Bacteria and method for controlling plant disease using the same
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1. A method for controlling a fungal or bacterial disease in a plant, comprising:
- infecting a plant with at least one isolated or purified bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Azospirillum deposited under National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Patent and Microorganisms Depository (NPMD) Accession No. NITE BP-194 and Herbaspirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-193.
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An object of the present invention is to provide a means for imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to agriculturally useful plants. The present invention relates to a bacterium belonging to the genus Azospirillum or the genus Herbaspirillum capable of imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to a host plant by living symbiotically within the plant, a method for controlling plant disease using the bacteria, and plants produced by such method.
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1. A method for controlling a fungal or bacterial disease in a plant, comprising:
infecting a plant with at least one isolated or purified bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Azospirillum deposited under National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Patent and Microorganisms Depository (NPMD) Accession No. NITE BP-194 and Herbaspirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-193. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12)
- 5. A composition comprising at least one isolated or purified bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Azospirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-194 and Herbaspirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-193 in an amount sufficient to treat a plant disease caused by a fungus or bacterium.
- 7. A plant that has been infected with at least one isolated or purified bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Azospirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-194 and Herbaspirillum deposited under NPMD Accession No. NITE BP-193.
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