We report here the complete genome sequences of two Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strains, isolated from the warm northeast region of Brazil. They display divergent (compatible versus incompatible) interactions with the resistant tomato line Hawaii 7996. Polymorphisms were detected in a subset of effector genes that might be associated with these contrasting phenotypes.

In the search for new antibacterial agents from natural sources, we revealed that a crude methanol extract of Sapium baccatum was highly active against Ralstonia solanacearum, a causal agent of a serious disease called bacterial wilt of tomato. The bioassay-guided fractionation of this extract resulted in the isolation of seven known active compounds, including gallic acid, methyl gallate, cori...

Here, we report draft genomes of Paenibacillus alvei strains A6-6i and TS-15, which were isolated, respectively, from plant material and soil in the Virginia Eastern Shore (VES) tomato growing area. An array of genes related to antimicrobial biosynthetic pathways have been identified with whole-genome analyses of these strains.

Erwinia amylovora was shown to secrete DspE, a pathogenicity factor of 198 kDa and a functional homolog of AvrE of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. DspE was identified among the supernatant proteins isolated from cultures grown in an hrp gene-inducing minimal medium by immunodetection with a DspE-specific antiserum. Secretion required an intact Hrp pathway.

The draft whole-genome sequence of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" strain R1, isolated from and maintained in tomato plants in California, is reported. The R1 strain has the genome size of 1,204,257 bp, G+C content of 35.3%, 1,101 predicted open reading frames, and 57 RNA genes.

Clavibacter sp. strain CF11, which was isolated from soil at a tomato-planting greenhouse in Inner Mongolia, North China, has a high capability for producing cold-active cellulase at low temperatures. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of strain CF11, which comprises 2,437 protein-coding sequences and 49 RNA-coding sequences.

The contribution of aliphatic-rich plant biopolymer to sorption of hydrophobic organic compounds is significantly important because of their preservation and accumulation in the soil environment, but sorption mechanism is still not fully understood. In this study, sorption of 1-naphthol by plant cuticular fractions was examined to better understand the contributions of respective fraction. Towa...

Tomato plants are subject to attacks by different types of fungi most which destructive and cause plant death. Extensive researches were carried out attempting find safe easily degradable bio-fungicides with minimum adverse effects. Therefore, naturally originated indigenous products generally considered excellent alternative phytopathogen controlling agents. In recent study we evaluated the an...

The present study was carried out in 2018-2019 at Department of Plant pathology, SASRD, Nagaland University to evaluate the vitro efficacy 24 native isolates Trichoderma and 18 Pseudomonas against Alternaria solani by dual culture technique method. test pathogen isolated from disease infected tomato plants collected an experimental field Medziphema campus. results showed that all had significan...

Polygalacturonase [PG; poly(1,4-alpha-D-galacturonide) glycanhydrolase; EC 3.2.1.15] is expressed in tomato only during the ripening stage of fruit development. PG becomes abundant during ripening and has a major role in cell wall degradation and fruit softening. Tomato plants were transformed to produce antisense RNA from a gene construct containing the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter an...