Microorganisms and climate change: a not so invisible effect

A Ibáñez, S Garrido-Chamorro, C Barreiro - Microbiology Research, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effect of climate change on flora and fauna has been widely discussed for years.
However, its consequences on microorganisms are generally poorly considered. The main …

Perspectives and Challenges for Sustainable Management of Fungal Diseases of Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata]: A Review

AK Pandey, RR Burlakoti, L Kenyon… - … in Environmental Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mungbean (Vigna radiata var. radiata) is a key legume crop grown predominantly in South
and Southeast Asia. Biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant yield reduction in …

Impact of drought stress on simultaneously occurring pathogen infection in field-grown chickpea

R Sinha, V Irulappan, B Mohan-Raju, A Suganthi… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Drought stress and pathogen infection simultaneously occur in the field. In this study, the
interaction of these two stresses with chickpea, their individual and combined effect and the …

Crop health and its global impacts on the components of food security

S Savary, S Bregaglio, L Willocquet, D Gustafson… - Food Security, 2017 - Springer
The literature on the importance of plant pathogens sometimes emphasizes their possible
role in historical food shortages and even in famines. Aside from such major crises, plant …

Dry root rot of chickpea: a disease favored by drought

A Rai, V Irulappan, M Senthil-Kumar - Plant Disease, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Chickpea is an essential crop for protein nutrition and is grown around the world in rain-fed
conditions. However, chickpea cultivation is under threat due to emerging diseases favored …

Exogenous silicon and hydrogen sulfide alleviates the simultaneously occurring drought stress and leaf rust infection in wheat

R Naz, S Batool, M Shahid, R Keyani, H Yasmin… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) and hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) are known to enhance plant defense against
multiple stresses. Current study was conducted to investigate the application of Si and H 2 S …

Morphological and molecular characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from three legume crops and evaluation of mungbean genotypes for resistance to …

AK Pandey, RR Burlakoti, A Rathore, RM Nair - Crop Protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Dry root rot (DRR) is an important emerging disease of mungbean caused by fungus
Macrophomina phaseolina. The disease is seed and soil-borne and hence management is …

Combined drought and heat stress influences the root water relation and determine the dry root rot disease development under field conditions: A study using …

AR Chilakala, KV Mali, V Irulappan, BS Patil… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Abiotic stressors such as drought and heat predispose chickpea plants to pathogens of key
importance leading to significant crop loss under field conditions. In this study, we have …

Seedborne Pathogenic Fungi in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris cv. INTA Rojo) in Nicaragua

D Marcenaro, JPT Valkonen - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume with high nutritional value. In
Nicaragua, certified healthy seeds of local bean varieties are not available, and seedborne …

Macrophomina phaseolina–host interface: Insights into an emerging dry root rot pathogen of mungbean and urdbean, and its mitigation strategies

AK Basandrai, AK Pandey, P Somta… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The necrotrophic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina is an important pathogen of many
crops, such as strawberry, maize, sorghum, potato, soybean, chickpea, and pigeon pea, and …