Background Agrobacterium vitis strains are causative agents of crown gall, an economically important disease [ 1 2 ] .
Her work focused on crown gall and gladiolus diseases and pests.
The name opine comes from octopine, the first opine discovered in 1927, not in crown galls, but in octopus muscle.
His most significant work was his study of crown gall - a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens.
The bacterium chosen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, causes an infection called crown gall.
They identified those regions of the DNA that produce crown gall and proceeded to remove them.
Infected cells form crown galls or root tumours, respectively.
Cucumber: Symptoms of the cucumber are similar to that of other cucurbits, but do not include crown gall as a symptom.
Infected plant cells form crown gall or root tumors.
A disease somewhat similar in appearance is a crown gall.
