Chimeric Protein Treatment of Pierce Disease [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 576.8 Evolution
• Thông tin xuất bản: Los Alamos, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2020
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 4 p. : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 261792
• Chủ đề: 1. 59 basic biological sciences; 2. 60 applied life sciences

Tóm tắt

Pierce disease is an economically costly disease for several agricultural crops, including grapes, citrus, and olives. An invasive insect species, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, harbors a gut bacteria that kills grape vines. The bacteria destroys the xylem, the water transport tissue in plants. Los Alamos researchers have designed a technology to target and kill the source of Pierce disease. The treatment does not require the use of pesticides or the removal and replacement of the effected vines.