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Unlocking Nature’s Secrets: beneficial microorganisms can transform crop production

Publication date: 17/03/2025

Editors: Eligio Malusà and Krzysztof Ambroziak

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Advancing Strain-Specific TaqMan Assays for Trichoderma asperellum Detection in Commercial Agricultural Settings

Publication date: 05/02/2025

Authors: Andrea Manfredini, Massimo Pugliese, Paolo Valfrè, Loredana Canfora

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Application of Self-Organizing Maps to Explore the Interactions of Microorganisms with Soil Properties in Fruit Crops Under Different Management and Pedo-Climatic Conditions

Publication date: 26/01/2025

Authors: Francesca Antonucci, Simona Violino, Loredana Canfora, Małgorzata Tartanus, Ewa M. Furmanczyk, Sara Turci, Maria G. Tommasini, Nika Cvelbar Weber, Jaka Razinger, Morgane Ourry, Samuel Bickel, Thomas A.J. Passey, Anne Bohr, Heinrich Maisel, Massimo Pugliese, Francesco Vitali, Stefano Mocali Federico Pallottino, Simone Figorilli, Corrado Costa, Eligio Malusà

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Bioinoculant-induced plant resistance is modulated by interactions with resident soil microbes

Publication date: 18/01/2025

Authors: Shumaila Rasool, Manon Groos, S. Emilia Hannula, Arjen Biere

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The Parameters Of A Fungal Fermentation Facilitate Its Formulation For Further Application In Plant-soil ConditionsThe Parameters Of A Fungal Fermentation Facilitate Its Formulation For Further Application In Plant-soil Conditions

Publication date: 22/10/2024

Authors: Maria Vassileva, Luis F del Moral Garrido, Vanessa Martos, Ana Isabel García López, Giuseppe Falvo D’Urso Labate, Elena Flor-Peregrin, Antonia Reyes Requena, Nikolay Vassilev

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Global changes and their environmental stressors have a significant impact on soil biodiversity—A meta-analysis

Publication date: 20/09/2024

Authors: Helen R.P. Phillips, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer, Victoria J. Burton, Olga Ferlian, Yiming Jin, Sahana Kanabar, Sandhya Malladi, Rowan E. Murphy, Anne Peter, Isis Petrocelli, Christian Ristok, Katharine Tyndall, Wim van der Putten, Léa Beaumelle

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Advancement in Research of Plant Beneficial Microorganisms: From Fermentation to Formulation Strategies and Applications in Agriculture

Publication date: 05/08/2024

Authors: Maria Vassileva, Stefano Mocali, Vanessa Martos, Luis F García del Moral, Nikolay Vassilev

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Teaching plant pathology: a forty-five year long journey

Publication date: 29/04/2024

Authors: Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Innovative molecular tools for tracking microbial inoculants in soil

Publication date: 23/02/2024

Co-Authors: Loredana Canfora, Andrea Manfredini, Eligio Malusà

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Soil Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture

Publication date: 13/01/2024

Authors: Nikolay Vassilev, Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes

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Effects of land use and soil properties on taxon richness and abundance of soil assemblages

Publication date: 04/11/2023

Authors: Victoria J. Burton, Andrés Baselga, Adriana De Palma, Helen R. P. Phillips, Christian Mulder, Paul Eggleton, Andy Purvis

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Aptamer‑based technology for detecting Bacillus subtilis in soil

Publication date: 12/09/2023

Authors: Andrea Manfredini, Eligio Malusà, Loredana Canfora
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First Report of Gnomoniopsis fragariaeCausing Leaf Spots on Strawberry in Italy

Publication date: 31/08/2023

Authors: Massimo Pugliese, Giovanna Gilardi, Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Angelo Garibaldi, Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Control of Nematodes in Organic Horticulture Exploiting the Multifunctional Capacity of Microorganisms

Publication date: 12/08/2023

Authors: Ewa M. Furmanczyk, Eligio Malusà

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The Combined Applications of Microbial Inoculants and Organic Fertilizer Improve Plant Growth under Unfavorable Soil Conditions

Publication date: 30/06/2023

Authors: Malek Al Methyeb, Silke Ruppel, Bettina Eichler-Löbermann, Nikolay Vassilev

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Bioinoculants and organic soil amendments affect nematode diversity in apple orchards

Publication date: 15/06/2023

Authors: Expedito Olimi, Samuel Bickel, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Peter Kusstatscher, Danny Coyne, Bettina Weber, Tomislav Cernava, Gabriele Berg

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Effects of tomato inoculation with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum on spider mite resistance and the rhizosphere microbial community

Publication date: 24/05/2023

Authors: Shumaila Rasool, Andreas Markou, S. Emilia Hannula, Arjen Biere

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Editorial: Plant root interaction with associated microbiomes to improve plant resiliency and crop biodiversity, volume II

Publication date: 14/02/2023

Authors: Eligio Malusà, Nikolay Vassilev, Davide Neri, Xiangming Xu

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Microbial-Based Products to Control Soil-Borne Pathogens: Methods to Improve Efficacy and to Assess Impacts on Microbiome

Publication date: 16/01/2023

Authors: Magdalena Ptaszek, Loredana Canfora, Massimo Pugliese, Flavia Pinzari, Giovanna Gilardi, Paweł Trzciński, Eligio Malusà

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Two species-specific TaqMan-based qPCR assays for the detection in soil of Paenibacillus polymyxa inoculums

Publication date: 15/12/2022

Authors: Manfredini Andrea, Malusà Eligio, Trzcinski Pawel, Ptaszek Magdalena, Sas-Paszt Lidia, Mocali Stefano, Pinzari Flavia and Canfora Loredana

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Land use and soil characteristics afect soil organisms diferently from above-ground assemblages

Publication date: 17/11/2022

Authors: Victoria J. Burton, Sara Contu, Adriana De Palma, Samantha L. L. Hill, Harald Albrecht, James S. Bone, Daniel Carpenter, Ronald Corstanje, Pallieter De Smedt, Mark Farrell, Helen V. Ford, Lawrence N. Hudson, Kelly Inward, David T. Jones, Agnieszka Kosewska, Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung, Tibor Magura, Christian Mulder, Maka Murvanidze, Tim Newbold, Jo Smith, Andrew V. Suarez, Sasha Suryometaram, Béla Tóthmérész, Marcio Uehara-Prado, Adam J. Vanbergen, Kris Verheyen, Karen Wuyts, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Paul Eggleton, Andy Purvis

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Deciphering the microbial composition of biodynamic preparations and their effects on the apple rhizosphere microbiome

Publication date: 16/11/2022

Authors: Expedito Olimi, Samuel Bickel, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Peter Kusstatscher, Robert Matzer, Tomislav Cernava, Gabriele Berg

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Frontiers in soil ecology—Insights from the World Biodiversity Forum 2022

Publication date: 11/11/2022

Authors: Nico Eisenhauer, S. Franz Bender, Irene Calderón-Sanou, Franciska T. de Vries, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Wilfried Thuiller, Diana H. Wall, Romy Zeiss, Mohammad Bahram, Rémy Beugnon, Victoria J. Burton, Thomas W. Crowther, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Stefan Geisen, Paul Kardol, Valentyna Krashevska, Carlos A. Martínez-Muñoz, Guillaume Patoine, Julia Seeber, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Michael Steinwandter, Marie Sünnemann, Xin Sun, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Carlos A. Guerra, Anton Potapov

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Trichoderma enriched compost, BCAs and potassium phosphite control Fusarium wilt of lettuce without affecting soil microbiome at genus level

Publication date: 07/10/2022

Authors: Alessio Bellini, Giovanna Gilardi, Mohamed Idbella, Maurizio Zotti, Massimo Pugliese, Giuliano Bonanomi, Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Fungi, P solubilizationand plant nutrition

Publication date: 26/08/2022

Authors: Maria Vassileva, Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes, Marco Agostinio Deriu, Giacomo di Benedetto, Elena Flor Peregrin, Stefano Mocali, , Vanessa Martos, Nikolay Vassilev

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Contenimento di Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici con alcuni fertilizzanti ed il loro impatto sulla comunità microbica della rizosfera in piante di pomodoro

Publication date: 29/04/2022

Authors: Anna Rizzolo, Massimo Pugliese

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Insights into the microbiome assembly during diferent growth stages and storage of strawberry plants

Publication date: 28/04/2022

Authors: Expedito Olimi, Peter Kusstatscher, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Tomislav Cernava, Gabriele Berg

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Safety Level of Microorganism-Bearing Products Applied in Soil-Plant Systems

Publication date: 28/04/2022

Authors: Maria Vassileva, Stefano Mocali, Loredana Canfora, Eligio Malusa, Luis F Garcia del Moral, Vanessa Martos, Elena Flor-Peregrin, Nikolay Vassilev

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Conception and Development of Recycled Raw Materials (Coconut Fiber and Bagasse)-Based Substrates Enriched with Soil Microorganisms (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Trichoderma spp. and Pseudomonas spp.) for the Soilless Cultivation of Tomato (S. lycopersicum)

Publication date: 23/03/2022

Authors: Sylvie Masquelier, Tommaso Sozzi, Janie Camille Bouvet, Jérôme Bésiers and Jean-Marc Deogratia

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Efficacia di biofertilizzanti e biostimolanti sul contenimento della tracheofusariosi del pomodoro allevato in vaso

Publication date: 01/03/2022

Authors: Massimo Pugliese, Athina Vasileiadou, Giovanna Gilardi, Maria Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi

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Efficacia di microrganismi antagonisti sul contenimento della tracheofusariosi del pomodoro allevato in vaso.

