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Current status of biological control of soil‐borne diseases
Author(s) -
Campbell R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1990.tb00831.x
Subject(s) - control (management) , risk analysis (engineering) , agriculture , biological pest control , environmental science , business , biochemical engineering , environmental resource management , agricultural engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental planning , environmental protection , natural resource economics , computer science , engineering , ecology , biology , economics , artificial intelligence
. Biological control by manipulating agricultural practices has been used for thousands of years. In the more restricted sense, of adding antagonistic micro‐organisms, biological control is still a very small part of the chemical pesticide market, but reliable products are becoming available. Achieving consistent results in realistic agricultural conditions is a problem, but there is a good possibility of controlling root diseases, especially where the soil characteristics or the environmental conditions can be controlled. The use of biological control in integrated control is successful, and in the long‐term genetic engineering techniques will be important in the development of biological control. Environmental safety and effective patent protection are still being developed, but there seem to be no insuperable problems.