“Our work is the first to directly test how chromosome structure affects bacterial growth, survival, and ability to cause ...

Iowa State University researchers have unlocked new secrets within the bacteria responsible for the creation of thousands of ...

Experiments were carried out to transfer the rol genes from Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA to several elite genotypes of woody plants, important in forestry and landscape improvement, selected and ...

We have recently reported the development of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We have observed that Chlamydomonas cells could be transformed ...

A combined public and private team of microbiologists has completed sequencing the genome of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This bacterium has become an essential tool for plant ...

Figure 1: Specific interaction between VirF and VIP1 in yeast and plant cells. If VirF and ASK1 are involved in uncoating of the T-DNA before its expression and integration, they both should reside in ...

Sweet potatoes from all over the world naturally contain genes from the bacterium Agrobacterium, researchers report. Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption in the ...

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinking, plant pathogen? Boring. Not so! In fact, A. tumefaciens is an incredibly clever and ...

Transformation techniques currently in use still present significant obstacles for the manipulation of rice because the tissue culture response is genotype-dependent. In fact, the ...

Academic researchers and companies in the agricultural biotechnology sector will be able to use a patent-pending Purdue University biology innovation to introduce valuable traits to plants without ...

Grafting is a traditional and significant strategy to suppress soil-borne diseases, such as the crown gall disease caused by tumorigenic Agrobacterium and Rhizobium. Root exudates and the rhizosphere ...

Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered a previously unknown route by which GM genes may escape into the natural environment. By studying plant-fungi-bacteria interactions at plant ...