Composting is an important technology used to treat and convert organic waste into value-
added products. Recently, several studies have been done to investigate the effects of …

Palm oil is a representative and important biomass, not only as the most edible vegetable oil
consumed worldwide, but also as a material for chemicals and biofuels. Despite the …

Basal stem rot due to a fungal pathogen, Ganoderma boninense, is one of the most
devastating diseases in oil palm throughout the major palm oil producer countries. This …

Increasing food waste is creating a global waste (and management) crisis. Globally,∼ 1.6
billion tons of food is wasted annually, worth∼ $1.2 trillion. By reducing this waste or by …

Soil-borne diseases cause significant yield losses worldwide, are difficult to treat and often
only limited options for disease management are available. It has long been known that …

Soil degradation remains an ongoing process that is exacerbated by the effects of climate
change. Consequently, these processes decrease soil organic matter and nutrient contents …

The use of beneficial microbes as inoculants able to improve fitness, growth and health of
plants also in stress conditions is an attractive low-cost and eco-friendly alternative strategy …

Here we inspect whether microbial life may disperse using dust transported by wind in the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile, a well-known Mars analog model. By setting a simple …

Composting, as an effectively bio-oxidative process, has been widely used for converting
organic waste to organic fertilizer. However, the low fertilizer efficiency of composting …

Palm oil mill waste has a complex cellulosic structure, is rich in nutrients, and provides a
habitat for diverse microbial communities. Current research focuses on how the microbiota …