Bacillus-based biological control of plant diseases

By H. Cawoy, W. Bettiol, Patrick Fickers, M. Ongena. 2011

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Plant diseases cause considerable losses in crop production and storage. Nowadays, growers still rely heavily on chemical pesticides to prevent, or control these diseases. However, the high effectiveness and ease of utilization of these chemicals can result in environmental contamination and the presence of pesticide residues on food, in addition to social and economic problems. Consequently, there is an increasing demand from consumers and officials to reduce the use of chemical pesticides. In this context, biological control through the use of natural antagonistic microorganisms has emerged as a promising alternative. Indeed, these biopesticides present many advantages in term of sustainability, mode of action and toxicity compared to chemical pesticides. Here, we focus in details on the versatile utilization of Bacillus based products as biopesticides. More precisely, a special emphasis is given to the three main specific mechanisms involved in biocontrol of plant diseases by this bacterial genus: competition for ecological niche/substrate in the rhizosphere, production of inhibitory chemicals and induction of so-called systemic resistance in host plants. Beside this, strategies for enhancing the efficacy of Bacillus-based biopesticides are also discussed.

Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Molecular Biology

1. A. Hashem
2. E. F. Abd_Allah
3. R. Radhakrishnan
4. H. Jactel
5. A. Biondi

In Plant Science

1. A. Hashem
2. E. F. Abd_Allah
3. R. Radhakrishnan
4. J. Hulcr
5. M. Wright
6. A. Biondi
7. Lukasz L. Stelinski

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• Recent advances toward the sustainable management of invasive Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles (2021, background): “are known for their ability to dominate within an ecological niche/ substrate via production of antimicrobial compounds, and they can be readily formulated as storage resistant spores (Cawoy et al. 2011; Pérez-García et al. 2011).”
• Bacillus: A Biological Tool for Crop Improvement through Bio-Molecular Changes in Adverse Environments (2017, background): “…such as Kodiak (Bacillus subtilis GB03), Quantum-400 (B. subtilis GB03), Rhizovital (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42), Serenade (B. subtilis QST713), and YIB (Bacillus spp.), have been commercialized for improving crop production (Brannen and Kenney, 1997; Ngugi et al., 2005; Cawoy et al., 2011).”