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Title: POTENTIAL USES FOR GENETICALLY-MODIFIED, COLONIZATION-DEFICIENT PLANT-BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SOILBORNE PLANT PATHOGENS

Author
item Roberts, Daniel
item HEBBAR, PRAKASH - OICD

Submitted to: National Biological Impact Assessment Program News Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/1995
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The development of relevant biocontrol strategies has the potential to benefit modern agriculture by reducing economic losses due to plant disease and reducing ground water pollution and food contamination with pesticides. However, inconsistent performance has been a major drawback to the widespread use of biocontrol agents in agriculture. A possible solution to othis problem is to develop treatments where a combination of biocontrol agents are applied, where each biocontrol agent has a specific and defined role in the suppression of the various pathogens present in agricultural soils. This article describes research being conducted in the Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Laboratory where the efficacy of treatments containing combinations of biocontrol agents are being investigated. This article is directed at scientists and also the agricultural industry.

Technical Abstract: NA.