Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Reduced Disease Severity

• 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

  • Reduced Disease Severity

  • Low evidence

  In vivo assays on tomato fruit demonstrated that F028 significantly reduced lesion development and pathogen colonization.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes