Posts Tagged ‘crown gall’
Bacteria – Growing for Science Project
Q: I need to know how to grow a bacterium to infect a healthy plant, and then try and cure it with beta carotene. Agrobacterium tumefaciens had been suggested but we cannot find the bacteria. Is there anything that I...
Forsythia – Crown Gall
Q: As I inspected my forsythia recently, I saw several odd-looking knots on stems that had few flowers. Can you tell me what this is? A: Crown gall is caused by a bacteria. It induces the host plant to produce...
