Discover the world of managing plant bacterial diseases at the Scientia Terrae Research Institute Bacterial plant diseases pose a great challenge for agricultural practices, due to a lack of environmental-friendly, efficient control options. The use of bacteriophages presents a highly sustainable and biological alternative for chemical disease control and is a growing field of research and development in recent years. Biological control of bacterial plant diseases using bacteriophages is not yet applied in practice within the EU nowadays. Based on experience and success stories with bacteriophages from outside the EU in agriculture, as well as in other fields such as medicine and food safety, Group De Ceuster is currently developing a bacteriophage-based plant protection product to control Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fireblight, in apple and pear orchards.

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