Natural Products from Plants as Potential Source Agents for Controlling Fusarium

Abstract

At present, due to the fast expansion of the world’s population, agricultural practices have been focused on increasing food production. Crop protection from competing weeds, insects and diseases has been necessary to obtain higher yields in agriculture. However, as a consequence of pest infection, a decrease in production performance has happened manifested in low food quality [1]. In order to solve this situation, synthetic chemical products have been widely used for controlling infectious diseases. Nonetheless environmental pollution due to their slow biodegradation, phytotoxicity, carcinogenicity and toxic waste in agricultural products is an important drawback [1, 2]. Agriculture production is currently trending to use eco-friendly methods for controlling diseases and pest infection [3, 4].