A Review on Biocontrol Agents as Sustainable Approach for Crop Disease Management: Applications, Production, and Future Perspectives

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(8), P. 805 - 805

Published: July 30, 2024

Horticultural crops are vulnerable to diverse microbial infections, which have a detrimental impact on their growth, fruit quality, and productivity. Currently, chemical pesticides widely employed manage diseases in horticultural crops, but they negative effects the environment, human health, soil physiochemical properties, biodiversity. Additionally, use of has facilitated development spread resistant pathovars, emerged as serious concern contemporary agriculture. Nonetheless, adverse consequences environment public health worried scientists greatly recent years, led switch biocontrol agents such bacteria, fungi, insects control plant pathogens. Biocontrol (BCAs) form an integral part organic farming, is regarded future sustainable Hence, harnessing potential BCAs important viable strategy disease way that also ecofriendly can improve health. Here, we discuss role biological crops. We different microbial-based fungal, bacterial, viral management. Next, factors affect performance under field conditions. This review highlights genetic engineering enhance efficiency other growth traits. Finally, highlight challenges opportunities biocontrol-based management horticulture research directions boost efficacy applications.

Language: Английский

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Use of biological control agents for managing fungal pathogens in Solanaceae crops: progress and future perspectives—a review

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

The growing global population has intensified concerns about food security, making it essential to produce crops sustainably meet increasing demands without harming the environment. In this regard, biological control agents (BCAs) have recently gained more attention owing their potential manage fungal diseases of crops, particularly in Solanaceae family. proper use selected BCAs such as Trichoderma spp., Bacillus Pseudomonas fluorescens, Beauveria bassiana, and Gliocladium spp. several benefits for crops. This review aims summarize effectiveness various strategies We also provide basic knowledge on along with suggestions further research reduce severity these destructive diseases.

Language: Английский

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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Endophytes: Their Role in Biocontrol of Phytopathogens

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation/Advances in science, technology & innovation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107 - 111

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Trichoderma longibrachiatum alter the transcriptome of Vicia villosa in response to infection by the fungal pathogen Stemphylium vesicarium

BMC Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Leaf spot caused by Stemphylium vesicarium is a severe disease of Vicia villosa and first reported in 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Trichoderma are common beneficial microorganisms soil that enhance plant resistance to pathogens. This study established greenhouse experiment examine the physiological transcriptomic changes V. were co-inoculated with AMF Sieverdingia tortuosa longibrachiatum determine their effects on development disease. Infection pathogen reduced shoot biomass villosa. Individual inoculation or co-inoculation T. severity promoted defense-related reactions, such as production salicylic acid (SA), activity phenylalanine ammonia lyase chitinase. Inoculation alone combination significantly increased content SA diseased 12.23% 12.80%, respectively. Treatment chitinase susceptible 6.4% compared only infected S. vesicarium. Gene ontology terms related resistance, upregulated "Defense response", "Peroxidase activity", "Signal acceptor enriched plants had been inoculated longibrachiatum. However, they not The expression genes involved Kyoto Encyclopedia Genes Genomes pathways "Isoflavonoid biosynthesis" "Flavone flavonol defense was upregulated. Both exhibit significant potential managing leaf mechanism includes well plant. combined resulted increase levels. Furthermore, also up-regulated NPR1-related genes, which integral systemic acquired resistance. Our findings underscore efficacy biological control agents, providing promising strategy for management

Language: Английский

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Two plant-associated Bacillus velezensis strains selected after genome analysis, metabolite profiling, and with proved biocontrol potential, were enhancing harvest yield of coffee and black pepper in large field trials

