Plant microbiome: an ocean of possibilities for improving disease resistance in plants

S Ali, A Tyagi, H Bae - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant diseases pose a serious threat to crop production and the agricultural economy across
the globe. Currently, chemical pesticides are frequently employed to combat these …

The impact of microbes in the orchestration of plants' resistance to biotic stress: a disease management approach

MC Enebe, OO Babalola - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019 - Springer
The struggle for survival is a natural and a continuous process. Microbes are struggling to
survive by depending on plants for their nutrition while plants on the other hand are resisting …

Revisiting Alternaria-host interactions: New insights on its pathogenesis, defense mechanisms and control strategies

S Ali, A Tyagi, S Rajarammohan, ZA Mir, H Bae - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Necrotrophic fungal pathogens of the genus Alternaria are globally recognized as one of the
most destructive plant pathogens in most of the industrially and agriculturally important crops …

Molecular mechanisms underlying multi-level defense responses of horticultural crops to fungal pathogens

X Xu, Y Chen, B Li, Z Zhang, G Qin, T Chen… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The horticultural industry helps to enrich and improve the human diet while contributing to
growth of the agricultural economy. However, fungal diseases of horticultural crops …

Current Status of the Disease-Resistant Gene(s)/QTLs, and Strategies for Improvement in Brassica juncea

KP Singh, P Kumari, PK Rai - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brassica juncea is a major oilseed crop in tropical and subtropical countries, especially in
south-east Asia like India, China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The widespread cultivation of …

The barley leaf rust resistance gene Rph3 encodes a predicted membrane protein and is induced upon infection by avirulent pathotypes of Puccinia hordei

HX Dinh, D Singh, D Gomez de la Cruz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is an economically significant disease of barley, but
only a few major resistance genes to P. hordei (Rph) have been cloned. In this study, gene …

Cold stress activates disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana through a salicylic acid dependent pathway

Z Wu, S Han, H Zhou, ZK Tuang, Y Wang… - Plant, cell & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to short‐term cold stress influences disease resistance by mechanisms that
remain poorly characterized. The molecular basis of cold‐activated immunity was therefore …

Genetic defense analysis of tomatoes in response to early blight disease, Alternaria alternata

GA Moghaddam, Z Rezayatmand, MN Esfahani… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Early blight disease of tomato is one of the most devastating biotic stresses worldwide, and
in Iran, Alternaria alternata is one of the most predominant species causing the disease. In …

Current achievements and future prospects of genetic engineering in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.)

AK Thakur, N Parmar, KH Singh, J Nanjundan - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion Transgenic technology in Indian mustard has expedited crop improvement
programs. Further, there is a need to optimize gene editing protocols and find out the …

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Potential Pathogen Resistance in Cannabis sativa

TM Sirangelo, RA Ludlow, ND Spadafora - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is one of the earliest cultivated crops, valued for producing a
broad spectrum of compounds used in medicinal products and being a source of food and …