The science, art and business of successful bioherbicides

Advances and Trends in Organic Fruit and Vegetable Farming Research

“…Some countries, however, limit or ban the use of neem extract as an insecticide and fungicide. Biological approaches to controlling pests (Weintraub 2007;Lacey and ShapiroIlan 2008;Simon et al 2010;Collange et al 2011;Perdikis et al 2011;Demirozer et al 2012;Attia et al 2013;Navajas et al 2013), diseases (Cross et al 2001;Bautista-Banos et al 2006;El-Tarabily and Sivasithamparam 2006;Alabouvette et al 2009;Llorente et al 2012;Sylla et al 2013a,b), and weeds (Ash 2010) to keep their levels below acceptable thresholds have been intensively documented during recent decades. The effects of habitat management and cultural practices on natural enemy abundance and their efficacy for different crops were recently reviewed (Wyckhuys et al 2013).…”

Optimization of solid-state fermentation for bioherbicide production by Phoma sp .

“…However, there are few molecules produced industrially and commercialized. By the year 2010 there were only 11 commercially successful bioherbicides (Ash, 2010), this shows that there is a great market to be explored.…”

Plant pathogens as biocontrol agents for Cirsium arvense – an answer to Müller and Nentwig

“…While considerable variation is often reported in the discovery and proof-of-concept stages for a potential bioherbicide, much of the variation can be reduced by selecting particular aggressive strains, and by amending the final formulation with adjuvants that enhance and protect the pathogen (Ash 2010;Weaver et al 2007). This was demonstrated for P. cirsii as selected fungal strains were shown to be highly pathogenic (Leth et al 2008), and adjuvants reduced the long necessary dew period that limited its potential (Leth and Andreasen 2000).…”