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The resurgence of interest in the use of introduced microorganisms for biological control of plant pathogens during the past 10 years has been driven in part by trends in agriculture toward greater sustainability and increased public concern for hazards associated with the use of synthetic pesticides. Rapidly evolving technologies from molecular biology and genetics have provided new insights into the underlying mechanisms by which biocontrol agents function and have allowed evaluation of the behavior of microbial inoculants in natural environments to a degree not previously possible. The results from these advances bear directly on two fundamental sources of inconsistency in the performance of microorganisms introduced for biological control that until now have retarded their commercial development and widespread use, namely, inadequate colonization of the target site and variability in the expression or level of activity of the mechanism(s) responsible for pathogen suppression.
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Thomashow, L.S., Weller, D.M. (1996). Current Concepts in the Use of Introduced Bacteria for Biological Disease Control: Mechanisms and Antifungal Metabolites. In: Stacey, G., Keen, N.T. (eds) Plant-Microbe Interactions. Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1213-0_6
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