Results
Chitosan degradation
Figure 1 showed that strain EF-76 had the property
to hydrolyze chitosan. A clearing zone was observed
around EF-76 colony indicating that the insoluble
chitosan contained in the growth medium was hydrolyzed.
No such clearing zone was observed around the
S. scabies colony.
Greenhouse assay
The highest common scab incidence (43%) was associated
with the talc only treatment. When compared
to talc only, chitosan only reduced common scab incidence
from 43 to 27% but this difference was no