Bacterial Lysobacter capsici strain and uses thereof
AssigneeFondazione Edmund Mach
InventorsGerardo Puopolo, Ilaria Pertot
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel bacterial strain belonging to Lysobacter capsici species, Lysobacter capsici AZ78, bacteria of said bacterial strain, and bacterial preparations related thereto, as well as to uses of the above for preparing a plant protection product—as well as to plant protection products comprising any of the above as well as to further related uses and methods.
Claims11
A plant protection product, comprising a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of:
- i) Lysobacter capsici AZ78
- ii) a strain obtainable from deposit CBS 134400
- iii) a strain comprising a nucleic acid sequence that has at least 99% identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 6-13;
- or at least one bacterium or bacterial preparation thereof;
- and further comprising a copper compound.
A method of preventing or treating a plant disease, comprising a step of contacting at least one plant with a bacterial strain, selected from the group consisting of
- i) Lysobacter capsici AZ78,
- ii) a strain obtainable from deposit CBS 134400,
- iii) a strain comprising a nucleic acid sequence that has at least 99% identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 6-13;
- or with a bacterium or bacterial composition thereof, or with a plant protection product comprising the said bacterial strain or bacterium or bacterial composition, wherein said method additionally comprises a step of contacting said plant with a composition comprising copper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.