Diseases caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib) de Bary are difficult to control and cause
increasing losses of horticultural crops worldwide. Reasons of this phenomenon are …

Biological control agents (BCAs) are potential alternatives for the chemical fungicides
presently used in agriculture to fight plant diseases. Coniothyrium minitans is an example of …

Publisher Summary There has been a large upsurge in interest in biological disease control
recently, reflecting increasing environmental concern over pesticide use. This chapter …

Sunflower is a known host for over three dozen pathogenic organisms. This chapter covers
both the well‐documented pathogens as well as some that are presently either minor or …

The growth of and interactions between the glasshouse pathogens, Rhizoctonia solani
Kühn, Fusarium oxysporum Schlect., Pyrenochaeta lycopersici Schneider & Gerlach …

Background Endophytes are microbes that colonize plant internal tissues without causing
disease. In particular, seed-associated endophytes may be vectors for founder microbes that …

Coniothyrium minitans is a coelomycete with a worldwide distribution. In nature it occurs
mainly in sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and S. trifoliorum but in the laboratory it is able …

Coniothyrium minitans, Trichoderma harzianum (HH3) and Trichoderma sp.(B1) were tested
for ability to control disease caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in a sequence of a celery …

Current knowledge of the symptoms, etiology, and control of the three main fungal fruit rots
of kiwifruit in New Zealand is reviewed. Field rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, affects …

The ability of Trichoderma harzianum isolate 203 to attack the soil-borne plant pathogen
Sclerotium rolfsii is apparently connected with the production by the isolates of chitinase and …