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The first marine microorganism pesticide “1-billion cfu/g marine bacillus wettable powder” using marine microorganism as biocontrol bacterium was registered in China, October 2014 for prevention and control of tomato bacterial wilt and cucumber gray mold, followed by grant of production permit in May 2015. The product was created and developed by a number of institutions headed by East China University of Science and Technology.

The “marine bacillus wettable powder” can solve the problem of soil-borne disease which is not effectively treated by chemical pesticide, it even better solves the worldwide problem of soil microbial pesticide lacking resistance to soil osmotic pressure, which would fail to prevent and control soil-borne disease of saline soil.

According to the research team, marine bacillus prevents and controls plant pest and disease via several functions such as site competition, antagonism and induced resistance. Test results indicate that the product has a higher effect than chemical pesticide, which is not only very effective on saline soil-planted cucumber root rot, watermelon root rot, peanut bacterial wilt, radish soft rot, but also effective on nearly 20 soil-borne diseases of non-saline soil. Furthermore, the product promotes growth and increases yield of banana and apple. Above all, the product and its raw material are of micro toxicity, causing no safety problem to people and livestock, being an environment-friendly, safe and high-efficient biopesticide.

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