Biocontrol of plant disease : recent advances and prospects in plant protection / coordinated by Claire Prigent-Combaret, Bernard Dumas. -- London, UK : ISTE, Ltd. ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022. – (65.855/B615p)

Contents

Introduction
Bernard DUMAS and Claire PRIGENT-COMBARET
Chapter 1. Regulatory Aspects of Biocontrol
    1.1. Regulatory definition of biocontrol
    1.2. Current issues and limitations
    1.3. A mixed evolution
    1.4. Necessary evolutions
    1.5. Conclusion
    1.6. References
Chapter 2. Biological Controls in Horticulture
    2.1. Introduction
    2.2. Biological controls in horticulture
    2.3. Physiological trade-offs for growth and immunity
    2.4. Eco-innovations and economic trade-offs
    2.5. Challenges and perspectives
    2.6. Concluding remarks
    2.7. References
Chapter 3. Development of Omics Tools for the Assessments of the Environmental Fate and Impact of Biocontrol Agents
    3.1. Introduction: emergence of biocontrol agents and their risks
    3.2. Evaluation methodologies: an overview
    3.3. Limitations &classic methodologies
    3.4. Omics: potential tools for risks assessment?
    3.5. Perspectives
    3.6. List of abbreviations.
    3.7. Acknowledgments
    3.8. References
Chapter 4. Plant Secondary Metabolites Mode of Action in the Control of Root-Knot Nematodes
    4.1. Introduction
    4.2. Recent research on the use of plant secondary metabolites to control Meloidogyne spp
    4.3. Conclusion
    4.4. References
Chapter 5. Agro-industrial By-products and Waste as Sources of Biopesticides
    5.1. Introduction
    5.2. Biopesticidal properties of pyrolysis products from agro-industrial waste
    5.3. Biopesticidal properties of hydrolates: by-products of essential oil distillation
    5.4. Biopesticidal properties of olive oil mill waste
    5.5. Conclusion and future directives
    5.6. Acknowledgments
    5.7. References
Chapter 6. Antimicrobial and Defense Elicitor Peptides as Biopesticides for Plant Disease Control
    6.1. Introduction
    6.2. Peptides of microbial origin
    6.3. Peptides from plants
    6.4. Peptides from animals
    6.5. Synthetic peptides
    6.6. Biotechnological production of peptides
    6.7. References
Chapter 7. Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens via Quorum Quenching
    7.1. Quorum quenching to counteract quorum sensing
    7.2. Quorum sensing inhibitors
    7.3. Quorum quenching enzymes
    7.4. Quorum quenching biocontrol agents
    7.5. Monitoring of quorum quenching biocontrol agents and activities
    7.6. Biostimulation of quorum quenching
    7.7. Management of quorum quenching treatments
    7.8. Quorum quenching in biocontrol: perspectives
    7.9. Acknowledgments
    7.10. References
Chapter 8. Phage-mediated Biocontrol Against Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
    8.1. Introduction
    8.2. Bacteriophages for plant health
    8.3. Phage-based biocontrol regulations
    8.4. Conclusions and perspectives
    8.5. Acknowledgments
    8.6. References
Chapter 9, Microbiome-assisted Agriculture: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2. Microbiome-mediated benefits for plants
    9.3. Chemical cues derived from plants and microbes guide microbiome assembly
    9.4. Plant and soil microbiome engineering
    9.5. Concluding remarks and future perspectives
    9.6. References
List of Authors
Index