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Utilization of Yeasts in Biological Control Programs

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Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications

In an agricultural environment, the native flora is replaced by a commercial crop and consequently the native microbiota also undergoes changes and, no seldom, species with antagonistic action against pathogens are eliminated. The lack of natural competitors may result in an outburst of diseases or herbivores that will feed upon the growing crop. Several strategies such as: chemical control, pathogen resistant cultivars and biological control may be used to avoid economical loses in the crop. Biological control protocols are based on the assumption that in an undisturbed environment outbursts of diseases are seldom due to the presence of naturally occurring antagonists and therefore, the introduction/augmentation of antagonism in a disturbed environment will control the disease. A successful agent for biological control has to hold several characteristics such: antagonism against pathogens, well know biology, specificity, be ease to produce and apply, be safe to the environment. Yeast may present all of those characteristics and are used in several biological control protocols. We will discuss in this chapter the basic concepts of biological control, the use of yeasts as biological control agents and describe the commercial products that use yeasts for biological control

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Pimenta, R.S., Morais, P.B., Rosa, C.A., Corrêa, A. (2009). Utilization of Yeasts in Biological Control Programs. In: Satyanarayana, T., Kunze, G. (eds) Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8292-4_10

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