Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 2
Written by Mariana-Simona STANCU, Rodi MITREA
The harmful organism that produces the “bacterial canker of tomato” (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis) produces a hypersensitivity reaction by infiltration a bacterial suspension in the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum plants and leads to the appearance of characteristic symptoms of the disease by inoculation a bacterial suspension in stems of Solanum lycopersicum seedlings. Analysis of eight isolates of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, from five counties of the country, in 2019, established the existence of strains with different pathogenicity and virulence.
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