Numerous studies have shown the beneficial effects of silicon (Si) for plant growth,
particularly under stress conditions, and hence a detailed understanding of the mechanisms …

Chitin is composed of N-acetylglucosamine units. Chitin a polysaccharide found in the cell
walls of fungi and exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans, can elicit a potent defense …

Plant diseases and insect pests are one of the major limiting factors that reduce crop
production worldwide. Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements in the lithosphere …

Fruit losses during postharvest storage and handling due to pathogen infections are one of
the major problems in the global food chain supply. The application of chemical fungicides …

It is becoming increasingly evident that a plant–pathogen interaction may be compared to an
open warfare, whose major weapons are proteins synthesized by both organisms. These …

Transposable elements (TEs) are drivers of genome evolution and affect the expression
landscape of the host genome. Stress is a major factor inducing TE activity; however, the …

Entomopathogenic fungi and their insect hosts represent a model system for examining
invertebrate-pathogen coevolutionary selection processes. Here we report the …

Transposable elements (TEs) spread in genomes through self-copying mechanisms and are
a major cause of genome expansions. Plant pathogens have finely tuned the expression of …

Abstract Bacillus sp. BSp. 3/aM, a beneficial rhizobacteria, was analyzed for the ability to
improve plant health of chili by suppressing anthracnose disease. In the dual culture assay …

Species of Aspergillus produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites, and recent
genomic analysis has predicted that these species have the capacity to synthesize many …