Phages of phytopathogenic bacteria: High potential, but challenging application

Phytopathogenic bacteria are one of the most significant causes crop yield losses. Until now, direct treatment bacterioses was limited to application antibacterial compounds or resistance inducers. This is about change due revolutionary discovery phages. Indeed, bacteriophages look very promising as therapy agents: cheap, self-amplifying, self-eliminating, and safe for host organism. However, phage plant diseases remains a “direction with high potential”, which, so far, has few successful implication cases. Here, we discuss recent advances in research, focusing on challenges associated evaluation biological activity, under both laboratory environmental conditions.