Comment on "Evolutionary transitions between beneficial and phytopathogenic Rhodococcus challenge disease management"

Elife. 2018 May 8:7:e35272. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35272.

¹ Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, United States.
² University of California, Cooperative Extension, Bakersfield, United States.
³ University of California, Cooperative Extension, Tulare, United States.
⁴ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, United States.
⁵ Core University Research Resource Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, United States.
⁶ Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield, United States.

Abstract

We would like to address a number of concerns regarding this paper (Savory et al., 2017).

Keywords: Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome; Rhodococcus fascians; pistachio; plant biology; virulence factors.

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