Wheat is among the top 10 and most widely grown crops in the world. However, wheat is
often infected with many soil-borne diseases, including sharp eyespot, mainly caused by the …

Fusarium crown rot of wheat is an important disease worldwide. The lack of commercial
resistant cultivars and effective fungicides against Fusarium, make controlling the disease …

Piriformospora indica, a plant root-colonizing basidiomycete fungus, exhibits strong growth-
promoting activity in symbiosis with a broad range of plants. Here, we report the potential of …

The root endophytic fungus, Piriformospora indica, colonizes roots of a large number of plant
species including Cereals and Brasicaceae. There are several reports indicating that P …

Background Sheath blight is an important disease caused by Rhizoctonia cerealis that
affects wheat yields worldwide. No wheat varieties have been identified with high resistance …

BACKGROUND Rice spikelet rot disease (RSRD) is an emerging disease that significantly
reduces rice yield and quality. In this study, we evaluated the potential use of the broad …

Fusarium wilt is a detrimental disease of pea crop, resulting in severe damage and a
reduction in its yield. Developing synergistically enhanced bioagents for disease …

The bioprotection performance of Piriformospora indica against the root parasite Fusarium
verticillioides was studied. We found that maize plants first grown with F. verticillioides and at …

Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica), a mycorrhizal fungus, has garnered significant
attention in recent decades owing to its distinctive capacity to stimulate plant growth and …

In this study, the effect of endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica on Rhizoctonia solani
AG1-IA, causal agent of sheath blight disease, was investigated. In addition, plant defence …