Publication date: 01/03/2022

Authors: Massimo Pugliese, Athina Vasileiadou, Giovanna Gilardi, Maria Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi

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Patogeni recentemente comparsi in forma grave su fragola e risultati di prove di lotta in serra con microrganismi antagonisti

Publication date: 01/02/2022

Authors: Massimo Pugliese, Giovanna Gilardi, Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Maria Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi

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First report of multinucleate Rhizoctonia solani AG4 HG-I causing crown and root rot on strawberry in Italy

Publication date: 09/01/2022

Authors: Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Massimo Pugliese, Giovanna Gilardi and Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Microorganisms and Plant Nutrition

Publication date: 13/12/2021

Authors: N Vassilev, E Malusa

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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys Stål.) Attack Induces a Metabolic Response in Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) Fruit

Publication date: 08/12/2021

Authors: Cvelbar Weber, Nika; Razinger, Jaka; Jakopič, Jerneja; Schmitzer, Valentina; Hudina, Metka; Slatnar, Ana; Veberič, Robert; Štampar, Franci; Zamljen, Tilen

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Testing Virulence of Different Species of Insect Associated Fungi against Yellow Mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Their Potential Growth Stimulation to Maize

Publication date: 18/11/2021

Authors: Praprotnik, Eva; Lončar, Jernej; Razinger, Jaka

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A Holistic Approach for Enhancing the Efficacy of Soil Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture: From Lab to Field Scale

Publication date: 15/11/2021

Authors: Eligio Malusà; Gabriele Berg; Arjen Biere; Anne Bohr; Loredana Canfora; Anne D. Jungblut; Wojciech Kepka; Jutta Kienzle; Peter Kusstatscher; Sylvie Masquelier; Massimo Pugliese; Jaka Razinger; Maria Grazia Tommasini; Nikolay Vassilev; Nicolai Vitt Meyling; Xiangming Xu; Stefano Mocali
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EFFECT OF COMPOST AGAINST SOIL-BORNE PLANT PATHOGENS AND ITS IMPACT ON RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOTA

Publication date: 01/10/2021

Authors: Massimo Pugliese

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Strawberry microbiome assembly along the fruit development provides insights into food safety and health

Authors: Olimi, Expedito; Kusstatscher, Peter; Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi; Abdelfattah, Ahmed; Cernava, Tomislav; Berg, Gabriele

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Bioaugmentation of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Sustainable Agriotes Larvae (Wireworms) Management in Maize

Publication date: 17/09/2021

Authors: Jaka Razinger, Eva Praprotnik and Hans-Josef Schroers; Plant Protection Department, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Current Methods, Common Practices, and Perspectives in Tracking and Monitoring Bioinoculants in Soil

Publication date: 31/08/2021

Authors: Manfredini A, Malusà E, Costa C,Pallottino F, Mocali S, Pinzari F and Canfora L

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SOIL-INSECT toolbox: A new chamber for analysing the behaviour of herbivorous insects and tri-trophic interactions in soil

Publication date: 07/07/2021

Authors: Furmanczyk, Ewa M.; Tartanus, Malgorzata; Jóźwiak, Zbigniew B.; Malusà, Eligio

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Editorial Plant Root Interaction with Associated Microbiomes to Improve Plant Resiliency and Crop Biodiversity

Publication date: 02/07/2021

Authors: N Vassilev, E Malusa, D Neri, X Xu

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Fermentation Strategies to Improve Soil Bio-Inoculant Production and Quality

Publication date: 09/06/2021

Authors: Vassileva, Maria; Malusa, Eligio; Sas-Paszt, Lidia; Trzcinski, Pawel; Galvez, Antonia; Flor-Peregrin, Elena; Shilev, Stefan; Canfora, Loredana; Mocali, Stefano; Vassilev, Nikolay

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Microbiome-Assisted Breeding to Understand Cultivar-Dependent Assembly in Cucurbita pepo

Publication date: 09/04/2021

Authors: Kusstatscher, Peter; Adam, Eveline; Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi; Bernhart, Maria; Olimi, Expedito; Müller, Henry; Berg, Gabriele

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Microbiome Modulation—Toward a Better Understanding of Plant Microbiome Response to Microbial Inoculants

Publication date: 08/04/2021

Authors: Berg, Gabriele; Kusstatscher, Peter; Abdelfattah, Ahmed; Cernava, Tomislav; Smalla, Kornelia

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Efficacia di microrganismi antagonisti sul contenimento di Rhizoctonia solani su fragola allevata in vaso

