Marcos A. Machado

TL;DR: A survey of bacterial pathologists asked them to nominate the bacterial pathogens they would place in a 'Top 10' based on scientific/economic importance, and a short section is presented on each bacterium in the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intention of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant bacteriology community.

TL;DR: This work sequence and compare citrus genomes—a high-quality reference haploid clementine genome and mandarin, pummelo, sweet-orange and sour-orange genomes—and shows that cultivated types derive from two progenitor species.

TL;DR: A global analysis of the whole SUCEST data set indicated that 14,409 assembled sequences contained at least one cDNA clone with a full-length insert, which indicated that possibly 33,620 unique genes had been identified and indicated that >90% of the sugarcane expressed genes were tagged.

TL;DR: Assessment of 15 candidate genes to determine which set of reference genes is best suited for transcript normalization in citrus in different tissues and organs and leaves challenged with five pathogens revealed FBOX, SAND, GAPC2 and UPL7 to be superior reference genes, and are recommended for use in studies of gene expression in citrus species and relatives.

TL;DR: The presence of "Ca. L. asiaticus" in Brazil is confirmed for the first time, which relates to the potential damage that this pathogen could cause to the citrus industry in the largest citrus-producing country in the world.