**2.7 Commercial use of natural fungicides**

Currently, the commercial use of natural fungicides on the market is low, the 5th Annual Meeting of the biological control industry (Loison, 2010) reports a total of 55 biological fungicides registered in the U.S. market and in the EU the registered biopesticides are much fewer: 21 fungicides for be used in Pome fruit, vines and tomato (Table 5).


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Table 5. Some commercial product in the market with active ingredients from plants
