High food demand for the world's teeming population necessitates the intensification of crop
production in modern agriculture, which requires the extensive use of synthetic fertilizers for …

The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

The relationships between plant and plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) are
an integrated part of earthborn ecosystem. We are in the era of global warming when …

Biological control agents (BCAs) are gaining more attention as alternatives to the chemical
pesticides for management of pests and diseases in agricultures. It offers an ecofriendly way …

Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) constitute diverse genera of nonpathogenic fungi that
provide a variety of benefits to their host plants. PGPF show an effective role in sustainable …

Southern blight of tomato caused by Sclerotium rolfsii can cause severe plant mortality and
yield losses. The use of rhizobacteria for the biological control of Southern blight disease is …

Crop domestication events followed by targeted breeding practices have been pivotal for
improvement of desirable traits and to adapt cultivars to local environments. Domestication …

Plants are continuously threatened by pathogen attack and, as such, they have evolved
mechanisms to evade, escape and defend themselves against pathogens. However, it is not …

The plant growth‐promoting fungi (PGPF) have long been known to improve plant growth
and suppress plant diseases. The PGPF Penicillium viridicatum GP15‐1 elicited plant …

Background Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the most serious virus disease affecting chilli
(Capsicum annuum L.) worldwide and the absence of natural resistance makes …