Background Mycorrhizal strategies are very effective in enhancing plant acquisition of poorly-
mobile nutrients, particularly phosphorus (P) from infertile soil. However, on very old and …

Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Phytoalexins are low molecular weight antimicrobial compounds that are produced by plants
as a response to biotic and abiotic stresses. As such they take part in an intricate defense …

Lignin is a plant component with important implications for various agricultural disciplines. It
confers rigidity to cell walls, and is therefore associated with tolerance to abiotic and biotic …

While fungal biotrophs are dependent on successfully suppressing/subverting host defenses
during their interaction with live cells, necrotrophs, due to their lifestyle are often confronted …

Phakopsora pachyrhizi is a biotrophic fungus provoking SBR disease. SBR poses a major
threat to global soybean production. Though several R genes provided soybean immunity to …

Summary Soybean (Glycine max) 5‐deoxyisoflavonoids (daidzein and its conjugates) are
precursors of glyceollin phytoalexins. They are also converted to equol by microbes in the …

The comprehensive composition of phenolic compounds (PC) from seven genotypes of
guabiju were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array …

Abstract Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), caused by the biotrophic fungus Phakopsora
pachyrhizi, is a devastating disease with an estimated crop yield loss of up to 90%. Yet …

Phakopsora pachyrhizi is a biotrophic fungus, causer of the disease Asian Soybean Rust, a
severe crop disease of soybean and one that demands greater investment from producers …