Tea (Camellia sinensis) is both a plant and a foodstuff. Many bioactive compounds, which
are present in the final tea product and related to its quality or functional properties, are …

Food and feed has been produced from genetically modified (GM) crops for 25 years. It is
timely to review whether this technology has globally delivered the expected benefits and …

Wickerhamomyces anomalus, a yeast used for the biocontrol of postharvest diseases of
fruits, significantly reduces the natural decay of pear fruit without causing any adverse …

Abstract β-Glucan is an eco-friendly, biodegradable, and economical biopolymer with
important roles for acquiring adaptations to mitigate climate change in crop plants. β-Glucan …

Chitinases are a diverse group of enzymes having the ability to degrade chitin. Chitin is the
second most abundant polysaccharide on earth, predominantly found in insect exoskeletons …

PR proteins are the proteins that are structurally diverse but are induced by the invading
phytopathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, etc.), and they have been classified …

Plants inducible defense responses cause a variety of alterations to the physiology of plant
cells, such as the lignification and strengthening of the cell wall, the induction of an oxidative …

Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.] O. Kuntze) is cultivated as a beverage crop. Despite being a
hardy perennial, the tea plant is susceptible to various biotic stresses. Among them, the foliar …

Tea is one of the most popular beverages consumed across the world and is also
considered a major cash crop in countries with a moderately hot and humid climate. Tea is …

This work embodies the development of a real time loop mediated isothermal amplification
(RealAmp) assay for the rapid detection of the cryptic tea phytopathogen, Exobasidium …