title: Functional and structural microbial diversity in organic and conventional viticulture: organic farming benefits natural biocontrol agents.
abstract: Statistically significant differences in the structure and function of above-ground grapevine-associated microorganisms from organically and conventionally managed vineyards were found. Aureobasidium pullulans, a copper-detoxifying fungus and biocontrol agent, plays a key role in explaining these differences. The black fungus was strongly enriched in the communities of organically managed plants and yielded a higher indigenous antiphytopathogenic potential.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Gerit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058871:Organic Agriculture; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*