Publications by authors named "Flor Regus"
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- Public demand is growing to replace harmful synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture with eco-friendly alternatives, leading to the exploration of biopesticides, especially microbial-based ones, to control plant pathogens.
- Biopesticides have benefits like biodegradability and low health risks but face challenges like high production costs, environmental sensitivity, and limited knowledge, restricting their widespread use.
- Recent advancements in biopesticide technology focus on improving production methods and formulations, including successful commercial products and understanding the mechanisms of beneficial microorganisms for better crop performance.
Managing organic agricultural wastes is a challenge in today's modern agriculture, where the production of different agricultural goods leads to the generation of large amounts of waste, for example, olive pomace and vine shoot in Mediterranean Europe. The discovery of a cost-effective and environment-friendly way to valorize such types of waste in Mediterranean Europe is encouraged by the European Union regulation. As an opportunity, organic agricultural waste could be used as culture media for solid-state fermentation (SSF) for fungal strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe production of wine dates to ancient civilization and has heavily influenced different landscapes around the globe. Nowadays, wine is still an important sector in terms of land use and income source in many countries, more specifically in the European Mediterranean region. However, to control pests and regulate wine growth, the extensive use of pesticides is common.
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