Defending Earth's terrestrial microbiome

C Averill, MA Anthony, P Baldrian, F Finkbeiner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial life represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity. Across disparate disciplines from
medicine to forestry, scientists continue to discover how the microbiome drives essential …

[HTML][HTML] Endophytic fungi: Biological control and induced resistance to phytopathogens and abiotic stresses

DC Fontana, S de Paula, AG Torres, VHM de Souza… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant diseases cause losses of approximately 16% globally. Thus, management measures
must be implemented to mitigate losses and guarantee food production. In addition to …

[HTML][HTML] Novel R tools for analysis of genome-wide population genetic data with emphasis on clonality

ZN Kamvar, JC Brooks, NJ Grünwald - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
To gain a detailed understanding of how plant microbes evolve and adapt to hosts,
pesticides, and other factors, knowledge of the population dynamics and evolutionary history …

Five Reasons to Consider Phytophthora infestans a Reemerging Pathogen

WE Fry, PRJ Birch, HS Judelson… - …, 2015 - Am Phytopath Society
Phytophthora infestans has been a named pathogen for well over 150 years and yet it
continues to “emerge”, with thousands of articles published each year on it and the late …

Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi: which groups conquered the insect body?

JPM Araújo, DP Hughes - Advances in genetics, 2016 - Elsevier
The entomopathogenic fungi are organisms that evolved to exploit insects. They comprise a
wide range of morphologically, phylogenetically, and ecologically diverse fungal species …

Introduced species, disease ecology, and biodiversity–disease relationships

HS Young, IM Parker, GS Gilbert, AS Guerra… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Species introductions are a dominant component of biodiversity change but are not explicitly
included in most discussions of biodiversity–disease relationships. This is a major oversight …

Diversity of potato genetic resources

R Machida-Hirano - Breeding science, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A considerable number of highly diverse species exist in genus Solanum. Because they can
adapt to a broad range of habitats, potato wild relatives are promising sources of desirable …

The population biology of fungal invasions

P Gladieux, A Feurtey, ME Hood, A Snirc… - … Genetics: The Baker …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal invasions are increasingly recognized as a significant component of global changes,
threatening ecosystem health and damaging food production. Invasive fungi also provide …

Best practices for population genetic analyses

NJ Grünwald, SE Everhart, BJ Knaus… - …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Population genetic analysis is a powerful tool to understand how pathogens emerge and
adapt. However, determining the genetic structure of populations requires complex …

Soil bacterial diffusible and volatile organic compounds inhibit Phytophthora capsici and promote plant growth

SF Syed-Ab-Rahman, LC Carvalhais, ET Chua… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic interactions through diffusible and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are frequent in
nature. Soil bacteria are well-known producers of a wide range of volatile compounds (both …