Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a
variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety of sectors like food …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), family Solanaceae, has become in the past fifty years
one of the most important and extensively grown horticultural crops in the Mediterranean …

This research aimed to explore the eco-friendly green synthesis of copper nanoparticles
(CuNPs) using Celastrus paniculatus leaves extract. Primarily, the biosynthesized CuNPs …

Fungal diseases have been underestimated worldwide but constitute a substantial threat to
several plant and animal species as well as to public health. The increase in the global …

Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

Systemic fungicide use has increased over the last decades, despite the susceptibility of
resistance development and the side effects to human health and the environment. Although …

Vegetables represent pillars of good nutrition since they provide important phytochemicals
such as fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, as well as minerals. Biofortification proposes a …

Biotic stress causes immense damage to agricultural products worldwide and raises the risk
of hunger in many areas. Plants themselves tolerate biotic stresses via several pathways …

The obligatory biotrophic oomycetes Plasmopara viticola is the causal agent of downy
mildew, a destructive disease of grapevine worldwide. So far, chemical fungicides are …

The reduction of copper-based plant-protection products with the final aim of phasing out
has a high priority in European policy, as well as in organic agriculture. Our survey aims at …