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Title: Fire blight: applied genomic insights of the pathogen and host

Author
item MALNOY, MICKAEL - Iasma Research Center
item MARTENS, STEFAN - Iasma Research Center
item Norelli, John
item BARNY, MARIE-ANNE - Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Inra
item SUNDIN, GEORGE - Michigan State University
item SMITS, THEO - Agroscope
item DUFFY, BRION - Agroscope

Submitted to: Annual Review of Phytopathology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/11/2012
Publication Date: 9/1/2012
Citation: Malnoy, M., Martens, S., Norelli, J.L., Barny, M., Sundin, G., Smits, T., Duffy, B. 2012. Fire blight: applied genomic insights of the pathogen and host. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 50:475-494.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The enterobacterial phytopathogen, Erwinia amylovora, causes fire blight, an invasive disease that threatens a wide range of commercial and ornamental Rosaceae host plants. The response elicited by E. amylovora in its host during disease development is similar to the hypersensitive reaction that typically leads to resistance in an incompatible host-pathogen interaction, yet no gene-for-gene resistance has been described for this host-pathogen system. Comparative genomic analysis has found an unprecedented degree of genetic uniformity among strains of E. amylovora, suggesting that the pathogen has undergone a recent genetic bottleneck. The genome of apple, an important host of E. amylovora, has been sequenced, creating new opportunities for the study of interactions between host and pathogen during fire blight development and for the identification of resistance genes. This review includes recent advances in genomics of both host and pathogen.