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If you’ve ever wondered what exactly happens when a disease infects a plant, watch this video. This detailed animation shows Xanthomonas bacteria infecting a tomato plant, causing bacterial spot disease.

For more information about Xanthomonas in plants, and how to control it, visit the Plantwise Knowledge Bank.

5 Comments

  1. Saimone Johnson on 26th November 2013 at 10:26 PM

    A very useful depiction of disease infection and resistance

  2. Lisa Martin on 27th November 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Fabulous animation!

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  4. Serhat KARA on 2nd July 2015 at 6:17 PM

    that’s awesome thank you so much for this spectacular video

  5. Jose Mauricio Rivera Canales on 17th October 2016 at 7:12 PM

    Great!! And thanks.

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