“…The beneficial effects are the consequences of diverse mechanisms, including those involving microbial siderophores, the biosynthesis of antibiotics, surfactants and phytohormones, nutrient and spatial competition, mycoparasitism, predation, cell lysis by phages and plant-induced systemic resistance. However, there is skepticism about the reliability of biocontrol, partly because published accounts of control include evidence of a lack of consistency [101,102]. Moreover, antibiotic and cyanide production by biocontrol agents can affect not only the pathogen, but, in some cases, plant development [103,104].…”