Background Carrot is one of the most important horticultural crops, with an annual worldwide
production exceeding 40 million tonnes. Carrots are sold either fresh intact or fresh-cut as …

Plants under herbivore attack synthetize defensive organic compounds that directly or
indirectly affect herbivore performance and mediate other interactions with the community …

Extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum are commonly used as commercial biostimulants in crop
production. To further understand the seaweed extract-induced phenomena in plants, a …

The properties of an antifungal coating film made from chitosan (CH) combined with zinc
oxide nanoparticles (ZNPs) and Indonesian sandalwood essential oil (SEO) were …

A novel composite edible coating film was developed from 0.8% chitosan (CS) and 0.5%
sandalwood oil (SEO). Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) were used as a stabilizer agent of oil-in …

Chitosan is a biopolymer with multiple agricultural applications. The objective of this
research was to identify the mechanism required for the chitosan response. Chitosan clearly …

Biochars, in addition to carbon sequestration, soil amelioration and improvement of plant
performance, can measurably reduce disease severity of different pathogen types and even …

Various crop plants have been domesticated, after careful selection from innumerable wild
plant species over several millennia, because of their potential for higher yield and better …

The development of transgenic plants highly resistant to a range of pathogens using
traditional signal gene expression strategies has been largely ineffective. Modification of …

Control of green mold, caused by Penicillium digitatum, by fungicides raises several
problems, such as emergence of resistant pathogens, as well as concerns about the …