A NTIBIOTIC U SE IN P LANT A GRICULTURE
Oregon State University · University of Wisconsin–Madison · +2 more institutions
Abstract
▪ Abstract Antibiotics have been used since the 1950s to control certain bacterial diseases of high-value fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plants. Today, the antibiotics most commonly used on plants are oxytetracycline and streptomycin. In the USA, antibiotics applied to plants account for less than 0.5% of total antibiotic use. Resistance of plant pathogens to oxytetracycline is rare, but the emergence of streptomycin-resistant strains of Erwinia amylovora, Pseudomonas spp., and Xanthomonas campestris has impeded the control of several important diseases. A fraction of streptomycin-resistance genes in plant-associated bacteria are similar to those found in bacteria isolated from humans, animals, and soil, and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 12.21
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 82
Authors
4- PSPatricia S. McManusCorresponding
Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University
- VOVirginia O. Stockwell
Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University
- GWGeorge W. Sundin
Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University
- ALAlan L. Jones
Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University
Topics & keywords
- Streptomycin
- Biology
- Oxytetracycline
- Antibiotics
- Microbiology
- Bacteria
- Erwinia
- Antibiotic resistance
- Life in Land