Pathogen-caused Soybean Diseases result in large economic losses to soybean growers. Soybean bacterial blight is one of the most common diseases of soybeans that can cause up to 20% yield loss. Understanding the intricate interactions between the pathogen and the hosts is a key step towards soybean disease control.
This project will apply a structure-based computational method for mimicry protein search in Pseudomonas syringe pv. glycines (Psg), the causal agent for bacterial blight in soybeans. Mimicry refers to the phenomenon where a pathogen produces a protein that mimics the function of the protein in the host plant so that it can manipulate the host physiology and cellular function...
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#bacterial blight, #pseudomonas syringae, #soybean disease interactions, #soybean diseases