Advances in bioprotection of plants against diseases

Description

The bioprotectants market was estimated to be worth $5.5 billion in 2022, with this figure set to rise to over $11 billion by 2027. With more than 1000 products on the market, a greater understanding of how individual species/strains function as bioprotection agents is required.

Advances in bioprotection of plants against diseases considers recent advances in techniques used to identify and develop fungal and bacterial bioprotection agents, including Clonostachys rosea, Phytium oligandrum and Actinomycetes. The book also includes a variety of case studies which detail the successful implementation of bioprotection agents to control diseases in a variety of crops, including grapes, cereals and potatoes.

This book builds on and adds to the successful recent title published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management (2021).

Table of contents

Part 1 Advances in techniques for identifying and developing bioprotectants

• 1.Techniques for understanding and modifying microbial activity in the phytobiome to suppress disease/promote plant disease resistance: Angela Records, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, USA;
• 2.Improving biosafety testing of bioprotectants and other plant protection products (PPPs): Guy Smagghe, University of Ghent, Belgium;
• 3.Creating an effective regulatory regime for bioprotectants: Imme Gerke, IDRG, Germany;

Part 2 Advances in the use of bioprotection agents

• 4.The use of actinobacteria/actinomycetes as bacterial biocontrol agents to control plant diseases: Louise Thatcher, CSIRO, Australia;
• 5.The use of Clonostachys rosea to control plant diseases: Cameron Scott, Simon Fraser University, Canada;
• 6.The use of Pythium oligandrum as a biocontrol agent: Maofeng Jing, Nanjing Agricultural University, China;
• 7.Advances in the use of bioprotectants/biocontrol agents to control diseases in grapes/vineyards: Vittorio Rossi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy;
• 8.Disease management in cereals using biocontrol agents: Sander Schouten, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
• 9.Advances in the use of bioprotectants/biocontrol agents to control diseases in potato: Jianjun Hao, University of Maine, USA;
• 10.Advances in bioherbicides/biological control of weeds: Te-Ming Paul Tseng, Mississippi State University, USA;