Damping-off is a disease that leads to the decay of germinating seeds and young seedlings,
which represents for farmers one of the most important yield constraints both in nurseries …

Organic farming (OF) has significantly increased in importance in recent decades. Disease
management in OF is largely based on the maintenance of biological diversity and soil …

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of diseases caused by bacterial,
fungal, and viral infections. Infections affect plants at different stages of agricultural …

Fusarium basal rot (FBR) is a soil-borne disease that affects Allium species worldwide.
Although FBR has long been recognized as a major constraint to the production of …

Organic agriculture has expanded worldwide. Numerous papers were published in the past
20 years comparing plant diseases in organic and conventional crops. Root diseases are …

Abstract The fungal genus Fusarium (Ascomycota) includes well-known plant pathogens
that are implicated in diseases worldwide, and many of which have been genome …

Background Soil microbial community and diversity are key in sustaining soil ecosystem
health. In recent years, the health of soil ecosystems has been severely threatened by the …

The rapid development of biogas production will result in increased use of biogas slurry (BS)
as organic fertilizer. However, side effects such as suppression of soilborne diseases are not …

Soil health has been associated with internal cycling of nutrients, microbial activity and
diversity as well as root disease suppression, which are frequently greater in organically …

The diversity and genetic differentiation of populations of Fusarium oxysporum associated
with tomato fields, both endophytes obtained from tomato plants and isolates obtained from …