Table 4.
Biocontrol Metabolite (Bold) and Commercial Names | Organism | Country | Targeted Pathogen/Disease |
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Blasticidin-S BLA-S |
S. griseochromogenes | USA | Rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae) |
Kasugamycin Kasumin, Kasurab |
S. kasugaensis | Ukraine | Leaf spot in sugar beet and celery (Cercospora spp.) and scab in pears and apples (Venturia spp.), soybean root rot (Phytophthora sojae) |
Streptomycin Agrimycin, Paushak, Cuprimicin 17, AAstrepto 17, AS-50, Dustret, Cuprimic 100 and 500 |
S. griseus | India, USA, New Zealand, China, Ukraine, Canada | Bacterial rots, canker, and other bacterial diseases, Xanthomonas oryzae, Xanthomonas citri, and Pseudomonas tabaci of pome fruit, stone fruit, citrus, olives, vegetables, potatoes, tobacco, cotton, and ornamentals |
Phytomycin Mycoshield, Cuprimic 100 and 500, Mycoject |
S. rimosus | - | Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and diseases caused by Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas sp. and mycoplasma-like organisms |
Validamycin Validacin, Valimun, Dantotsupadanvalida, Mycin Hustler, Valida, Sheathmar |
S. hygroscopicus | - | Rhizoctonia solani and other Rhizoctonia in rice, potatoes, vegetables, strawberries, tobacco, ginger, cotton, rice, sugar beet, etc. |
Polyoxorim Endorse, PolyoxinZ, Stopit, Polyoxin AL and Z, Polybelin |
S. cacaoi var. asoensis | - | Plant pathogenic fungi, Sphaerotheca spp. and other powdery mildews, Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Corynespora melonis, Cochliobolus miyabeanus, Alternaria alternate and other species in vines, apples, pears, vegetables, and ornamentals. Rice sheath blight (R. solani), apple, pear canker, and Helminthosporium in rice; also inhibits cell wall biosynthesis and causes abnormal germ tube swelling of spores and hyphal tips, rendering fungus nonpathogenic |
Natamycin Delvolan |
S. natalensis and S. chattanoogensis | - | Basal rots on daffodils and ornamentals caused by Fusarium oxysporum |
Abamectin (Avermectins) Agri-Meck Avid, Clinch, Dynamec, Vertimec, Abacide, Abamex, Vapcomic, Vibamec, Agromec, Belpromec, Vamectin 1.8 EC, Vivid and many others | S. avermitilis | European Union, Worldwide | Mites, leaf miners, suckers, beetles, fire ants, and other insects in ornamentals, cotton, citrus, pome and nut fruit, vegetables |
Polynactin Mitecidin |
S. aureus | Japan | Spider mites (Tetranychus cinnabarinus), two-spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae), European red mite (Panonychus ulmi) in orchard fruit trees |
Milbemycine Milbeknock, Koromite, Mesa, Ultiflora and Matsuguard |
S. hygroscopicus subsp. aureolacrimosus | - | Citrus red mites, Kanzawa spider mites, and leaf miners in citrus, tea, eggplant |