Table 7.2 Biocontrol of endophytic bacteria against fungal pathogens
Endophytic
bacterial
isolatesPlant
originPathogenic fungi AuthorB. pumilusand
Pseudomonas
spp.Oak Fusariumspp. Brooks et al.
( 1994 )Bacillusspp. Cucumber Collectotrichum orbuculariae Raupach and
Kloepper
( 1998 )
Burkholderia
sp.Sugarcane Ustilago scitamineaandFusariumspp. Raupach and
Kloepper
( 1998 )
Bacillusspp. Tomato F. oxysporumf.sp.lycopersici Benhamou
et al. ( 2000 )
P. aeruginosa
7 NSK2Tomato Botrytis cinerea Audenaert
et al. (2002a,
b)
P.fluorescens
EP1Sugarcane Colletotrichum falcatum Senthil et al.
( 2003 )
P.fluorescens
CHAOMousear
cressPeronospora parasitica Lavicoli
et al. ( 2003 )
P.fluorescens
GRP3Rice Rhizoctoniasp. Pathak et al.
( 2004 )
P. putida5-48 Oak Ceratocystis fagacearum Compant
et al. (2005c)
Burkholderia
cepaciaFusarium Quan et al.
( 2006 )
Bacillusand
PseudomonasWheat F. graminearum Nourozian
et al. ( 2006 )
B. subtilisand
P.fluorescensPeanut Aspergillus nigerandFusarium
oxysporumZiedan
( 2006 )
Burkhloderia
phytofirmans
Ps JNGrapevine Botrytis cinerea Compant
et al. ( 2008 )Bacillussp. Cacao Pyhtophthora capsici Melnick
et al. ( 2008 )
B. pumilus
SE34Pea F. oxysporumf.sp.pisi Chaudhary
et al. ( 2009 )
P.fluorescens
PICF7 and
P. putidaOlive Verticillium dahliae Prieto et al.
( 2009 )B. subtilis Wheat Gaemanomyces graminis tritici Liu et al.
( 2009 )
Bacillusspp,
Pseudomonas
spp.Peanut Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, S. minor,
S. rolfsiiandFusarium solaniTonelli et al.
( 2010 )(continued)148 A. Muthukumar et al.