With the impending increase of the world population by 2050, more activities have been
directed toward the improvement of crop yield and a safe environment. The need for …

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+ C DNA content that constitute one of
the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and …

Actinobacteria, which share the characteristics of both bacteria and fungi, are widely
distributed in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, mainly in soil, where they play an …

During 1914 to 1939, Selman A. Waksman had been consistently systematically screening
soil bacteria and fungi to find an antibiotic for tuberculosis. In 1939, he discovers the effect of …

Introduction: Verticillium spp. are soil‐borne plant pathogens responsible for Verticillium wilt
diseases in temperate and subtropical regions; collectively they affect over 200 hosts …

The genus Verticillium Nees represents one of the world's major fungal pathogens, affecting
crop plants mostly in the cool and warm temperate regions, it also occurs in sub-tropical and …

The actinomycete Streptomyces lydicus WYEC108 showed strong in vitro antagonism
against various fungal plant pathogens in plate assays by producing extracellular antifungal …

Tomato plants can be infected by several diseases, among them, the early blight disease,
caused by the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria solani is very dangerous. Plant growth …

Among soil microorganisms, bacteria and fungi and to a lesser extent actinomycetes, have
received considerable attention as biocontrol agents of soil-borne fungal plant pathogens …

Indigenous actinomycetes isolated from rhizosphere soils were assessed for in vitro
antagonism against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Sclerotium rolfsii. A potent …