Novel ways to combat plant pathogens

Under the Plant Diseases national program and other ARS national programs, ARS researchers collaborate with university scientists, private industry, and other partners in efforts to sequence the genomes of major crop pathogens, including Phytophthora infestans, which causes potato late blight, Fusar...

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Published in:Agricultural research (Washington) 2013-08, Vol.61 (7), p.2-2
Main Authors: Fravel, Deborah, Wisler, Gail C
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal vaccines
Citrus fruits
Collaboration
Computer programs
Computer simulation
Crop diseases
Crop rotation
Crops
Epidemiology
Fungi
Fusarium graminearum
Methods
Organisms
Pathogenic microorganisms
Pathogens
Plant diseases
Potatoes
Studies
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Summary:Under the Plant Diseases national program and other ARS national programs, ARS researchers collaborate with university scientists, private industry, and other partners in efforts to sequence the genomes of major crop pathogens, including Phytophthora infestans, which causes potato late blight, Fusarium graminearum, the culprit behind wheat scab, and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, which causes HLB in citrus. Computer modeling, epidemiology, bioinformatics, and other fields of study also figure prominently in ARS's plant diseases research program, which prioritizes crop pathogens for study by their high impact on crops and producers' incomes, regulatory or quarantine significance, importance to national biosecurity, and usefulness as a model organism for understanding other pathogens.
ISSN:0002-161X
2169-8244