Isolation and characterization of Priestia megaterium KD7 for the biological control of pear fire blight

Erwinia amylovora is a plant pathogen that causes fire blight disease in Rosaceous plants, such as pear and apple. To develop an effective biocontrol method to suppress E. amylovora, a total of 16 bacteria were isolated from pear orchard soil in China and screened for antagonistic activity in vitro....

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Main Authors: Zeling Cui, Lina Hu, Linglu Zeng, Wanqiu Meng, Dong Guo, Li Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1099664/full