Disentangling Co-Occurring Pathogens : Lack of Significant Interaction Between Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Ganoderma adspersum in Almond Orchards
While plant diseases often involve co-infections of multiple pathogens, there are few studies that focus on understanding plant host-multi-pathogen interactions. To understand the complexities of cross-taxa co-infections, we investigated the interactions between an almond tree, wood-decay pathogen,...
| Publié dans: | Plant disease. - 1997. - (2025) vom: 08. Apr. |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2025
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| Accès à la collection: | Plant disease |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Causal Agent Crop Type Fruit Fungi Prokaryotes agrobacterium almond co-infections ganoderma plus... |
| Résumé: | While plant diseases often involve co-infections of multiple pathogens, there are few studies that focus on understanding plant host-multi-pathogen interactions. To understand the complexities of cross-taxa co-infections, we investigated the interactions between an almond tree, wood-decay pathogen, Ganoderma adspersum, and a bacterial pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The high co-incidence of the fungal and bacterial pathogens in almond orchards suggests mutualistic effects in pathogenesis. However, co-inoculation assays revealed that the pathogens do not significantly interact directly with each other nor promote increased initial disease development. The rise of multi-pathogen diseases in almonds likely results from the adoption of management practices that have created a system capable of sustaining multiple pathogens |
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| Description: | Date Revised 08.04.2025 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status Publisher |
| ISSN: | 0191-2917 |
| DOI: | 10.1094/PDIS-12-24-2664-RE |