Landscape effects might impede or increase spore dispersal and disease risk for crops, as
trees and hedges buffer winds and can behave as spore traps, therefore limiting diffusion of …

El ñame (Dioscorea spp.) es un tubérculo comestible de importancia económica en
regiones tropicales, siendo un alimento básico de más de 155 millones de personas. Sin …

In this article, we focus on the critical tasks of plant protection in arable farms, addressing a
modern challenge in agriculture: integrating ecological considerations into the operational …

Crop disease often leads to field epidemics with serious threats to yield. Early symptoms are
sometimes difficult to identify, so the origin of primary inoculum is a critical focal point in the …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a significant tuber crop. In October 2022, yam (Dioscorea opposita
Thunb.) leaves exhibiting typical anthracnose symptoms were observed at the Yam …

Weeds that compete with valuable crops can also host plant-parasitic nematodes, acting as
a source of nematode inoculum in a field and further damaging crops. The host status of 10 …

Crop diseases are often considered as episodic events associated with specific
environmental and weather conditions, but little is known about disease development when …

Fungal microbial communities in plant hosts, or the mycobiome, are critical to key agriculture
functions for increasing plant growth and improving disease management. In this chapter …

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a species complex of agricultural importance as it causes
anthracnose disease on many crop species worldwide, and strong impact regionally on …

El ñame Dioscorea spp., es un cultivo de importancia económica en el Caribe colombiano,
hace parte de la dieta alimenticia y del sustento para los productores. La antracnosis …