Non-transgenic environmental curing of virulence plasmids from bacterial plant pathogens
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Non-transgenic environmental curing of virulence plasmids from bacterial plant pathogens
PIs: Bruce Hay and Richard Murray
Research Team: Thomas Adamo Schmidt and John Marken
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
Ecology and Biosphere Engineering Initiative
2024 Explorer grant
Increasing agricultural yields will be critical in meeting the food and commodity needs of a growing globalpopulation while minimizing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture. Successful application of ourresearch would decrease the prevalence and severity of bacterial plant diseases, thereby increasing yields andlowering the use of pesticides.