Providing safe and secure food for an increasing number of people globally is challenging.
Coping with such a human population by merely applying the conventional agricultural …

Wheat is considered to be a strategic crop for achieving food security. Wherefore, one of the
current objectives of today's agriculture is to ensure a consistent and sustainable yield of this …

Tomato mosaic disease, caused by Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV), is one of the most
destructive diseases which results in serious crop losses. Research investigations dealing …

Plants are subjected to multifaceted stresses that significantly jeopardize crop production.
Pathogenic microbes influence biotic stress in plants, which ultimately causes annual crop …

With increasing population and depleting natural resources there is a need for increasing
agricultural productivity in sustainable and ecofriendly manner. The conventional …

Trichoderma spp. can improve plant defense against diverse plant pathogens, including
fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes. Nonetheless, the underlying mechanisms of …

Trichoderma harzianum (TM) is a soil-borne beneficial fungus that positively affects plant
growth and defense. TM shows antagonism against multiple plant pathogens; however, the …

Stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis tritici) is one of the most devastating diseases of
wheat. The most effective ways to control stripe rust are the use of resistant cultivars and the …

Plants are associated with hundreds of thousands of microbes that are present outside on
the surfaces or colonizing inside plant organs, such as leaves and roots. Plant-associated …

A new more sustainable agricultural system needs to be developed to increase production
without compromising human and animal health and preserving essential resources, such …