Worldwide excessive use of chemical pesticides with harmful side effects to environment
and humans has increased the call for a pesticide-free agriculture. Biological control of plant …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the rhizosphere bacteria that may be
utilized to augment plant growth and suppress plant diseases. The objectives of this study …

The potential of phenazine-producing strains for the management of fungal and oomycete
plant pathogens has been reviewed for the first time. Isolated natural phenazines showed …

Phytophthora drechsleri damping-off is one of the most important diseases of cucumber
(Cucumis sativus). Salinity is a serious problem for crop production and affects diversity and …

Natural control of phytopathogenic microorganisms is assumed as a priority function of the
commensal plant microbiota. In this study, the suitability of fluorescent pseudomonads in the …

Fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from wheat leaves were characterized regarding their
antagonistic potential and taxonomy in relation to protect crop plants from infestation by …

Phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp. are effective biocontrol agents that aggressively
colonize the rhizosphere and suppress numerous plant diseases. In this study, we …

Success in biological control of plant diseases remains inconsistent in the field. A collection
of well-characterized Streptomyces antagonists (n= 19 isolates) was tested for their …

Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) produced by plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. is an
antibiotic with antagonistic activities against Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of …

Bacterial rhizosphere colonization is critical for phytobeneficial rhizobacteria such as
phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp. To better understand this colonization process …