Table 7.2 Biocontrol of endophytic bacteria against fungal pathogens
Endophytic
bacterial
isolates
Plant
origin
Pathogenic fungi Author
B. 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 NSK2
Tomato Botrytis cinerea Audenaert
et al. (2002a,
b)
P.fluorescens
EP1
Sugarcane Colletotrichum falcatum Senthil et al.
( 2003 )
P.fluorescens
CHAO
Mousear
cress
Peronospora parasitica Lavicoli
et al. ( 2003 )
P.fluorescens
GRP3
Rice Rhizoctoniasp. Pathak et al.
( 2004 )
P. putida5-48 Oak Ceratocystis fagacearum Compant
et al. (2005c)
Burkholderia
cepacia
Fusarium Quan et al.
( 2006 )
Bacillusand
Pseudomonas
Wheat F. graminearum Nourozian
et al. ( 2006 )
B. subtilisand
P.fluorescens
Peanut Aspergillus nigerandFusarium
oxysporum
Ziedan
( 2006 )
Burkhloderia
phytofirmans
Ps JN
Grapevine Botrytis cinerea Compant
et al. ( 2008 )
Bacillussp. Cacao Pyhtophthora capsici Melnick
et al. ( 2008 )
B. pumilus
SE34
Pea F. oxysporumf.sp.pisi Chaudhary
et al. ( 2009 )
P.fluorescens
PICF7 and
P. putida
Olive 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 solani
Tonelli et al.
( 2010 )
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