Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biological control of fungal soilborne pathogens in strawberries / Gabriele Berg -- Use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for biocontrol of soilborne fungal plant pathogens / S. Demir, A. Akkopru -- Arbuscular-mycorrhiza-mediated plant-pathogen interactions and the mechanisms involved / Mahaveer P. Sharma, Atimanav Gaur, K.G. Mukerji -- The role of rhizobacteria in the biological control of plant diseases / S. Rosas -- The role of competitive root tip colonization in the biological control of tomato foot and root rot / Sandra de Weert, Kevin Eijkemans, Irene Kuiper, Gail M. Preston, Faina D. Kamilova, Paul Rainey, Ine H.M. Mulders, Igor Tikhonovich, Guido V. Bloemberg, André H.M. Wijfjes, Lev Kravchenko, Ben J.J. Lugtenberg, Tanya Azarova -- Biological control of onion white rot / A. Stewart, K.L. McLean -- Biological control of fruit and vegetable diseases with fungal and bacterial antagonists: Trichoderma and Agrobacterium / F. Scala, A. Raio, A. Zoina, M. Lorito -- An overview of biological control of fruit and vegetable diseases / Ram Gopal Kapooria -- Novel biological control methods for gray mold disease of vegetables and fruits using Bacillus subtilis IK-1080 / Yoshihiro Taguchi, Mitsuro Hyakumachi -- Strategies for biocontrol of fungal diseases of temperate fruits / Ting Zhou, Hai Yu, Deena Errampalli -- Biological control of various diseases of major vegetables in Korea / Youn Su Lee, Min Woong Lee -- The nature of fungal mycoparasitic biocontrol agents / C. Cortes-Penagos, V. Olmedo-Monfil, A. Herrera-Estrella -- Applications of plant tissue culture for studies of fruit tree defense mechanisms / Eva Wilhelm -- Microbial chitinases: effective biocontrol agents / Sandhya Chandran, Binod Parmeswaran, Ashok Pandey -- Fungal phytopathogen suppression using siderophorogenic bioinoculants / S.B. Chincholkar, B.L. Chaudhari, M.R. Rane, P.D. Sarode.