Exploring levans and levan-degrading biological control organisms for plant protection Ghent University
There is an urgent need for novel products that lower the dependence on agrochemicals. Biological control organisms (BCOs) and priming are two approaches to boost plant innate immunity against biotic stressors. Popular priming compounds include pectin- and chitosan-derived oligosaccharides, OGs and COS, and recently levan-derived oligosaccharides (LOS) have also been shown to protect an array of plants against grey mold. We hypothesize that ...