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Seed Borne Bacterial Disease:

Disease ID : ToPDB_DD053

Summary :

Introduction : Seedborne disease refers to the particular plant diseases that are transmitted by seed. Seedborne bacterial disease in tomato, causes huge loss.

Pathogen cause : Agrobacterium rubi

Host distribution : Lycopersicon esculentum

Sign and Symptoms:

Spores on the seed coat are more prone to either dry up and die, or else to get sloughed off with the seed coat during seed germination, thereby failing to cause disease on the next generation of plants.

Etiology:

In some cases the transmission on seed is insignificant compared to the population of disease organisms that exist in soil or on weed species. In other cases, the transmission on seed is the primary means by which a disease spreads.

Gene(s) Resposible for Disease:

Gene ID :

Control:

Biocontrol: NA

Chemical control: NA

Bibliography :

Agrobacterium tumefaciens as an agent of disease, Escobar M.A.and Dandekar A.M. , Trendsin Plant Science, 2003 ,8(8): 37–114.

Interactions of Seedborne Bacterial Pathogens with Host and Non-Host Plants in Relation to Seed Infestation and Seedling Transmission , Dutta B, Gitaitis R., Smith S.and Langston D, Journal of PLoS One., 2009 ,9 (6): e99215. PMCID: PMC4061015.