230048

The Effect of Electromagnetic Field on the Growth of Ralstonia solanacearum the Causal Agent of Potato Brown Rot Disease

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The effect of the extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic (EM) field on the growth of Ralstonia solanacearum was studied where the bacterial suspensions were exposed to different frequencies of square amplitude modulated waves (QAMW) in the range of 0.7-1.2 Hz in steps of 0.1Hz to determine the resonance frequency of growth inhibition. The exposure time varied in a range of 15min-2h. The results indicated that under the best conditions with the electromagnetic field treatment (exposure to 1 Hz QAMW for 1 h) the growth of the exposed bacteria was lower than the control one by 66.43%, this difference was highly significant. In addition, the antibiotics susceptibility test using Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim (SXT) and Tetracycline (TE) which act as inhibitors for DNA and protein synthesis was done for both control and exposed bacteria indicated highly significant differences in the susceptibility between control and group exposed to l.0 Hz QAMW. It could be concluded that the application of ELF EM field could be used to control the disease and in disinfecting potato tubers in storage and before planting.

DOI

10.21608/ejp.2011.230048

Keywords

potato, Solanum tuberosum, brown rot, Ralstonia solanacearum, Antibiotic Susceptibility, Electromagnetic Field, Growth inhibition

Authors

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abdelbacki

MiddleName

M.M.

Affiliation

Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12612, Egypt

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amaeg@hotmail.com

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Giza

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0000-0002-7078-7019

First Name

Fadel

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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fadelali@frcu.eun.eg

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Giza

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First Name

Hager

Last Name

El-Tohamy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Faculty of Basic Science, German University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

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City

Cairo

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdel-Alim

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12612, Egypt

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Giza

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Volume

39

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2

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32747

Issue Date

2011-12-01

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2011-10-16

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2011-12-30

Page Start

193

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206

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1110-0230

Online ISSN

2090-2522

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Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology

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The Effect of Electromagnetic Field on the Growth of Ralstonia solanacearum the Causal Agent of Potato Brown Rot Disease

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22 Jan 2023