Induction of soil-borne disease suppressiveness. A holistic approach to biological control
Por:
Bautista-Calles J., García-Espinosa R., Pérez-Moreno J., Zavaleta-Mejía E., Montes-Beltmont R., Ferrera-Cerrato R.
Publicada:
1 feb 2008
Categoría:
Multidisciplinary
Resumen:
Soil-borne disease suppressiveness, a holistic concept, has been fruitlessly treated under a reduccionist approach in search of understanding and management of biological control, based on specific isolates of antagonistic microorganisms reintroduced in augmented populations against specific soil-borne plant pathogens. Under a holistic approach, soil-borne disease suppressiveness is a property that emerges out of the system complexity and can not be explained or managed by splitting the system in its elementary components. With the general systems theory and the complexity theory as philosophical guidelines, it becomes evident that complexity is a precursor of stability and that the self-organizing property of highly complex systems could promote the emergent property of soil suppressiveness. In this review an analysis is made of soil-borne disease suppressiveness research that seems to indicate that under a reductionist approach it has been mismanaged, whereas under a holistic approac
Filiaciones:
Bautista-Calles J.:
Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS), Mexico
Benemérita Universidad de Puebla, Mexico
Colegio de Posgraduados, Campus Montecillo, K. 36.5 carr. México-Texcoco, Montecillo, CP56230, Mexico
García-Espinosa R.:
University of Florida, EEUU
COLPOS, Montecillo, Mexico
Pérez-Moreno J.:
COLPOS, Montecillo, Mexico
University of Sheffield, RU
Zavaleta-Mejía E.:
COLPOS, Montecillo, Mexico
University of California, EEUU, Riverside, United States
Montes-Beltmont R.:
Univ Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Ferrera-Cerrato R.:
COLPOS, Montecillo, Mexico
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
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