The plant-Trichoderma-pathogen triangle is a complicated web of numerous processes.
Trichoderma spp. are avirulent opportunistic plant symbionts. In addition to being successful …

Volatile organic compounds are important mediators of mutualistic interactions between
plants and their physical and biological surroundings. Volatiles rapidly indicate competition …

During the last decades, research on the function of volatile organic compounds focused
primarily on the interactions between plants and insects. However, microorganisms can also …

Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms include the production of secondary metabolites
(eg antibiotics). The analysis of microbial volatile organic compounds (mVOCs) is an …

Trichoderma species are soil-borne filamentous fungi widely utilized for their many plant
health benefits, such as conferring improved growth, disease resistance and abiotic stress …

Soil communities are diverse taxonomically and functionally. This ecosystem experiences
highly complex networks of interactions, but may also present functionally independent …

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in the environment and humans are inevitably exposed
to them. However, the effects of MPs in the human digestive environment are largely …

Bacteria produce a multitude of volatile compounds. While the biological functions of these
deceptively simple molecules are unknown in many cases, for compounds that have been …

Plants live in association with microorganisms, which are well known as a rich source of
specialized metabolites, including volatile compounds. The increasing numbers of …

Plants are capable of perceiving microorganisms by coordinating processes to establish
different forms of plant–microbe relationships. Plant colonization is governed in fungal and …