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What is Biological Control in Plant Disease Management about?
Biological control is an important method for managing plant diseases as it avoids the negative impacts of pesticides on the environment and ecosystem. It relies on organisms like bacteria and fungi that naturally suppress plant pathogens. Some key advantages of biological control include being cost effective, protecting crops throughout their growth, having no toxicity, and leaving no residual problems. It works through mechanisms of competition, antibiosis, exploitation, mycoparasitism, soil fungistasis,
- Author
- Nidhi Singh
- Language
- EN