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Dr M. M. López, project leader
M.T. Gorris Technical assistant
Dr B. Vicedo, Post doct.
Experiments with inoculated soils and in enclosed environments using soil from the Spanish area where brown rot is present. The dynamics of indigenous as well as of the pathogen populations and their characteristics will be followed in soil, roots, and plants.
Development and use of sensitive and species-specific tools for rapid quantitative analysis of Ralstonia populations (colony hybridization, serological techniques using specific monoclonal antibodies obtained at IVIA).
Analysis of the resistance of transgenic plants and the efficiency of control agents to the invasion by Ralstonia solanacearum.
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