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Strategies for Biological Control and Antagonisms

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Microorganisms play an important niche in the control of soil populations producing a variety of bioactive compounds as an ecological strategy for competition for space and nutrients. Thus, the bioprospecting of microorganisms as potential antagonists for pathogen biocontrol, or obtaining their bioactive metabolites, is one of the alternatives currently studied for the control of diseases, especially in species of agronomic importance. In this chapter, we reviewed several microorganisms and how, in general, the products of their metabolism are obtained to be used in the control of pathogens.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Ane S. Simionato, Miguel O. P. Navarro, André R. Barazetti, Igor M. O. dos Santos & Galdino Andrade

  2. Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Piúma Campus, Espírito Santo, Brazil

    Flavia R. Spago

  3. Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Andreas L. Chryssafidis

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Simionato, A.S. et al. (2017). Strategies for Biological Control and Antagonisms. In: Singh, D., Singh, H., Prabha, R. (eds) Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6593-4_8

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