Abstract: A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. An electrostatic field generated by dielectric polarization is applied to flyable organisms.

Abstract: A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. An electrostatic field generated by dielectric polarization is applied to flyable organisms.

Abstract: A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. An electrostatic field generated by dielectric polarization is applied to flyable organisms.

Abstract: A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. An electrostatic field generated by dielectric polarization is applied to flyable organisms.

Abstract: Growth inhibitors containing 3-(3-indolyl) butyric acid shown by and its salts can prevent the growth of algae and moss without harming the plants being cultivated or the worker or adversely affecting the environment.

Abstract: Growth inhibitors containing 3-(3-indolyl) butyric acid shown by 1

Abstract: Antibacterial compounds for Ralstonia solanacearum having substantially (S)-3-(3-indolyl) butanoic acid of a specified structure or its salt as active component can selectively inhibit the growth of Ralstonia solanacearum and suppress bacterial wilt dependably even if used at relatively lower concentration.

Abstract: Fusaric acid resistant genes derived from fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganisms such as Pseudomonas cepacia and Klebsiella oxytoca are described. Also described are DNA fragments and plasmids, which comprise such fusaric acid resistant genes. Host cells comprising such plasmids are also described.

Abstract: A method for the prevention of Fusarium diseases comprising the application of a microorganism that detoxifies fusaric acid to the plant or to the soil. The microorganism is Klebsiella oxytoca which has the ability to detoxify fusaric acid.

Abstract: A method for the prevention of Fusarium diseases comprising the application of a microorganism that decomposes or detoxifies fusaric acid to the plant or to the soil. The microorganisms are the genuses Cladosporium and Pseudomonas that have the ability to decompose and/or detoxify fusaric acid.