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Plant Medicine: The Use of Medicinal Plants as Green Manures in the Treatment of Streptomyces scabies Infection and Potato Scab Disease
<p>Potato scab disease is caused by the pathogen <em>Streptomyces</em> <em>scabies</em> and leads to significant crop losses annually worldwide. There is growing public and scientific concern regarding the human and environmental safety with the use of many pesticides and current disease control …
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Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Streptomyces ipomoeae Pathogenesis: Thaxtomin C Biosynthesis and Regulation
… causal agent of Streptomyces soil rot of sweetpotato, a disease marked by highly necrotic destruction of adventitious roots, including the development of necrotic lesions on the fleshy storage roots. To facilitate further genetic manipulation of this agriculturally important pathogen, an …
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Endophytic Actinomycetes as potential agents to control common scab of potatoes
<p>Potato marketability and tuber quality can be decreased upon infection by a pathogen, <em>Streptomyces scabies.</em> Current disease control consists of expensive irrigation systems and using hazardous chemicals, which exert limited disease control and are potential hazards to those exposed. …