Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a ruinous soilborne disease affecting more than 450 plant species. Efficient control methods for this disease remain unavailable to date. This study characterized a novel nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat resistance gene AhRRS5 from peanut, which was up-regulated in both resistant and susceptible peanut cultivars in response to R. sol...

Ralstonia solanacearum genes that are induced during tomato infection suggested that this pathogen encounters reactive oxygen species (ROS) during bacterial wilt pathogenesis. The genomes of R. solanacearum contain multiple redundant ROS-scavenging enzymes, indirect evidence that this pathogen experiences intense oxidative stress during its life cycle. Over 9% of the bacterium's plant-induced g...

The plant pathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum injects more than 70 effector proteins (virulence factors) into the host plant cells via the needle-like structure of a type III secretion system. The type III secretion system effector proteins manipulate host regulatory networks to suppress defense responses with diverse molecular activities. Uncovering the molecular function of these effe...

Fatty acid synthesis (FAS), a primary metabolic pathway, is essential for survival of bacteria. Ralstonia solanacearum, a β-proteobacteria member, causes a bacterial wilt affecting more than 200 plant species, including many economically important plants. However, thus far, the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway of R. solanacearum has not been well studied. In this study, we characterized two form...

Ralstonia solanacearum is a causative agent of bacterial wilt in many economically important crops, and Xanthomonas perforans is the causal organism of bacterial spot, one of the most important diseases of vegetables. A multiplex PCR protocol has been developed for the simultaneous, specific and rapid identification of R. solanacearum and X. perforans in plant materials. Species-specific primer...

s For Oral Presentations Glancing at host adaptation in Ralstonia solanacearum through comparative genomics of highly host-adapted lineages F. Ailloud 1 , G. Cellier 2 , D. Roche 3 , C. Allen 4 and P. Prior 5 1 CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion 2 ANSES, LSV, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion 3 Genoscope, LabGem, Evry, France 4 UW, Plant Pathology Department, Madison, USA 5 INRA, SPE, Saint-Pier...

Weeds were collected from a ginger fi eld experiencing a bacterial wilt outbreak. These weeds were assayed for the presence of the pathogen (Ralstonia solanacearum) using a PCR assay. The pathogen was detected from the rhizosphere soil of many but not all samples. We hypothesize that weeds that consistently harbor high populations of this bacterium may serve as an alternate host, and indicator ...

UNLABELLED Genomic data predict that, in addition to oxygen, the bacterial plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum can use nitrate (NO3(-)), nitrite (NO2(-)), nitric oxide (NO), and nitrous oxide (N2O) as terminal electron acceptors (TEAs). Genes encoding inorganic nitrogen reduction were highly expressed during tomato bacterial wilt disease, when the pathogen grows in xylem vessels. Direct measu...