Transgenic expression of antimicrobial peptide D2A21 confers resistance to diseases incited by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci and Xanthomonas citri, but not Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

• Guixia Hao ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ed.stover@ars.usda.gov (ES); guixia.hao@ars.usda.gov (GH)

  Current address: Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, NCAUR, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, United States of America

  Affiliation U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-9409

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• Shujian Zhang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL, United States of America

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• Ed Stover

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ed.stover@ars.usda.gov (ES); guixia.hao@ars.usda.gov (GH)

  Affiliation U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL, United States of America

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