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Biocontrol by inoculation with beneficial microbes is a proven strategy for reducing the negative effect of soil-borne pathogens. The effects of Trichoderma harzianum LTR-2 and Arthrobacter ureafaciens DnL1-1 on ...
Phytopathogens secrete effector proteins that disrupt plant immunity. Phytohormones, such as ethylene, function as immune signals that regulate plant responses to phytopathogens. However, the mechanisms by whi...
Virus-based gene expression is a simple and powerful approach for functional genetic studies in plants. Here, sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV, Potyvirus sacchari) was engineered as a dual gene expression vector for ...
Plant pathogenic bacteria are one of the most important threats to agriculture production, diminishing the growth and development of host crops. Bacterial diagnostic is based on traditional microbiological met...
The transthyretin-like protein family is highly conserved across plant parasitic nematodes, yet its role in Meloidogyne graminicola, a significant plant parasitic nematode in rice, remains underexplored. In this ...
Xanthomonas is a genus of plant-associated Gram-negative bacteria which infect more than 400 plant species. A characteristic feature of Xanthomonas bacteria is the production of yellow membrane-bound pigments cal...
WRKY transcription factors (TFs) have evolved as a plant-specific gene family. Growing evidences indicate that WRKY TFs play crucial roles in plant growth, development, and responses to environmental stimuli. ...
Fusarium graminearum is the major causal agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB), a disease that considerably decreases wheat yield and quality. GET2 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane receptor protein in the ...
Chestnut blight, caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, is a notorious disease that severely harms chestnut species, leading to great economic and ecological loss worldwide. Understanding the pathogenic mechanisms o...
Spider lilies (genus Hymenocallis) are perennial herbaceous plants native to tropical and subtropical America and are popular landscaping plants in similar climes throughout the world. They are susceptible to inf...
Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) and its betasatellite DNA isolates (TYLCCNB), seriously threaten tomato crop production in China. The present work aimed to analyze the genetic diversity and popul...
Improving disease resistance is a primary objective in crop breeding. However, the signaling mechanisms governing disease resistance and yield are frequently controlled antagonistically, posing challenges in b...
Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease, is a destructive agricultural plant pathogen in the Rosaceae family. The disease was first described in North America and has now spread to more than 50...
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum sublineola, is a prevalent disease that noticeably affects global sorghum production. Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) are crucial for disease resistan...
The Xinjiang epidemiological region of wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), exhibits distinct characteristics compared to other epidemic regions in China. This region provides f...
Viral proteins can aggregate into granules within host cells, known as viral factories, or viroplasms, which play a pivotal role in facilitating viral replication and shielding the viral genome from cellular d...
Rice yellow mottle disease (RYMD) continues to constrain rice production in Africa. Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV), which belongs to the Sobemovirus genus, is the causal agent of RYMD. In Kenya, previous studies...
Sorghum is a versatile and resilient cereal crop known for its adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions. In recent years, sorghum has gained attention in modern research due to its potential in bioe...
Bacterial leaf blight (BLB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the most severe bacterial diseases in rice. The current BLB-prevention strategy depends on chemical antimicrobials. The biolog...
Diaporthe helianthi is one of the main fungal pathogens responsible for causing phomopsis stem canker and significant yield losses of sunflowers. In this study, the calmodulin (Cal) gene of D. helianthi was selec...
The σ54 factor (RpoN), a significant transcriptional regulatory factor, plays crucial roles in regulating virulence, motility, biofilm formation, and the utilization of carbon and nitrogen sources in pathogenic b...
Black pepper is the most important and widely consumed spice in the world. Insects and diseases are the major concerns for black pepper production, among the many variables causing a decline in black pepper pr...
Bacterial insecticides have emerged as a biotechnological strategy for controlling insect pests in crops, primarily due to the ineffectiveness of synthetic pesticides, which have led to resistance in insect po...
This review investigates Rhizoctonia species, highlighting their taxonomy, genetic diversity, and pathogenic mechanisms that pose significant challenges to agriculture and horticulture. Rhizoctonia spp. are compl...
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most important diseases on wheat, causing severe yield losses. The pathogen can only survive the summer in the cooler areas of north...
