Growing environmental concerns are potentially narrowing global yield capacity of
agricultural systems. Climate change is the most significant problem the world is currently …

Both biotic and abiotic stresses are major constrains to agricultural production. Under stress
conditions, plant growth is affected by a number of factors such as hormonal and nutritional …

The Bacillus amyloliquefaciens group, composed of B. amyloliquefaciens, B. velezensis, B.
nakamurai, and B. siamensis, has recently emerged as an interesting source of biocontrol …

The rhizosphere is the soil–plant root interphase and in practice consists of the soil adhering
to the root besides the loose soil surrounding it. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria …

Soil-borne plant pathogens are responsible for causing many crop plant diseases, resulting
in significant economic losses. Compost application to agricultural fields is an excellent …

Fusarium solani (F. solani) is one of the most important pathogenic fungi, that cause
Fusarium dry rot and Fusarium wilt in potato, responsible for low potato yield globally …

Biological control has received increasing interest in recent decades as one of the
alternatives to chemical pesticides in the field of plant disease control, especially after the …

Soil borne fungal diseases pose serious constraints on agro-productivity. Biological control
is non-hazardous strategy to control plant pathogens and improve crop productivity. PGPR …

Climate change has already affected food security in many parts of the world, and this
situation will worsen if nothing is done to combat it. Unfortunately, agriculture is a meaningful …

It is known that in developing countries, a large quantity of fruit and vegetable losses results
at postharvest and processing stages due to poor or scarce storage technology and …