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Title: Biologically based technologies for control of soil-borne plant pathogens of cucumber and oilseed rape

Author
item Roberts, Daniel
item HU, XIOAJIA - Oil Crops Research Institute - China
item Lakshman, Dilip
item XIE, LIHUA - Oil Crops Research Institute - China
item LIAO, XING - Oil Crops Research Institute - China

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/30/2016
Publication Date: 10/18/2016
Citation: Roberts, D.P., Hu, X., Lakshman, D.K., Xie, L., Liao, X. 2016. Biologically based technologies for control of soil-borne plant pathogens of cucumber and oilseed rape. In: Controle Biologico de Doencas de Plantas: Integrando Tecnicas Para Entregar Resultados. p. 47-62.

Interpretive Summary: Sustainable intensification of food production is necessary if we are to feed the world’s future population and maintain the resources required to produce this food. Biologically based technologies for disease control, such as microbial biological control agents and cover crops, can be integral to achieving this goal of sustainable intensification of food production as they can be more environmentally friendly than the use of synthetic pesticides. However, combinations of biologically based disease control technologies will be necessary to provide consistent disease control required for grower acceptance of these technologies. Researchers must develop strategies for combining these biologically based control technologies that maximize the effectiveness of these combination treatments while minimizing antagonism amongst the individual components of these multi -tactic disease control methods. We discuss in this book chapter approaches we are employing for improved compatability amongst biologically based technologies combined for control of soil-borne pathogens of cucumber, other vegetables, and oilseed rape. This information will be useful to scientists developing multi-tactic disease control strategies for control of soil-borne plant pathogens.

Technical Abstract: Sustainable intensification of food production is necessary if we are to feed the world’s future population and maintain the resources required to produce this food. Biologically based technologies for disease control, such as microbial biological control agents and cover crops, can be integral to achieving this goal of sustainable intensification of food production as they can be more environmentally friendly than the use of synthetic pesticides. However, combinations of biologically based disease control technologies will be necessary to provide consistency of control performance required for grower acceptance. Researchers must develop strategies for combining these biologically based control technologies that maximize the effectiveness of these combination treatments while minimizing antagonism amongst the individual components of these multi -tactic disease control methods. We discuss here approaches we are employing for improved compatability amongst biologically based technologies combined in multi-tactic disease control strategies for control of soil-borne pathogens of cucumber, other vegetables, and oilseed rape.