Galls are abnormal growths on a part of the plant. They can be caused by bacteria, insects, mites and fungi. They can be on any part of a plant and are the overgrowth of plant tissue in response ...

The Crown gall tumour assay (CGTA) is one of several bench top bioassays recommended for the rapid screening of plants with anti-cancer activity. The rationale for the use of the bioassay is that ...

The galls not only disfigure the plants, but can result in eventual death of the plant. These are more likely to be caused by a fungal or bacterial pathogen. Crown gall, which affects euonymus and ...

One of the most common plant tumours is crown gall, a disease caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The tumour is the "gall", a swollen knot-like structure, that typically forms on ...

the pathogen responsible for crown gall disease, a tumor-forming infection in plants, such as tomatoes, walnuts, grapes and beets. Next week's Journal of Biological Chemistry "Paper of the Week ...

Unfortunately, no effective treatment is available other than using resistant plants. See Crown Gall (University of Minnesota) and Crown Gall (University of California). Also see this extensive ...

but their roles in suppressing crown gall disease in grafted plants remain unclear. Here, disease-susceptible cherry rootstock 'Gisela 6' and disease-resistant cherry rootstock 'Haiying 1' were ...

"There have been clues that this technique might be used to produce disease resistance in plants, but we were surprised to discover just how well it actually works in the case of crown gall disease." ...

The growths darken with time but have not seemed to hurt the plants. Is this a disease? Should I be concerned? A. The growths are known as crown gall disease and are caused by a very common ...

The most serious are at the root crown of young woody plants. Fruit trees are particularly prone. The bacteria that cause them can live in the soil for a long time. Galls are abnormal growths on a ...