In the search for new crop protection microbial biocontrol agents, isolates from the genus
Streptomyces are commonly found with promising attributes. Streptomyces are natural soil …

In this review, through reviewing the history of the struggle between human beings and plant
diseases, insects and weeds, more specifically thoughts on plant protection in ancient …

Potato production worldwide is plagued by several disease-causing pathogens that result in
crop and economic losses estimated to billions of dollars each year. To this day, synthetic …

We investigated how volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by Fusarium oxysporum,
a soilborne fungal species complex that infects diverse plants, affect the growth of four …

Spraying is currently one of the main methods of pesticide application worldwide. It converts
the pesticide solution into fine droplets through a sprayer, which then deposit onto target …

Recent evidence supports a substantial role for fungal symbionts in mediating plant stress
phenotypes, including plant drought tolerance and defense against pathogens [1, 2], which …

Sequence-based identification and detection technologies have revolutionized plant
disease diagnostics in the last few decades, opening the door to highly selective and …

Nanoemulsions of a terpene-rich by-product (TP) from commercial cannabidiol (CBD)
production were successfully formulated and characterized. An enriched terpene distillate …

The soil is a rich ecosystem where many ecological interactions are mediated by small
molecules, and in which amoebae are low-level predators and also prey. The social …

The efficient colonization of plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. is a prerequisite for their
biocontrol capacity. Prior work revealed that the PcoI/PcoR quorum-sensing (QS) system …