Abstract
Bacterial blight of pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae (Xap) is a major disease of pomegranate in India. Here we report the efficacy of nanocopper in suppression of growth as well as in the watersoaked lesions induced by Xap. The nanocopper suppressed Xap growth at 0.2 ppm, i.e., >10,000 times lower than that usually recommended for Cu-oxychloride. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed cell wall degradation in nanocopper-treated bacterial cells that failed to colonize plant tissues as well as to produce the characteristic intense water soaking. This study suggests that nanocopper could be employed as an environmentally friendly strategy for the management of pomegranate bacterial blight.
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Claim · model-written summary
Nanocopper suppressed growth of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae (Xap) at 0.2 ppm, more than 10,000 times lower than the usual recommendation for Cu-oxychloride.
- Taxon
- pomegranate
Punica granatumt0 - Treatment
- nanocoppere1
- Interactor
- Xape1pathogen
- Outcome
- Xap growthe1
- Direction
- suppressede1
- Value
- 0.2 ppme1
- Qualifier
- >10,000 times lower than that usually recommendede1
- Comparator
- Cu-oxychloridee1
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Verbatim
t0“pomegranate bacterial blight”
e1“The nanocopper suppressed Xap growth at 0.2 ppm, i.e., >10,000 times lower than that usually recommended for Cu-oxychloride”
Claim · model-written summary
Scanning electron microscopy revealed cell wall degradation in nanocopper-treated Xap bacterial cells.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- nanocoppere1
- Interactor
- bacterial cellse1pathogen
- Outcome
- cell wall degradatione1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
t0“pomegranate bacterial blight”
e1“Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed cell wall degradation in nanocopper-treated bacterial cells”
Claim · model-written summary
Nanocopper-treated bacterial cells failed to colonize plant tissues.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- nanocoppere1
- Interactor
- bacterial cellse1pathogen
- Outcome
- failed to colonize plant tissuese1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
t0“pomegranate bacterial blight”
e1“nanocopper-treated bacterial cells that failed to colonize plant tissues”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest nanocopper could be employed as an environmentally friendly strategy for managing pomegranate bacterial blight.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatume1
- Outcome
- management of pomegranate bacterial blighte1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“nanocopper could be employed as an environmentally friendly strategy for the management of pomegranate bacterial blight”
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