| |
| Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
|---|
| Author(s): | Giertych, Keith |
|---|
| Author Affiliation: | Growth Products, California |
|---|
| Title: | Biological microbes - tools for now and the future |
|---|
| Section: | Combined Sessions
Other records with the "Combined Sessions" Section
|
|---|
| Meeting Info.: | Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand: 30 May-3 June 2005 |
|---|
| Source: | Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Sports Turf Conference and Trade Show. Vol. 3, 2005, p. 6-9. |
|---|
| Publishing Information: | Palmerston North, NZ: New Zealand Sports Turf Institute |
|---|
| # of Pages: | 4 |
|---|
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Biological fungicides; Biological disease control; Biological control organisms; Bacillus subtilis; Trichoderma; Mycorrhizal fungi; Actinomycetales; Pesticide usage legislation
|
|---|
| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses biological disease control, highlighting biofungicides. Explains that "biological fungicides are 'microbials,' i.e. they contain naturally occuring, non-genetically engineered micro-organisms...Most biofungicides are preventative rather than curative, so it is best to apply them early in the growing season." Compares biofungicides to chemical fungicides, stating that "biofungicides differ from chemical fungicides in their modes of action. Chemicals generally have two modes of action. The first of these is 'contact,' in which the chemical must come into direct contact with the pathogen. The second is 'systemic,' where the chemical is absorbed by the plant, and affects the pathogen when the plant is under attack. Biofungicides, however, have other modes of action that include 'nice occupation'...and 'induced systemic reaction'...Some produce antibiotics, which ave pathogen fighting properties best classified as 'contact.' Most biofungicides fall into the 'contact' category. Some microbes naturally produce enzymes (PGR's [plant growth regulators]) Growth hormones that help in root formation." Several microbes that may be used as potential methods of biological control, including Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma, Mycorrhiza, and Streptomyces. Suggests that "a successful biofungicide must be formulated in a way that favours [favors] both the activity and survival of the microbes it contains." |
|---|
| Language: | English |
|---|
| References: | 0 |
|---|
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Giertych, K. 2005. Biological microbes - tools for now and the future. p. 6-9. In Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Sports Turf Conference and Trade Show. Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand: 30 May-3 June 2005. Palmerston North, NZ: New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=140907 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 140907. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
|---|
| 
MSU catalog number: b5656665 |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |
