Una de las infecciones microbianas más frecuentes entre especies de interés para los agricultores, como la patata, es la podredumbre blanda de algunas de sus zonas que hace que el cultivo quede inutilizado.
Un equipo internacional de investigadores, liderados por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), han identificado 36 genes que intervienen en el proceso de infección de la bacteria Dickeya dadanti 3937 y en su resistencia al sistema inmune de la planta.
En España identifican genes implicados en la podredumbre blanda de la papa
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