Stress-tolerant Bacillus strains for enhancing tomato growth and biocontrol of Fusarium oxysporum under saline conditions: functional and genomic characterization.

Soil salinity is a major limiting factor for agricultural crops, which increases their susceptibility to pathogenic attacks. This is particularly relevant for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), a salt-sensitive crop. Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.