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: June 23, 2023

Elimination of chemically synthesized pesticides, such as fungicides and nematicides, in agricultural products is a key to successful practice the Vietnamese agriculture. We describe here route for developing biostimulants based on members Bacillus subtilis species complex. A number endospore-forming Gram-positive bacterial strains with antagonistic action against plant pathogens were isolated from crop plants. Based their draft genome sequence, thirty them assigned Most velezensis . Whole sequencing BT2.4 BP1.2A corroborated close relatedness B. FZB42, model strain growth-promoting bacteria. Genome mining revealed that at least 15 natural product biosynthesis gene clusters (BGCs) are well conserved all strains. In total, 36 different BGCs identified genomes representing velezensis, subtilis, tequilensis , Bacillus. altitudinis vitro vivo assays demonstrated potential enhance growth suppress phytopathogenic fungi nematodes. Due promising stimulate support health, TL7 S1 selected starting material development novel biostimulants, biocontrol agents efficient protecting important plants black pepper coffee phytopathogens. The results large-scale field trials performed Central Highlands Vietnam stimulating health applications. It was shown treatment both bioformulations resulted prevention pathogenic pressure exerted by nematodes, fungi, oomycetes, increased harvest yield coffee, pepper.

Language: Английский

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Root and crown rot caused by oomycetes: an emerging threat to olive trees

Tropical Plant Pathology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 49(3), P. 331 - 345

Published: Jan. 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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Emerging diseases: trend research and omics-based analysis reveals mechanisms of endophytes modulate Chilli plant resilience

Symbiosis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 93(3), P. 241 - 254

Published: July 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Phytophthora capsici the Causal Agent of Phytophthora Blight of Capsicum spp.: From Its Taxonomy to Disease Management

Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 52(1), P. 1 - 10

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

Capsicum, a genus native to tropical and subtropical America, holds immense nutritional, economic cultural significance due its diverse species. However, these valuable crops face constant threat from various diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi especially the notorious Phytophthora capsici. P. capsici, first identified as pepper pathogen in New Mexico L.H. Leonian 1922, is devastating Oomycete wreaking havoc on vegetable, ornamental worldwide. This thrives both temperate environments possesses an arsenal of abilities that make it formidable adversary. capsici's high genetic diversity allows readily overcome fungicides host resistance, while formation long-lasting oospores ensures persistence soil. Its ability rapidly differentiate into infectious zoospores presence water fuels epidemics broad range amplifies losses renders crop rotation less effective. The severity capsici-induced complex management challenges have spurred extensive research efforts. Here, we delve recent discoveries regarding biology, diversity, disease strategies effector biology this Oomycete.

Language: Английский

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Serratia plymuthicaHK9‐3 enhances tomato resistance against Phytophthora capsici by modulating antioxidant defense systems and rhizosphere micro‐ecological condition

Physiologia Plantarum, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 176(3)

Published: May 1, 2024

Abstract Tomatoes are frequently challenged by various pathogens , among which Phytophthora capsici ( P. ) is a destructive soil‐borne pathogen that seriously threatens the safe production of tomatoes. Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) positively induced plant resistance against multiple pathogens. However, little known about role and regulatory mechanism PGPR in tomato to . Here, we identified new strain Serratia plymuthica S. ), HK9‐3, has significant antibacterial effect on infection. Meanwhile, stable colonization roots even under infection, improved growth parameters, root system architecture, photosynthetic capacity, boosted biomass. Importantly, HK9‐3 significantly alleviated damage caused infection through enhancing ROS scavenger ability inducing antioxidant defense pathogenesis‐related (PR) proteins leaves, as evidenced elevating activities peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate (APX), phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), chitinase, β‐1,3‐glucanase, increasing transcripts POD SOD CAT APX1 PAL1, PAL2 PAL5 PPO2 CHI17 β‐1,3‐glucanase genes. Notably, not only effectively soil microecology fertility, but also enhanced fruit yield 44.6% quality. Our study presents promising effective solution for controlling cultivation while simultaneously promoting yield, may have implications control vegetable production.

Language: Английский

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Isolation and Control of Fruit and Vegetable Rot Fungi

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(8), P. 539 - 539

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Fruits and vegetables play an important role in people’s dietary health economic development [...]

Language: Английский

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