Commercial Biological Control Agents Targeted Against Plant-Parasitic Root-knot Nematodes



Document title: Commercial Biological Control Agents Targeted Against Plant-Parasitic Root-knot Nematodes
Journal: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000392525
ISSN: 1516-8913
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Aix-Marseille Universite, Institut Mediterraneen de Biodiversite et d'Ecologie marine et continentale, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone. Francia
2Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Departamento de Investigación en Alimentos, Saltillo, Coahuila. México
3Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier-sur-Lez. Francia
Year:
Season: Nov-Dic
Volumen: 57
Number: 6
Pages: 831-841
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Root-knot nematodes are microscopic round worms, which cause severe agricultural losses. Their attacks affect the productivity by reducing the amount and the caliber of the fruits. Chemical control is widely used, but biological control appears to be a better solution, mainly using microorganisms to reduce the quantity of pests i nfecting crops. Biological control is developing gradually, and with time, more products are being marketed worldwide. They can be formulated with bacteria, viruses or with filamentous fungi, which can destroy and feed on phytoparasitic nematodes. To be used by the farmers, biopesticides must be legalized by the states, which has led to the establishment of a legal framework for their use, devised by various governmental organizations
Disciplines: Biología,
Agrociencias
Keyword: Helmintos,
Hongos,
Fitopatología,
Bioplaguicidas,
Meloidogyne,
Hongos filamentosos
Keyword: Biology,
Agricultural sciences,
Fungi,
Helminths,
Phytopathology,
Biopesticides,
Meloidogyne,
Filamentous fungi
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