Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Enhanced Plant Defense

• Multifaceted biocontrol mechanisms of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens F028 against Botrytis cinerea in postharvest tomato fruit.

  • 2026-06
  • International journal of food microbiology 455
  • • Fu-Lai Han
    • Jin-Xiu Zhao
    • Ming-Yi Wang
    • Meng-Fei Li
    • Zhe Zhang
    • Xiao-Hang Cui
    • Yu-Fei Li
    • Hao-Jie Jiang
    • Qing-Xue Jiao
    • Jie Yang
    • Xin Liu
    • Guang-Chao Liu

  • PubMed: 41946202
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2026.111766

  3 Insights on

  • Enhanced Plant Defense

  • Low evidence

  Molecular analyses indicated that F028 downregulated key fungal virulence genes and activated host defense responses, including upregulation of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid-pathway genes and enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate