title: Mechanisms and recent advances in biological control mediated through the potato rhizosphere.
abstract: Potato cultivation has a strategic role as a food source for the human population. Its promising future development relies on improving the control of the numerous microbial diseases that affect its growth. Numerous and recent studies on the potato rhizosphere, mycorrhizosphere and endorhiza reveal the presence of a diverse and dense microbial community. This microbial community constitutes a rich source for plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and biocontrol agents. So far, the beneficial effects achieved are related to microbial siderophores, antibiotics, biosynthesis of surfactants and phytohormones, nutrient and spatial competition, mycoparasitism, induced systemic resistance, phage therapy, quorum quenching and construction of transgenic lines. Considering the crucial role for food and the diversity of mechanisms involved in growth promotion and microbial protection, potato constitutes a historical and accurate model in developing new biocontrol strategies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie du Froid Signaux et Micro-Environnement, EA 4312 Université de Rouen, Evreux, France.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crépin
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbey
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Orange
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Burini
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Latour
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D006801:Humans; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D058441:Rhizosphere; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*