Modern intensive agricultural practices face numerous challenges that pose major threats to
global food security. In order to address the nutritional requirements of the ever-increasing …

Abiotic stresses are the foremost limiting factors for agricultural productivity. Crop plants
need to cope up adverse external pressure created by environmental and edaphic …

Trichoderma is an important biocontrol agent for managing plant diseases. Trichoderma
species are members of the fungal genus hyphomycetes, which is widely distributed in soil …

A growing body of research is highlighting the impacts root-associated microbial
communities can have on plant health and development. These impacts can include …

Plants are constantly confronted to both abiotic and biotic stresses that seriously reduce their
productivity. Plant responses to these stresses are complex and involve numerous …

Simple Summary Due to the banning of many synthetic pesticides, current intensive farming
systems require us to develop new approaches to integrated pest management. Devastating …

Experience and memory of environmental stimuli that indicate future stress can prepare
(prime) organismic stress responses even in species lacking a nervous system. The process …

Plants have been interacting with insects for several hundred million years, leading to
complex defense approaches against various insect feeding strategies. Some defenses are …

The evolution of land plants approximately 470 million years ago created a new adaptive
zone for natural enemies (attackers) of plants. In response to attack, plants evolved highly …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are naturally occurring soil bacteria that
aggressively colonize plant roots and benefit plants by providing growth promotion …