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S. No. Pathogen
Name of the disease
Host plant
Effect on plant– pathogen interaction
References
Virus
Pineapple mealybug wilt- associated virus-1
Pineapple Mealybug Wilt
Pineapple
Susceptibility increased
Sether and Hu
2001
Maize dwarf mosaic virus
Mosaic
Sweet corn
Olson et
al.
1990
Turnip mosaic virus
Growth retardation
Arabidopsis
Prasch and Sonnewald
2013
Bacteria
Xylella fastidiosa
Pierce’
s disease
Vine
Susceptibility increased
McElrone et
al.
2001
Pseudomonas syringae pv
.
tomato
1065
Bacterial speck disease
Arabidopsis
Mohr and Cahill
2003
Streptomyces scabies
Common scab
Potato
Cook and Papendick
1972
Pseudomonas syringae pv
.
Tabaci
Bacterial speck disease
Nicotiana benthamiana
Susceptibility decreased
Ramegowda et
al.
2013
a PEG-mediated osmotic stressPEG
Polyethylene glycol
Table 10.1
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