Control of phytopathogens using sustainable biogenic nanomaterials: recent perspectives, ecological safety, and challenging gaps

BA Omran, KH Baek - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop yield loss caused by phytopathogens has a massive impact on global economy. For
over a century, agrochemicals have been used for plant disease management; however, the …

Endophytic Fungi Associated with Aquilaria sinensis (Agarwood) from China Show Antagonism against Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens

TY Du, SC Karunarathna, X Zhang, DQ Dai, A Mapook… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agarwood is the most expensive non-construction wood product in the world. As a
therapeutic agent, agarwood can cure some diseases, but few studies have been carried out …

Aureobasidium pullulans from the Fire Blight Biocontrol Product, Blossom Protect, Induces Host Resistance in Apple Flowers

Q Zeng, KB Johnson, S Mukhtar, S Nason… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apple. Blossom
Protect, a product that contains Aureobasidium pullulans as the active ingredient, is one of …

Screening for Novel Beneficial Environmental Bacteria for an Antagonism-Based Erwinia amylovora Biological Control

G Esteban-Herrero, B Álvarez, RD Santander… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Erwinia amylovora, the bacterial species responsible for fire blight, causes major economic
losses in pome fruit crops worldwide. Chemical control is not always effective and poses a …

A complete twelve-gene deletion null mutant reveals that cyclic di-GMP is a global regulator of phase-transition and host colonization in Erwinia amylovora

RR Kharadi, K Selbmann, GW Sundin - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is an essential bacterial second messenger that regulates biofilm
formation and pathogenicity. To study the global regulatory effect of individual components …

Exopolysaccharides amylovoran and levan contribute to sliding motility in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora

X Yuan, LI Eldred, GW Sundin - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Erwinia amylovora, the causative agent of fire blight, uses flagella‐based motilities to
translocate to host plant natural openings; however, little is known about how this bacterium …

Evaluation of plant defense inducers and plant growth regulators for fire blight management using transcriptome studies and field assessments

X Yuan, K Gdanetz, CA Outwater, SM Slack… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a destructive disease of pome fruit trees. In the
United States, apple and pear growers rely on applications of copper and antibiotics during …

Plant‐associated microbiota as a source of antagonistic bacteria against the phytopathogen Erwinia amylovora

S Barbé, À Figàs‐Segura, M Benada… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Control of bacterial plant diseases is a major concern, as they affect economically important
species and spread easily, such as the case of fire blight of rosaceous caused by Erwinia …

Erwinia amylovora Type III Secretion System Inhibitors Reduce Fire Blight Infection Under Field Conditions

X Yuan, GW Sundin, Q Zeng, KB Johnson… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is an economically important disease in apples
and pears worldwide. This pathogen relies on the type III secretion system (T3SS) to cause …

Identification of novel virulence factors in Erwinia amylovora through temporal transcriptomic analysis of infected apple flowers under field conditions

JK Schachterle, K Gdanetz, I Pandya… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enterobacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora uses multiple virulence‐associated traits to
cause fire blight, a devastating disease of apple and pear trees. Many virulence‐associated …