Biological Control of Plant Diseases
Article Sidebar
Abstract
In recent years, due to the ever-increasing population, the supply of quality food has become a major concern worldwide. Phytopathogenic fungi cause severe damage to crops worldwide and thus significantly reduce the quality and quantity of agricultural products. On the other hand, reducing the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture is a global goal. Meanwhile, different biological control methods, strategies and approaches are used in the management of plant diseases. Biological control is one of these critical techniques that is currently in priority. Biological control is an environmentally friendly and effective way to reduce the effects of plant diseases. In fact, the rhizosphere of plants supports the development and activity of a large and diverse community of microbial organisms, including plant growth promoting organisms. That these organisms can be used in the biological control of plant diseases. Fungi can be mentioned among these growth enhancing factors. Antagonists of fungi play an important role in the control of pathogenic and plant diseases and are used as biological control agents (BCAs) worldwide. These biological agents use various mechanisms such as activating defense reactions, antibiosis, plant growth stimulation, antibiotic production, and increasing the absorption of nutrients to control plant diseases. Finally, it can be said that the use of these factors significantly reduces the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Full text article
References
Peter Adeolu Adedibu. Ecological problems of agriculture: impacts and sustainable solutions. ScienceOpen Preprints. 2023. DOI: 10.14293/PR2199.000145.v1
Lebelo, K., Malebo, N., Mochane, M. J., & Masinde, M. (2021). Chemical contamination pathways and the food safety implications along the various stages of food production: a review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(11), 5795.
Jamiołkowska, A. Natural compounds as elicitors of plant resistance against diseases and new biocontrol strategies. Agronomy.10, 17.
Lahlali, R.; Ezrari, S.; Radouane, N.; Kenfaoui, J.; Esmaeel, Q.; El Hamss, H.; Belabess, Z.; Barka, E.A. Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: A Global Perspective. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 596. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030596
Abo-Zaid, G. A., Abdullah, A. S., Soliman, N. A. M., El-Sharouny, E. E., Al-Askar, A. A., Su, Y., ... & Sabry, S. A. F. (2023). Evaluation of bio-friendly formulations from siderophore-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas as biocontrol agents for the management of soil-borne fungi, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani. Agriculture, 13(7), 1418.
Ab, R.; Singh, E.; Pieterse, C.M.; Schenk, P.M. Emerging microbial biocontrol strategies for plant pathogens. Plant Science, 2018, 267: 102-111.
Fei, W., Liu, Y. Biotrophic Fungal Pathogens: a Critical Overview. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 195, 1–16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-022-04087-0
Spanu, P.; Kämper, J. Genomics of biotrophy in fungi and oomycetes-emerging patterns. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 2010, 13, 409–414.
Doehlemann G, Ökmen B, Zhu W, Sharon A. Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Microbiol Spectr. 2017 Jan;5(1): 10.1128/microbiolspec.funk-0023-2016. doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0023-2016. PMID: 28155813; PMCID: PMC11687436.
Newman, T. E., & Derbyshire, M. C. (2020). The evolutionary and molecular features of broad host-range necrotrophy in plant pathogenic fungi. Frontiers in plant science, 11, 591733.
Shao, D., Smith, D. L., Kabbage, M., & Roth, M. G. (2021). Effectors of plant necrotrophic fungi. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 687713.
Elkhateeb, W. A., Kolaibe, A. G., & Daba, G. M. (2021). Cochliobolus, Drechslera, Bipolaris, Curvularia different nomenclature for one potent fungus. Journal of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology Research, 4(1), 1-6.
Roca-Couso, R.; Flores-Félix, J.D.; Rivas, R. Mechanisms of Action of Microbial Biocontrol Agents against Botrytis cinerea. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7121045
Tekiner, N.; Elif, T.; Fatih, D. Biological Control of Botrytis Cinerea and Alternaria Alternata with Bioagent Bacteria and Fungi under in Vitro Conditions. Fresenius Environ. Bull. 2019, 29, 496–640.
Fagundes, W. C., Haueisen, J., & Stukenbrock, E. H. (2020). Dissecting the biology of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici: a laboratory workflow. Current protocols in microbiology, 59(1), e128.
Pandit, M.A.; Kumar, J.; Gulati, S.; Bhandari, N.; Mehta, P.; Katyal, R.; Rawat, C.D.; Mishra, V.; Kaur, J. Major Biological Control Strategies for Plant Pathogens. Pathogens 2022, 11, 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020273.
Palmieri, D.; Ianiri, G.; Del Grosso, C.; Barone, G.; De Curtis, F.; Castoria, R.; Lima, G. Advances and Perspectives in the Use of Biocontrol Agents against Fungal Plant Diseases. Horticulturae 2022, 8, 577. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8070577
Thomas, M.B., and Read, A.F. 2007. Fungal bioinsecticide with a sting. Nature Biotechnology 25:1367-1368.
