Actinomycete Potential as Biocontrol Agent of Phytopathogenic Fungi: Mechanisms, Source, and Applications

Synthetic fungicides have been the main control of phytopathogenic fungi. However, they cause harm to humans, animals, and the environment, as well as generating resistance in phytopathogenic fungi. In the last few decades, the use of microorganisms as biocontrol agents of phytopathogenic fungi has...

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Published inPlants (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 23; p. 3201
Main Authors Torres-Rodriguez, Juan A, Reyes-Pérez, Juan J, Quiñones-Aguilar, Evangelina E, Hernandez-Montiel, Luis G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 23.11.2022
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Subjects
Actinomycetes
Agriculture
Antibiotics
Antifungal activity
Biological control
Chitinase
Control
Endophytes
Environmental aspects
Enzymes
Fungi
Fungi, Phytopathogenic
Fungicides
Gram-positive bacteria
marine
Metabolites
Microorganisms
Molecular weight
Nutrients
Pesticides
Pests
Phytopathogenic fungi
post-harvest
Review
saline
Terrestrial environments
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
wetland
Wetlands
Mexico
saline
wetland
antifungal activity
marine
post-harvest
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Summary:Synthetic fungicides have been the main control of phytopathogenic fungi. However, they cause harm to humans, animals, and the environment, as well as generating resistance in phytopathogenic fungi. In the last few decades, the use of microorganisms as biocontrol agents of phytopathogenic fungi has been an alternative to synthetic fungicide application. Actinomycetes isolated from terrestrial, marine, wetland, saline, and endophyte environments have been used for phytopathogenic fungus biocontrol. At present, there is a need for searching new secondary compounds and metabolites of different isolation sources of actinomycetes; however, little information is available on those isolated from other environments as biocontrol agents in agriculture. Therefore, the objective of this review is to compare the antifungal activity and the main mechanisms of action in actinomycetes isolated from different environments and to describe recent achievements of their application in agriculture. Although actinomycetes have potential as biocontrol agents of phytopathogenic fungi, few studies of actinomycetes are available of those from marine, saline, and wetland environments, which have equal or greater potential as biocontrol agents than isolates of actinomycetes from terrestrial environments.
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ISSN:2223-7747
2223-7747
DOI:10.3390/plants11233201