Wheat is a highly relevant crop worldwide, and like other massive crops, it is susceptible to
foliar diseases, which can cause devastating losses. The current strategies to counteract …

Globally powdery mildew (PM) is one of the major diseases of the pea caused by Erysiphe
pisi. Besides, two other species viz. Erysiphe trifolii and Erysiphe baeumleri have also been …

The objective was to reveal the effects of ozone treatment on quality maintenance and
resistance to Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum in kiwifruit during postharvest …

Trihoderma citrinoviride protects plants from diseases by functioning as antagonists of many
pathogenic fungi or by triggering the antioxidant defense system in plants. In the present …

In nature, plants are simultaneously exposed to multiple abiotic and biotic stresses. Plants
have co-evolved with several stresses and hence have learnt to endure them through a …

When bushfires occur near wine regions, vineyards are frequently exposed to environmental
smoke, which can negatively affect grapes and wine. For evaluating the severity of smoke …

Fusarium sulphureum is a major plant pathogenic fungus that can cause dry rot of potato.
Ozone, a strong oxidant, is generally regarded as a safe (GRAS) substance to widely use to …

Rising tropospheric ozone concentrations can cause rice yield losses and necessitate the
breeding of ozone-tolerant rice varieties. However, ozone tolerance should not compromise …

The atmospheric pollutant ozone (O3) is a strong oxidant that causes extracellular reactive
oxygen species (ROS) formation, has significant ecological relevance, and is used here as a …

Elevated ozone (O3) can affect the susceptivity of plants to rust pathogens. However, the
collective role of microbiomes involved in such interaction remains largely elusive. We …