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Biological control agents (BCA) using fungal antagonists have gained considerable attention as a viable alternative to chemical control (Papavizas,1985). Ganoderma disease can be controlled by many species of beneficial microbes including fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes. In vitro study showed that a pure culture of the endophytic fungus Phlebia GanoEF3 was capable in inhibiting the growth of Ganoderma boninense and effectively used in … Read more

Over the past years, microorganisms have been isolated and tested as biological control agents against diseases caused by soil borne plant pathogens. It was reported (Noor Haida and Idris et al.,2009) that conidial suspension of GanoEF2 has the potential in suppressing Ganoderma infection in oil palm seedlings. A study was conducted to develop Amiphinema GanoEF2 into powder formulation for controlling Ganoderma disease … Read more

The biofertiliser, ‘microbial inoculants’ comprised of microbial inoculants or assemblages of living microorganisms which exert direct or indirect benefits on plant growth and crop yield through different mechanisms (Fuentes-Ramirez and Caballero_mellado,2005). It can be generally defined as preparations containing live or latent cells of efficient strain of nitrogen-fixing, phosphate solubilising (either bacteria, fungi or algae) … Read more

Biological control agents such as endophytic bacteria have gained significance in suppressing and controlling plant disease. Endophytes have been isolated from several hosts, such as oil palm (Zaiton et al., 2007) and banana (Pan et al., 1997). The capability of colonising host tissue has made endophytic bateria valuable as a tool to improve crop performance. The efficacy … Read more

Biological control is among the options apart from fungicides in controlling phytopathogens. Many species of microorganisms including actinomycetes, bacteria and fungi have the ability to be an effective control agent of plant disease. The use of Strptomyces genus as biological control agent of Ganoderma disease is of interest. The Strptomyces genus in actinomycetes group showed a high inhibition percentage towards Ganoderma boninense in vitro … Read more