Microorganisms produce and excrete a versatile array of metabolites with different physico-
chemical properties and biological activities. However, the ability of microorganisms to …

Volatile compounds play important roles in rhizosphere biological communications and
interactions. The emission of plant and microbial volatiles is a dynamic phenomenon that is …

Plastic mulch film residues have been accumulating in agricultural soils for decades, but so
far, little is known about its consequences on soil microbial communities and functions …

Despite the numerous benefits plants receive from probiotics, maintaining consistent results
across applications is still a challenge. Cultivation-independent methods associated with …

Due to higher microbial activity and diversity, organic farming serves as a sustainable
alternative in preventing several soil-borne plant diseases. However, there are limited …

Fusarium wilt (FW) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is a
soil-borne disease that infects bananas, causing severe economic losses worldwide. To …

Fusarium species are cosmopolitan soil phytopathogens from the division Ascomycota,
which produce mycotoxins and cause significant economic losses of crop plants. However …

Disease-suppressive soils protect plants against soilborne fungal pathogens that would
otherwise cause root infections. Soil suppressiveness is, in most cases, mediated by the …

Disease-suppressive soils encompass specific plant− pathogen− microbial interactions and
represent a rare example of an agroecosystem where soil conditions and microbiome …

Background Disease suppressiveness of soils to fungal root pathogens is typically induced
in the field by repeated infections of the host plant and concomitant changes in the …