Published February 20, 2024 | Version v6
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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the First Xanthomonas Genome Sequences – How Genomics Revolutionized Taxonomy, Provided Insight into the Emergence of Pathogenic Bacteria, Enabled New Fundamental Discoveries and Helped Developing Novel Control Measures – A Perspective from the French Network on Xanthomonads

Creators

  • 1. Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, F-34000 Montpellier, France
  • 2. Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
  • 3. Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, and CIRM-CFBP, Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUAS1AV, F-49000 Angers, France
  • 4. LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, F-31320 Castanet-Tolosan, France
  • 5. CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, F-97410 Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Description

In this Opinion paper, members of the French Network on Xanthomonads give their personal view on what they consider to be some of the groundbreaking discoveries in the field of molecular plant pathology over the past 20 years. By celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Xanthomonas genome sequences, they explain how genomics revolutionized taxonomy, provided insight into the emergence of pathogenic bacteria, enabled new fundamental discoveries and contributed to the development of novel control measures. Collectively, such new, genomics-enabled perspective will help to ensure sustainable agriculture and conservation of our environment in the future.

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Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche
TULIP – Towards a Unified theory of biotic Interactions: the roLe of environmental ANR-10-LABX-0041
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
UNITI – Université Fédérale de Toulouse ANR-11-IDEX-0002
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
MUSEOBACT – “Night at the museum”: filling the gaps in the history of emergence of important crop pathogenic bacteria using historical material ANR-17-CE35-0009
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
PHRACE – TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF A PATHOGEN-HOST ARMS-RACE TO PREDICT DURABILITY OF RESISTANCE IN RICE ANR-22-CE20-0016