I have a few questions about the bacteria above:
What type of plants does the A. tumerfaciens infect by plasmid
transfer? What does the plasmid transfer do to the plant? What genes
are expressed by the plasmid?
I understand that A. tumerfaciens can increase ethylene production in
carrots. Are there any other plants/fruits/vegetables in which the
bacteria can do this? Is this quality in any way related to the
plasmid transfer above? I'm not sure if there is a connection, but a
book I was reading led me to believe that there was one, although there
was no attempt to make a connction between the two phenomena. Can
anyone tell me more about this phenomena (ethylene increase) as well?
In addition to posting at the news group, please send me a response at
epiphany at ix.netcom.com. Thanks! Ana
