Biocontrol Potential of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil-borne Pathogens in Rice and Other Crops

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are soil-borne that form mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots, and can signifi cantly improve nutrient uptake increase resistance to several biotic abiotic stresses. Though most rice cultivation systems involved submerged growing conditions, researchers exploring the potential of AMF colonization its benefi ts for rice. has a serving as biocontrol agent in plants via direct mechanisms viz. improvement, competition, integration, morphological, biochemical, physiological alteration indirectly induction systemic induced (ISR) plants. Furthermore, other factors (host genotype, age plant, species is involved, degree mycorrhization, presence weed plants) (soil temperature, moisture, content, atmospheric gas composition, crop management systems) be affected process by AMF. These different cannot considered completely independent from one another. The depends mainly on all these conjunction affect mycorrhization. By considering such mechanisms, this review we discussed suitability application pathogen plants, while reducing chemical agents control diseases. However, better alternative synthetic agrochemicals, more research should conducted applying chemicals compare levels control.