Identification of plant diseases and distinct approaches for their management

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Table 2 Examples of bio control agents and pathogens

Biocontrol specie	Microbial agent	Pathogen	Interaction	Plant	References
Bacteria	Comamonas acidovorans	Magnaporthe poae	Bacteria biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Kentucky bluegrass	Nicot et al. (2011)
Fungi	Idriella bolleyi	Bipolaris sorokiniana	Fungi biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Barley	Timms-Wilson et al. (2005)
Fungi	Trichoderma harzianum T-22	Pyrenophora triticis-repentis	Fungi biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Wheat	Timms-Wilson et al. (2005), Kloepper et al. (1980)
Fungi	Pythium oligandrum	Verticillium dahlia	Fungi biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Pepper	Gaffney et al. (1994)
Bacteria	Pseudomonas species	Fusarium oxysporum	Bacteria biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Tomato	Louws et al. (1999)
Fungi	Trichoderma harzianum BAFC 742	Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	Fungi biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Soybean	Kloepper et al. (1980)
Bacteria	Pseudomonas fluroescens WCS358	Fusarium oxysporum	Bacteria biocontrol—fungal pathogen	Radish	Nicot et al. (2011)