PROCEDURE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BACTERIAL WILT CAUSED BY RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM BY THE USE OF SPECIFIC BACTERIOPHAGES - Banco de Patentes
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PROCEDURE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BACTERIAL WILT CAUSED BY RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM BY THE USE OF SPECIFIC BACTERIOPHAGES
The bacterial species Ralstonia solanacearum causes bacterial wilt worldwide in numerous plant species, many of them of agronomic interest such as potatoes and tomatoes, producing serious economic losses in the agricultural sector. Therefore, this bacterium is considered a quarantine organism in the European Union, where it is subjected to strict measures regulated by European Directives. R. solanacearum control by chemical or physical treatments is usually not effective, expensive and with severe environmental impact. For this reason, new biological control methods which are effective and environmentally friendly are especially needed, such as the use of specific lytic bacteriophages against R. solanacearum.
The technology is protected through the following patent:
Spanish patent application P201530730, titled "Procedimiento para la prevención y/o el control biológico de la marchitez causada por Ralstonia solanacearum, a través del uso de bacteriófagos útiles para ello y composiciones de los mismos".
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