Bacillus and Biopesticides in Control of Phytonematodes

摘要: Currently the major challenge of humanity is focused on population growth/increase through agricultural production in order to meet demand for food. Overtime, different pests have emerged, with some being great importance. Among these pests, nematodes are noted attacking leguminous plants, grasses, citrus, and other fruits. The main pest species genus Heterodera, Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Globodera. These cause losses up 100 %, preventing agriculture certain areas. Financially, about $100 billion annual damage caused by nematodes. amount 90 % yield cotton, yams, beans, soybeans, citrus estimated at 14 production. Alternative methods control studied, this context, a bacterium Bacillus has prominence Besides subtilis, pesticides already marketed nematodes, such as Bioarc® basis megaterium, Bio Zeid® Trichoderma album, also using brown alga, Ascophyllum nodosum (Algaefol®), among others. objective chapter report use biopesticides used