Microbial Bioprotectants for Plant Disease Management

With growing concerns about the environmental impact of synthetic fungicides, increasing levels of fungicide resistance and increasing regulatory restrictions on fungicide use, the crop protection sector faces increasing pressure to replace synthetic fungicides with more environmentally-friendly biological alternatives for disease control.

Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management provides a comprehensive coverage of the recent advances in the development of more ecologically balanced biological methods to control plant diseases. The collection offers a focussed discussion on the availability and use of bacterial, fungal and viral bioprotectants, as well as a general discussion on the issues that arise with their development and use.

Edited by Dr Jrgen Khl, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; and Dr Willem Ravensberg, Koppert Biological Systems, The Netherlands, Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management will be a certified reference point for researchers in crop protection and agronomy; government and private sector agencies involved in sustainable agriculture; agrochemical companies manufacturing/selling crop protection products; agronomists and farmers wanting to broaden their knowledge on bioprotectants.