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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2026.Overview of the impacts of climate change on plant–microbe interactions and the plant microbiome, as well as emerging microbial biotechnological strategies for sustainable crop protection.ABSTRACTClimate change is recognised as one of the most pressing global challenges, with profound consequences for plant health, agricultural productivity, and food ...
Ashleigh Holmes, Miguel A. Matilla
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An Economic Model for Bioprospecting Contracts [PDF]
This paper explores the use of a micro-economic model to analyse the provisions and parties of bioprospecting contracts. It focuses on the pharmaceutical industry as the representative biodiversity buyer, presenting an original theoretical framework that
Helen Ding +2 more
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Search, bioprospecting and biodiversity conservation
, 2015 To what extent can private-sector bioprospecting incentives be relied upon for the protection of biological diversity? The literature contains dramatically different estimates of these incentives, from trivial to quite large.
Ward, Michael, Costello, Christopher
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Weed Research, Volume 66, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT The genus Amaranthus comprises approximately 70 species with a global distribution, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. In Brazil, Amaranthus hybridus is a highly harmful weed characterised by aggressive ecophysiology, producing more than 250 000 viable seeds per plant and forming extensive soil seed banks.
Werik P. Dias +5 more
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Is Bioprospecting A Viable Strategy for Conserving Tropical Ecosystems? [PDF]
, 1999 WP 1999-22 June 1999This paper explores whether bioprospecting can reasonably be expected to change rural incentives to conserve tropical ecosystems. Bioprospecting advocates posit that the prospect of discovery ofbiota of immense commercial worth offers
Barrett, Christopher B. +1 more
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Streptomyces as a Novel Biotool for Azo Pigments Remediation in Contaminated Scenarios
Frontiers in Bioscience-EliteBackground: Azo pigments are widely used in the textile and leather industry, and they generate diverse contaminants (mainly in wastewater effluents) that affect biological systems, the rhizosphere community, and the natural activities
Fernando Bautista-Pinzón +4 more
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Antihyperglycemic activity of the bark methanolic extract of Syzygium mundagam in diabetic rats
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2017 The present study was designed to investigate the free radical defence and antihyperglycemic property of S. mundagam. Petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, methanol and hot water extracts of bark were determined for the total phenolic, tannin, flavonoid ...
Rahul Chandran +2 more
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International Cooperation and Bioprospecting in Brazil and Peru - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v1i1.33en
RECIIS, 2007 This article relates to the “Nature and Impact of North-South, Public-Private Research Partnerships Applied to Bioprospecting” project, which aims to investigate the features of north-south cooperation ain bioprospecting and identify its contribution as ...
Camila Carneiro Dias +1 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2014 The present study was aimed to evaluate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of Castanospermum australe and to profile phytochemicals by GC-MS. The ethanolic extracts were prepared by successive solvent extraction using Soxhlet apparatus.
Thankarajan Sajeesh +1 more
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Microbial BiotechnologyBiogas, a mix of CO2, CH4 and small proportions of other gases, is a biofuel obtained by anaerobic digestion (AD). Biogas production is often considered a black box process, as the role and dynamics of some of the microorganisms involved remain ...
Roser Puchol‐Royo +9 more
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