ReviewMicroorganisms2022
Algae and Their Metabolites as Potential Bio-Pesticides.
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- Harnessing Marine Algae for Sustainable Agriculture: Natural Bioactive Compounds as Eco-Friendly Pesticidal Agents.Marine drugs · 2025Review
- Development and Perfection of Marine-Based Insecticide Biofilm for Pea Seed Protection: Experimental and Computational Approaches.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Algae and Cyanobacteria Fatty Acids and Bioactive Metabolites: Natural Antifungal Alternative AgainstMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- CyanobacteriumFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Extraction, analysis, and antifungal activity study of algae antibiotic active substances in plateau lakes.PloS one · 2025Article
- Enhancing tomato plant immune responses to Fusarium wilt disease by red seaweed Jania sp.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Resources recovery from domestic wastewater by a combined process: anaerobic digestion and membrane photobioreactor.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- UPLC/ESI/MS profiling of red algae Galaxaura rugosa extracts and its activity against malaria mosquito vector, Anopheles pharoensis, with reference to Danio rerio and Daphnia magna as bioindicators.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Fungus-based bioherbicides on circular economy.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2023Review
- Recent Advances in Cyanotoxin Synthesis and Applications: A Comprehensive Review.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Bioactive Compounds with Pesticide Activities Derived from Aged Cultures of Green Microalgae.Biology · 2023Article
- Cyanobacteria: A Promising Source of Antifungal Metabolites.Marine drugs · 2023Review
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- Seaweed as a Natural Source against Phytopathogenic Bacteria.Marine drugs · 2022Review
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12 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
An increasing human population necessitates more food production, yet current techniques in agriculture, such as chemical pesticide use, have negative impacts on the ecosystems and strong public opposition. Alternatives to synthetic pesticides should be safe for humans, the environment, and be sustainable. Extremely diverse ecological niches and millions of years of competition have shaped the genomes of algae to produce a myriad of substances that may serve humans in various biotechnological areas. Among the thousands of described algal species, only a small number have been investigated for valuable metabolites, yet these revealed the potential of algal metabolites as bio-pesticides. This review focuses on macroalgae and microalgae (including cyanobacteria) and their extracts or purified compounds, that have proven to be effective antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, nematocides, insecticides, herbicides, and plant growth stimulants. Moreover, the mechanisms of action of the majority of these metabolites against plant pests are thoroughly discussed. The available information demonstrated herbicidal activities via inhibition of photosynthesis, antimicrobial activities via induction of plant defense responses, inhibition of quorum sensing and blocking virus entry, and insecticidal activities via neurotoxicity. The discovery of antimetabolites also seems to hold great potential as one recent example showed antimicrobial and herbicidal properties. Algae, especially microalgae, represent a vast untapped resource for discovering novel and safe biopesticide compounds.
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