Plant pathogens are a significant challenge in agriculture despite our best efforts to combat
them. One of the most effective and sustainable ways to manage plant pathogens is to use …

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a major species of the family, Leguminosae, and
economically important not only for vegetable oil but as a source of proteins, minerals and …

Following the near-obliteration of American chestnut (Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh.) by
the chestnut blight early in the last century, interest in its restoration has been revived by …

Rice sheath blight, caused by the necrotrophic fungus R hizoctonia solani, is one of the most
devastating and intractable diseases of rice, leading to a significant reduction in rice …

Background Eukaryotic mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK/MPK) signaling cascades
transduce and amplify environmental signals via three types of reversibly phosphorylated …

Oxalic acid is a naturally occurring metabolite in plants and a common constituent of all plant-
derived human diets. Oxalic acid has diverse unrelated roles in plant metabolism, including …

Being sessile organisms, plants are continuously challenged by phytopathogenic fungi,
contributing the largest share in loss due to plant disease. Plants naturally possess a well …

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a multi-purpose legume crop widely cultivated in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA). However, yield levels of the crop has remained relatively low in SSA …

Diseases of Edible Oilseed Crops presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of
information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed …

Various pathogenic microorganisms (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes) affect
plant viability and productivity. However, plants combat these pathogens by inducing their …