Burkholderia andropogonis was first described as the causal agent of stripe disease of sorghum and leaf spot of velvet bean in 1911 (20); at that time, it was classified as Pseudomonas andropogonis. Pseudomonas woodsii was also described, in the same publication, as an important pathogen of carnation. These two pathogens were reclassified to the genus Burkholderia based on DNA-rRNA hybridizatio...

Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) is a bacterial pathogen that causes citrus canker in susceptible Citrus spp. The Xcc genome contains genes encoding enzymes from three separate pathways of trehalose biosynthesis. Expression of genes encoding trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (otsA) and trehalose phosphatase (otsB) was highly induced during canker development, suggesting that the two-step pathw...

As a result of an error during figure preparation, Fig 1B in this article includes an incorrect panel; the right-hand panel of Fig 1B is also included in Fig 1D of the following article: Santos Soprano A, Abe VY, Costa Smetana JH and Benedetti CE: Citrus MAF1, a Repressor of RNA Polymerase III, Binds the Xanthomonas citri Canker Elicitor PthA4 and Suppresses Citrus Canker Development. Plant Phy...

Citrus bacterial canker (CBC) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) was first documented in India and Java in the mid 19th century. Since that time, the known distribution of the disease has steadily increased. Concurrent with the dispersion of the pathogen, the diversity of described strains continues to increase, with novel strains appearing in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Florida in th...

Citrus (family Rutaceae) stands as a prominent fruit crop on global scale, bearing substantial significance. Renowned for its abundance of fiber, amino acids, antioxidants, vitamin C, and carbohydrates. However, the successful production citrus is persistently challenged by menacing presence canker caused Xanthomonas citri subsp. (Xcc), posing 5-30% yield losses in Pakistan. Current study was a...

Citrus fruits of industrial interest include lemons, oranges, mandarins, grapefruits, clementines, limes and other commercially minor ones. A huge amount agricultural waste is generated yearly all over the globe by citrus fruit industry. The wastes from these productions may be, however, great nutritional economic value for their chemical composition, due to abundance diverse functional compoun...