Plant diseases are among the major causes of the low productivity of crops, causing yield
losses of up to 30%, heralding an enormous threat to global food security. Indiscriminate use …

Diseases caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib) de Bary are difficult to control and cause
increasing losses of horticultural crops worldwide. Reasons of this phenomenon are …

Background The growing importance of the ubiquitous fungal genus Trichoderma
(Hypocreales, Ascomycota) requires understanding of its biology and evolution. Many …

The distribution and diversity of RNA viruses in fungi is incompletely understood due to the
often cryptic nature of mycoviral infections and the focused study of primarily pathogenic …

Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) caused by Fusarium graminearum (FG) significantly affects the
productivity of maize grain crops. Application of agrochemicals to control the disease is …

In the control of plant diseases, biocontrol has the advantages of being efficient and safe for
human health and the environment. The filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum and its …

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 …

Sclerotinia stem rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a major disease of
soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). At present, we revealed the three-way interaction between …

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

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 …