Plant Care

Generalized Life Cycle Of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria-Plant Care GENERALIZED LIFE CYCLE OF PLANT PATHOGENIC  BACTERIA: Bacteria are the prokaryotes, unicellular microorganisms having DNA as genetic material not bounded by membrane. Plant pathogenic bacteria are rod like; diameter ranging from 0.6-3.5 μm. Different forms of flagella may be present on the body of bacteria. Bacteria reproduce asexually through binary fission or fission at rapid rate. Identification of plant pathogenic bacteria is based on visual observation including symptoms expression, colony pattern on media, microscopic observation, gram staining, serological and molecular techniques. Plant pathogenic bacteria though cause limited number of diseases in plants but all the diseases are of much economic importance. Soft rot, blight and bacterial canker of vegetable and stone fruits are important bacterial diseases. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...