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NEW BACTERICIDES AGAINST FIRE BLIGHT (ERWINIA AMYLOVORA) AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FAST BEE-ERWINIA MONITORING SYSTEM
Article number
917_17
Pages
139 – 142
Language
English
Abstract
Several potentially antimicrobial substances were screened for their activity against Erwinia amylovora and compared with the antibiotic streptomycin.
For one promising compound, juglone, we found in vitro activity similar to streptomycin.
We are currently establishing a fast and simple monitoring system for
E. amylovora on blossoms using nectar and pollen collecting bees combined with an isothermal DNA detection method.
This should finally allow fast, cheap, and sensitive detection of E. amylovora in orchards for monitoring the bacterial inoculum status, and to optimize protection strategies against primary infection of fire blight.
For one promising compound, juglone, we found in vitro activity similar to streptomycin.
We are currently establishing a fast and simple monitoring system for
E. amylovora on blossoms using nectar and pollen collecting bees combined with an isothermal DNA detection method.
This should finally allow fast, cheap, and sensitive detection of E. amylovora in orchards for monitoring the bacterial inoculum status, and to optimize protection strategies against primary infection of fire blight.
Authors
C. Gosch, T.C. Fischer , K. Stich, R. Moosbeckhofer, H. Reisenzein , U. Persen
Keywords
secondary plant metabolites, juglone, single flower inoculation assay, bee monitoring, isothermal DNA amplification
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