Bacterial diseases
Bacterial crop diseases in focus
The bacterial pathogens behind some of the most damaging, least-treatable diseases in high-value crops — and why copper- and antibiotic-based control is running out of road.
Primary research focus
Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial canker & blast
Pseudomonas syringae causes bacterial canker of stone fruit and kiwifruit (Psa). Learn how it infects, why copper-based control is failing, and the biological research aimed at it.
Learn moreXanthomonas arboricola
Walnut & hazelnut blight, bacterial spot
Xanthomonas arboricola causes walnut blight, hazelnut blight and bacterial spot of stone fruit. Learn its biology, symptoms, the copper-resistance problem, and the biological research addressing it.
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