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Induction of Hydrolytic Enzymes: A Criterion for Biological Control Candidates against Fungal Pathogen

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Immune system of living organism is an essential aspect regardless of genus. All living organisms are prone to an infection that leads to disease severity. A strong immune system would limit the disease severity or even the infectivity rate. In animals, consumption of dietary supplements may help in enhancing or even boosting the immune level. Robust immune system is required to battle against pathogenic microorganisms or foreign bodies that attempt an ingression. Hence, plants also necessitate supplements that could be supplemented via microbes that could play roles as plant growth promoters and most prominently as disease defense. Various studies have proven that application of beneficial microbes contributes in the enhancement of plant defense systems against many phytopathogens. Thus, in the current chapter, the ability of candidate biological control agents (BCAs) to produce hydrolytic enzymes such as chitinase and glucanase was discussed. Performances of several endophytic microbes such as Trichoderma spp., Bacillus sp., and Pseudomonas sp. in secreting these two enzymes were explored.

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This project was supported financially by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), administered through the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (Grant No: FRGS/1/2018/5540093).

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Ali, N.S., Syafiq, T.M., Saad, M.M. (2022). Induction of Hydrolytic Enzymes: A Criterion for Biological Control Candidates against Fungal Pathogen. In: Sayyed, R., Singh, A., Ilyas, N. (eds) Antifungal Metabolites of Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04805-0_11

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