Managing the plant microbiome for biocontrol fungi: examples from Hypocreales.

Managing the plant microbiome for biocontrol fungi: examples from Hypocreales. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2017 Apr 22;37:48-53 Authors: Kepler RM, Maul JE, Rehner SA Abstract Feeding an increasing global population requires continued improvements in agricultural efficiency and productivity. Meeting estimated future production levels requires the adoption of practices that increase output without environmental degradation associated with external inputs to supplement nutrition or control pests. Enriching the community of microbes associated with plants in agricultural systems for those providing ecosystem services such as pest control is one possible component towards achieving sustainable productivity increases. In this review we explore the current state of knowledge for Hypocreales fungi used in biological control. Advances in understanding the field ecology, diversity and genetic determinants of host range and virulence of hypocrealean fungi provide the means to improve their efficacy. PMID: 28441534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: research