Major biological control strategies for plant pathogens
Food security has become a major concern worldwide in recent years due to ever increasing
population. Providing food for the growing billions without disturbing environmental balance …
population. Providing food for the growing billions without disturbing environmental balance …
Environmental and health effects of the herbicide glyphosate
AHC Van Bruggen, MM He, K Shin, V Mai… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The herbicide glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, has been used extensively in the
past 40 years, under the assumption that side effects were minimal. However, in recent …
past 40 years, under the assumption that side effects were minimal. However, in recent …
Global dimensions of plant virus diseases: current status and future perspectives
Viral diseases provide a major challenge to twenty-first century agriculture worldwide.
Climate change and human population pressures are driving rapid alterations in agricultural …
Climate change and human population pressures are driving rapid alterations in agricultural …
Cover cropping and no-till increase diversity and symbiotroph: saprotroph ratios of soil fungal communities
R Schmidt, J Mitchell, K Scow - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungi are important members of soil microbial communities in row-crop and grassland soils,
provide essential ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, organic matter …
provide essential ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, organic matter …
Control of crop diseases through Integrated Crop Management to deliver climate‐smart farming systems for low‐and high‐input crop production
Crop diseases affect crop yield and quality and cause significant losses of total food
production worldwide. With the ever‐increasing world population and decreasing land and …
production worldwide. With the ever‐increasing world population and decreasing land and …
Organic amendments, beneficial microbes, and soil microbiota: toward a unified framework for disease suppression
Organic amendments (OAs) and soilborne biocontrol agents or beneficial microbes (BMs)
have been extensively studied and applied worldwide in most agriculturally important plant …
have been extensively studied and applied worldwide in most agriculturally important plant …
Evidence that organic farming promotes pest control
Ecological intensification of agro-ecosystems, based on the optimization of ecological
functions such as biological pest control, to replace agrochemical inputs is a promising route …
functions such as biological pest control, to replace agrochemical inputs is a promising route …
Prospects for biological soilborne disease control: application of indigenous versus synthetic microbiomes
M Mazzola, S Freilich - Phytopathology, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Biological disease control of soilborne plant diseases has traditionally employed the
biopesticide approach whereby single strains or strain mixtures are introduced into …
biopesticide approach whereby single strains or strain mixtures are introduced into …
The occurrence of potato common scab correlates with the community composition and function of the geocaulosphere soil microbiome
Background Soil microorganisms can mediate the occurrence of plant diseases. Potato
common scab (CS) is a refractory disease caused by pathogenic Streptomyces that occurs …
common scab (CS) is a refractory disease caused by pathogenic Streptomyces that occurs …
Bioprospecting and challenges of plant microbiome research for sustainable agriculture, a review on soybean endophytic bacteria
This review evaluates oilseed crop soybean endophytic bacteria, their prospects, and
challenges for sustainable agriculture. Soybean is one of the most important oilseed crops …
challenges for sustainable agriculture. Soybean is one of the most important oilseed crops …