Genus Ochrobactrum include versatile alphaproteobacteria with ability to colonize wide variety of habitats, such as soil, to water, plants, nematodes, insects, animals, and humans . Some species are non-rhyzobial root-nodulating bacteria. We found Ochrobactrum in large number (90% of all bacteria) in sugar beet roots at early stage of root rot symptoms. Can Ochrobactrum spp. cause root rot disease of sugar beet or it is just normal endophyte?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04242.x
Please go through available literature before making any conclusion.
Bindia Gupta Thank you for reference. I will ask farmers about applied biological agents for plant protection.
Bindia Gupta You are right they used experimental product with
Ochrobactrum spp. but it did not work against pathogens
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