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Plants play a vital economic role in food and medicine, providing essential nutrients for humans and animals. However, microbial diseases currently threaten plant health and crop yields, affecting roughly 25 percent of global crops each year due to inadequate controls. To address these infections, alternative sustainable management approaches such as biocontrol are necessary. Beneficial microorganisms offer safe, effective options that do not harm soil ecology, the environment, or induce drug resistance. Such biological control strategies support indigenous microbiomes while suppressing specific diseases including bacterial wilt, brown blotch, fire blight, and crown gall. Despite these benefits, further research remains essential to improve the stability, efficacy, and safety profile of these biocontrol agents before they are deployed in commercial settings.
Crop diseases destroy a quarter of global agricultural output each year, endangering food security and economic stability. Deploying microbial biocontrol agents offers a sustainable way to protect plant yields against destructive infections without harming surrounding soils, the broader environment, or accelerating resistance against conventional treatments.
The research points towards biological crop protection products for agricultural producers facing diseases like bacterial wilt and fire blight. Commercial deployment remains at an early to intermediate research stage, as the agents require further development to improve stability, boost efficacy, and minimise toxicity before market readiness.
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Plants have an impact on the economy because they are used in the food and medical industries. Plants are a source of macro- and micronutrients for the health of humans and animals; however, the rise in microbial diseases has put plant health and yield at risk. Because there are insufficient controls, microbial infections annually impact approximately 25 % of the world's plant crops. Alternative strategies, such as biocontrol, are required to fight these illnesses. This review discusses the potential uses of recently discovered microorganisms because they are safe, effective, and unlikely to cause drug resistance. They have no negative effects on soil microbiology or the environment because they are environmentally benign. Biological control enhances indigenous microbiomes by reducing bacterial wilt, brown blotch, fire blight, and crown gall. More research is required to make these biocontrol agents more stable, effective, and less toxic before they can be used in commercial settings.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2024.e00859
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