Biological control is an effective and sustainable alternative or complement to conventional
pesticides for fungal and bacterial plant disease management. Some of the most intensively …

During the last two decades the world has experienced an abrupt change in climate. Both
natural and artificial factors are climate change drivers, although the effect of natural factors …

The rich diversity of secondary metabolites produced by soil bacteria has been appreciated
for over a century, and advances in chemical analysis and genome sequencing continue to …

During the entire developmental phase of plants, there exists an alliance among the soil,
plant and microorganisms. This association is developed when the microbial community in …

Bacillus and Pseudomonas ubiquitously occur in natural environments and are two of the
most intensively studied bacterial genera in the soil. They are often coisolated from …

Integrating the governing chemistry with the genomics and phenotypes of microbial colonies
has been a “holy grail” in microbiology. This work describes a highly sensitive, broadly …

Lipopeptides constitute a structurally diverse group of metabolites produced by various
bacterial and fungal genera. In the past decades, research on lipopeptides has been fueled …

Plant-associated microorganisms fulfill important functions for plant growth and health.
Direct plant growth promotion by microbes is based on improved nutrient acquisition and …

Soil-and plant-associated environments harbor numerous bacteria that produce antibiotic
metabolites with specific or broad-spectrum activities against coexisting microorganisms …

Despite significant advances in crop protection, plant diseases cause a 20% yield loss in
food and cash crops worldwide. Therefore, interactions between plants and pathogens have …