Biocontrol of plant disease

Di Pietro, A. Fungal antibiosis in biocontrol of plant disease. In Allelopathy Organisms, processes, and applications. Inderjit, K.M.M. Dakshini, Einhellig, F.A. eds. Washington DC, USA American Chemical... 

Haas, D., Keel, C. Regulation of antibiotic production in root-colonization Pseudomonas spp. and relevance for biocontrol of plant disease. Annu Rev Phytopathol 2003 41 117-153. 

Hasan, S. In Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Nukerijl, K.G. Karg,... 

Many rhizobacteria are classified as chitinolytic and, for example, Serratki marsescens, which excretes chitinase, was found to be an effective biocontrol agent against Sclerotium rolfsii (135). Similarly, Aeromonas caviae was found to reduce disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporuin, and Sclerotium rolfsii (136). There is also evidence to support the role of P-l,3 glucanase in biocontrol of soil-borne plant pathogens (137). 

S. A. Omar and M. H. Abd-Alla, Biocontrol of fungal root rot diseases of crop plants by the use of Rhizobia and Bradyrhizobia. Folia Microbiol. 45 431 (1998). 

Harman, G.E. (2000) Myths and dogmas of biocontrol changes in perceptions derived from research on Trichoderma harzianum T-22. Plant Disease, 84, 377-393. 

Specific studies of the use of gum biopolymers directly in plant disease management are very few. Most of the time these gums are used as carriers for biocontrol formulations of Trichoderma spp. Pseudomonas and Bacillus spp. These gums are also used as adhesive for various seed treatment chemicals. A few examples where gum biopolymers were used for plant disease management are given in Table 16.3. 

Duke, S.O. et al. (2007) Interactions of synthetic herbicides with plant disease and microbial herbicides. In Novel bioteehnologies for biocontrol agent enhaneement and management (Vurro, M. and Gressel, J. eds).. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 277-296... 

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