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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) damping-off, which is caused by the soilborne oomycete Pythium aphanidermatum, is an extremely damaging disease. An environmentally friendly and safe method of controlling damping-off in cucumber and other vegetable crops is biological control, which employs naturally existing antagonistic …
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Black mold rot of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill) fruits, incited by Alternaria alternata, is a major constraint in tomato production worldwide. The fungus invades unripe fruits in the field, remains dormant and then cause symptoms as the fruits begin to ripe. In this study, the effectiveness of the antagonistic yea …
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In a previous study, we isolated four antagonistic bacterial strains viz., Pseudomonas aeruginosa B1-SQU, Pseudomonas indica B2-SQU, Serratia marcescens B3-SQU and Pseudomonas brenneri B4-SQU from the rhizosphere of cabbage which suppressed damping-off in cabbage caused by Pythium aphanidermatum. In this study, potenti …
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Postharvest fruit rot is a major problem in strawberry production chain worldwide. Aspergillus sp. is one of the major fungi associated with fruit rot of strawberry. In this study, an Aspergillus flavus was isolated from a rotten strawberry fruit. Based on the nucleotide sequence analysis of the internal transcribed sp …
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Aflatoxins, mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus are considered as serious food safety and human health issues due to their hepatotoxic effects. In the present study, the occurrence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), the most potent human liver carcinogen, and prevalence of toxigenic isolates of Aspergillus sp …
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Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is widely used as fertilizer and to control plant diseases. The microorganisms surviving in SMS play a crucial role in plant growth promotion and biocontrol properties of SMS. In this study, an effort was made to isolate and characterize the bacterial species present in the SMS of Agaricu …