Prescription For a Mango Plant With Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Infection:

A. tumefaciens in your soil? If you’re a dicot, you’re in deep Older plants can live right through it, But fruit production gets rather weak Younger buds are susceptible When cut or chewed or scraped Once infected, plants start leaning, Crushed by the tumor that it makes When it comes to prevention, It’s all in the farmer’s hands But once you’ve been infected, There’s no hope for you, my friend… Perhaps you should release a toxin That mimics its own stress hormones Or evolve to switch your signaling And grow stronger, non-conjugatable walls? Your life may be coming to an end, But for now, I recommend... Use essential ions like essential oils! DNA keep tightly coiled Secrete some chemicals to increase Protection against microbial disease