Due to climate change, population explosion, shrinkage of arable land and reduced water
availability, a paradigm shift in global crop production is occurring towards protected …

Sweet potato is the seventh‐ranked food crop produced after wheat, rice, maize, potato,
barley, and cassava in the world. It is the most important root tuber crop in temperate …

Weeds pose a perpetual menace both in cropped and non-crop areas. They provide food,
shelter and reproductive sites for various pest organisms (plant pathogens, insect pests …

Weeds in agricultural landscapes can serve as alternate hosts for phytopathogenic fungi
and promote the spatial and long-term distribution of these fungi. Especially, semi-natural …

Both fertilizer and plant species richness may affect the soil nematode community. However,
the influence of fertilizer and weed species richness interaction is unclear. Nematode …

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are vital soil organisms well-known to damage and
reduce crop yield worldwide. Surveys were attempts to determine the impact of weed …

With a nearly year-round growing season, tropical and subtropical regions are plagued with
a myriad of agro-nomic challenges, including near-continuous weeds and invertebrate pests …

Vegetables are the richest source of vitamins, essential elements, and minerals like calcium
and iron. Most of the human population are vegetarians; they fulfil their daily nutrient …

Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp., is one of the most important plant pathogen which
reduces yield and biomass of crops in different parts of the world, including Pakistan. The …

One of the basic foods consumed by humans globally is rice, and a variety of biotic factors,
most notably weeds and plant parasitic nematodes (PPN), hinder the production of rice. The …