Black-spotted tomatoes?: The bacteria causing the "bacterial freckle" in tomatoes evolves into more aggressive and evasive strains

by principal investigator Dr. Miryam Valenzuela from the Center for Advanced Studies in Fruit Farming (CEAF), in collaboration with researcher Ariel Herrera-Vásquez from UNAB, revealed that the causal agent of the disease, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, is evolving in much more complex ways than previously believed. Genomics-based surveillance: Identifying the strains in the field through their DNA to anticipate outbreaks. Diversified ...