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Biotechnological Approaches in Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens pp 177–196Cite as

Protoplast Fusion in Disease Control

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The use of ecologically safe and environmentally friendly methods of protecting crops from pests and pathogens is gaining importance. Control methods using chemical pesticides may lead to development of resistant pathogenic strains, moreover, their accumulation can cause serious ecological and health problems. Therefore, the control of plant diseases by the use of existing organism in their natural habitat is an urgently needed component of plant disease management. Biocontrol of plant diseases offers answers to many persistant problems in agriculture including problems of resource limitation, non-sustainable agriculture system and over-reliance on pesticides (Cook and Baker, 1983). Biocontrol agents have potential to replace chemical pesticides (Mukerji and Garg, 1988 a, b). Moreover, they offer advantages in plant health management not possible with chemical pesticides. Despite these advantages, beneficial microbes are rarely used to control plant diseases primarly because biocontrol agents have been both less effective and more variable than competitive pesticides. A principal reason for this is the poor growth of bioprotectant. The ability of bioprotectant to proliferate in a competitive microenvironment is crucial.

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