A kiwifruit vine shows symptoms caused by the Psa-V disease – leaf spotting and cane collapse.
Research by Plant & Food scientists is aiming to breed kiwifruit cultivars that show resistance to the pathogen Psa.
Scientists are looking for resistance genes so kiwifruit plants can withstand the Psa bacterium’s effector genes.
In November 2010, kiwifruit growers discovered a highly contagious vine-killing canker, Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae (Psa), that affects the vine...
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