Background The development and dispersal of seeds as well as their transition to seedlings
represent perhaps the most critical stages of a plant's life cycle. The endophytic and …

Exponential upsurge in the global population growth rate claims sustainable means to fulfill
their food requirements. Therefore, the collaboration of beneficial microorganisms with their …

Acidovorax citrulli is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) of cucurbit plants. In
recent years, the disease has spread to many parts of the world, mainly via the inadvertent …

An easy and eco-friendly approach using Thymbra spicata var. spicata L.(TS) plant extract
was developed for the formation of nanostructured ZnO. TS aqueous leaf extract was used …

Seed microbiota acts as a starting point for the assembly of the plant microbiota and
contributes to successful plant establishment. To date, the order and timing of microbial taxa …

Understanding the survival, multiplication, and transmission to seeds of plant pathogenic
bacteria is central to study their pathogenesis. We hypothesized that the type III secretion …

Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) of cucurbits is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium
Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. The disease gained importance in the late 1980s, after …

Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), caused by the seedborne, gram-negative bacterium Acidovorax
citrulli, is a serious threat to cucurbit seed and fruit production worldwide. Because of the …

Acidovorax citrulli is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits. We have shown
previously that type IV pili (TFP) are required for wild-type levels of virulence of A. citrulli on …

Consumption of cucumbers (Cucumis sativus var. sativus) has been linked to several
foodborne outbreaks involving Salmonella enterica. The purpose of this work was to …