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Chapter 1<br />

To allow for the analysis of a large number of references, the abstracts were examined for the<br />

presence of the relevant data. The complete publications were acquired <strong>and</strong> examined only when<br />

the abstracts were not sufficiently precise.<br />

The data were collected in separate tables for each type of key target pest. For each table, they<br />

were sorted (in decreasing order of priority) according to the type <strong>and</strong> name of the bio<strong>control</strong><br />

agents, the specifically targeted pest, <strong>and</strong> the outcome of efficacy tests.<br />

In the third step, synthetic summary tables were constructed to quantify the number of different<br />

bio<strong>control</strong> compounds <strong>and</strong> microbial species <strong>and</strong> strains reported to have successful effect <strong>against</strong><br />

each type of key pathogen/disease or pest target.<br />

Results<br />

A total number of 1791 references were examined for key airborne diseases including powdery<br />

mildews, rusts, downy mildews (+ late blight of Potato/Tomato) <strong>and</strong> Botrytis <strong>and</strong> Monilia rots,<br />

together with soilborne diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum (Table 2). Based on the<br />

examination of these references, successful effect in <strong>control</strong>led conditions was achieved for all<br />

targets under study with a variety of species <strong>and</strong> compounds (Appendices 1 to 6, Table 3).<br />

Table 2:<br />

Numbers of references on bio<strong>control</strong> examined per group of disease/plant pathogen.<br />

Target disease / plant<br />

pathogen<br />

Botrytis<br />

Relevance to<br />

ENDURE Case<br />

Studies<br />

OR, FV, GR*<br />

(postharvest)<br />

Number of<br />

references<br />

examined<br />

Period of<br />

publication<br />

examined<br />

880 1998-2008<br />

Powdery mildews all 166 1998-2008<br />

Rusts AC, FV, OR 154 1973-2008<br />

Downy mildews +<br />

Phytophthora infestans<br />

FV, GR, PO, TO 349 1973-2008<br />

Monilinia rot OR 194 1973-2008<br />

Fusarium oxysporum FV, TO 48 2007-2009<br />

*AC: Arable Crops; FV: Field Vegetables; GR: Grapes; OR: orchard; PO: Potato; TO: Tomato<br />

Concerning airborne diseases <strong>and</strong> pathogens, the largest number of reported successes was<br />

achieved with microbials, but there is a growing body of literature on plant <strong>and</strong> microbial extracts,<br />

as well as other types of substances (Table 3). On average, reports of success were far more<br />

numerous for experiments in <strong>control</strong>led conditions (in vitro or in planta) than for field trials.<br />

Very contrasted situations were also observed depending on the type of target<br />

disease/pathogen, with rare reports on the bio<strong>control</strong> of rusts <strong>and</strong> mildews compared to Botrytis,<br />

despite the fact that the literature was examined over a 35 year period for the former diseases <strong>and</strong><br />

only over the last 10 years for the latter.<br />

In total in this review, 157 species of micro-organisms have been reported for significant<br />

bio<strong>control</strong> activity. They belong to 36 genera of fungi or oomycetes, 13 of yeasts <strong>and</strong> 25 of<br />

bacteria. Among them, 29 species of fungi/oomycetes <strong>and</strong> 18 bacteria were reported as successful in<br />

the field <strong>against</strong> at least one of the five key airborne diseases included in this review (Table 4).<br />

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