Feeding a rising population of currently 7.8 billion people globally requires efficient
agriculture, which is preferably sustainable. Today, farmers are largely dependent on …

Among food crops in terms of consumption, potato ranks fourth, most important and valuable
crop worldwide in terms of production and area harvested after maize, wheat and rice. In the …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Ochrobactrum lupini KUDC1013 and
Novosphingobium pentaromativorans KUDC1065 isolated from Dokdo Island, S. Korea are …

Early blight of tomato caused by Alternaria solani results in significant crop losses. In this
study, Bacillus subtilis J3 and Pseudomonas fluorescens J8 were co-cultured as a synthetic …

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), as an emerging contaminant in ecosystems, has potential
influences on animals, aquatic organisms, and public health, and has been proven to be a …

Aims Phytophthora root and stem rot caused by the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora
sojae (Kaufmann & Gerdemann), is a destructive disease of soybean [Glycine max (L.) …

In times of increasing societal pressure to reduce the application of pesticides on crops,
demands for environmentally friendly replacements have intensified. In the case of late …

Abstract Plant Growth Promoting Rhizosphere microorganisms transplant amedements were
tested for improving growth, yield, quality traits, runner production and rhizosphere …

We describe the nature of rhizobacterially-induced systemic resistance (ISR) and distinquish
ISR from the induced resistance triggered by limited pathogen infection, SAR. The progress …

Controlling highly destructive plant diseases such as potato and tomato late blight, caused
by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, with non-fungicidal alternative products is a difficult …