No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease?
Abstract The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae is a major and growing problem for the cultivation of Brassica crops. As conventional control disease management methods are ineffective or prohibited due to their ecological impact, and crop resistance is frequently broken, biological control...
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| author | Arne Schwelm Fiona Brennan Stefan Geisen |
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| description | Abstract The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae is a major and growing problem for the cultivation of Brassica crops. As conventional control disease management methods are ineffective or prohibited due to their ecological impact, and crop resistance is frequently broken, biological control of the pathogen has become a key focus for the development of sustainable agricultural systems. Here we provide a perspective review on the unexplored impact of soil microbiome predators, and their potential use as biocontrol agents, using clubroot disease as an example. We highlight several pathways by which microbiome predators can reduce clubroot in soils, including directly through predation and indirectly by inducing a clubroot‐suppressive microbiome. We further discuss how some microbiome predators might, in contrast, benefit clubroot disease spread through mechanisms such as phoresy toward hosts. We highlight that gaps in knowledge need to be filled that hinder wider application of microbiome predators against P. brassicae alone, and in combination with known biocontrol agents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-794f8dc78b66437f9647a04da80574492023-06-07T13:24:55ZengWileyJournal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment2767-035X2023-06-012213113910.1002/sae2.12042No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease?Arne Schwelm0Fiona Brennan1Stefan Geisen2Teagasc, Department of Environment Soils and Landuse Wexford IrelandTeagasc, Department of Environment Soils and Landuse Wexford IrelandDepartment of Plant Science, Laboratory of Nematology Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The NetherlandsAbstract The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae is a major and growing problem for the cultivation of Brassica crops. As conventional control disease management methods are ineffective or prohibited due to their ecological impact, and crop resistance is frequently broken, biological control of the pathogen has become a key focus for the development of sustainable agricultural systems. Here we provide a perspective review on the unexplored impact of soil microbiome predators, and their potential use as biocontrol agents, using clubroot disease as an example. We highlight several pathways by which microbiome predators can reduce clubroot in soils, including directly through predation and indirectly by inducing a clubroot‐suppressive microbiome. We further discuss how some microbiome predators might, in contrast, benefit clubroot disease spread through mechanisms such as phoresy toward hosts. We highlight that gaps in knowledge need to be filled that hinder wider application of microbiome predators against P. brassicae alone, and in combination with known biocontrol agents.https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12042biocontrolBrassicaplant pathogensplasmodiophoraprotistssoil predator |
| spellingShingle | Arne Schwelm Fiona Brennan Stefan Geisen No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment biocontrol Brassica plant pathogens plasmodiophora protists soil predator |
| title | No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? |
| title_full | No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? |
| title_fullStr | No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? |
| title_full_unstemmed | No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? |
| title_short | No rest for resting spores: Can predators mitigate clubroot disease? |
| title_sort | no rest for resting spores can predators mitigate clubroot disease |
| topic | biocontrol Brassica plant pathogens plasmodiophora protists soil predator |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12042 |
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