The rhizosphere microbiome is composed of diverse microbial organisms, including
archaea, viruses, fungi, bacteria as well as eukaryotic microorganisms, which occupy a …

Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global
food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized …

Highlights•Understanding phage-bacterium-plant interactions is crucial for rational
biocontrol.•Phage treatments need to be customized according to individual …

The ability of agriculture to continually provide food to a growing world population is of
crucial importance. Bacterial diseases of plants and animals have continually reduced …

Agriculture, together with aquaculture, supplies most of the foodstuffs required by the world
human population to survive. Hence, bacterial diseases affecting either agricultural crops …

Preventing plant loss and improving their health status are essential for agricultural industry.
Correspondingly, the deprivation of plants severely impacts our ecological system. As such …

Main conclusion Phage-based biocontrol strategies can be an effective alternative to control
Psa-induced bacterial canker of kiwifruit. Abstract The global production of kiwifruit has been …

The use of bacteriophages as an effective phage therapy strategy faces significant
challenges for controlling plant diseases in the phyllosphere. A number of factors must be …

Bacteriocins and bacteriophage (phage) are biological tools which exhibit targeted microbial
killing, a phenomenon which until recently was seen as a major drawback for their use as …

Bacterial canker is a major disease of Prunus species, such as cherry (Prunus avium). It is
caused by Pseudomonas syringae pathovars, including P. syringae pv. syringae (Pss) and …