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- Title
Biocontrol of Crown Gall by Rhizobium rhizogenes: Challenges in Biopesticide Commercialisation.
- Authors
Kerr, Allen; Bullard, Gary
- Abstract
The biocontrol of crown gall has been practised in Australia for 48 years. Control is so efficient that it is difficult to find a galled stone fruit tree, when previously, crown gall had been a major problem. This paper explains how it works and why only pathogens are inhibited. A commercial biopesticide is available in Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Turkey, the USA, South Africa and Japan. The challenges of commercialising a biopesticide are outlined. Rigid regulations are preventing the wider use of biocontrol organisms.
- Subjects
RHIZOBIUM rhizogenes; COMMERCIALIZATION; STONE fruit; RHIZOBIUM; BIOPESTICIDES; BIOLOGICAL control of agricultural pests; CROWN-gall disease
- Publication
Agronomy, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 8, p1126
- ISSN
2073-4395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agronomy10081126