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Erwinions is a biological control product which main bacteria that serves as a protecting agent is a modified Erwinia amylovora. Tec Chihuahua´s proposal originated from what we heard were the necessities and problems from farmers that grow crops of the Rosaceae family. E. amylovora represents a big threat as there is no effective treatment against the disease it causes and, if not inhibited or fighted properly, it can cause the loss of the whole tree/plant.

Therefore we had two types of E. amylovora: a wild type that wreaks havoc in Rosaceae orchards, which we called purplue Erwinia, and a genetically modified E. amylovora (yellow) which has all its virulence factors inhibited, and will help combat exogenous E. amylovora by competition. This type of symbiosis is called commensalism, where, one of the species is unharmed and the other one is benefited; in this case the Rosaceae plant.

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