A new Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis Scheme for epidemiological surveillance of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the plant pathogen causing bacterial wilt on banana and enset

• Gloria Valentine Nakato,

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

  Affiliations IITA, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics/Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Juan Luis Fuentes Rojas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation UMR IPME, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Christian Verniere,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CIRAD, UMR BGPI, Montpellier, France

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• Laurence Blondin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation CIRAD, UMR BGPI, Montpellier, France

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• Teresa Coutinho,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics/Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• George Mahuku,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation IITA, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Emmanuel Wicker

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wicker@cirad.fr

  Affiliations UMR IPME, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UMR IPME, Montpellier, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-7404

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