Microorganisms can attack and kill nematodes by diverse processes such as capturing,
parasitizing, and producing toxins and enzymes. Extracellular enzymes, including serine …

In this review, we supply a framework for the importance of nematophagous fungi
(nematophagous fungi [NF]) and their role in agricultural ecosystems. We characterize the …

Meloidogyne spp. are the most damaging plant parasitic nematodes for horticultural crops
worldwide. Pochonia chlamydosporia is a fungal egg parasite of root-knot and cyst …

Environmental and health concerns over the use of chemical pesticides have increased the
need for alternative measures in the control of plant-parasitic nematodes. Biological control …

Pochonia chlamydosporia is a worldwide-distributed soil fungus with a great capacity to
infect and destroy the eggs and kill females of plant-parasitic nematodes. Additionally, it has …

Meloidogyne is the most damaging plant parasitic nematode genus affecting vegetable
crops worldwide. The induction of plant defense mechanisms against Meloidogyne in …

Bacillus firmus I-1582 is approved in Europe for the management of Meloidogyne on
vegetable crops. However, little information about its modes of action and temperature …

Pochonia chlamydosporia (Pc123) is a fungal parasite of nematode eggs which can
colonize endophytically barley and tomato roots. In this paper we use culturing as well as …

Plant crop yields are negatively conditioned by a large set of biotic and abiotic factors. An
alternative to mitigate these adverse effects is the use of fungal biological control agents and …

Pochonia chlamydosporia (Pc), a nematophagous fungus and root endophyte, uses
appressoria and extracellular enzymes, principally proteases, to infect the eggs of plant …