Genomic characterization, formulation and efficacy in planta of a siphoviridae and podoviridae protection cocktail against the bacterial plant pathogens

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dc.contributor.authorZaczek-Moczydlowska, Maja A.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Gillian K.
dc.contributor.authorTrudgett, James S.
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Colin C.
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorO'Hanlon, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T12:53:39Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T12:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-28
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 25 January 2020; Published online - 28 January 2020.en_US
dc.description.abstract: In the face of global human population increases, there is a need for efficacious integrated pest management strategies to improve agricultural production and increase sustainable food production. To counteract significant food loses in crop production, novel, safe and efficacious measures should be tested against bacterial pathogens. Pectobacteriaceae species are one of the causative agents of the bacterial rot of onions ultimately leading to crop losses due to ineffective control measures against these pathogens. Therefore, the aim of this study was to isolate and characterize bacteriophages which could be formulated in a cocktail and implemented in planta under natural environmental conditions. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and genome analysis revealed Siphoviridae and Podoviridae family bacteriophages. To test the protective effect of a formulated phage cocktail against soft rot disease, three years of field trials were performed, using three different methods of treatment application. This is the first study to show the application of a phage cocktail containing Podoviridae and Siphoviridae bacteriophages capable of protecting onions against soft rot in field conditions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe M.A.Z-M. was funded by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland by PhD studentship.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/378
dc.identifier.citationZaczek-Moczydłowska, M.A., Young, G.K., Trudgett, J., Fleming, C.C., Campbell, K. and O’Hanlon, R. (2020) ‘Genomic Characterization, Formulation and Efficacy in Planta of a Siphoviridae and Podoviridae Protection Cocktail against the Bacterial Plant Pathogens Pectobacterium spp.’, Viruses. MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/v12020150.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/v12020150
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectbacteriophagesen_US
dc.subjectphage cocktailen_US
dc.subjectPectobacteriaceaen_US
dc.subjectbiocontrolen_US
dc.titleGenomic characterization, formulation and efficacy in planta of a siphoviridae and podoviridae protection cocktail against the bacterial plant pathogensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-01-25
dcterms.dateSubmitted2019-12-13

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