Sally A. Miller

TL;DR: In this paper, the 706,569-bp chromosome and four plasmids of the aster yellows phytoplasma strain witches' broom (AY-WB) were sequenced and compared to the onion yellows polygonal strain M (OY-M) genome, showing that the repeated DNAs are organized into large clusters of potential mobile units (PMUs), which contain tra5 insertion sequences (ISs) and genes for specialized sigma factors and membrane proteins.

TL;DR: Tomato yield was not affected by using the plant activator in the field when complemented with fungicides to manage foliar fungal diseases, but tomato transplant dry weight was negatively impacted and population densities on greenhouse-grown tomato transplants were reduced by acibenzolar-S-methyl treatment.

TL;DR: This work showed that T. hamatum 382 actively induces systemic changes in plant physiology and disease resistance through systemic modulation of the expression of stress and metabolism genes.

TL;DR: Plant disease diagnostic networks have developed worldwide to address the problems of efficient and effective disease diagnosis and pathogen detection, engendering cooperation of institutions and experts within countries and across national borders.

TL;DR: The plant activator Actigard reduced foliar disease severity and the incidence of bacterial spot and anthracnose on fruit, while increasing yield of marketable fruit in organic and conventional processing tomato production systems.