Climate changes, drought, the salinity of water and soil, the emergence of new breeds of
pests and pathogens, the industrialization of countries, and environmental contamination …

Among plant disease management strategies, biological control is a sustainable alternative
to the use of chemicals for the control of vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum …

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are caused by multiple unrelated fungal pathogens, and
their management remains difficult worldwide. Biocontrol is an attractive and sustainable …

Bacillus strains can produce various lipopeptides, known for their antifungal properties. This
makes them attractive metabolites for applications in agriculture. Therefore, identification of …

Background Natural products are important sources for the discovery of new biopesticides to
control the worldwide destructive pests Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris. Here, insecticidal …

Bacillus sp. MEP218, a soil bacterium with high potential as a source of bioactive molecules,
produces mostly C16–C17 fengycin and other cyclic lipopeptides (CLP) when growing …

Introduction: B. velezensis strains are of interest in agricultural applications due to their
beneficial interactions with plants, notable through their antimicrobial activity. The biocontrol …

White root rot disease, caused by Rosellinia necatrix, poses a threat to several tree crops;
hence, effective and sustainable strategies to control this disease remain warranted. This …

Cereals are an international commodity grown in almost all cultivable regions of the world.
The three most important cereals that are destined for human and animal consumption are …

A technical challenge for composting in Peruvian cities with annual temperatures below 20°
C is that the degradation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is slow, so the identification of cold …