During the past decade the pesticidal bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has been the subject
of intensive research. These efforts have yielded considerable data about the complex …

Secondary metabolites, including antibiotics, are produced in nature and serve survival
functions for the organisms producing them. The antibiotics are a heterogeneous group, the …

Interest in biological control of plant pathogens has been stimulated in recent years by
trends in agriculture towards greater sustainability and public concern about the use of …

Biocontrol involves harnessing disease-suppressive microorganisms to improve plant
health. Disease suppression by biocontrol agents is the sustained manifestation of …

A bacterial strain isolated from soil for its potential to control the anthracnose disease
caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was identified as a Bacillus subtilis. Bacillus …

▪ Abstract The spermosphere represents a short-lived, rapidly changing, and
microbiologically dynamic zone of soil surrounding a germinating seed. It is analogous to …

Genetic resistance in plants to root diseases is rare, and agriculture depends instead on
practices such as crop rotation and soil fumigation to control these diseases." Induced …

Abstract Aim: Test of Bacillus subtilis strain GA1 for its potential to control grey mould
disease of apple caused by Botrytis cinerea. Methods and Results: GA1 was first tested for …

The resurgence of interest in the use of introduced microorganisms for biological control of
plant pathogens during the past 10 years has been driven in part by trends in agriculture …

The Gram-positive aerobic endospore-forming bacteria (AEFB) belonging to the genus
Bacillus and Paenibacillus are essentially ubiquitous and occur abundantly in most …