TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudomonas for biocontrol of phytopathogens
T2 - From functional genomics to commercial exploitation
AU - Walsh, Ultan F.
AU - Morrissey, John P.
AU - O'Gara, Fergal
PY - 2001/6/1
Y1 - 2001/6/1
N2 - Pseudomonas spp. that can colonise the roots of crop plants and produce antifungal metabolites represent a real alternative to the application of chemical fungicides. Presently, much research is aimed at understanding, at the molecular level, the mechanisms that enable Pseudomonas strains to act as efficient biological control agents. This approach is facilitating the development of novel strains with modified traits for enhanced biocontrol efficacy. However, without solving some inherent problems associated with the effective delivery of microbial inoculants to seeds and without knowledge on the biosafety aspects of novel biocontrol agents, the commercial potential of Pseudomonas spp. for plant disease control will not be realised.
AB - Pseudomonas spp. that can colonise the roots of crop plants and produce antifungal metabolites represent a real alternative to the application of chemical fungicides. Presently, much research is aimed at understanding, at the molecular level, the mechanisms that enable Pseudomonas strains to act as efficient biological control agents. This approach is facilitating the development of novel strains with modified traits for enhanced biocontrol efficacy. However, without solving some inherent problems associated with the effective delivery of microbial inoculants to seeds and without knowledge on the biosafety aspects of novel biocontrol agents, the commercial potential of Pseudomonas spp. for plant disease control will not be realised.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0035369368
U2 - 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00212-3
DO - 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00212-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11404107
AN - SCOPUS:0035369368
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 12
SP - 289
EP - 295
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
IS - 3
ER -
