Symbioses between plants and beneficial soil microorganisms like arbuscular-mycorrhizal
fungi (AMF) are known to promote plant growth and help plants to cope with biotic and …

A number of different types of induced resistance have been defined based on differences in
signalling pathways and spectra of effectiveness, including systemic acquired resistance …

Plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPM) and biological control agents (BCA) are
shown to possess secondary beneficial effects that would increase their usefulness as bio …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are mutualistic associations between soil fungi and
most vascular plants. Their association benefits the host plant by improving nutrition, mainly …

Tomato early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is a destructive foliar fungal disease.
Herein, the potential defensive roles of benzoic acid (BA) and two of its hydroxylated …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations imply a remarkable reprogramming of functions in both
plant and fungal symbionts. The consequent alterations on plant physiology have a clear …

Root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve plant
resistance/tolerance to biotic stresses. Although this bioprotection has been amply …

Biological control of soil-borne pathogens by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi has been
repeatedly demonstrated. However, their role in the control of above-ground hemibiotrophic …

The worldwide important crop tomato is attacked by various pathogens, for which
management is still primarily reliant on fungicides despite increasing concerns and …

Tomato plants colonised with the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus fasciculatum
show systemic induced resistance to the foliar pathogen Alternaria alternata, as observed in …