Book Publication from Trans-PathoFlax 2.0 on the Biological Control of Verticillium Wilt

Endophytic Verticillium Isolates as a Key to Disease-Suppressive Soilsc

"Verticillium wilt remains a major challenge in agriculture due to the long-term persistence of Verticillium species in soil through microsclerotia. This book chapter reviews the current knowledge on Verticillium-suppressive soils, with a particular focus on beneficial fungal V. isaacii endophytes. The limited number of known suppressive soils are consistently enriched with endophytic Verticillium tricorpus/isaacii-like isolates that can reduce disease pressure probably through competition with pathogenic Verticillium species and/or by stimulating plant defense responses. These endophytes are particularly attractive as biocontrol agents because they can be formulated as long-lasting microsclerotia. Future research should focus on identifying effective crop-specific isolates and distinguishing beneficial strains from those with potential pathogenicity. This work was supported by the Interreg Trans-PathoFlax 2.0 project."

Explore the full chapter on the biological control of Verticillium wilt:

“Biological Control of Verticillium Wilt Using Endophytic Verticillium from Disease Suppressive Soils” (UGent) in Disease Suppressive Tropical Soils, S. Gnanamanickam, M. Höfte (eds.), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08100-1_3