The increase in the world population has generated an important need for both quality and
quantity agricultural products, which has led to a significant surge in the use of chemical …

Plant pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, pose significant challenges to the
farming community due to their extensive diversity, the rapidly evolving phenomenon of multi …

Due to their different lifestyles, effective defence against biotrophic pathogens normally
leads to increased susceptibility to necrotrophs, and vice versa. Solving this trade‐off is a …

The group of strains constituting the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) is a
prominent model for the study of plant-pathogenic bacteria because of its impact on …

After the Second World War, technological advancements helped to develop agriculture and
meet urgent food needs. The green revolution was based on the cultivation of new high …

Crop diseases affect crop yield and quality and cause significant losses of total food
production worldwide. With the ever‐increasing world population and decreasing land and …

The identification and isolation of genes underlying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated
with agronomic traits in crops have been recently accelerated thanks to next-generation …

For over a century, breeders have worked to develop tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
cultivars with resistance to Fusarium wilt (Fol) caused by the soilborne fungus Fusarium …

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson
Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN …

Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the major vegetable crops grown worldwide largely
appreciated for its economic importance and nutritional value. This crop belongs to the large …