Table 2.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Name of the pathovars	Disease /Role in plants	Reference
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (PSA 10.22)	Bacterial canker of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa and A. chinensis)	[26]
Pseudomonas syringae pv. savastanaoi DAPP-PG 722	Olive knot disease in olive plant	[59]
Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola NCPPB 2039	Bacterial leaf spot on cruciferous plants	National collection of plant pathogenic bacteria
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a	Causes bacterial brown spots on bean	[60]
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola NCPPB 52	Causes halo blight of beans	National collection of plant pathogenic bacteria
Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori NCPPB 1034	Causes Bacterial Blight of Mulberries	National collection of plant pathogenic bacteria
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato NCPPB 4369	Causes bacterial speck of tomato.	National collection of plant pathogenic bacteria
Pseudomonas syringae pv. oryzae NCPPB 3683	Causes bacterial halo blight of rice	National collection of plant pathogenic bacteria
Bacillus subtilis	Non-pathogenic, but used widely as fungicide on vegetables and soya seeds	[61]
E. coli DH5α	F– endA1 glnV44 thi-1 recA1 relA1 gyrA96 deoR nupG purB20 φ80dlacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, hsdR17(rK–mK+), λ– (For cloning purposes)	[62]
Rhizobium sullae sp. nov HCNT1	Root-nodule micro symbiont	[63]