Expert D, Enard C, Masclaux C
Laboratoire de Pathologie végétale, INRA/INA P-G, Paris, France.
Trends Microbiol. 1996 Jun;4(6):232-7. doi: 10.1016/0966-842X(96)10038-X.
Iron is unlikely to be readily available in plant tissues for invading microorganisms. Soft rot, caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi strain 3937 on African violets, is a valuable model for studying the role of iron and its ligands in plant-pathogen interactions. These studies could lead to the development of new control strategies against microbial infections of plants.