Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens - Identification, Epidemiology and Genomics

new methods and approaches for specific and sensitive detection and identification of Pseudomonas syringae and Ralstonia solanacearum ecology and epidemiology bases of Pseudomonas syringae that enable the development of management strategies pathogenesis and determinant of pathogenicity, and in particular, mechanisms involved in virulence and virulence gene expression evolution and diversity of the pseudomonads through multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis; determination of pathogens associated with new and emerging diseases effect of global warming on increase and emergence of new bacterial diseases