Root-associated microbes can improve plant growth, and they offer the potential to increase
crop resilience to future drought. Although our understanding of the complex feedbacks …

Drought stress is an alarming constraint to plant growth, development, and productivity
worldwide. However, plant-associated bacteria, fungi, and viruses can enhance stress …

In the last few decades, traditional natural products have been the center of attention for the
scientific community and exploration of their therapeutic abilities is proceeding perpetually …

Background The gene content of a species largely governs its ecological interactions and
adaptive potential. A species is therefore defined by both core genes shared between all …

This paper is the first in the AJOM series in which we report 100 new collections of fungi
which include new species, host and country records. In all, nine new species, 90 new …

Transposable elements (TEs) are drivers of genome evolution and affect the expression
landscape of the host genome. Stress is a major factor inducing TE activity; however, the …

Fungi and bacteria are ubiquitous constituents of all microbiomes, yet mechanisms of
microbial persistence in polymicrobial communities remain obscure. Here, we examined the …

Infectious plant diseases are a major threat to global agricultural productivity, economic
development, and ecological integrity. There is widespread concern that these social and …

Biotic stress due to fungal infection is detrimental to the growth and development of
chickpea. In our study, two chickpea genotypes viz Cicer pinnatifidum (resistant) and PBG5 …

Abstract Background The fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is a significant constraint to
wheat production in temperate cropping regions around the world. Despite its agronomic …