Acquisition of potential biological control agents from agrobiodiversity to control leafy crop disease

• Published in: Agrobiodiversity in Malaysia II: conservation and sustainable utilization pp. 155 - 162
• Main Authors: R. Laboh, S. Rossall
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) 2011
• Subjects: Agrobiodiversity; Biological control agents; Biological techniques (in vitro); Disease control; Disease control methods; Fungicides; Plant disease control

Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects most of the crops species in the worldincluding lettuce. This disease can cause severe yield losses and marketable yieldpenalties. Currently, many researchers have focused on alternative disease controlprocedures to reduce the usage of fungicides on horticul...