ISHS Acta Horticulturae 287: II International Symposium on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables in Mild Winter Climates
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF DISEASES OF PROTECTED CROPS: PRESENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS |
| Author: | N.E. Malathrakis |
| Abstract:
Many attempts have recently been made to apply biological control of diseases in greenhouse crops. The possibilities to manipulate environmental conditions and to use elaborated methods to introduce Biological Control Agents (BCA's) offer unique opportunities. So far several BCA's have been tested some of which have been reported to adequately control the target disease in experiments. However, due to their reduced effectiveness compared to the conventional control measures and the difficulties of their application only soil solarization, protection of roses against crown gall by the strain K 84 of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and suppressive substrates are used in practice. To extend the application of biological control against diseases of greenhouse crops more research is necessary towards the improvement of all factors which affect the efficacy of BCA's. However the prospects for the near future are not very optimistic. It could be more realistic to expect that BCA's will participate more and more in an Integrated Disease Management System. | |
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