The role of Bacillus species in the management of plant-parasitic nematodes
Prabhakaran Vasantha-Srinivasan, Ki Beom Park, Kil Yong Kim, Woo-Jin Jung, Yeon Soo Han · 2025
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Description
Microscopic worms that attack plant roots cost farmers dearly, and the chemical poisons used on them face growing bans. In this 2024 review, Prabhakaran Vasantha-Srinivasan and co-authors survey a living alternative: bacteria of the Bacillus genus. These common soil bacteria attack root-knot and cyst nematodes on several fronts at once.
They seep compounds that kill the worms, chew through their outer skin, and switch on the plant's own defenses from inside. Beyond killing pests, the bacteria enrich soil life and help nutrients cycle, which chemical treatments do not. The authors propose folding Bacillus products into integrated pest plans rather than swapping one silver bullet for another. The goal is harvests protected with the soil left healthier.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Prabhakaran Vasantha-Srinivasan, Ki Beom Park, Kil Yong Kim, Woo-Jin Jung, Yeon Soo Han |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 101 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |