| polyphasic characterization of xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii associated with outbreaks of bacterial blight on three allium species in the mascarene archipelago. | based on the number of new reports during the last two decades, bacterial blight of onion (allium cepa) is considered an emerging disease. the causal agent, xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii, is pathogenic to several allium species after inoculation, but outbreaks worldwide have been primarily reported on onion. we describe a unique epidemiological situation in réunion island, france, with concomitant outbreaks on three allium species, onion, leek (a. porrum), and garlic (a. sativum). there was n ... | 2008 | 18943210 |