Bacteriophages and bacterial plant diseases

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dc.contributor.authorButtimer, Colin
dc.contributor.authorMcAuliffe, Olivia
dc.contributor.authorRoss, R. Paul
dc.contributor.authorHill, Colin
dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, Jim
dc.contributor.authorCoffey, Aidan
dc.contributor.funderCork Institute of Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-22T15:27:45Z
dc.date.available2017-02-22T15:27:45Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-20
dc.date.updated2017-02-22T15:20:04Z
dc.description.abstractLosses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized need to develop new environmentally friendly control strategies to combat bacterial crop disease. Current control measures involving the use of traditional chemicals or antibiotics are losing their efficacy due to the natural development of bacterial resistance to these agents. In addition, there is an increasing awareness that their use is environmentally unfriendly. Bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, have received increased research interest in recent years as a realistic environmentally friendly means of controlling bacterial diseases. Their use presents a viable control measure for a number of destructive bacterial crop diseases, with some phage-based products already becoming available on the market. Phage biocontrol possesses advantages over chemical controls in that tailor-made phage cocktails can be adapted to target specific disease-causing bacteria. Unlike chemical control measures, phage mixtures can be easily adapted for bacterial resistance which may develop over time. In this review, we will examine the progress and challenges for phage-based disease biocontrol in food crops.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCork Institute of Technology (CIT Rísam Ph.D. Scholarship)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationButtimer, C., McAuliffe, O., Ross, R. P., Hill, C., O’Mahony, J. and Coffey, A. (2017) 'Bacteriophages and Bacterial Plant Diseases', Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, pp. 34. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00034en
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmicb.2017.00034
dc.identifier.endpage34-15en
dc.identifier.issn1664-302X
dc.identifier.journaltitleFrontiers In Microbiologyen
dc.identifier.startpage34-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3672
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dc.rights© 2017 Buttimer, McAuliffe, Ross, Hill, O’Mahony and Coffey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectBacteriophagesen
dc.subjectPlant diseasesen
dc.subjectBiocontrolen
dc.subjectBiopesticidesen
dc.subjectPhytopathogensen
dc.titleBacteriophages and bacterial plant diseasesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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