Defending Earth's terrestrial microbiome

C Averill, MA Anthony, P Baldrian, F Finkbeiner… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Microbial life represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity. Across disparate disciplines from
medicine to forestry, scientists continue to discover how the microbiome drives essential …

Current and emerging trends in techniques for plant pathogen detection

M Venbrux, S Crauwels, H Rediers - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Plant pathogenic microorganisms cause substantial yield losses in several economically
important crops, resulting in economic and social adversity. The spread of such plant …

Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens

HN Fones, DP Bebber, TM Chaloner, WT Kay… - Nature Food, 2020‏ - nature.com
Emerging fungal and oomycete pathogens infect staple calorie crops and economically
important commodity crops, thereby posing a significant risk to global food security. Our …

New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops

S Savary, L Willocquet, SJ Pethybridge… - Nature ecology & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Crop pathogens and pests reduce the yield and quality of agricultural production. They
cause substantial economic losses and reduce food security at household, national and …

Fungicide resistance management: Maximizing the effective life of plant protection products

I Corkley, B Fraaije, N Hawkins - Plant Pathology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Effective crop protection is vital to safeguard food security, but growers are reliant on a
limited toolbox in the face of diverse and evolving pathogens. New crop protection methods …

Plant associated rhizobacteria for biocontrol and plant growth enhancement

X Jiao, Y Takishita, G Zhou, DL Smith - Frontiers in plant science, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Crop disease remains a major problem to global food production. Excess use of pesticides
through chemical disease control measures is a serious problem for sustainable agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Endophytic fungi: Biological control and induced resistance to phytopathogens and abiotic stresses

DC Fontana, S de Paula, AG Torres, VHM de Souza… - Pathogens, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Plant diseases cause losses of approximately 16% globally. Thus, management measures
must be implemented to mitigate losses and guarantee food production. In addition to …

Microbiota-mediated disease resistance in plants

N Vannier, M Agler, S Hacquard - PLoS pathogens, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Plant pathogens represent a constant and major threat to global food production, with 20%–
30% global crop losses estimated, principally in food-deficit areas [1]. Pesticide use …

Genetic modification to improve disease resistance in crops

HP Van Esse, TL Reuber, D van der Does - New Phytologist, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant pathogens are a significant challenge in agriculture despite our best efforts to combat
them. One of the most effective and sustainable ways to manage plant pathogens is to use …