Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes are the major causal agents of plant diseases.
These phytopathogens are responsible for about 10–40% losses in productivity and quality …

Plant pathogens cause severe losses to agricultural yield worldwide. Tracking plant health
and early disease detection is important to reduce the disease spread and thus economic …

The genetic diversity of 25 pomegranate genotypes, including widespread genotypes,
mutants, clonal selections and wild forms, was assessed using 23 pomegranate …

Soil samples collected from different fruit orchards of Karnataka were used for isolation of
Streptomyces spp. and all the isolates were screened for their plant growth-promoting (PGP) …

The ratio of microbial population size relative to the amount of host tissue, or 'microbial load',
is a fundamental metric of colonization and infection, but it cannot be directly deduced from …

Bacterial blight of pomegranate caused by Xanthomonas auxonopodis pv. punicae (Xap)
threaten the existence of a group of farmers for the past few decades who rely on …

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae (Xap) causes bacterial blight disease in
pomegranates, often leading to 60–80% economic loss. In absence of a suitable Xap …

Plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria are a significant threat to global commercial crop
production resulting in increased cost of production, reduced crop establishment and …

Bacterial blight in pomegranate is a devastating disease caused by bacterial pathogen
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae (XAP), recording huge damage to pomegranate crop …

This study evaluated a dual management approach to enhance plant-growth by improving
soil fertility, reducing pathogenic stress using PGPR that affect phosphorus-transporter (pht) …