CPC A01H 3/00 (2013.01) [A01C 1/06 (2013.01); A01C 21/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01); A01N 63/27 (2020.01); A01N 63/32 (2020.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of preventing or reducing the growth of a pathogen on a plant, or on a seed, flower, or produce thereof, comprising:
contacting the plant, or the seed, flower, or produce thereof, with a biocontrol composition comprising:
(i) a first microbe or a first microbe spore, and
(ii) a carrier,
and wherein (a) or (b):
(a) wherein the first microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising a sequence at least 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 4, 5, 11-14, 16-18, 20, 24 or 25; or
(b) wherein the first microbe comprises a Gluconobacter cerinus, and wherein the biocontrol composition further comprises a second microbe or a second microbe spore, the second microbe comprising a Hanseniaspora uvarum, and wherein (i) the first microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising the 16S sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 24 or (ii) the second microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising the ITS sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 25.
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