Plant-Microbe Interactions and Biological ControlGreg Boland, Liana Bolis Discusses the critical role of host-pathogen interactions in developing new and alternative biocontrol agents that promote plant health and disease resistance in crop pathosystems. Describes state-of-the-art as well as future technologies leading to more effective biological control programs. |
Contents
Toward | 15 |
Use of Sporidesmium sclerotivorum for Biocontrol of 377 | 37 |
Recent Advances Toward Integrated | 89 |
Biological Control with Trichoderma Species | 111 |
Biological Control Strategies for Sclerotinia Diseases | 127 |
Biological Control of Postharvest Disease | 157 |
Selection Characterization and Use of Microbial | 199 |
Biological Control of Weeds Using Microorganisms | 223 |
Control of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Using Viral Satellites | 283 |
Enhancement of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Using | 297 |
Chitinolytic Enzymes of Fungi and Their Involvement in | 309 |
Impact of Liquid Culture Physiology Environment and | 329 |
Genetic Analysis of Selected Antifungal Metabolites | 355 |
Molecular Probes and Assays Useful to Identify Plant | 393 |
Genetic Approaches for Analysis and Manipulation of | 415 |
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