[en] Crop plants are constantly exposed to a wide range of environmental stresses that can cause major productivity loss. Fungicide treatments are the most efficient disease control methods used up to now. However, the environmental and health issues caused by these chemicals make it urgent to develop safer methods for pathogen control. In the optic of a sustainable agriculture, several biocontrol tools have been developed during the last decades. Elicitors are increasingly subject to research as interesting alternatives to phytosanitary products. Yet, few efficient formulations exist on the market, and no product has been designed specifically to protect wheat crops. This study will thus focus on the the manipulation of host natural defenses through the use of elicitors as a preventive treatment against major wheat diseases such as Septoria tritici, Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum.
Research Center/Unit :
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Le Mire, Géraldine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences Agronomiques > Phytopathologie
Deleu, Magali ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Chimie biologique industrielle
Ongena, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Bio-industries
Fauconnier, Marie-Laure ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Chimie générale et organique