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Research Project: Biopesticide Discovery and Development

Location: Natural Products Utilization Research

Title: Evaluating the efficacy of endophytic fungal compounds as biopesticides in agriculture

Author
item BARRETO, DEBORA LUIZA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item DE CARVALHO, CAMILA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item RIBEIRO, VICTOR - Orise Fellow
item DE SOUZA, LAUREN MACHADO - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item TEIXEIRA, ELISA AMORIM - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item BORGES, HENRIQUE - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item DE QUEIROZ, SONIA CLAUDIA - Embrapa
item Meepagala, Kumudini
item DUKE, STEPHEN - University Of Mississippi
item Cantrell, Charles
item ROSA, LUIZ - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/20/2024
Publication Date: 2/11/2025
Citation: Barreto, D.C., De Carvalho, C.R., Ribeiro, V.P., De Souza, L.D., Teixeira, E.A., Borges, H.O., De Queiroz, S.N., Meepagala, K.M., Duke, S.O., Cantrell, C.L., Rosa, L.H. 2025. Evaluating the efficacy of endophytic fungal compounds as biopesticides in agriculture. Fungal endophytes volume II: Applications in agroecosystems and plant protection. pp. 225-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8804-0.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8804-0

Interpretive Summary: Substantial losses in agriculture due to plant diseases, pests and weeds have made the use of pesticides indispensable. Chemical interventions raise environmental concerns, and the increasing evolution and spread of resistance of these agricultural pests to commercially available products highlights the urgency of finding new alternatives. Endophytic fungi from different environments have emerged as a promising source of bioactive compounds with pesticide properties. Their potential to protect crops makes them valuable allies in more sately controlling pests than many currently used synthetic pesticides. In this chapter, we discuss newly discovered compounds with fungicidal, insecticidal, nematicidal, acaricidal and herbicidal activity, produced by endophytic fungi, revealing a vast pesticide potential to be explored.

Technical Abstract: Substantial losses in agriculture due to plant diseases, pests and weeds have made the use of pesticides indispensable. Chemical interventions raise environmental concerns, and the increasing evolution and spread of resistance of these agricultural pests to commercially available products highlights the urgency of finding new alternatives. Endophytic fungi from different environments have emerged as a promising source of bioactive compounds with pesticide properties. Their potential to protect crops makes them valuable allies in more sately controlling pests than many currently used synthetic pesticides. In this chapter, we discuss newly discovered compounds with fungicidal, insecticidal, nematicidal, acaricidal and herbicidal activity, produced by endophytic fungi, revealing a vast pesticide potential to be explored.