Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Insights from modern & historical genomes of Neorhizobium vitis, a new pathogen causing neoplastic growths on grapevine.
Xingyu Wu, Hangwei Xi, Maarten H. Ryder, Iain Robert Searle
The paper identifies Neorhizobium vitis as a new crown gall pathogen in grapevines, showing it lacks known virulence genes but still causes tumours.
DOI 10.1101/2025.05.23.655691