Title: Bioherbicides for weed control

Abstract: A considerable number of plant pathogens have been studied for their possible use as bioherbicides for the control of weeds. Only a few have proven adequately virulent to control weed species and to compete with commercial chemical herbicides. The majority of plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi evaluated for control of weeds cause inconsequential disease symptoms or reductions in a weed population. This observed suppression is not adequate to limit expansion of the weed population much less eradicate it. In the previous edition of this book, we proposed that the effectiveness of bioherbicides could be significantly enhanced by selecting plant-pathogenic fungi or bacteria that overproduced and excreted an inhibitory amino acid. This technology is effectively being applied to plant-pathogenic fungi for control of the parasitic plants witchweed (Striga spp.) and broomrape (Orobanche spp., Phelipanchespp.). [Alice L. Pilgeram and David C. Sands (2010). Bioherbicides. In The Mycota: Industrial Applications (Volume 10, Part 4), pp. 395-405. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11458-8_19] From http://www.springerlink.com, see original source.



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Date: 21 September 2010; 10:25:09 AM AEST

Author Name: David Low
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