Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (1998) 11, 836-838

J.-Y. Salomone, E. Szegedi, P. Cobanov and L. Otten (1998)
Tartrate utilization genes promote growth of Agrobacterium spp. on grapevine
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 11 (8), 836-838
Abstract: Crown gall on grapevine is mainly caused by Agrobacterium vitis, which metabolizes tartrate. Competition experiments between a tartrate-utilizing strain and its nonutilizing derivative showed that tartrate utilization confers a selective advantage on grapevine.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Allorhizobium vitis