Biological control of fungal post harvest diseases with bacteria
AssigneeThe Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
InventorsCarlo Leifert, Harold A S Epton, David C Sigee
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Abstract
Isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa are effective in cabbages in inhibiting the growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola.
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A biologically pure culture of bacteria having all of the identifying characteristics of a strain selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus NCIMB 40489, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40490, Serratia liquefaciens NCIMB 40492, Serratia plymuthica NCIMB 40493, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40495 and Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40497.
A process of preventing fungal disease in post-harvest cabbages comprising applying to the cabbages an aqueous suspension comprising an antifungally effective amount of a biologically pure culture of bacteria having all of the identifying characteristics of a strain selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus NCIMB 40489, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40490, Serratia liquefaciens NCIMB 40492, Serratia plymuthica NCIMB 40493, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40495 and Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40497.
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