Municipal solid waste landfills in lower-and middle-income countries: Environmental impacts, challenges and sustainable management practices

S Mor, K Ravindra - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is collected, transported, and disposed of in an
unorganized and disordered manner in lower-and middle-income countries. Improper waste …

Municipal solid waste as a sustainable resource for energy production: State-of-the-art review

AV Shah, VK Srivastava, SS Mohanty… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solid waste treatment and disposal is a global challenge for the development of a
sustainable society. The problem has been exacerbated by a rise in waste products as a …

Municipal solid waste generation and the current state of waste-to-energy potential: State of art review

AH Khan, EA López-Maldonado, SS Alam… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The extraction of municipal solid waste (MSW) provides a significant opportunity to manage
MSW while bolstering energy security. As a result, research in this area has gained traction …

Bacillus thuringiensis: a successful insecticide with new environmental features and tidings

GS Jouzani, E Valijanian, R Sharafi - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is known as the most successful microbial insecticide against
different orders of insect pests in agriculture and medicine. Moreover, Bt toxin genes also …

Vegetative Insecticidal Protein (Vip): A Potential Contender From Bacillus thuringiensis for Efficient Management of Various Detrimental Agricultural Pests

M Gupta, H Kumar, S Kaur - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium is found in various ecological habitats, and has natural
entomo-pesticidal properties, due to the production of crystalline and soluble proteins during …

Bacillus thuringiensis as microbial biopesticide: uses and application for sustainable agriculture

P Kumar, M Kamle, R Borah, DK Mahato… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used in agriculture for a long time
because of its insecticidal proteins which make it a valuable environment-friendly …

Mode of Action and Specificity of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins in the Control of Caterpillars and Stink Bugs in Soybean Culture

R Schünemann, N Knaak… - International Scholarly …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produces delta‐endotoxins that possess toxic
properties and can be used as biopesticides, as well as a source of genes for the …

A novel serine protease, Sep1, from Bacillus firmus DS-1 has nematicidal activity and degrades multiple intestinal-associated nematode proteins

C Geng, X Nie, Z Tang, Y Zhang, J Lin, M Sun… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause serious harm to agricultural production. Bacillus
firmus shows excellent control of PPNs and has been produced as a commercial …

Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains derived from the novel crystal protein Cry31Aa with high nematicidal activity against rice parasitic nematode Aphelenchoides …

Z Liang, Q Ali, Y Wang, G Mu, X Kan, Y Ren… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The plant parasitic nematode, Aphelenchoides besseyi, is a serious pest causing severe
damage to various crop plants and vegetables. The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains …

Antagonistic Potential of Bacillus pumilus L1 Against Root‐Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne arenaria

YS Lee, KY Kim - Journal of Phytopathology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study was conducted to estimate the potential of Bacillus pumilus L1 against root‐knot
nematode, Meloidogyne arenaria, in both in vitro and in vivo conditions. B. pumilus L1 was …