Covering: 2007 to 2015 Fungal phytotoxins are secondary metabolites playing an important
role in the induction of disease symptoms interfering with host plant physiological processes …

Plants and fungi are seemingly inexhaustible sources of interesting natural products with
remarkable structural and biological diversity. One of the most important groups is the …

Ash dieback, caused by the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Helotiales,
Ascomycota), is threatening the existence of the European ash, Fraxineus excelsior. During …

Many fungi belonging to Botryosphaeriaceae are well-known as causal agents of diseases
in economically and ecologically important agricultural crops and forest trees. In Italy, the …

Background: Fungi play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems interacting positively or
negatively with plants. These interactions are complex and the outcomes are different …

Covering: 2000 to 2023 This review presents the exceptional story of ophiobolin A (OphA)
and sphaeropsidin A (SphA), a sesterterpene and a diterpene, respectively, which were …

A fungal endophyte originating from the Canary Islands was identified as a potent antagonist
against the fungal phytopathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, which causes the devastating …

Many pathogens involved in human infection have rapidly increased their antibiotic
resistance, reducing the effectiveness of therapies in recent decades. Most of them can form …

Five new 20-nor-isopimarane diterpenoids, aspewentins D–H (1–5), along with a related
known congener, aspewentin A (6), were isolated from the culture extract of Aspergillus …

Allelopathic potential of buckwheat roots on the radicle growth of the broomrape weed
species Orobanche cumana and Phelipanche ramosa was studied. Buckwheat root …