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4 - Crossing Frontiers: Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi for Biological Control of Plant Diseases

from Part II - Role of Endophytes in Growth and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

By
Lorena Barra-Bucarei ,
Andrés France  and
Paz Millas
Edited by
Trevor R. Hodkinson ,
Fiona M. Doohan ,
Matthew J. Saunders  and
Brian R. Murphy
Trevor R. Hodkinson
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Fiona M. Doohan
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
Matthew J. Saunders
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Brian R. Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
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Summary

World population growth has generated a demand for increased healthy food production and the development of sustainable agricultural technologies to replace environmentally damaging farming practices, including the overuse of pesticides. Biological control using entomopathogenic fungi, as natural pathogens of arthropod pests, is an alternative method to meet this objective. These fungi have been traditionally studied to control insects, but recent studies have begun to examine their activity as plant endophytes to protect plants against phytopathogens and improve other aspects of crop production. This chapter reviews the importance of these entomopathogenic fungi as endophytes in the context of biological control. Our studies focus on determining the ability of native strains of entomopathogenic fungi for endophytic colonisation and their potential application for the control of diseases in tomato. The chapter also discusses aspects to consider for their development as commercial biopesticides and suggests ways to make this control method available to producers of agricultural crops.

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Endophytes for a Growing World , pp. 67 - 92
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Print publication year: 2019

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