Abstract
Fire blight is a limiting factor for organic apple production. The use of antibiotics is not allowed in organic systems. The use of an innocuous microorganism consortium including bacteria like Pseudomonas fluorescens and Lactobacillus acidophilus, combined with yeast Saccharomyces boullardii and Candida utilis, is discussed as an alternative management for the disease. The spray application of the living consortium on trees, especially on flowers or pruning wounds, reduced infection. The enhancing action of the consortium to increase the competition for space and nutrients is demonstrated. Experiments in vitro and in vivo demonstrated good disease control.
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Claim · model-written summary
Spraying the living consortium on apple trees reduced infection, particularly on flowers or pruning wounds.
- Taxon
- APPLE TREES
Malus domesticat0 - Organ / stage
- flowers or pruning woundse0
- Treatment
- spray application of the living consortiume0
- Interactor
- ERWINIA AMYLOVORA
Erwinia amylovorat0pathogen - Outcome
- infectione0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“spray application of the living consortium on trees, especially on flowers or pruning wounds, reduced infection”
t0“FIRE BLIGHT (ERWINIA AMYLOVORA) INFECTION ON APPLE TREES”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium increased competition for space and nutrients.
- Taxon
- APPLE TREESMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- consortiume0
- Outcome
- competition for space and nutrientse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“enhancing action of the consortium to increase the competition for space and nutrients is demonstrated”
t0“APPLE TREES”
Claim · model-written summary
In vitro and in vivo experiments showed good disease control.
- Taxon
- APPLE TREESMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- good disease controle0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Experiments in vitro and in vivo demonstrated good disease control”
t0“APPLE TREES”
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