Current agricultural practices depend heavily on chemical inputs (such as fertilizers,
pesticides, herbicides, etc.) which, all things being equal cause a deleterious effect on the …

The flavonoid pathway produces a diverse array of plant compounds with functions in UV
protection, as antioxidants, pigments, auxin transport regulators, defence compounds …

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Phytoestrogens are literally estrogenic substances of plant origin. Although these
substances are useful for plants in many aspects, their estrogenic properties are essentially …

Plants produce and release in the surrounding soil, the so-called rhizosphere, a vast variety
of secondary metabolites. Among them, flavonoids are the most studied, mainly for their role …

Legume plants from Fabaceae family (phylogenetic group composed by three subfamilies:
Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Papilionoideae) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can increase the tolerance of host plants to drought,
whereas the intrinsic mechanisms are not still fully elucidated. Flavonoids are a kind of …

Microbial mutualists can profoundly modify host species ecology and evolution, by extension
altering interactions with other microbial species, including pathogens. Arbuscular …

Abstract Application of 3.6 mm silicon (Si+) to the rose (Rosa hybrida) cultivar Smart
increased the concentration of antimicrobial phenolic acids and flavonoids in response to …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have
potential to control soil-borne diseases including plant-parasitic nematodes. First, the effects …