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             Department of Plant Pathology
             Iowa State University
             351 Bessey Hall
             Ames, IA 50011

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             Phone 515-294-1741
             Fax 515-294-9420

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Department Highlights

Beattie Lab

Exploring the role of water limitation in plant defense and in the ecology of foliar bacterial pathogens

"Does plant defense involve starving bacteria for water? How do plant defense responses ultimately limit the growth of bacterial pathogens? Using bacterial bioreporters that report on the water status of bacterial cells in planta, we have shown that the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato experiences a rapid decrease in water availability following invasion of resistant Arabidopsis thaliana plants. " Read More

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