Isolation, identification of a lytic bacteriophage PQ43 for Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum and its application in biocontrol of bacterial wilt
YI Ke(1); LIU Min(1); HUANG Binbin(2); JING Yongfeng(1); LIU Lijia(1); TAN Ge(1); LIU Qingshu(2); CHEN Wu(3); GE Long(4); PAN Qiang(4)
(1) China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co., Ltd., Changsha, China; (2) Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha, China; (3) College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China; (4) Qingdao Phagepharm Bio-tech Co., Ltd., Qingdao, China
Bacterial wilt (BW) is a devastating soil-borne bacterial disease caused by Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum. Many efforts have been made to control BW, however there is still a lack of effective, green and safe measures. Bacteriophages are expected to...