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Endophytic fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution

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Dual biological control, of both insect pests and plant pathogens, has been reported for the fungal entomopathogens, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) and Lecanicillium spp. (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). However, the primary mechanisms of plant disease suppression are different for these fungi. Beauveria spp. produce an array of bioactive metabolites, and have been reported to limit growth of fungal plant pathogens in vitro. In plant assays, B. bassiana has been reported to reduce diseases caused by soilborne plant pathogens, such as Pythium, Rhizoctonia, and Fusarium. Evidence has accumulated that B. bassiana can endophytically colonize a wide array of plant species, both monocots and dicots. B. bassiana also induced systemic resistance when endophytically colonized cotton seedlings were challenged with a bacterial plant pathogen on foliage. Species of Lecanicillium are known to reduce disease caused by powdery mildew as well as various rust fungi. Endophytic colonization has been reported for Lecanicillium spp., and it has been suggested that induced systemic resistance may be active against powdery mildew. However, mycoparasitism is the primary mechanism employed by Lecanicillium spp. against plant pathogens. Comparisons of Beauveria and Lecanicillium are made with Trichoderma, a fungus used for biological control of plant pathogens and insects. For T. harzianum Rifai (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), it has been shown that some fungal traits that are important for insect pathogenicity are also involved in biocontrol of phytopathogens.

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  1. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4560, USA

    Bonnie H. Ownley & Kimberly D. Gwinn

  2. Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Building 001, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

    Fernando E. Vega

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Ownley, B.H., Gwinn, K.D. & Vega, F.E. Endophytic fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution. BioControl 55, 113–128 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-009-9241-x

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