All components of the rhizosphere can be engineered to promote plant health and growth,
two features that strongly depend upon the interactions of living organisms with their …

The rhizosphere is the region close to a plant's roots, where various interactions occur.
Recent evidence indicates that plants influence rhizosphere microbial communities by …

Wheat is a widely grown food crop that suffers major yield losses due to attack by pests and
pathogens. A better understanding of biotic stress responses in wheat is thus of major …

Covering: 1976 to 2020. Although constituting a limited chemical family, phytostilbenes
represent an emblematic group of molecules among natural compounds. Ever since their …

Trichoderma species are present in many ecosystems and some strains have the ability to
reduce the severity of plant diseases by activating various defense pathways via specific …

Plant beneficial microbes mediate biocontrol of diseases by interfering with pathogens or via
strengthening the host. Although phytohormones, including cytokinins, are known to …

Prone to attacks by pathogens and pests, plants employ intricate chemical defense
mechanisms consisting of metabolic adaptations. However, many plant attackers are …

Phytoalexins are antimicrobial substances of low molecular weight produced by plants in
response to infection or stress, which form part of their active defense mechanisms. Starting …

Maize crops are exposed to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stresses, which induce the
disruption of plant metabolism and affect crop yield and quality. An increase in drought or …

Continuing in the tradition of its predecessors, this new edition combines an informal, easy
to read style with a thorough introduction to concepts and terminology of plant pathology …