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- Phytoplasma Resource Center and Phytoplasma Classification Database
- Alfalfa Transcription Factor database

About MPPLheadline bar The mission of the Laboratory is to solve problems related to the management and control of agriculturally important plant diseases. The Laboratory's research program involves comprehensive studies of plant diseases caused by three major types of pathogens: Subcellular pathogens (viruses, viral satellites, and viroids)
Prokaryotes (phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, and walled bacteria)
eukaryotic pathogens (fungi) The research addresses: Molecular biology, biochemistry, ecology, morphology, systematics and genomics of plant pathogens
Biochemistry and genetics of host-pathogen interaction and host resistance
Development and use of virus-based vectors for the expression of foreign genes in plants
Development of new diagnostic approaches and safe disease control mechanisms Crops under current study include wheat, sugarbeet, potato, citrus, strawberry, and soybean.


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