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R. solanacearum exhibits a great degree of both phenotypic and genotypic diversity. This session comprised five papers which addressed issues of overall diversity within the species, microdiversity of various subgroups of the pathogen, namely the biovar 2/race 3 phenotype causing brown rot of potato and the strains that infect banana, and the diversity of strains present in Japan. Also addressed during this session was the use of the genetic diversity within this species for the development of detection and discrimination tests.
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Fegan, M. (1998). Chair’s Perspective: Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum . In: Prior, P., Allen, C., Elphinstone, J. (eds) Bacterial Wilt Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03592-4_3
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