Publication date: 01/03/2021

Authors: Massimo Pugliese, Giovanna Gilardi, Maria Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi

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Trends in Soil Microbial Inoculants Research: A Science Mapping Approach to Unravel Strengths and Weaknesses of Their Application

Publication date: 16/02/2021

Authors: Loredana Canfora; Corrado Costa; Federico Pallottino; Stefano Mocali

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Biocontrol of Melolontha spp. Grubs in Organic Strawberry Plantations by Entomopathogenic Fungi as Affected by Environmental and Metabolic Factors and the Interaction with Soil Microbial Biodiversity

Publication date: 02/02/2021

Authors: Malgorzata Tartanus, Ewa M. Furmanczyk, Loredana Canfora, Flavia Pinzari, Cezary Tkaczuk, Anna Majchrowska-Safaryan, Eligio Malusà

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Aspergillus terreus: From Soil to Industry and Back

Publication date: 25/10/2020

Authors: Vassileva M, Malusà E, Eichler Löbermann and Vassilev N

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The use of advanced technologies for integrated management of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp., Nematoda: Heteroderidae)

Publication date: 01/10/2020

Authors: Nik Sušič

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Effects of nematicidal bacteria Bacillus firmus and closely related strains on plant health. 8th congress of Slovenian microbiology society

Publication date: 01/10/2020

Authors: Nik Susič, Saša Širca, Barbara Gerič Stare

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Microbiome Management by Biological and Chemical Treatments in Maize Is Linked to Plant Health

Publication date: 30/09/2020

Authors: Peter Kusstatscher , Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Dhivya P. Thenappan, Eveline Adam, Henry Müller, Gabriele Berg

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Trichomes form genotype-specific microbial hotspots in the phyllosphere of tomato?

Publication date: 17/09/2020

Authors: Peter Kusstatscher, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Alessandro Bergna, Tomislav Cernava, Nick Bergau, Alain Tissier, Bettina Hause & Gabriele Berg

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Field Exploitation of Multiple Functions of Beneficial Microorganisms for Plant Nutrition and Protection: Real Possibility or Just a Hope?

Publication date: 05/08/2020

Authors: Peter Kusstatscher, Tomislav Cernava, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Jarishma Gokul, Lise Korsten, Gabriele Berg

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Towards better understanding of the interactions and efficient application of plant beneficial prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics and synbiotics

Publication date: 16/07/2020

Authors: Vassileva M, Flor-Peregrin E, Malusà E and Vassilev N

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A Compost Treatment Acts as a Suppressive Agent in Phytophthora capsici – Cucurbita pepo Pathosystem by Modifying the Rhizosphere Microbiota

Publication date: 24/06/2020

Authors: Alessio Bellini, Ilario Ferrocino, Maria Alexandra Cucu, Massimo Pugliese, Angelo Garibaldi and Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables

Publication date: 16/06/2020

Authors: Peter Kusstatscher, Tomislav Cernava, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Jarishma Gokul, Lise Korsten, Gabriele Berg

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Il compost verde arricchito con Trichoderma spp. dimostra azione repressiva nei confronti del patosistema Phytophthora capsici – Cucurbita pepo modificando la popolazione microbica

Publication date: 01/04/2020

Authors: Alessio Bellini, Ilario Ferrocino, Maria Alexandra Cucu, Massimo Pugliese, Angelo Garibaldi and Maria Lodovica Gullino

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EXCALIBUR, un progetto Horizon 2020 per lo studio del microbioma del suolo

Publication date: 01/04/2020

Authors: Massimo Pugliese and Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Formulation of Microbial Inoculants by Encapsulation in Natural Polysaccharides: Focus on Beneficial Properties of Carrier Additives and Derivatives

Publication date: 10/03/2020

Authors: Vassilev N., Vassileva M., Martos V., Garcia del Moral L.F., Kowalska J., Tylkowski B. and Malusá E.; UGR, INHORT

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Whole Genome Sequencing and Comparative Genomics of Two Nematicidal Bacillus Strains Reveals a Wide Range of Possible Virulence Factors

Publication date: 01/03/2020

Authors: Nik Susic,* Sandra Janezic,† Maja Rupnik,† Barbara Geric Stare*;
*Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Plant Protection Department, Ljubljana, Slovenia; and †Centre for Medical
Microbiology, Department for Microbiological Research, National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH),
Maribor, Slovenia

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Phosphate Sources, Microorganisms, and P Plant Nutrition: Challenges and Future Trends

Publication date: 23/10/2019

Authors: Nikolay Vassilev, Maria Vassileva, Vanessa Martos, Antonia Galvez, Elena Flor-Peregrin, Luis F Garcia del Moral

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