Identification of a DNA region associated with the cool virulence of Ralstonia solancearum strain UW551 and its utilization for specific detection of the bacterium’s race 3 biovar 2 strains

• Michael J. Stulberg,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: CPHST-Beltsville Lab, USDA/APHIS, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, U. S. National Arboretum, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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• Xueqing Cai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, U. S. National Arboretum, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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• Abdelmonim Ali Ahmad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, U. S. National Arboretum, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, El-minia, Egypt

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• Qi Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: qi.huang@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, U. S. National Arboretum, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-4491

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