Abstract

Currently, disease management in tobacco is based on appropriate cultural practices, with host resistance and chemical applications being used to varying degrees depending upon the specific problems and their severity [1]. Although there are many research reports on microbial biological control of tobacco diseases, as outlined in this chapter, commercial products are generally unavailable. A search yielded only one product, Trieco, listed for use on tobacco [2]. Trieco is a formulation of Trichoderma viride for control of various soilborne pathogens. Commercially available biological control products have not targeted the tobacco market. This is unfortunate because fungicide residues on tobacco continue to pose a major problem on the world market. This review is by no means exhaustive, but it attempts to cover some of the more recent work on biological control of diseases in tobacco.

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