crown gall

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crown gall

A widespread plant disease caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and characterized by the formation of tumorous galls, especially at the junction of root and stem.

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crown gall - a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground

plant disease - a disease that affects plants

hairy root - a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots

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Crown gall disease is one of the most economically important soil-borne bacterial plant diseases around the world.

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This tumorigenic bacterium is the crown gall causal agent.

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It is resistant to peach rust, crown gall, root knot, and is more vigorous than peach seedling rootstocks.

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RNAi-mediated oncogene silencing confers resistance to crown gall tumorigenesis.

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a soil bacterium that has long been known to cause plant crown gall disease.

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tumefaciens" applications in genetic engineering, to DNA sequencing, to biological control of "Crown Gall", Agrobacterium tumefaciens: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology is a seminal work that should be considered an invaluable, core addition to governmental, corporate, and academic research and reference collections in this specialized field of biological and biotechnological research.

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This assay utilizes a system based on the Crown Gall disease of plants caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

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This study was designed to determine if retinol acetate has the potential of treating crown gall tumors in Kalanchoe diagremontiana, a succulent commonly known as "Mother of Millions." Kalanchoe diagremontiana plants were infected with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a bacterium that causes crown gall tumors to form in their wound sites.