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. 2020 Jun 1;36(3):204–217. doi: 10.5423/PPJ.RW.04.2020.0074

Table 1.

Application of bacteriophages in the greenhouse or field conditions, which have been conducted since 2010 to present

Target diseases and pathogens Bacteriophages Supplements Hosts Treatment methods Test conditions Control efficacy (reduction of disease incidence, %) Reference
Bacterial wilt: Ralstonia solanacearum Single (RsPod1EGY) None Tomato Soil drench Greenhouse 100 Elhalag et al. (2018)
Cocktail (NJ-P3, NB-P21, NC-P34, NN-P42) None Tomato Soil drench Greenhouse 80 Wang et al. (2019)
Field 80 Wang et al. (2019)
Cocktail (M5, M8) None Banana Soil treatment Greenhouse 100 Ramírez et al. (2020)
Bacterial blight: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Cocktail (P4L, P43M, P23M1) Skim milk Rice Spray Field 50.8 Chae et al. (2014)
Black rot: X. campestris pv. campestris Single (XcpSFC211) None Broccoli Spray Greenhouse 60 Nagai et al. (2017)
Nonpathogenic Xanthomonas sp. strain Broccoli Spray Field 16.7-55 Nagai et al. (2017)
Bacterial spot: X. axonopodis Cocktail (X. phage -1, X. phage -2) None Pepper Spray Greenhouse 65 Tewfike and Desoky (2015)
Skim milk or corn flour Pepper Spray Field 53.3, 66 Tewfike and Desoky (2015)
Bacterial spot: X. euvesicatoria Single (KФ1) None Pepper Spray Greenhouse 50-67 Gašić et al. (2018)
Canker: X. citri subsp. citri Cocktail ASM Citrus Spray and soil drench Greenhouse 56.9 Ibrahim et al. (2017)
ASM Citrus Spray and soil drench Field 42.6-56.9 Ibrahim et al. (2017)
ASM + Skim milk Citrus Spray and soil drench Field 81.2-86.1 Ibrahim et al. (2017)
Soft rot: Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum Single (PP1) None Cabbage Spray Greenhouse 80 Lim et al. (2013)
Cocktail (φMA11, φMA12, φMA13, φMA14) None Onion Immersion and spray Field 2.5-15 Zaczek-Moczydłowska et al. (2020)
Soft rot: Dickeya solani Single (vB_DsoMLIMEstone1) None Potato Spray Field 5 Adriaenssens et al. (2012)

ASM, acibenzolar-S-methyl.