B. Ingel

Using genomes and evolutionary analyses to screen for host-specificity and positive selection in the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

This study uses genome analysis to identify host-specificity and positive selection in Xylella fastidiosa, finding genetic determinants of host specialization and candidate genes involved in pathogenicity.

Revisiting the source of wilt symptoms: X-ray microcomputed tomography provides direct evidence that Ralstonia biomass clogs xylem vessels.

This study uses X-ray microCT to show that Ralstonia biomass clogs xylem vessels, causing wilt symptoms in tomato plants.