Biological Control of Plant Diseases

Sammanfattning

Biological control can be defined into several categories of which two have special relevance for biological control of plant diseases, i.e. inoculation and conservation biological control. This chapter defines biological control, and provides some tips on how to select a good biological control agent, whose success depends on the target pathogen, the crop, the cropping system, the resident microbiota and the environment. It also describes the mechanisms involved in biological control, such as competition, antibiosis, hyperparasitism (i.e. mycoparasitism, when it relates to fungal-fungal interactions), induced plant disease resistance and microbial plant-growth promotion. The importance of understanding the plant host/disease cycle for optimal biological control is also emphasized.

Publicerad i

Titel: Plant pathology and plant diseases
Utgivare: CABI International

SLU författare

• Jensen, Dan Funck

  • Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Botanik
Mikrobiologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789243185.0289
• ISBN: 9781789243185
• eISBN: 978-1-78924-319-2

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129894