The geographical location of Indonesia in the tropical region, characterized by high temperatures and humidity, is favorable for the development of viral diseases in rice. Climate change and intensive rice pro...
Wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV), a member of the genus Bymovirus, causes substantial losses in wheat production in East Asia, including China and Japan. Although genomic RNA replication is an important process i...
Type III secretion systems (T3SS) are syringe-like apparatuses acting as protein transport nanomachines found in most Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. They can inject effector proteins into the host cell cyt...
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum camelliae, poses a significant threat to the yield and quality of Camellia oleifera. Mitophagy, a selective form of autophagy, is crucial in maintaining mitochondrial quality...
Apple powdery mildew and anthracnose are widely distributed and major constraints on apple production around the world. The objective of the study was to determine powdery mildew and anthracnose prevalence, in...
The 40S ribosomal protein SA (RPSA) functions as an important regulatory factor in plant resistance to abiotic stresses. However, the role of RPSA in response to plant virus infection is poorly understood. Cit...
Transcription factors (TFs) play crucial roles in plant development and pathogen defense. However, plant viruses can exploit TFs to facilitate their infection or transmission. In this study, we confirmed the β...
Citrus Huanglongbing and Citrus tristeza are two diseases that affect the citrus industry worldwide. The pathogens causing these diseases are the phloem-limited bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp.’ (mainly Ca....
Flavonoids, serving as crucial secondary metabolites, are widely distributed in plants and play a key role in inhibiting microbial growth, protecting plants from pathogen invasion, and conserving energy. Our p...
The aphid-transmitted polerovirus, sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV), is one of the most widespread sugarcane viruses and causes huge economic losses to the global sugarcane production. Molecular studies and...
The Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC), comprising a multitude of soil borne fungal pathogens, represent a major group of plant invaders that cause vascular wilt diseases of crops worldwide. Although sexua...
Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is an important disease in rice-growing countries, including Pakistan, where it was first reported in the mid-1970s. Transcription acti...
Grape downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) is an air-borne disease and difficult to control. It has been observed that intercropping grapevines (Vitis vinifera) with aromatic plants can effectively suppress the air...
The shisham tree (Dalbergia sissoo) is a keystone hardwood species of South Asia, highly valued in economic value in forestry, agroforestry, and landscape horticulture due to its durable, fragrant, and decay-resi...
Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is an air-borne fungal disease, and its spores can be spread far away from its origin to colonize in new territory, causing inter-regional e...
Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is grown worldwide owing to the vast economic value of its natural fiber. However, the widespread and destructive soilborne pathogen, Verticillium dahliae, causes Verticillium wilt, leadin...
Rice commercial production is seriously threatened by various pathogens. Generally, the susceptibility (S) genes in plants are exploited by phytopathogens to promote infection. Dysfunction of S genes may result i...
Bacillus subtilis has been widely used as a biological control agent in agricultural production. Environmental strains of B. subtilis are an important source of biological control agents. However, due to its low ...
Various pathogens from oomycete, fungi, and bacteria kingdoms can infect potato and significantly reduce potato yield. The early diagnosis of potato pathogens is important for tracing disease epidemics and the...
Arcopilus aureus is a plant-beneficial fungal species showing remarkable biocontrol capabilities. We investigated the antifungal activity of A. aureus YZXR strain and found that it strongly suppressed Polygonatum...
Rice blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is a destructive disease that affects rice (Oryzae sativa L.) on a global scale. Polyamines (PAs) play diverse roles in plant growth and development a...
In the last two decades, fire blight has progressively spread eastward from Europe and the Mediterranean area to several pome-fruit producing regions of Asia. Its causative agent, the bacterial pathogen Erwinia a...
The diverse rhabdoviruses infecting plants and animals have conserved genome organizations, and the functions of viral structural proteins have been extensively studied. However, increasing number of rhabdovir...
Receptor-like proteins (RLPs) are crucial pattern-recognition receptors on the surface of plant cells, which are involved in almost all processes of the plant life cycle. Recently, the evolution of high-throug...
Phloem is the primary conduit for transporting photosynthates and signaling molecules in plants, facilitating communication between various plant organs. As an ancient vascular tissue, phloem transports sugars...
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