Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) is a devastating bacterial disease in apple that results in severe economic losses. Epidemics are becoming more common as susceptible cultivars and rootstocks are being planted, and control is becoming more difficult as antibiotic-resistant strains develop. Resistant
Bacillus velezensis is a novel species of Bacillus that has been widely investigated and used because of its direct or indirect growth improvement effect for many plants. B. velezensis FKM10 was previously isolated from rhizosphere soil of apple trees and shows potential as a
Pantoea agglomerans E325, the active ingredient in a commercial product for fire blight control, was previously shown in vitro to produce a unique alkaline- and phosphate-sensitive antibiotic specific to Erwinia amylovora. Antibiosis was evaluated as a mode of antagonism on flower stigmas using two
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