Kosakonia cowanii, a new bacterial pathogen affecting foxtail millet (Setaria italica[L.]P. Beauv.) in China

• Published in: Microbial pathogenesis Vol. 181; p. 106201
• Main Authors: Han, Yanqing, Gao, Xi, Huang, Guoli, Chang, Yindong, Han, Haili, Zhu, Jiao, Zhang, Baojun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Base Composition; Foxtail millet; Koch's postulates; Molecular identification; Pathogenicity; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Setaria Plant - genetics; Stalk rot; Pathogenicity; Stalk rot; Koch's postulates; Foxtail millet; Molecular identification

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica [L.] P. Beauv.) is an important cereal worldwide. From 2021 to 2022, stalk rot disease of foxtail millet was identified in Shanxi province, northern China, with an 8% and 2% field incidence rate in Xinzhou (2 different locations), respectively. It caused necrosis, dec...