The increasing demand for a steady, healthy food supply requires an efficient control of the
major pests and plant diseases. Current management practices are based largely on the …

Microorganisms produce active surface agents called lipopeptides (LPs) which are
amphiphilic in nature. They are cyclic or linear compounds and are predominantly isolated …

ABSTRACT Fusarium graminearum (teleomorph: Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Gibberella,
Gibberella zeae) is a destructive fungal pathogen that threatens the production and quality …

This work aims to explore the capacity of a Bacillus methylotrophicus (later heterotypic
synonym of Bacillus velezensis) strain named XT1 CECT 8661 against the necrotrophic …

The biocontrol activity of many B acillus species has been traditionally related to the direct
antagonism of pathogens. In previous works, we reported that B. subtilis strain UMAF 6614 …

Biological control of plant diseases has gained acceptance in recent years. B acillus subtilis
UMAF 6639 is an antagonistic strain specifically selected for the efficient control of the …

Numerous vegetable crops are susceptible to powdery mildew, but cucurbits are arguably
the group most severely affected. Podosphaera fusca (synonym Podosphaera xanthii) is the …

The antibacterial potential of four strains of Bacillus subtilis, UMAF6614, UMAF6619,
UMAF6639, and UMAF8561, previously selected on the basis of their antifungal activity and …

Twenty endophytic bacteria were isolated from the meristematic tissues of three varieties of
strawberry cultivated in vitro, and further identified, by FAME profile, into the genera Bacillus …

The suppression of green mold postharvest caused by Penicilium digitatum, was evaluated
in mandarin fruit after application of Bacillus subtilis ABS-S14 endospores, a crude extract …