Genome sequenced for Xanthomonas cucurbitae (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Genome sequenced for Xanthomonas cucurbitae

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University of Illinois researchers, including Rikky Rai (pictured) and Sarah Hind, have sequenced the genome for the bacterium that causes bacterial spot disease in pumpkin, an economically devastating disease.

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Montgomery Flack

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