BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR IMPROVED AGRICULTURE.

Biocontrol Agents for Improved Agriculture, a volume in the Plant and Soil Microbiome series, presents both an advanced and current description of the important role of plant and soil microbiome in plant disease management. Including the latest biotechnological interventions for harnessing plant and...

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Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Academic Press, 2024.
Series:	Plant and soil microbiome
Subjects:	Biological pest control agents. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Biocontrol Agents for Improved Agriculture
Copyright Page
Contents
List of contributors
1 The expediency of fungi as biocontrol agents for the enhancement of food security
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Challenges to food security
1.2.1 Climate change
1.2.2 Pest invasion and food insecurity
1.2.3 Disease severity by pathogen infection
1.3 Integrated pest and disease management strategies
1.4 Different approaches to mitigating pests and diseases
1.4.1 Crop rotations
1.4.2 Management of crop residues and field sanitation
1.4.3 Seed quality
1.4.4 Weed control
1.5 Detrimental effects of pesticide application on farm produce
1.6 Paradigm shift to biological approach for pest and disease management
1.7 Biological control
1.8 Benefits of biological controls
1.9 Advantages of biocontrol
1.10 The use of fungi as a biocontrol strategy
1.10.1 Proficiency of fungi as biocontrol agents in managing plant pathogens
1.10.1.1 Utilization of Trichoderma spp
1.10.1.1.1 Mycoparasitism
1.10.1.1.2 Entomopathogenesis
1.10.1.1.3 Enzymes for degradation of fungal cell walls
1.10.1.2 The use of Pichia anomala
1.11 Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi in managing pest invasion
1.11.1 Effectiveness of Beauveria bassiana on dipteran infestation on food crops
1.11.2 The use of Metarhizium anisopliae on leptodipterans and coleopterans
1.11.3 Utilization of advanced technologies in biological control of pests and diseases
1.11.4 Future perspectives
1.12 Conclusions
References
2 Plant growth-promoting microorganisms from native plants: an untapped resource of biocontrol and biofertilizer agents
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Microbial-mediated adaptations of native plants to adverse environmental conditions
2.2.1 Drought resistance
2.2.2 Salt stress tolerance.
2.2.3 Heavy metal resistance
2.3 Forest trees as reservoirs of BCAs
2.4 Plant growth-promoting microorganisms from native medicinal plants
2.5 BCAs from wild relatives of Solanaceae
2.6 PGPR from root nodules of native plants
2.7 Microorganisms isolated from the phyllosphere of native plants as potential BCAs
2.8 BCAs from native plants growing in arid areas
2.9 Plant growth-promoting microorganisms from plants colonizing contaminated sites
2.10 Endophytic fungi from native plants as a source of BCAs
2.11 Final considerations
Acknowledgments
References
3 Biological control of Plasmopara viticola: where are we now?
3.1 Agricultural relevance of Plasmopara viticola
3.2 Life cycle of Plasmopara viticola
3.3 Grapevine downy mildew management
3.3.1 Breeding approach to select new varieties resistant to Plasmopara viticola
3.3.2 Prevention of Plasmopara viticola infections using chemicals
3.4 Occurrence of fungicide resistance in Plasmopara viticola
3.5 New frontiers in the biological control of Plasmopara viticola
3.5.1 Plant extracts
3.5.2 Microbial biocontrol agents
3.5.2.1 Fungal biocontrol agents
3.5.2.2 Bacterial biocontrol agents
3.6 Lysobacter capsici AZ78, a promising candidate for the biocontrol of Plasmopara viticola
3.7 Conclusions and future perspectives
References
4 Biological control of diseases in Theobroma cacao
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Moniliasis (frosty pod)
