Efficacy of Pseudomonads as biocontrol agents of phytopathogens
Adel Kamel Madbouly;
Abstract
Microbial plant pathogens infecting different
crops cause great economic losses worldwide. Thus
plant diseases need to be controlled to maintain the
quality and abundance of these crops. Different
approaches have been used to control plant diseases,
mainly chemical fertilizers and pesticides. However,
environmental pollution and pathogens induced
resistance due to excessive use of these
agrochemicals; may exclude their successful
application. Consequently, researchers have focused
on developing alternatives to control plant diseases;
among these alternatives is biological control. The
term biological control or biocontrol applies to the
use of living antagonists to suppress or kill
deleterious plant pathogens. The saprophytic microbe
which antagonises the pathogen is called the
biological control agent (BCA) or bioagent.
crops cause great economic losses worldwide. Thus
plant diseases need to be controlled to maintain the
quality and abundance of these crops. Different
approaches have been used to control plant diseases,
mainly chemical fertilizers and pesticides. However,
environmental pollution and pathogens induced
resistance due to excessive use of these
agrochemicals; may exclude their successful
application. Consequently, researchers have focused
on developing alternatives to control plant diseases;
among these alternatives is biological control. The
term biological control or biocontrol applies to the
use of living antagonists to suppress or kill
deleterious plant pathogens. The saprophytic microbe
which antagonises the pathogen is called the
biological control agent (BCA) or bioagent.
Other data
Title | Efficacy of Pseudomonads as biocontrol agents of phytopathogens | Authors | Adel Kamel Madbouly | Keywords | Pseudomonads;Biocontrol;Plant diseases;Phytopathogens | Issue Date | 2018 | Publisher | Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University | Journal | Novel Research in Microbiology Journal | Volume | 2 | Issue | 3 | Start page | 48 | End page | 52 | DOI | 10.21608/NRMJ.2018.8152 |
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