Biological control agents against Fusarium wilt of banana

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen
cg.coverage.countryAustraliaen
cg.coverage.countryBrazilen
cg.coverage.countryCameroonen
cg.coverage.countryJordanen
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen
cg.coverage.countryLebanonen
cg.coverage.countryPakistanen
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen
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cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen
cg.coverage.regionCaribbeanen
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionLatin Americaen
cg.coverage.regionAustralia and New Zealanden
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00616en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1664-302Xen
cg.issue616en
cg.journalFrontiers in Microbiologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaBANANAen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorBubici, G.en
dc.contributor.authorKaushal, M.en
dc.contributor.authorPrigigallo, M.I.en
dc.contributor.authorGómez Lama Cabanás, C.en
dc.contributor.authorMercado-Blanco, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-10T14:59:27Zen
dc.date.available2019-05-10T14:59:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/101247
dc.titleBiological control agents against Fusarium wilt of bananaen
dcterms.abstractIn the last century, the banana crop and industry experienced dramatic losses due to an epidemic of Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) race 1. An even more dramatic menace is now feared due to the spread of Foc tropical race 4. Plant genetic resistance is generally considered as the most plausible strategy for controlling effectively such a devastating disease, as occurred for the first round of FWB epidemic. Nevertheless, with at least 182 articles published since 1970, biological control represents a large body of knowledge on FWB. Remarkably, many studies deal with biological control agents (BCAs) that reached the field-testing stage and even refer to high effectiveness. Some selected BCAs have been repeatedly assayed in independent trials, suggesting their promising value. Overall under field conditions, FWB has been controlled up to 79% by using Pseudomonas spp. strains, and up to 70% by several endophytes and Trichoderma spp. strains. Lower biocontrol efficacy (42–55%) has been obtained with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Bacillus spp., and non-pathogenic Fusarium strains. Studies on Streptomyces spp. have been mostly limited to in vitro conditions so far, with very few pot-experiments, and none conducted in the field. The BCAs have been applied with diverse procedures (e.g., spore suspension, organic amendments, bioformulations, etc.) and at different stages of plant development (i.e., in vitro, nursery, at transplanting, post-transplanting), but there has been no evidence for a protocol better than another. Nonetheless, new bioformulation technologies (e.g., nanotechnology, formulation of microbial consortia and/or their metabolites, etc.) and tailor-made consortia of microbial strains should be encouraged. In conclusion, the literature offers many examples of promising BCAs, suggesting that biocontrol can greatly contribute to limit the damage caused by FWB. More efforts should be done to further validate the currently available outcomes, to deepen the knowledge on the most valuable BCAs, and to improve their efficacy by setting up effective formulations, application protocols, and integrated strategies.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-04-05en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBubici, G., Kaushal, M., Prigigallo, M.I., Gómez-Lama Cabanás, C. & Mercado-Blanco, J. (2019). Biological control agents against Fusarium wilt of banana. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10(616), 1-33.en
dcterms.descriptionOpen Access Journalen
dcterms.extent1-33en
dcterms.issued2019-04-05en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectmusa acuminataen
dcterms.subjectpanama diseaseen
dcterms.subjectsoil microbiotaen
dcterms.subjectbeneficial organismsen
dcterms.subjectbiological controlen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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