Genetic dissection of the tissue-specific roles of type III effectors and phytotoxins in the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae to cherry
A. Vadillo Dieguez, Z. Zeng, J. W. Mansfield, N. F. Grinberg, S. C. Lynn, A. Gregg, J. Connell, R. J. Harrison, R. W. Jackson, M. T. Hulin
This study investigates the tissue-specific roles of type III effectors and phytotoxins in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae pathogenicity to cherry, finding that toxins are critical for fruit infection while effector redundancy complicates disease progression.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology