Biocontrol of Major Grapevine Diseases

Stéphane Compant (Edited By)is Project leader-Scientist on beneficial plant-microbe interactions at the AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) and Associate Professor of Microbiology at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. He received his PhD from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France and was a post doctoral fellow at AIT. He is one of the leading research experts in microbial ecology of endophytic bacteria interacting with plants, general beneficial plant-microbe interactions and biocontrol of grapevine diseases using various biocontrol agents from different sources. He is a member of the Management Committee France, a STSM member in European cost action FA1103 and also represents Austria in European cost action FA1303. He serves on various review committees and on the editorial boards of some scientific journals.Florence Mathieu (Edited By)is a full Professor of Microbiology at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse in France. Her work is related in part to the topic of beneficial bacteria and food safety and has more than 70 publications in high rank journals.