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Biocontrol potential of native Algerian bacteria isolated from greenhouses against Botrytis cinerea and Oidium neolycopersici on tomato
Botrytis cinerea and Oidium neolycopersici represent two of the key fungal pathogens of tomato. In this study, 142 isolates were screened for their biocontrol potential against these pathogens. They were initiall...
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Can Pests Develop Resistance to Biocontrol Products?
Although many plant pathogens and plant pests are known to develop resistance to plant protection products such as pesticides, their resistance to biocontrol agents is still relatively unexplored. However, cas...
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Microorganisms as Biocontrol Products
Biocontrol of plant diseases and pests is a very dynamic area of research, and many microbial biocontrol agents have been identified and deployed for plant pest management. However, the available products do n...
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Fungal Diseases
Greenhouses are intensive crop** systems where microclimatic conditions are particularly favourable for the development of different fungal diseases (fungal-like organisms and true fungi) and if no proper co...
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Biocontrol Agents Against Diseases
Biological control against plant diseases has been extensively studied in recent decades, leading to the identification and development of a significant number of biocontrol agents with various modes of action...
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Differential susceptibility to the mycoparasite Paraphaeosphaeria minitans among Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates
The mycoparasitic fungus Paraphaeosphaeria minitans (formerly Coniothyrium minitans), is increasingly used by farmers to reduce soilborne inoculum of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. In France, its field efficacy tends ...
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Assessing the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in France
White mould caused by the ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum affects the production of many economically important crops. The incidence of this disease has recently increased in France, especially in melon crops...
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A multi-criteria approach for the selection of efficient biocontrol agents against Botrytis cinerea on tomato in Algeria
In order to find biocontrol agents that are both efficient against Botrytis cinerea Pers. and adapted to tomato growing conditions in Algeria, 121 bacterial strains were collected from tomato plants and nearby so...
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Biological control of tomato gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea by using Streptomyces spp.
Streptomyces is a genus known for its ability to protect plants against many pathogens and various strains of this bacteria have been used as biological control agents. In this study, the...
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Open AccessTomato root microbiota and Phytophthora parasitica-associated disease
Interactions between pathogenic oomycetes and microbiota residing on the surface of the host plant root are unknown, despite being critical to inoculum constitution. The nature of these interactions was explor...
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Erratum: Chapter 9 Biological Control and Biopesticide Suppression of Botrytis-Incited Diseases
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Biological Control and Biopesticide Suppression of Botrytis-Incited Diseases
Recent years have seen the development of many biological control agents and other biopesticides, such as plant extracts, minerals and organic compounds, against Botrytis-incited diseases. This chapter presents s...
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Nitrogen fertilization impacts biocontrol of tomato gray mold
Gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a common threat for greenhouse production of tomatoes. Control of this disease can be difficult even with chemical treatments, and alternative methods are needed. Nitroge...
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Comparison of the development in planta of a pyrrolnitrin-resistant mutant of Botrytis cinerea and its sensitive wild-type parent isolate
Botrytis cinerea is able to build-up resistance to pyrrolnitrin, an antibiotic produced by diverse biocontrol agents, possibly compromising the durability of this method of disease control. The development of two...
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Grey mould development in greenhouse tomatoes under drip and furrow irrigation
Several methods can be used to provide water to plants in crop** systems where irrigation is necessary. For instance, drip irrigation has recently received much attention due to its advantages for water cons...
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Effect of lipase conditioning on its activity in organic media
Different modes of conditioning of a crude lipase from Rhizomucor miehei were investigated in terms of activity for synthesis of butyl butyrate either by esterification or transesterification in organic media. It...
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Enzymatic esterification in organic media: role of water and organic solvent in kinetics and yield of butyl butyrate synthesis
The respective roles of organic solvent and of water in butyl butyrate synthesis from n-butanol and n-butyric acid in n-hexane by Mucor miehei lipase have been investigated by analysis of the kinetics and the rea...
