Crop cultivation is crucial for the existence of human beings, as it fulfills our nutritional
requirements. Crops and other plants are always at a high risk of being attacked by …

The negative impact of the massive use of synthetic pesticides on the environment and on
human health has stimulated the search for environment-friendly practices for controlling …

Recently, the application of endophytes in the alleviation of different types of stresses has
received considerable attention, but their role in drought stress alleviation and growth …

Found widespread around the globe, Serratia are Gram-negative bacteria capable of
thriving in a diverse number of environments that include water, soil, and the digestive tracts …

An extremely acidic extracellular chitinase produced by a Streptomyces sp. was purified
12.44-fold by ammonium sulphate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography and gel …

A new extracellular chitinase (called ChiA-Pt70) was produced and purified from a newly
isolated Paenibacillus timonensis strain LK-DZ15. The maximum chitinase activity recorded …

Chitin is the most abundant polymer in the marine environment and a nutrient-rich surface
for adhering marine bacteria. We have previously shown that chitin can induce the …

In nature, distinct number of renewable biopolymers are available which exist as chief
starting material for various bioprocesses; chitin being one of them that is degraded by the …

Simple Summary Hyphantria cunea (Drury) is a quarantine pest, due to its extensive host,
leading to serious economic losses in the agricultural and forestry industries. To control this …

The Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic pathogen
of many organisms, including insects. We report the identification and optimal in vitro …