Plant Health Progress · 2008 · 20 citations · 1 references
AgricultureCrop SciencesPlant SciencesBacterial Plant PathologyMicrobial EcologyPlant-microbe InteractionsBacterial Plant PathogensBacterial SurvivalPlant PathogenesisSeed InfectionSeed-borne Bacterial DiseasesSeed-borne DiseasesBacterial BlotchBacterial Seed PathogensBacterial Survival In SeedsPathogen Persistence During Seed StorageSeed-associated Bacterial PathogensSeed-borne Bacterial InfectionsSeed-borne TransmissionSeed-to-seed Transmission
Seed transmission of A. avenae subsp. citrulli is key in the dissemination of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits. This study reports its survival and seed transmission from watermelon and melon seed lots that were more than 30 yr old. The longest previously-reported survival of A. avenae subsp. citrulli was from 19-yr-old watermelon seed and the longest reported survival for any seedborne bacterial plant pathogen was 24 yr for Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens from common bean seed. Accepted for publication 19 September 2008. Published 19 December 2008.
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