Guest Editors
Dr. Daiana Garcia, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico Químicas y Naturales, ARGENTINA
Dr. Sartori Melina Victoria, Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Río Cuarto, ARGENTINA
Dr. Raziel Antonio Ordóñez, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Summary
The increase in world population will require a 60% increase in current agricultural production to meet food demand in a 30-year projection. Therefore, there is a need to increase production and, to the extent possible, do so in a sustainable way that respects the environment and human and animal health. However, many pests attack cereal, oilseed, legume, and vegetable plants, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, etc. In this sense and to reduce or replace the application of chemical products harmful to the environment, it is necessary to develop antagonistic biological products that reduce the ecological impact in pest management, guaranteeing the system's productivity.
In this way, the search for biological control agents (BCA) native to the ecosystem that is intended to be controlled is a priority and a first step to achieving sustainable agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to continue advancing research for the sustainable production of bioformulations with pesticidal, biostimulant, or preventive capacity for various pathologies, given the capacity of some microorganisms to induce resistance in plants. The development and implementation of biological products would lead to a great advance in the production of crops of economic importance.
Keywords
biological control agent, sustainable agriculture, bio-stimulant product
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