Biotic stress is caused by harmful microbes that prevent plants from growing normally and
also having numerous negative effects on agriculture crops globally. Many biotic factors …

Almost one‐third of crop yields are lost every year due to microbial alterations and diseases.
The main control strategy to limit these losses is the use of an array of chemicals active …

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health conducted a pest risk assessment and an
evaluation of risk reduction options for Xylella fastidiosa. X. fastidiosa has been detected in …

While there are documented host shifts in many bacterial plant pathogens, the genetic
foundation of host shifts is largely unknown. Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterial pathogen found …

Homologous recombination affects the evolution of bacteria such as Xylella fastidiosa, a
naturally competent plant pathogen that requires insect vectors for dispersal. This bacterial …

Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited phytopathogenic bacterium endemic to the Americas that
has recently emerged in Asia and Europe. Although this bacterium is classified as a …

Xylella fastidiosa, an etiological agent of emerging crop diseases around the world, is
naturally competent for the uptake of DNA from the environment that is incorporated into its …

Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca strain De Donno has been recently identified as the causal
agent of a severe disease affecting olive trees in a wide area of the Apulia Region (Italy) …

Type IV pilus (TFP) is a multifunctional bacterial structure involved in twitching motility,
adhesion, biofilm formation, as well as natural competence. Here, by site-directed …

Immunity, virulence, biofilm formation, and survival in the host environment are regulated by
the versatile nature of density dependent microbial cell signaling, also called quorum …