Tea is one of the most consumed beverages and is produced from the tender leaves of the
tea plant. Various biotic and abiotic factors are directly related to tea productivity. Among the …

Nitric oxide (NO), a small sized, short lived, highly diffusible natured, gaseous, diatomic and
bioactive molecule, has now gained an important position in plant science research, due to …

Blister blight disease, caused by an obligate biotrophic fungal pathogen, Exobasidium
vexans Massee is posing a serious threat for tea cultivation in Asia. As the use of chemical …

The present study focuses on protection of emerging Alternaria leaf spot disease of chilli by
application of chitosan nanoparticles (CNP). CNP was prepared by ionotropic gelation …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of calcium chloride (CaCl 2),
as potential elicitor, on tomato plants against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Foliar …

The fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi (Fod) is the causal agent of the
vascular wilt of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) and the most prevalent pathogen in the …

Abstract Catharanthus roseus L.(G.) Don is an ornamental plant with a source of medicinally
important secondary metabolites ie, bis-indole alkaloids. Whereas, Catharanthus provides …

Abstract Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don has a broad range of medicinal importance
besides its ornamental exterior. In the present work, biotic (fungal) elicitor was prepared from …

The present study was performed to validate the efficacy of biotic elicitor (BE) on improving
the innate immunity of tomato against Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl. Simultaneously, it has …

Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl is considered as one of the most destructive pathogens of
tomato. To devise strategies to combat this devastating pathogen, a detailed understanding …