EcoPhage, a company that develops and commercializes phage-based biopesticides for bacterial plant diseases, submitted its product EcoBrass to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for regulatory approval.

This marks the company’s third product submission, based on its proprietary research platform, developed together with the Weizmann Institute of Science.

EcoBrass is designed to control black rot, a bacterial disease of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) crops, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris (Xcc).

EcoBrass follows EcoPhage’s previous EPA submissions, GoldenEco, targeting bacterial diseases in tomatoes and peppers caused by Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas, and EcoFire, developed to control fire blight in apples and pears caused by Erwinia amylovora.