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Keywords: bactericides are either based on copper or are antibiotics such as streptomycin or oxytetracycline, against Agrobacterium, Pseudomonas, Erwinia, Xanthomonas, tetracycline, Gallex, Bordeaux mixture, cupric hydroxide, copper oxychloride sulfate, basic copper sulfate, disinfectants, chloro- and phenyl-phenols, quaternary ammonium, hypochlorite (Clorox)