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Antibiotics are used extensively to control animal, plant, and human pathogens. They are sprayed on apple and pear orchards to control the bacterium __Erwinia amylovora__, the causative agent of fire blight. This phytopathogen is developing antibiotic resistance and alternatives either have less efficacy, are phytotoxic, or more management intensive. The objective of our study was to develop an effective biological control agent colonizing the host plant and competing with __Erwinia amylovora.__ It must not be phytotoxic, have a wide spectrum of activity, and be unlikely to induce resistance in the pathogen. To this end, several bacterial isolates from various environmental samples were screened to identify suitable candidates that are antagonistic to __E. amylovora__. We sampled bacteria from the flowers, leaves, and soil from apple and pear orchards from the springtime bloom period until the summer. The most effective bacteria, including isolates of __Pseudomonas poae__, __Paenibacillus polymyxa__, __Bacillus amyloliquefaciens__ and __Pantoea agglomerans__, were tested __in vitro__ and __in vivo__ and formulated into products containing both the live strains and their metabolites

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Author

Fadi Dagher; Snizhana Olishevska; Vincent Philion; Jie Zheng; Eric Déziel

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Physical Sciences)