Verlagen van de risico’s voor het optreden van bacteriële ziekten in teelten onder glas

Bacterial diseases remain problematic in various greenhouse crops. In this project, research was conducted into possible alternative strategies to prevent and control bacterial diseases in Pelargonium, Phalaenopsis and tomato. The research focused on various alternative strategies such as adjustment of fertilization strategy, using enzymes to selectively prevent the development of biofilm of plant pathogenic bacteria on plant surface (root or leaf), disrupting quorum sensing of plant pathogenic bacteria, use of antagonistic microorganisms and the possibility of using the parasitic bacteria from the group Bdellovibrio and the like organisms (BALOs) to selectively kill plant pathogenic bacteria.