Biological Control of Plant Diseases: Progress and Challenges for the Future

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Selective Elimination of Soilborne Plant Pathogens and Enhancement of Antagonists by Steaming, Sublethal Fumigation and Soil Solarization....Pages 1-15
Biological Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes....Pages 17-20
Prospects for Management of Natural Suppresiveness to Control Soilborne Pathogens....Pages 21-34
Use of Agricultural and Municipal Organic Wastes to Develop Suppressiveness to Plant Pathogens....Pages 35-42
Leaf and Blossom Epiphytes and Endophytes as Biological Control Agents....Pages 43-54
The Weakening Effect as a Trigger for Biological Control and Criteria for Its Evaluation....Pages 55-61
Integrated Control of Verticillium Wilt of Cotton by Soil Solarization and Tolerant Cultivars....Pages 63-67
Evaluation of Soil Solarization for the Control of Fusarium Wilt of Tomato....Pages 69-73
Evaluation of Soil Solarization Singly or in Combination with Fungal or Bacterial Biocontrol Agents to Control Fusarium Wilt of Carnation....Pages 75-78
Biological Control of Soilborne Plant Pathogens by Suppressive Compost....Pages 79-83
Preliminary Studies on Biological Control of Potato Common Scab Caused by Streptomyces Sp.....Pages 85-93
New Information about Take-All Decline and Its Relevance to Research on the Control of Take-All by Biological Control Agents....Pages 95-98
Competition for Carbon in Soil and Rhizosphere, a Mechanism Involved in Biological Control of Fusarium Wilts....Pages 99-104
Biological Control of Fusarium Wilt of Carnation....Pages 105-108
Biological Control of Botrytis Cinerea ....Pages 109-111
Control of Rhizoctonia Sheath Blight and Other Diseases of Rice by Seed Bacterization....Pages 113-123
Control of Botrytis Rot of Grapes and Vegetables with Trichoderma Spp.....Pages 125-132
Future Alternatives to Synthetic Fungicides for the Control of Postharvest Diseases....Pages 133-138
Key Factors in the Development of Fungal Agents for the Control of Cyst and Root-Knot Nematodes....Pages 139-144
Biological Control of Damping-Off Diseases with Seed Treatments....Pages 145-156
Modes of Action of Mycoparasites in Relation to Biocontrol of Soilborne Plant Pathogens....Pages 157-167
Ice − Strains of Pseudomonas Syringae Introduced to Control Ice Nucleation Active Strains on Potato....Pages 169-174
Biological Control of Root Diseases with Pseudomonads....Pages 175-184
Rhizosphere Population Dynamics and Internal Colonization of Cucumber by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria which Induce Systemic Resistance to Colletotrichum Orbiculare ....Pages 185-191
 Trichoderma Species Against Gummosis Disease in Lemon Trees....Pages 193-196
Biocontrol of Sugarbeet Damping-off with Chaetomium Globosum : Promises and Questions....Pages 197-201
The Use of Pythium Periplocum to Control Damping-Off of Cucumber Seedlings Caused by Pythium Aphanidermatum ....Pages 203-206
Mycostop Biofungicide — Present Status....Pages 207-210
A Customized Approach to Biological Control of Wheat Root Diseases....Pages 211-222
Biological Control of Selected Soilborne Plant Pathogens with Gliocladium and Trichoderma ....Pages 223-230
Biological Control of Diseases of Crops Grown in Covered and Environmentally Controlled Structures....Pages 231-241
Biological Control of Sclerotium Rolfsii Root Rot of Sugarbeet with Trichoderma Harzianum ....Pages 243-247
Studies on Minimedusa Polyspora , a Biological Control Agent of Soilborne Plant Pathogens....Pages 249-253
The Use of Trichoderma Spp. to Control Soilborne Plant Pathogens in Egypt....Pages 255-258
Bacterial Isolates from Citrus and Pear Microflora Antagonistic to Ice Nucleation Active Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Syringae Strains....Pages 259-265
Biological Control of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum and Botrytis Spp.....Pages 267-271
Novel Management Strategies for Plant Parasitic Nematodes....Pages 273-276
Improvement of Trichoderma and Gliocladium by Genetic Manipulation....Pages 277-286
Do We Really Understand Crown Gall Control by Agrobacterium Radiobacter Strain K84?....Pages 287-293
Induced Resistance Using Pathogens and Nonpathogens....Pages 295-303
The Genetic Mechanism of Hypovirulence in Cryphonectria ( Endothia ) Parasitica ....Pages 305-316
Biological Control of Root Rot Diseases of Peas....Pages 317-320
Induction and Molecular Analyses of Resistance to Barley Powdery Mildew....Pages 321-326
Energy Stress in Relation to Germinability and Virulence of Root Infecting Fungi....Pages 327-330
Effect of Chitinase Encoding Genes in Biocontrol Pseudomonas Spp.....Pages 331-333
Integration of Chitin-Degrading Microbes into Biological Control System for Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry....Pages 335-339
Induced Plant Resistance in Vascular-Wilt Biocontrol....Pages 341-344
Characterization of Mutants of Trichoderma Harzianum with Altered Antibiotic Production Characteristics....Pages 345-351
Bacterial Metabolism of Propagule Germination Stimulants as an Important Trait in the Biocontrol of Pythium Seed Infections....Pages 353-357
The Use of Host Resistance to Control Fusarium Wilt of Kabuli Chickpeas....Pages 359-362
Siderophores and Ferric-Siderophore Receptors of Plant Crowth-Promoting Fluorescent Pseudomonads....Pages 363-365
Quality Criteria for a Biopesticide Based on Trichoderma Harzianum ....Pages 367-370
Risks of Releasing Wild-Type and Genetically Engineered Biocontrol Organisms into the Ecosystem....Pages 371-379
Biocontrol Product Fermentation, Formulation and Marketing....Pages 381-387
Environmental Implications of the Release of Biocontrol Agents....Pages 389-397
Systems for Efficient Delivery of Microbial Biocontrol Agents to Soil....Pages 399-406
The Ecology of Genetically Altered Bacteria in the Rhizosphere....Pages 407-413
Biological Control of Fusarium Wilts with Nonpathogenic Fusaria....Pages 415-426
A Method to Screen Trichoderma Isolates Against Soil Sclerotial Fungi and Armillaria Root Rot....Pages 427-430
Biological Control of Apple Crown Rot and Replant Disease....Pages 431-435
Use of Mycoparasites for Biological Control of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in the Glasshouse....Pages 437-441
Effectiveness of Acremonium Alternatum and Glycerol Against Cucumber Powdery Mildew ( Sphaerotheca Fuliginea )....Pages 443-446
Back Matter....Pages 447-462