Akram S, Ahmed A, He P, He P, Liu Y, Wu Y, Munir S, He Y. Uniting the Role of Endophytic Fungi against Plant Pathogens and Their Interaction. J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Jan 3;9(1):72. doi: 10.3390/jof9010072. PMID: 36675893; PMCID: PMC9860820.
Ghorbanpour, M.; Omidvari, M.; Abbaszadeh-Dahaji, P.; Omidvar, R.; Kariman, K. Mechanisms underlying the protective effects of beneficial fungi against plant diseases. Biol. Control 2018, 117, 147–157.
Garg, Shilpa, Minji Kim, and David Romero-Suarez. "Current advancements in fungal engineering technologies for Sustainable Development Goals." Trends in Microbiology 2024, 33, 3, 285 – 301
Teles, A., Castro, A. & Almeida-Souza, F. (2024). Chapter 9 Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents. In R. Kumar, M. de Oliveira, E. de Aguiar Andrade, D. Suyal & R. Soni (Ed.), Biorationals and Biopesticides: Pest Management (pp. 181-198). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111204819-009
Thambugala, K. M., Daranagama, D. A., Phillips, A. J., Kannangara, S. D., & Promputtha, I. (2020). Fungi vs. fungi in biocontrol: An overview of fungal antagonists applied against fungal plant pathogens. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 10, 604923.
Divya, K.S.; Mahadeva Murthy, S.; Sudisha, J. Ecological Studies of Fungal Biodiversity in Freshwater and Their Broad-Spectrum Applications. In Biocontrol Agents and Secondary Metabolites; Woodhead Publishing: Cambridge, UK, 2021; pp. 631–648.
Zin, N.A.; Noor, A.B. Biological Functions of Trichoderma spp. For Agriculture Applications. Ann. Agric. Sci. 2020, 65, 168–178.
Rampersad, S.N. Pathogenomics and management of Fusarium diseases in plants. Pathogens 2020, 9, 340.
Raymaekers, K.; Ponet, L.; Holtappels, D.; Berckmans, B.; Cammue, B.P.A. Screening for novel biocontrol agents applicable in plant disease management—A review. Biol. Control 2020, 144, 104240.
Awuchi, C. G. (2023). HACCP, quality, and food safety management in food and agricultural systems. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9(1), 2176280.
Richard, B., Qi, A., & Fitt, B. D. (2022). Control of crop diseases through Integrated Crop Management to deliver climate‐smart farming systems for low‐and high‐input crop production. Plant Pathology, 71(1), 187-206.
Bonnecarrere, V., Rosas, J., & Ferraro, B. (2019). Economic impact of marker-assisted selection and rapid generation advance on breeding programs. Euphytica, 215(12), 197.
Miah, G.; Rafii, M.Y.; Ismail, M.R.; Sahebi, M.; Hashemi, F.S.G.; Yusuff, O.; Usman, M.G. Blast disease intimidation towards rice cultivation: A review of pathogen and strategies to control. J. Anim. Plant Sci. 2017, 27, 1058–1066.
Younas, M. U., Wang, G., Du, H., Zhang, Y., Ahmad, I., Rajput, N., Li, M., Feng, Z., Hu, K., Khan, N. U., Xie, W., Qasim, M., Chen, Z., & Zuo, S. (2023). Approaches to Reduce Rice Blast Disease Using Knowledge from Host Resistance and Pathogen Pathogenicity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(5), 4985. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054985
Collinge, D. B., Jensen, D. F., Rabiey, M., Sarrocco, S., Shaw, M. W., & Shaw, R. H. (2022). Biological control of plant diseases–What has been achieved and what is the direction?. Plant Pathology, 71(5), 1024-1047.
Pal, K.K.; Gardener, B.M. Biological control of plant pathogens. Plant Health Instr. 2006, 2, 1117–1142.
Mishra, S.; Singh, A.; Keswani, C.; Saxena, A.; Sarma, B.K.; Singh, H.B. Harnessing plant-microbe interactions for enhanced protection against phytopathogens. In Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets; Springer: New Delhi, India, 2015; pp. 111–125.
Singh H. B. (2014). Management of plant pathogens with microorganisms. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. 80 (2), 443–454.
Deketelaere S., Tyvaert L., França S. C., Höfte M. (2017). Desirable traits of a good biocontrol agent against Verticillium wilt.Front. Microbiol. 8, 1186.
Gupta S. K., Sharma M. (2014). Approaches and trends in plant disease management (India: Scientific Publishers), Pg. 429.
Shah, F., & Wu, W. (2019). Soil and Crop Management Strategies to Ensure Higher Crop Productivity within Sustainable Environments. Sustainability, 11(5), 1485. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051485
Hartley C. (1921). Damping-off in forest nurseries. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 934, 99 pp.
