Plant requires seventeen essential mineral elements for proper growth and functioning
classified as macro and micro-nutrients. Apart from these, cerium (Ce), cobalt (Co), iodine (I) …

Iodine is not considered essential for land plants; however, in some aquatic plants, iodine
plays a critical role in antioxidant metabolism. In humans, iodine is essential for the …

Fungi are the primary infectious agents in plants causing significant economic losses in
agroindustry. Traditionally, these pathogens have been treated with different synthetic …

The cuticular wax layer as a natural defensive barrier plays a key role in postharvest fruit
quality maintenance. This study investigated the effects of simulated transport vibration …

Plant cuticular wax is the first barrier to resist biotic and abiotic stress. However, little is
known about the compositional differences between the epicuticular and intracuticular wax …

Cuticular wax has been reported to play an essential role in resisting pathogens in various
fruits. This study investigated the antifungal ability of the components in blueberry cuticular …

Epicuticular wax is the natural protective coating of fruit which is vulnerable to insect,
microbe, pollutant, or scrape incidence. Herein, the epicuticular wax of table grapes was …

Transitioning from spores to hyphae is pivotal to host invasion by the plant pathogenic
fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. This dimorphic switch can be initiated by high temperature in …

Grapevine is one of the world's most economically important fruit crops. It is known that Vitis
vinifera is a host for a large number of pathogenic agents, which significantly reduce the …

To elucidate the role of fruit cuticle in fungal infection, changes in cuticle composition and
morphology of 'Satsuma'mandarin during ambient (at 25° C) storage and their role in …