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Harnessing Actinobacteria for crop protection: current advances and future perspectives

Code: 9781835454565
Publication date: 07/08/2025
Extent: 34 pages

Contributions by: Louise Thatcher and Marta Gallart, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia

Chapter synopsis:

Recent efforts in bioprospection have uncovered new Actinobacteria bioactivities ranging from antibiotics, fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides, and have renewed interest in the development of Actinobacteria-based inoculants, mainly composed of microbial cells and cell-free microbial cultured extracts. In this chapter the authors review the surge in Actinobacteria research and multi-omics resources available, compile case studies of Actinobacteria MBCAs that depict new bioactivities in crop protection, and identify challenges in bioproduction and resistance durability that directly affect commercialisation and deployment of Actinobacteria-derived products. Finally, they discuss emerging fields and future approaches in the research and development of Actinobacteria MBCAs.



DOI: 10.19103/AS.2024.0142.11
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Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Actinobacteria multi-omics resources
  • 3 Actinobacteria ecosystem roles and modes of action for exploitation in crop protection
  • 4 Actinobacteria crop protection case studies
  • 5 Bioproduction
  • 6 Emerging fields and future approaches in research and development of Actinobacteria biological control agents
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 8 Where to look for further information
  • 9 References

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