Baker K. F. (1987). Evolving concepts of biological control of plant pathogens. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 25: 67–85.
Vega, F.E., Goettel, M.S., Blackwell, M., Chandler, D., Jackson, M.A., Keller, S., et al. 2009. Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology. Fungal Ecology 2:149-159.
Asad, S. A. (2022). Mechanisms of action and biocontrol potential of Trichoderma against fungal plant diseases-A review. Ecological Complexity, 49, 100978.
ISWATI, R., AINI, L. Q., SOEMARNO, S., & ABADI, A. L. (2024). Exploration and characterization of indigenous Trichoderma spp. as antagonist of Rhizoctonia solani and plant growth promoter of maize. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 25(4).
Sinno, M., Ranesi, M., Di Lelio, I., Iacomino, G., Becchimanzi, A., Barra, E., Molisso, D., Pennacchio, F., Digilio, M. C., Vitale, S., Turrà, D., Harizanova, V., Lorito, M., & Woo, S. L. (2021). Selection of Endophytic Beauveria bassiana as a Dual Biocontrol Agent of Tomato Pathogens and Pests. Pathogens, 10(10), 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101242
Behie, S.W., and Bidochka, M.J. 2014. Ubiquity of insect-derived nitrogen transfer to plants by endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi: an additional branch of the soil nitrogen cycle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:1553-1560.
Y apa, A. T., Thambugala, K. M., Samarakoon, M. C., & de Silva, N. (2024). Metarhizium species as bioinsecticides: potential, progress, applications & future perspectives. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 63(2–3), 439–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2024.2325006
Parihar, S., Saxena, H. O., Singh, S., Kumar, A., & Chauhan, P. S. (2024). Characterisation and antagonistic potential of Trichoderma species isolated from forest soils of central India against Rhizoctonia solani. Tropical Agriculture, 101(2), 167-177.
Liu, L., Liu, S., Meng, Q., Chen, B., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Lin, Z., & Zou, Z. (2025). Evaluating Beauveria bassiana Strains for Insect Pest Control and Endophytic Colonization in Wheat. Insects, 16(3), 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030287
Nicol, J.M., Turner, S.J., Coyne, D.L., Den Nijs, L., Hockand, S., and Tahna Maafi, Z. 2011. Current nematode threats to world agriculture. p. 21-43. In Jones, J., Gheysen, G., and Fenoll, C. (eds.) Genomics and molecular genetics of plant-nematode interactions. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Degenkolb, T., and Vilcinskas, A. 2016. Metabolites from nematophagous fungi and nematicidal natural products from fungi as an alternative for biological control. Part I: metabolites from nematophagous ascomycetes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100:3799-3812.
Rey Páez, A. (2023). Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Their Management: A Focus on New Nematicides. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1002237
Tiwari, S. (2024). Impact of nematicides on plant-parasitic nematodes: Challenges and environmental safety. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection, 19(2).
Antil, S., Kumar, R., Pathak, D. V., & Kumari, A. (2023). Recent advances in utilizing bacteria as biocontrol agents against plant parasitic nematodes emphasizing Meloidogyne spp. Biological Control, 183, 105244.
Mendoza-de Gives, P., Braga, F. R., & Araújo, J. V. de. (2022). Nematophagous fungi, an extraordinary tool for controlling ruminant parasitic nematodes and other biotechnological applications. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 32(7), 777–793. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2022.2028725
Rajendran, J., Dubey, J., Kumar, V. et al. Nematode egg parasitic fungus, Purpureocillium lilacinum: efficacy of indigenous strains for the management of Meloidogyne incognita in chickpea. Egypt J Biol Pest Control 34, 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-024-00769-5
Dong, L.Q., and Zhang, K.Q. 2006. Microbial control of plant-parasitic nematodes: a five-party interaction. Plant and Soil 288:31-45.
Shaliha B, Swarnakumari N, Anita B, et al. Bionomics and the role of antinemic metabolites of the nematophagous fungus, Pochonia chlamydosporia in suppressing phytonematodes - A Comprehensive Review. Authorea. May 30, 2024. DOI: 10.22541/au.171705639.99135872/v1
Khan, A.L., Hamayun, M., Kang, S.M., Kim, Y.H., Jung, H.Y., Lee, J.H., et al. 2012. Endophytic fungal association via gibberellins and indole acetic acid can improve plant growth under abiotic stress: an example of Paecilomyces formosus LHL10. Bmc Microbiology 12:14.
Lima-Rivera, D.L., Lopez-Lima, D., Desgarennes, D., Velazquez-Rodriguez, A.S., and Carrion, G. 2016. Phosphate solubilization by fungi with nematicidal potential. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 16:507-524.
Authors
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.