ReviewFrontiers in plant science2015
Controlling weeds with fungi, bacteria and viruses: a review.
Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- BioprospectingFrontiers in fungal biology · 2021Pooled it
- A synbiotic approach to the formulation of innovative bioherbicides for weed control: a global perspective.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Transcriptome Analysis ofMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Field efficacy of a bioherbicide mimic (DiS-NHPest management science · 2025Article
- Crop yield loss under high insecticide regime driven by reduction in natural pest control.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health.Current research in microbial sciences · 2025Review
- Unlocking the potential of bioherbicides for sustainable and environment friendly weed management.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Trichoderma koningiopsis fermentation in airlift bioreactor for bioherbicide production.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2024Article
- Fungus-based bioherbicides on circular economy.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2023Review
- Chinee Apple (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- New frontiers of soil fungal microbiome and its application for biotechnology in agriculture.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Review
- Review
- Effect of Mycotoxin Cytochalasin A on Photosystem II inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Achievements, Developments and Future Challenges in the Field of Bioherbicides for Weed Control: A Global Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Microbe Related Chemical Signalling and Its Application in Agriculture.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Neurotoxicological Profiling of Paraquat in Zebrafish Model.Neurochemical research · 2022Article
- Weeds Harbor an Impressive Diversity of Fungi, Which Offers Possibilities for Biocontrol.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Diacetoxyscirpenol, a Fusarium exometabolite, prevents efficiently the incidence of the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica.BMC plant biology · 2022Article
- Phytotoxic compounds from endophytic fungi.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022Review
- Phytotoxic Azaphilones From the Mangrove-Derived FungusFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Weeds are a nuisance in a variety of land uses. The increasing prevalence of both herbicide resistant weeds and bans on cosmetic pesticide use has created a strong impetus to develop novel strategies for controlling weeds. The application of bacteria, fungi and viruses to achieving this goal has received increasingly great attention over the last three decades. Proposed benefits to this strategy include reduced environmental impact, increased target specificity, reduced development costs compared to conventional herbicides and the identification of novel herbicidal mechanisms. This review focuses on examples from North America. Among fungi, the prominent genera to receive attention as bioherbicide candidates include Colletotrichum, Phoma, and Sclerotinia. Among bacteria, Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas share this distinction. The available reports on the application of viruses to controlling weeds are also reviewed. Focus is given to the phytotoxic mechanisms associated with bioherbicide candidates. Achieving consistent suppression of weeds in field conditions is a common challenge to this control strategy, as the efficacy of a bioherbicide candidate is generally more sensitive to environmental variation than a conventional herbicide. Common themes and lessons emerging from the available literature in regard to this challenge are presented. Additionally, future directions for this crop protection strategy are suggested.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.