Abstract
Phages targeting specific bacteria have been used for control of bacterial pathogens in plants and humans. We report results of prophylactic use of a natural cocktail of phages on plants. Water was collected from upper reaches of the Alaknanda river where more than 200 isolates of phages have been reported. The river water was collected in April 2020 before the onset of monsoons and stored with sediments. The water was sprayed twice weekly on spinach, cabbage and coriander plants. We did not isolate, identify or multiply the phages. We sprayed the water in its natural condition after diluting it to 10 percent with normal spring water that is used for irrigation in the area. Control plots were sprayed with normal spring water only. We find 47 percent higher yields in spinach, 6 percent in cabbage and 40 percent in coriander. Natural phages of Ganga river could provide an inexpensive approach for the improvement of plant yields. Implications for prophylactic use of cocktail of phages for humans are discussed.
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Claim · model-written summary
River-water spraying produced 47 percent higher spinach yield than spring-water controls.
- Taxon
- spinach
Spinacia oleraceae0e1 - Treatment
- water in its natural condition after diluting it to 10 percent with normal spring watere1
- Outcome
- yields in spinache1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 47 percente1
- Comparator
- normal spring water onlye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The water was sprayed twice weekly on spinach, cabbage and coriander plants.”
e1“We sprayed the water in its natural condition after diluting it to 10 percent with normal spring water that is used for irrigation in the area. Control plots were sprayed with normal spring water only. We find 47 percent higher yields in spinach”
Claim · model-written summary
River-water spraying produced 6 percent higher cabbage yield than spring-water controls.
- Taxon
- cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitatae0e1 - Treatment
- water was sprayed twice weeklye0
- Outcome
- yields in spinach, 6 percent in cabbagee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 6 percente1
- Comparator
- normal spring water onlye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The water was sprayed twice weekly on spinach, cabbage and coriander plants.”
e1“Control plots were sprayed with normal spring water only. We find 47 percent higher yields in spinach, 6 percent in cabbage”
Claim · model-written summary
River-water spraying produced 40 percent higher coriander yield than spring-water controls.
- Taxon
- coriander
Coriandrum sativume0e1 - Treatment
- water was sprayed twice weeklye0
- Outcome
- yields in spinach, 6 percent in cabbage and 40 percent in coriandere1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 40 percente1
- Comparator
- normal spring water onlye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The water was sprayed twice weekly on spinach, cabbage and coriander plants.”
e1“Control plots were sprayed with normal spring water only. We find 47 percent higher yields in spinach, 6 percent in cabbage and 40 percent in coriander.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest natural river phages could be an inexpensive way to improve plant yields.
Verbatim
e0“Natural phages of Ganga river could provide an inexpensive approach for the improvement of plant yields.”
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