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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

This is the same approach used in AQ10 for powdery mildew control.  Let one living organism crowd out or eat another.

Tom

Lon J. Rombough wrote:
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>   
>   From: ARS
> News Service <NewsService@ars.usda.gov>
>   Date: March
> 25, 2005 11:08:56 AM PST
>   To: ARS News
> subscriber <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>   Subject: Quenching
> Fire Blight
> Reply-To: ARS News
> Service <NewsService@ars.usda.gov>
>   
> STORY LEAD:
> Bacterium Tapped To Battle Fire Blight Disease in Tree Fruit
> ___________________________________________
>   
> ARS News Service
> Agricultural Research Service, USDA
> Jan Suszkiw, (301) 504-1630, jsuszkiw@ars.usda.gov
> March 25, 2005
> ___________________________________________
>   
> Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Wenatchee, Wash.,
> are fighting fire with fire--sort of.
>   
> Their fight is against Erwinia amylovora, the bacterium responsible
> for fire blight, a costly disease of apples, pears and other tree
> fruit. Controls include pruning, cultural practices and spraying
> infected trees with antibiotics. Resistance to one antibiotic,
> streptomycin, has emerged in fire blight strains of the Pacific
> Northwest.   
>   
  

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