Abstract
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF), and their interactions play an important role in the biological control of soil populations and plant pests. PGPR/PGPF produce a wide range of bioactive compounds such as siderophores, enzymes, and other compounds with low molecular weight that play an important role in the ecological strategy in the competition for space and nutrients. The PGPR/PGPF can also induce the induced systemic resistance (ISR) in the plants. Thus, the bioprospecting of microorganisms as potential antagonists of plant pathogens is one of the currently studied alternatives studied to control crop diseases. In this chapter, we reviewed several PGPR/PGPF and how they are used to control pathogens in plants.
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Navarro, M. O. P., Barazetti, A., Niekawa, E. T. G., Dealis, M. L., Matos, J. M. S., Liuti, G., … Andrade, G. (2019). Microbial biological control of diseases and pests by PGPR and PGPF. In Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment: Volume 2: Rhizosphere, Microbiome and Agro-ecology (pp. 75–122). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8383-0_3
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