Microbial and viral chitinases: Attractive biopesticides for integrated pest management |
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Authors: | Francesca Berini Chen Katz Nady Gruzdev Morena Casartelli Gianluca Tettamanti Flavia Marinelli |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, via JH Dunant 3, Varese 21100, Italy;2. The Protein Factory Research Center, Politecnico di Milano and University of Insubria, via L Mancinelli 7, Milan 20131, Italy;3. MIGAL – Galilee Research Institute, Southern Industrial Zone, Tarshish st, Kiryat Shmona 11016, Israel;4. Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, via G Celoria 26, Milan 20133, Italy |
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Abstract: | The negative impact of the massive use of synthetic pesticides on the environment and on human health has stimulated the search for environment-friendly practices for controlling plant diseases and pests. Among them, biocontrol, which relies on using beneficial organisms or their products (bioactive molecules and/or hydrolytic enzymes), holds the greatest promise and is considered a pillar of integrated pest management. Chitinases are particularly attractive to this purpose since they have fungicidal, insecticidal, and nematicidal activities. Here, current knowledge on the biopesticidal action of microbial and viral chitinases is reviewed, together with a critical analysis of their future development as biopesticides. |
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Keywords: | CBM carbohydrate-binding module GH glycosyl hydrolases GlcNAc IPM integrated pest management LC lethal conidial concentration LT lethal time MNPV multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus Chitinase Chitin Biological control Biopesticide Integrated pest management Fungicide Nematicide Insecticide Protein production Metagenomics |
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