Biofungicides: Eco-Safety and Future Trends Novel Sources and Mechanisms, Volume 2

The current volume focuses on novel sources of biofungicides, primarily providing complete knowledge of microbial and phytochemical fungicides, studying antifungal activity mechanisms as well as their role in disease management in plants, and fungicide bioremediation. The use of biofungicides as eco-friendly alternative to typical synthetic fungicides is projected to play a significant role in organic farming in the future.

Key Features:

• Discovers novel sources of biofungicides
• Describes the role of biofungicides in the control of plant diseases
• Studies antifungal activity mechanisms
• Explores how to survey and select promising biofungicides

NOVEL SOURCES. RNAi-Based Biofungicides. Antifungal Efficacy of Algae. A Natural Approach to Fungal Control: Peptides and Proteins as Antifungal Agents. Antimicrobial Secondary Metabolites as Antifungal Agents. Bio-Nanoparticles as a Source of Nanofungicides to Combat Phytopathogens. Potential Prospects of Trichoderma Metabolites as Biopesticides in Managing Plant Health and Diseases. MECHANISMS. Exploring Mechanisms of Disease Suppression using Endophytic Fungi as Biocontrol Agents. Biofungicides: Antifungal Biomaterials and Mechanisms. How to Survey and Select Promising Biofungicides? Bioremediation of Fungicide-contaminated Environment.

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D. is currently a Research Professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr. Kamel’s research interests include developing, improving and installing plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases and agroecosystems applications. He has published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection that were published by the world’s major publishing houses (Springer, Tylor Frances and Elsevier). Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection, he also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Applications of Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. He has also participated as an active member of the Elsevier Advisory Panel, giving feedback and suggestions for improvement of Elsevier’s products and services since 2020. Kamel Abd-Elsalam has published more than 160 scientific research in international and regional specialized scientific journals with a high impact factor, and has an h-index of 36, i-10 index of 95, with 5142+ citations. He has also served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Fungi, Plants and Microorganisms, and as a Review, Editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology and refereed for several reputed journals. In 2014, he was awarded the Federation of Arab Scientific Study Councils Prize for excellent scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics) (first ranking). In addition, according to Stanford University’s worldwide database rating in 2021, he was listed among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier. Dr. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal Univ