Past, Present, and Future Researches on Biological Control of Plant Diseases in Korea

Biological control of plant disease has been considered a potential control strategy in integrated pest management in recent years. This paper reviewed the progress of research on the biological control of plant diseases in Korea during the last two decades and adopts some future prospects. The crop diseases included, red pepper, Phytophthora blight, ginseng root rots cucumber wilt, sesame damping-off, strawberry wilt and tobacco bacterial wilt and mosaic. Biological control of plant diseases requires a multi-disciplinary approach involving input from plant pathologists, ecologists, mycologists and molecular biologists. The author proposed to organize a group“Committee for Biological Control”including researchers, industries, growers and administrators.