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- By Mark S. Aloia, Ellemarije Altena, Peter Anderer, Christopher L. Asplund, Nitin Bangera, Jeroen S. Benjamins, Daniela Berg, Bohdan Bybel, Vincenza Castronovo, Suk-tak Chan, Michael W. L. Chee, Pietro Cortelli, Michael Czisch, Joseph T. Daley, Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Yazmín de la Garza-Neme, Lourdes DelRosso, Derk-Jan Dijk, Maria Engström, Thorleif Etgen, Bruce J. Fisch, Ariane Foret, Patrice Fort, Steffen Gais, Anne Germain, Jana Godau, Andrew L. Goertzen, William A. Gomes, Ronald M. Harper, Seung Bong Hong, Romy Hoque, Scott A. Huettel, Yuichi Inoue, Alex Iranzo, Mathieu Jaspar, Zayd Jedidi, Alejandro Jiménez-Genchi, Eun Yeon Joo, Gerhard Klösch, Karsten Krakow, Rajesh Kumar, Caroline Kussé, Hans-Peter Landolt, Helmut Laufs, Jeffrey David Lewine, Camilo Libedinsky, Michael L. Lipton, Mordechai Lorberboym, Cheng Luo, Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Paul M. Macey, Pierre Maquet, Laura Mascetti, Christelle Meyer, Sarah Moens, Vincenzo Muto, Shadreck Mzengeza, Eric Nofzinger, Takashi Nomura, Daniela Perani, Jennifer R. Ramautar, Bernd Saletu, Michael T. Saletu, Gerda Saletu-Zyhlarz, Christina Schmidt, Monika Schönauer, Richard J. Schwab, Sophie Schwartz, Keivan Shifteh, Sanjib Sinha, Victor I. Spoormaker, Ryan P. J. Stocker, A. Jon Stoessl, Diederick Stoffers, A. B. Taly, Robert Joseph Thomas, Michael J. Thorpy, Emily Urry, Jason Valerio, Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf, Gilles Vandewalle, Hans P. A. Van Dongen, Eus J. W. Van Someren, Vinod Venkatraman, Frederic von Wegner, Thomas C. Wetter, Dezhong Yao
- Edited by Eric Nofzinger, University of Pittsburgh, Pierre Maquet, Université de Liège, Belgium, Michael J. Thorpy
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- Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
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- 05 March 2013
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- 07 March 2013, pp viii-xii
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13 - Biological Control of Soil-borne Pathogens of Wheat: Benefits, Risks and Current Challenges
- Edited by Heikki M. T. Hokkanen, University of Helsinki, James M. Lynch, University of Surrey
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- Biological Control
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- 07 May 2010
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- 24 August 1995, pp 149-160
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Summary
Introduction
Why biological control?
The past 15 years have witnessed a dramatic increase in research related to biological control. The current perception that biocontrol will have an important role in commercial agriculture in the future contrasts markedly with previously-held views that biocontrol agents perform too inconsistently, or are too narrow in their spectrum of activity, as compared with chemical pesticides, to be commercially feasible on a large scale. Renewed interest in biological control is in part a response to widespread concern about the potential negative impact of chemical pesticides on public health and the environment. Furthermore, the techniques of molecular biology have revolutionized the field by facilitating the identification of the molecular basis of pathogen suppression and by providing the means for construction of ‘superior’ biocontrol agents. New biocontrol agents resulting from recent intensive research are slowly becoming available to agriculture, and the trend should accelerate throughout this decade. One example is Gliocladium virens, which is being marketed in potting-mix to control Pythium and Rhizoctonia (see Lumsden and Walter, Chapter 25).
This chapter deals with the potential benefits and risks from the introduction of biocontrol agents for the control of root diseases of wheat, as well as the impediments to the application of this technology in commercial agriculture. The focus of the chapter is on biological control of take-all of wheat by fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. because it is a model system for the study of the molecular basis of pathogen suppression, root colonization by introduced bacteria and field application of biocontrol agents.