Genetically Modified Plants Based on Bacillus Genes and Commercial Bacillus-Based Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Bacillus in Horticultural Crops
3. Genetic Engineering in Bacillus Applied to Plants
4. Safety of Bt Based Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
5. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Microorganism | Action | Brand Name | Producer |
---|---|---|---|
B. amyloliquefaciens | Fungicide | Serifel Integral Taegro Companion Maxxx Serenade Amylo-X Aveo | BASF Ag products Syngenta Group pH Douglass Plant Health Bayer CropScience LP Certis Valent BioSciences |
B. pumilus | Fungicide | Ballad plus Sonata AS YieldShield | Bayer CropScience LP |
B. sphaericus | Insecticide | VectoLex | Valent BioSciences |
B. subtilis | Fungicide | Kodiak Cillus Biotilis | Bayer CropScience LP Green Biotech, Korea Agri Life |
B. thuringiensis var. aizawai | Insecticide | XenTari Agree Turex Solbit | Valent BioSciences Certis Green Biotech, Korea |
B. thuringiensis var. israelensis | Insecticide | Bactimos Teknar VectoBac VectoMax Aquabac Bacticide BTI granules | Valent BioSciences Becker Microbial Biotech Int’l Clarke Mos. Cont. |
B. thuringiensis var. kurstaki | Insecticide | Dipel Foray Cordalene Lipel Sp Lipel Biolep BMP 123 Baturad Belthirul Deliver Delfin Condor Crymax Javelin WG Lepinox WG Turex Turicide Safer BTK Rapax Lepinox plus | Valent BioSciences Agrichem Som Phytopharma Agri Life Biotech international Becker microbial Agrindustrial S.A. Probelte S.A. Certis Woodstream Canada Ecogen/Intrachem |
B. thuringiensis var. tenebrionis | Insecticide | Novodor | Valent BioSciences |
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Ortiz, A.; Sansinenea, E. Genetically Modified Plants Based on Bacillus Genes and Commercial Bacillus-Based Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 963. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/horticulturae9090963
Ortiz A, Sansinenea E. Genetically Modified Plants Based on Bacillus Genes and Commercial Bacillus-Based Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture. Horticulturae. 2023; 9(9):963. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/horticulturae9090963
Chicago/Turabian StyleOrtiz, Aurelio, and Estibaliz Sansinenea. 2023. "Genetically Modified Plants Based on Bacillus Genes and Commercial Bacillus-Based Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture" Horticulturae 9, no. 9: 963. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/horticulturae9090963