J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 57, 207‒217 (2011)

In these decades biocontrol, or biological control, is an alternative mean to control plant diseases. In several fungal biocontrol agents, GMC oxidoreductases are involved in biocontrol activity. For example, in Talaromyces fl avus (Klöcker) Stolk and Samson, a glucose oxidase (AAB09442), a member of GMC oxidoreductase, is involved in its biocontrol activity of Verticillium dahliae Klebahn (Stosz et al., 1996). Its catalytic activity generates hydrogen peroxidase which destroys microsclerotia of the pathogen (Macarisin et al., 2010; Meschke and Schrempf, 2010; Stosz et al., 1996). In Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, several antagonism associated genes were reported to be putative members of GMC oxidoreductase when it antagonizes Rhizoctonia solani (Scherm et al., 2009). Leiter et al. (2004) reported that glucose oxidase, a member of GMC oxidoreductase, is an antifungal protein secreted by Penicillium chrysogenum Thom. These suggest that GMC oxidoreductase often plays important roles in the biocontrol of fungal diseases. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans Snyder and Hans. causes yellows on cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.). Yoshida et al. (1998) reported the occurrence of a J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 57, 207‒217 (2011)