By Bryden Fields, Research Associate on the Ralstonia Phage project Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Phages can have very specific host ranges and we can harness this specificity to kill certain bacterial strains whilst leaving other …
Plant seeks phage: Searching for viruses that can protect plants from bacterial disease Read More »
It’s Plant Health Week 2022 and we are celebrating the benefits of healthy plants. An important part of keeping plants healthy is understanding the relationships between plants and bacteria to help manage bacterial diseases. Plants have a microbiome too Just …
Sharing how a better understanding of bacterial plant diseases can contribute to keeping plants healthy.
As part of Plant Health Week, this webinar will explore innovative biocontrol methods that could reduce the impact of bacterial plant diseases on our farms, forests and gardens. Conventional antibiotic treatments can damage the environment and are becoming less effective …
Innovative approaches to controlling bacterial plant diseases (webinar) Read More »
Prof Ian Toth of the James Hutton Institute, project lead for DeS-BL, reports on their recent knowledge exchange meeting.
Phages are viruses which infect and kill bacteria. Increasingly, as with our Ralstonia Phage project, they are being studied as potential biocontrol agents. Phages have very specific host ranges and could be used to selectively target only pathogenic bacteria, leaving …