Epicoccum species are ubiquitous ascomycetes. Several species are known to cause plant
diseases and some species act as biological control agents against a range of plant …

Biological control (BC) is defined as the use of living natural enemies, antagonists, or
competitors (biological control agents) to control other living organisms. In the second half of …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) plantations in North Africa are nowadays threatened with
the spread of the Bayoud disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, already …

Ash dieback, caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, has
become a serious threat to ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) and ash-related ecosystems in Europe …

Fungal endophytes were isolated from 250 asymptomatic leaf petioles of Fraxinus excelsior
collected from trees showing symptoms of ash dieback in five forest sites in southern Poland …

Studies on fungal communities in the previous year's leaf petioles of Fraxinus excelsior
found in litter in five ash stands in southern Poland were made in 2017. Fungi were …

Tree pathogens are a major threat to forest ecosystems. Conservation management
strategies can exploit natural mechanisms of resistance, such as tree genotype and host …

The European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is threatened by the introduced ascomycete
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the causal agent of ash dieback. Endophytic fungi are known to …

Epicoccum is a genus of ascomycetes often associated with the mycobiome of grapevines
(Vitis vinifera). Epicoccum spp. are found in the soil, phyllosphere, as well as in the wood …

Dendrobium nobile is the only plant that could produce the natural bioactive dendrobine. No
other source of dendrobine has been found to date except from D. nobile and via chemical …