Agriculture is one of the most important activities for the economic, social and technological development of society. However, plant diseases affect efforts to increase crop production and productivity, endangering economies and food security (Nelson, 2019). Diseases caused by bacteria are an important and widespread constraint, occurring in almost all crops, including vegetables, pulses, cereals, ornamentals, fruit and forages (Sundin et al., 2016). Bacterial diseases are difficult to identify and to control, and few pesticides are available for their effective management (Borkar & Yumlembam, 2017).Plant disease management employs several strategies involving chemical and biological control of pathogens; it may also involve the use of resistant or tolerant genotypes manipulated by both conventional and molecular breeding. Although several strategies