stem rot of tomato caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc) results in economic yield loss worldwide. Previous studies have demonstrated the role of β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) in control of n...
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Induction of superoxide dismutase, malate dehydrogenase and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase during enhancing resistance of common bean against Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli by exogenous salicylic acid
Bacterial blight of common bean caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Xap) is one of the most devastating diseases and causes serious yield losses worldwide. To extend our understanding for the efficacy ...
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Profiling expression of lipoxygenase in cucumber during compatible and incompatible plant-pathogen interactions
We compared lipoxygenase (LOX) expression in cucumber in response to host and non-host pathogens. Our results displayed significant difference in expression of LOX between compatible and incompatible interacti...
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A PCR-based assay for differentiating A- and A*-type strains of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, the causal agent of Asiatic citrus canker
By applying A- and A*-type strains of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) in a repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR), two DNA amplicons, one unique to each strain, were evaluated as a pro...