Nine antibiotic producer strains of Erwinia herbicola (=Pantoea agglomerans), belonging to different groups, strongly inhibited growth of 21 streptomycin sensitive strains and 6 streptomycin resistant strains of E. amylovora. The antibacterial spectra of antibiotics produced by the tested strains of E. herbicola were mainly limited to E. amylovora and related tested species. The tested strains of E. amylovora that are resistant to streptomycin did not show cross‐resistance to the different types of antibiotics produced by the tested strains of E. herbicola. The antibiotics produced by the different tested strains of E. herbicola did not exert any activity on tested fungi with the exception that strains Eh 153 and Eh 351 slightly inhibited the growth of Verticillium dahliae.

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A survey of the occurrence of strains of Erwinia amylovora resistant to streptomycin in certain Egyptian pear orchards was earned out during April and May 1988. Twenty‐two isolates out of 604 isolates collected from 11 orchards showed resistance to streptomycin. All the streptomycin resistant (Strr) strains isolated in the present work were resistant to high levels of streptomycin with minimal inhibitory concentrations ranging from 1000 to 3000 μg/ml. The occurrence of Strr strains in Egypt is still limited and the population of resistant strains was at relatively low level. However, such occurrence of E. amylovora with resistance to streptomycin is a potentially serious situation.

Citrus canker disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv, citri is reported on lime in the present study for the first time in United Arab Emirates. The disease was found only on lime in 32 orchards out of 4456 citrus orchards inspected during 1984–85. The citrus canker organism in U.A.E. has a host range similar to “A” strain. Copper hydroxide was significantly superior to all other treatments in decreasing the incidence of citrus canker disease that developed on inoculated lime seedlings. Streptocycline, Kasumin, copper oxychloride and Bordeaux mixture were not effective in reducing the incidence of the disease.

Five isolates of Badllus subtilis were found to be antagonistic to 3 isolates of Erwinia amylovora in vitro on sucrose agar medium. However, B. subtilis or its culture filtrate did not exhibit any activity against E. amylovora in planta tests in the laboratory on immature green pear fruits or in a commercial pear orchard under natural growing conditions.

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