Date of Award
5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
De. Daniel Pierce
Second Advisor
Dre. John Jacob Peters
Abstract
Crown Gall disease caused by Agrobacterium is a leading cause of plant damage and current solutions used to prevent the disease are not as effective. This research aims to use a synthetic biology approach to design a plasmid that upregulates Curdlan, a molecule that activates plant defenses, when the bacteria senses a wounded plant. Thus this research uses a synthetic biology approach to develop a biocontrol agent for Crown Gall disease. This research also looks at the transferability of the sugar phenol sensing mechanism in Agrobacterium, which is needed for plant pathogenesis.
Recommended Citation
Agarwala, Rosemala, "Synthetic Modification of Agrobacterium to Inhibit Plant Pathogenesis" (2025). Honors Theses. 1797.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1797
