ABSTRACT The addition of 0.1 mM FeCl(3) to a defined culture medium induces the bacterial epiphyte Pseudomonas fluorescens strain A506 (A506) to produce an antibiotic toxic to the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora. Consequently, because A506 is registered and applied as a commercial product to suppress E. amylovora before floral infection of pear and apple, the relative availability of ir...

“Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus” (Leu) is one of six currently known Liberibacter species. It is known primarily from pear and related species across Europe, and from Scotch broom and its associated psyllids in New Zealand (introduced from Britain). The psyllids were introduced to New Zealand as a biocontrol agent for broom and it is thought the bacterium may have been introduced as an endos...

Although quince may be the finest source of dietary fiber, it has recently been recognized that eating a healthy diet considerable health advantages. It long history usage in traditional medicine and ethnobotany is native to Mediterranean area Central Asia. Its fruit hard, bitter, astringency flesh therefore its use are rare. Heat treatment affects organoleptic therapeutic properties. The antio...

background previous reports have shown that quince seed might have some healing effects on skin ulcers in rabbits. objectives to assess the potential healing effect of quince seed cream on human skin ulcers. patients and methods the present study was a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. fifty patients with skin ulcer caused by disposable biopsy punch 5 mm were allocated in two groups (...