Antimicrobial peptides expressed by plant-engineered 'symbiont' technology reduces titers and disease symptoms of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" in potato

Delivery of therapeutic biomolecules into plant vascular tissues remains a challenge in management of vector-borne plant pathogens.

Delivery of therapeutic biomolecules into plant vascular tissues remains a challenge in management of vector-borne plant pathogens. The symbiont concept uses reprogrammed Agrobacterium tumefaciens galls (called symbionts) to produce biomolecules while remaining connected to host…