Is the efficacy of biological control against plant diseases likely to be more durable than that of chemical pesticides?

The durability of a control method for plant protection is defined as the persistence of its efficacy in space and time. It depends on (i) the selection pressure exerted by it on populations of plant pathogens and (ii) on the capacity of these pathogens to adapt to the control method. Erosion of eff...

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Main Authors: Marc eBardin, Sakhr eAjouz, Morgane eComby, Miguel eLopez-Ferber, Benoît eGraillot, Myriam eSiegwart, Philippe Claude Nicot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00566/full