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Use of antibiotics in plant agriculture

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  • Antibiotics are essential for control of bacterial diseases of plants, especially fire blight of pear and apple and bacterial spot of peach. Streptomycin is used in several countries; the use of oxytetracycline, oxolinic acid and gentamicin is limited to only a few countries. Springtime antibiotic sprays suppress pathogen growth on flowers and leaf surfaces before infection; after infection, antibiotics are ineffective. Antibiotics are applied when disease risk is high, and consequently the majority of orchards are not treated annually. In 2009 in the United States, 16,465 kg (active ingredient) was applied to orchards, which is 0.12% of the total antibiotics used in animal agriculture. Antibiotics are active on plants for less than a week, and significant residues have not been found on harvested fruit. Antibiotics have been indispensable for crop protection in the United States for more than 50 years without reports of adverse effects on human health or persistent impacts on the environment.
  • With the kind authorisation of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (www.oie.int), OIE Scientific and Technical Review Stockwell V.O. & Duffy B. (2012). Use of antibiotics in plant agriculture. In Antibiotic resistance in animal and public health (G. Moulin & J.F. Acar, eds). Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 31 (1), 199-210.
  • Keywords: Oxolinic acid, Erwinia amylovora, Streptomycin, Burkholderia glumae, Gentamicin, Plant disease control, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. Pruni, Antibiotic residue, Bacterial spot of peach, Oxytetracycline, Fire blight of pear and apple, Bacterial panicle blight of rice
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  • Stockwell V. O. & Duffy B. (2012). Use of antibiotics in plant agriculture. Revue Scientifique et Technique - Office International des Epizooties , 31 (1), 199-210
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