Isolation and Characterization of Three Pathogenic Strains of Xanthomonas From Santiniketan, West Bengal Causing Diseases in Economically Important Crops

Author(s)	Anindya Biswas
Country	India
Abstract	Xanthomonas represents a large genus of gammaproteobacteria that comprises several plant pathogenic strains causing significant plant diseases in various economically important crop plants. The Santiniketan region of West Bengal is considered as a Red and Lateritic agro-climatic zone, where bacterial leaf blight diseases of rice, black rot of cruciferous crop plants, and citrus canker have emerged as significant bacterial plant diseases caused by different strains of Xanthomonas. The present study demonstrated the isolation and characterization of different pathogenic strains associated with these plant diseases. Among a number of isolates, three were selected and characterized based on their colony morphology, disease development efficiency, and various virulence-associated traits, including flagellar motility, cellulase production, biofilm formation, and siderophore synthesis.
Keywords	Plant pathogenic bacteria, Xanthomonas, Virulence-associated function
Field	Biology > Agriculture / Botany
Published In	Volume 16, Issue 4, October-December 2025
Published On	2025-10-23
DOI	https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i4.8866
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g97s67

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