Want to know more about the bacterial leaf streak pathogen #Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and the role of rice seed trade in the pathogen's spread in West Africa? Using genome sequencing and satellite markers, we describe its population structure and molecular epidemiology doi.org/10.1128/aem....
West Africa has faced a rapid expansion of rice cultivation with importation of rice
varieties mostly from Asia, and rice now constitutes 37% of the cereal consumed in
the region. The bacterial pathog...
