Plant disease: a threat to global food security

RN Strange, PR Scott - Annu. Rev. Phytopathol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
A vast number of plant pathogens from viroids of a few hundred nucleotides to higher plants
cause diseases in our crops. Their effects range from mild symptoms to catastrophes in …

Lignin from micro-to nanosize: applications

S Beisl, A Friedl, A Miltner - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Micro-and nanosize lignin has recently gained interest due to improved properties
compared to standard lignin available today. As the second most abundant biopolymer after …

Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato

MJ Kwak, HG Kong, K Choi, SK Kwon, JY Song… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tomato variety Hawaii 7996 is resistant to the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum,
whereas the Moneymaker variety is susceptible to the pathogen. To evaluate whether plant …

[BOOK][B] Basic plant pathology methods.

OD Dhingra, JB Sinclair - 1985 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The book includes chapters on: sterilization of apparatus and culture media; culture of
pathogens; long-term storage of plant pathogens; detection and estimation of inoculum; …

PGPR-Mediated Plant Growth Attributes and Metal Extraction Ability of Sesbania sesban L. in Industrially Contaminated Soils

N Zainab, Amna, AA Khan, MA Azeem, B Ali, T Wang… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Novelty Statement The hidden ability of S. sesban against multi-metal contaminated soils
was investigated in Pakistan. The increased tolerance of S. sesban against metals in …

Antioxidant and antibacterial lignin nanoparticles in polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan films for active packaging

W Yang, JS Owczarek, E Fortunati, M Kozanecki… - Industrial crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Binary and ternary polymeric films based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), chitosan (CH) and
lignin nanoparticles (LNP) added at two different amounts (1 and 3 wt%) were produced by …

Comparative Genomics of Plant-Associated Pseudomonas spp.: Insights into Diversity and Inheritance of Traits Involved in Multitrophic Interactions

JE Loper, KA Hassan, DV Mavrodi, EW Davis… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
We provide here a comparative genome analysis of ten strains within the Pseudomonas
fluorescens group including seven new genomic sequences. These strains exhibit a diverse …

Microbiological spoilage of fruits and vegetables

M Barth, TR Hankinson, H Zhuang, F Breidt - Compendium of the …, 2009 - Springer
Consumption of fruit and vegetable products has dramatically increased in the United States
by more than 30% during the past few decades. It is also estimated that about 20% of all …

Synergic effect of cellulose and lignin nanostructures in PLA based systems for food antibacterial packaging

W Yang, E Fortunati, F Dominici, G Giovanale… - European Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ternary polymeric films based on poly (lactic acid), obtained dispersing cellulose
nanocrystals (CNC) and lignin nanoparticles (LNP) at two different amounts (1 and 3 wt%) …

Effect of silver nanoparticles on Oryza sativa L. and its rhizosphere bacteria

F Mirzajani, H Askari, S Hamzelou, M Farzaneh… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely used as antibacterial and antifungal agents in
agriculture. Nevertheless, these nanoparticles with newborn properties pose a potential risk …