Rhizoctonia solani is a pathogen that causes considerable harm to plants worldwide. In the
absence of hosts, R. solani survives in the soil by forming sclerotia, and management …

Trichoderma spp.(Hypocreales) are used worldwide as a lucrative biocontrol agent. The
interactions of Trichoderma spp. with host plants and pathogens at a molecular level are …

Trichoderma spp. are used for biocontrol of several plant pathogens. However, their efficient
interaction with the host needs to be accompanied by production of secondary metabolites …

Large losses before crop harvesting are caused by plant pathogens, such as viruses,
bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and nematodes. Among these, fungi are the major cause of …

Peanut brown root rot is a rhizoplane disease caused by the soil-borne pathogen Fusarium
solani. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic and physiological …

Clonostachys rosea is a necrotrophic mycoparasitic fungus, used for biological control of
plant pathogenic fungi. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms resulting in …

Soil suppressiveness to soil-borne diseases relies mainly on microbial interactions. Some of
them, eg. antibiosis and mycoparasitism, are directly deleterious to pathogenic fungi; others …

Trichoderma harzianum is a well-known biological control agent (BCA) that is effective
against a variety of plant pathogens. In previous studies, we found that T. harzianum T4 …

Phytopathogenic and/or mycotoxigenic filamentous fungi are involved in a great number of
plant diseases that cause yield and quality losses of crops. Besides the economic damages …

Sudden death syndrome (SDS) caused by Fusarium virguliforme is among the most
important diseases affecting soybean in the United States. The use of biological control …