Paper · 2025 · Egyptian Journal of Desert Research

EFFECT OF PLANT EXTRACTS AND BACTERIA ON PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY, AND CONTROL OF FIRE BLIGHT OF PEAR

Sheren Adel Abd El-Hameid; Nerhan Abdelsalam Eid; Fatma M. Abdalla

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Abstract

Pears are challenged with many serious biotic stresses that cause significant crop losses. One of the most important biotic stresses in Egypt is fire blight. The objective of this work is to test the impact of applying plant extracts and bacteria on the yield quality and fire blight disease of the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees. The following ten treatments were given: Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3) and ginger root extract (2, 4 and 6%) named (T4 , T5 and T6), mixture of Bacillus pseudomycoides, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas taiwanensis that prevents blight in concentration (108 cfu/ ml, 1010 cfu/ ml and1012 cfu/ ml) named (T7 , T8 and T9) and control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10). From January until the harvest in August, all treatments were applied once a month. The results indicated that all treatments effectively stimulated fruit measurements, natural and chemical characteristics of fruits, leaf mineral contents and protection from fire blight. Generally, T1 increased yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit length, diameter, weight, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugars, improved leaf mineral content, gave the highest efficacies against fire blight disease and lowest percent disease incidence.

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Claims 9

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

All treatments with plant extracts and bacteria stimulated fruit measurements, fruit chemical characteristics and leaf mineral contents compared with water spraying.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
plant extracts and bacteriae2
Outcome
fruit measurements, natural and chemical characteristics of fruits, leaf mineral contentse4
Direction
stimulatede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“applying plant extracts and bacteria”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–246 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“all treatments effectively stimulated fruit measurements, natural and chemical characteristics of fruits, leaf mineral contents and protection from fire blight”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 854–1013 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

All treatments with plant extracts and bacteria effectively protected pear trees from fire blight compared with water spraying.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Treatment
plant extracts and bacteriae2
Outcome
protection from fire blighte4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“applying plant extracts and bacteria”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–246 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“all treatments effectively stimulated fruit measurements, natural and chemical characteristics of fruits, leaf mineral contents and protection from fire blight”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 854–1013 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 increased yield per tree, number of fruits per tree and fruit length.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit lengthe4
Direction
increasede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“T1 increased yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit length, diameter, weight, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1026–1178 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 increased fruit diameter and fruit weight.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
diameter, weighte4
Direction
increasede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“T1 increased yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit length, diameter, weight, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1026–1178 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 increased fruit total soluble solids (TSS).

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
total soluble solids (TSS)e4
Direction
increasede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“T1 increased yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit length, diameter, weight, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1026–1178 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 increased total sugar, reducing sugars and non-reducing sugars in fruit.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugarse4
Direction
increasede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“T1 increased yield/ tree, No. of fruits/trees, fruit length, diameter, weight, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugar, reducing and non-reducing sugars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1026–1178 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 improved leaf mineral content.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
leaf mineral contente4
Direction
improvede4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“improved leaf mineral content, gave the highest efficacies against fire blight disease and lowest percent disease incidence”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1180–1303 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 gave the highest efficacy against fire blight disease.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
efficacies against fire blight diseasee4
Direction
higheste4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“improved leaf mineral content, gave the highest efficacies against fire blight disease and lowest percent disease incidence”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1180–1303 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Garlic extract T1 gave the lowest percent disease incidence of fire blight.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Material
Le-Contee1
Treatment
Garlic extracte2
Outcome
percent disease incidencee4
Direction
loweste4
Comparator
control treatment (spraying with water)e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“the Le-Conte cultivar of pear trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 295–330 · show in text ↑
e2

“Garlic extract at (2, 4 and 6%) named (T1 , T2 and T3)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–427 · show in text ↑
e3

“control treatment (spraying with water) named (T10)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–741 · show in text ↑
e4

“improved leaf mineral content, gave the highest efficacies against fire blight disease and lowest percent disease incidence”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1180–1303 · show in text ↑

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