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Bacillus Species as Biocontrol Agents for Fungal Plant Pathogens

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Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology: Phytostimulation and Biocontrol

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Plant pathogenic fungi cause various plant diseases resulting in significant yield and quality losses in agricultural commodities. Additionally, filamentous fungi belonging to Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium genera can produce mycotoxins that cause adverse health effects in humans and animals. Common approaches rely on chemical agents for controlling pests and diseases. However, increasing efforts are directed to biological agents due to the environmental and sustainability concerns for chemical agents. Application of microbial species in biocontrol practices provides more environmentally friendly solutions for fungal pathogens. Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Streptomyces have been widely used in biocontrol strategies among various bacterial genera. In this group, Bacillus species are more attractive and effective due to their resistance to adverse environmental conditions and ability to control broad range of pathogens. Bacillus species directly antagonize fungal pathogens by competition for nutrients and niches, by producing antifungal compounds (lipopeptides, antibiotics and enzymes), and indirectly by inducing systemic resistance or by promoting plant growth with different mechanisms such as siderophore production. In this chapter, recent findings about potential of Bacillus species to control phytopathogenic and toxin-producing fungi are comprehensively reviewed and discussed.

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Albayrak, Ç.B. (2019). Bacillus Species as Biocontrol Agents for Fungal Plant Pathogens. In: Islam, M., Rahman, M., Pandey, P., Boehme, M., Haesaert, G. (eds) Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology: Phytostimulation and Biocontrol. Bacilli in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15175-1_13

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