Room: Poster Area
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 6BV.10
Platforms for bio-based chemicals and polymers - Basic research and various application concepts
Valorising Forest, Marine, and Coffee Biomass into Antifungal Bioactives for the Control of Banana Fusarium Wilt
Short Introductive summary
Banana wilt, caused by Fusarium spp., represents a major threat to banana production worldwide. Conventional control strategies are relying nowadays in synthethic fungicides. However, new sustainable alternatives are required. The use of by-products from biorefinery and coffee-based industries as a source of antifungal compounds has started to be considered. The aim of this study, part of an EU Project (CROPSAFE), was to evaluate the effect of forest, marine and coffee-based bioactive extracts against ’Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense’ fungal growth and germination.
Presenter
Maria GUTIÉRREZ POZO
Univerisy of Alicante, Marine Sciences and Applied Biology Dpt., SPAIN
Presenter's biography
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alicante, member of the Plant Pathology group. My research is focused in the pathogenicity mechanisms, and biocontrol strategies to control Fusarium wilt in banana crops.
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Co-authors:
M.R. Valverde-Urrea, University of Alicante, SPAIN
F. López-Moya, University of Alicante, SPAIN
L. López-Llorca, University of Alicante, SPAIN
Session reference: 6BV.10.13