Functional and structural microbial diversity in organic and conventional viticulture: organic farming benefits natural biocontrol agents.
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SUBMITTER: Schmid F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3067324 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
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Functional and structural microbial diversity in organic and conventional viticulture: organic farming benefits natural biocontrol agents.
Schmid Florian F Moser Gerit G Müller Henry H Berg Gabriele G
Applied and environmental microbiology 20110128 6
Statistically significant differences in the structure and function of above-ground grapevine-associated microorganisms from organically and conventionally managed vineyards were found. Aureobasidium pullulans, a copper-detoxifying fungus and biocontrol agent, plays a key role in explaining these differences. The black fungus was strongly enriched in the communities of organically managed plants and yielded a higher indigenous antiphytopathogenic potential. ...[more]
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