Fungi and plants are rich sources of thousands of secondary metabolites. The genetically
coded possibilities for secondary metabolite production, the stimuli of the production, and …

Rapid global warming directly impacts agricultural productivity and poses a major challenge
to the present-day agriculture. Recent climate change models predict severe losses in crop …

The global environment is dominated by various small exotic substances, known as
secondary metabolites, produced by plants and microorganisms. Plants and fungi are …

Chitin is the second abundant polysaccharide in the world after cellulose. It is a vital
structural component of the fungal cell wall but not for plants. In plants, fungi are recognised …

Salicylic acid (SA) and gibberellins (GAs), as two important plant growth hormones, play a
key role in increasing plant tolerance to abiotic stress. They contribute to the increased plant …

Phytohormone melatonin (MT) has shown promise in alleviating chilling injury (CI) in
kiwifruit; however, the performance and mechanism remain largely unknown. In this study …

Chitosan is one of the most abundant carbohydrate biopolymers in the world and chitosan
oligosaccharide (COS), which is prepared from chitosan, is a plant immunity regulator. The …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant hormone almost exclusively associated with the promotion of
immunity. It is also known that SA has a negative impact on plant growth, yet only limited …

Species of the highly diverse fungal genus Aspergillus are well-known agricultural pests,
and, most importantly, producers of various mycotoxins threatening food safety worldwide …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a phytohormone that plays important roles in many aspects of plant life,
notably in plant defenses against pathogens. Key mechanisms of SA signal transduction …