Costs of defense are central to our understanding of interactions between organisms and
their environment, and defensive phenotypes of plants have long been considered to be …

Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem and have diverse ecological roles,
ranging from endophytes to epiphytes and pathogens to saprobes. The current estimate of …

The rhizosphere microbiome is pivotal for plant health and growth, providing defence
against pests and diseases, facilitating nutrient acquisition and helping plants to withstand …

Domestication processes, amplified by breeding programs, have allowed the selection of
more productive genotypes and more suitable crop lines capable of coping with the …

Interactions between plants and insect herbivores are important determinants of plant
productivity in managed and natural vegetation. In response to attack, plants have evolved a …

The expansion of agriculture is responsible for the mass conversion of biologically diverse
natural environments into managed agroecosystems dominated by a handful of genetically …

This minireview highlights the importance of endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture and
horticulture production. Fungal endophytes play a key role in habitat adaptation of plants …

Background Modern crop varieties are typically cultivated in agriculturally well-managed
soils far from the centers of origin of their wild relatives. How this habitat expansion impacted …

“No plant is an island too…” Plants, though sessile, have developed a unique strategy to
counter biotic and abiotic stresses by symbiotically co-evolving with microorganisms and …

Insect pests are responsible for substantial crop losses worldwide through direct damage
and transmission of plant diseases, and novel approaches that complement or replace …