4.3 Black pod rot
4.4 Witches' broom
4.5 Ceratocystis wilt
4.6 Anthracnose
4.7 Vascular streak dieback
4.8 Bacterial pathogens
4.9 Cacao swollen shoot
4.10 Control methods for cacao pathogens
4.11 Mechanisms in biological control
4.12 Biocontrol agents used for cacao diseases
4.12.1 Trichoderma
4.13 Mycorrhiza
4.14 Actinobacteria
4.14.1 Bacillus.
4.14.2 Pseudomonas
4.15 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Funding
References
5 Synergistic mechanisms between plant growth-promoting bacteria and Trichoderma to control plant diseases
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pant growth-promoting bacteria and biocontrol traits of plant pathogens
5.2.1 Biocontrol traits
5.2.1.1 Competition
5.2.1.2 Siderophores (iron chelating compounds)
5.2.1.3 Antimicrobial compounds
5.2.1.4 Production of cell wall-degrading enzymes
5.2.1.5 Induced systemic resistance by plant growth-promoting bacteria
5.3 What is Trichoderma and what are its mechanisms of biocontrol?
5.3.1 Biocontrol mechanisms of Trichoderma
5.3.1.1 Soluble and volatile antimicrobial compounds
5.3.1.2 Lytic enzymes
5.3.1.3 Mycoparasitism
5.3.1.4 Induced systemic resistance by Trichoderma
5.4 Cooperation between PGPR and Trichoderma to control plant diseases
5.5 Conclusions and perspectives
References
6 Genomic mining for the identification of promising mechanisms of bioactivity in biological control agents
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Metabolites produced by biological control agents and their mechanisms of bioactivity
6.2.1 Lytic enzymes
6.2.2 Antibiotics
6.2.3 Siderophores
6.2.4 Bacteriocins
6.3 DNA sequencing tools
6.4 Bioinformatic tools for gene annotation
6.5 Mining genes encoding secondary metabolites
6.6 Examples of gene mining encoding biocontrol secondary metabolites
6.7 Conclusions and perspectives
References
7 Production and commercialization of biocontrol products
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Types of biological control agents
7.1.2 Ecological significances of biological control agents
7.2 Development of biological control agents
7.2.1 Mass production
7.2.2 Formulation of biological control agents
7.2.3 Packaging and shelf life.
9.2.4 Production, commercialization, and stabilization of biocontrol agents
9.2.4.1 Commercialization
9.2.5 Main steps of commercialization
9.2.5.1 Isolation and screening of microorganisms
9.2.6 Hyperparasitism
9.2.7 Competition
9.2.8 Antibiosis
9.2.9 Field test
9.2.10 Mass production
9.2.11 Regulations of biological control agents
9.3 Conclusion and future aspect
References
10 Endophytic microbiota in plant disease management
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Endophytes as biocontrol agents
10.2.1 Bacterial endophytes
10.2.2 Fungal endophytes
10.2.2.1 Actinomycetes endophytes
10.3 Mechanism of disease suppression by endophytes
10.3.1 Direct mechanism
10.3.1.1 Antibiosis
10.3.1.2 Competition
10.3.1.3 Lysis
10.3.1.4 Siderophore production
10.3.1.5 Hydrogen cyanide production
10.3.1.6 Ammonia production
10.3.1.7 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate utilization
10.3.2 Indirect mechanisms
10.3.2.1 Induced plant resistance
10.3.2.2 Hyperparasitism
10.3.2.3 Plant secondary metabolites secretion
10.4 Conclusion
References
Further reading
11 Endophytic microorganisms as a source of bioactive compounds
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Endophytes
11.2.1 Endophytic bacteria
11.2.2 Endophytic fungi
11.2.3 Endophytic actinomycetes
11.3 Establishment of endophytic bacteria inside the host plant
11.4 Methods of analysis of microbial endophytes
11.5 Endophytes as reservoir of bioactive compounds
11.5.1 Secondary metabolites
11.5.1.1 Phenols
11.5.1.2 Alkaloids
11.5.1.3 Terpenoids
11.5.1.4 Phytohormones and defense enzymes
11.5.2 Enzymes
11.6 Biological properties of endophytic bioactive compounds
11.6.1 Antifungal compounds
11.6.2 Antibiotics/antimicrobial compounds
11.6.3 Anticancer compounds
11.6.4 Antioxidant compounds.