Research progress on phytopathogenic fungi and their role as biocontrol agents

Y Peng, SJ Li, J Yan, Y Tang, JP Cheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phytopathogenic fungi decrease crop yield and quality and cause huge losses in
agricultural production. To prevent the occurrence of crop diseases and insect pests, farmers …

Pharmacological potential of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plants: A review

BS Adeleke, OO Babalola - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endophytic microbes are microorganisms that colonize the intracellular spaces within the
plant tissues without exerting any adverse or pathological effects. Currently, the world …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the trends of endophytic fungi bioactivities

IO Omomowo, JA Amao, A Abubakar, AF Ogundola… - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
Endophytic fungi are naturally found within plants' tissues and cause no detectable disease
symptoms in the plant. However, it is believed to possess supporting ecological and …

Penicillium italicum: An Underexplored Postharvest Pathogen

AM Kanashiro, DY Akiyama, KC Kupper… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the agricultural sector, citrus is one of the most important fruit genus in the world. In this
scenario, Brazil is the largest producer of oranges; 34% of the global production, and …

Bioprospecting Trichoderma: A Systematic Roadmap to Screen Genomes and Natural Products for Biocontrol Applications

TA Rush, HK Shrestha… - Frontiers in Fungal …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural products derived from microbes are crucial innovations that would help in reaching
sustainability development goals worldwide while achieving bioeconomic growth …

Utilizing cross-species co-cultures for discovery of novel natural products

L Zhuang, H Zhang - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cross-species co-cultures can be used to activate cryptic genes' expression for
biosynthesis of novel natural products.•A variety of co-cultivation methods have been …

Securing fruit production: Opportunities from the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of postharvest fungal infections

GL Ngolong Ngea, X Qian, Q Yang… - … reviews in food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fruit‐based diets have been adopted by the public worldwide because of their nutritional
value. Many advances have also been made in the elucidation of host–pathogen interaction …

Identification and characterization of Bacillus tequilensis GYUN-300: an antagonistic bacterium against red pepper anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in …

HT Kwon, Y Lee, J Kim, K Balaraju, HT Kim… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anthracnose is a fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum species and has detrimental
effects on many crops, including red pepper. This study used Bacillus tequilensis GYUN-300 …

Genomic and Metabolomic Insights into Secondary Metabolites of the Novel Bacillus halotolerans Hil4, an Endophyte with Promising Antagonistic Activity against …

EE Thomloudi, PC Tsalgatidou, E Baira… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The endophytic bacterial strain Hil4 was isolated from leaves of the medicinal plant
Hypericum hircinum. It exhibited antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea and a plethora of …

Phytotoxic Tryptoquialanines Produced In Vivo by Penicillium digitatum Are Exported in Extracellular Vesicles

JH Costa, JM Bazioli, LD Barbosa… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Penicillium digitatum is the most aggressive pathogen of citrus fruits. Tryptoquialanines are
major indole alkaloids produced by P. digitatum. It is unknown if tryptoquialanines are …