Feeding a rising population of currently 7.8 billion people globally requires efficient
agriculture, which is preferably sustainable. Today, farmers are largely dependent on …

Fungal diseases result in significant losses of fruits and vegetables during handling,
transportation and storage. At present, post-production fungal spoilage is predominantly …

Plants harbour highly diverse mycobiomes which sustain essential functions for host health
and productivity. However, ecological processes that govern the plant–mycobiome …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Postharvest diseases cause considerable losses to harvested fruits and vegetables during
transportation and storage. Synthetic fungicides are primarily used to control postharvest …

The use of biocontrol agents as an alternative to synthetic, chemical fungicides that are
presently used to control postharvest pathogens, has many constraints and obstacles that …

Postharvest decay in harvested fruit causes considerable economical losses. Fungicides are
the primary means to control these losses. Public concern in food safety and environmental …

Fungi play important roles as decomposers, plant symbionts and pathogens in soils. The
structure of fungal communities in the rhizosphere is the result of complex interactions …

Sažetak Solid-state fermentation (ssf) is defined as the growth of microbes without free
flowing aqueous phase. The ssf is alternative to submerged fermentation for production of …

Background Sugarcane is one of the most important crops in Brazil, mainly because of its
use in biofuel production. Recent studies have sought to determine the role of sugarcane …