Disease suppressive soils with specific suppression of soil-borne pathogens and parasites
have been long studied and are most often of microbiological origin. As for the plant …

Conservation biological control is the modification of the environment or existing practices to
protect and enhance antagonistic organisms to reduce damage from pests. This approach to …

Meloidogyne spp. are the most damaging plant parasitic nematodes for horticultural crops
worldwide. Pochonia chlamydosporia is a fungal egg parasite of root-knot and cyst …

Endoparasitic root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.) and lesion (Pratylenchus spp.) nematodes
cause considerable damage in agriculture. Before they invade roots to complete their life …

The use of biological control agents could be a non-chemical alternative for management of
Meloidogyne spp.[root-knot nematodes (RKN)], the most damaging plant-parasitic …

Meloidogyne is the most damaging plant parasitic nematode genus affecting vegetable
crops worldwide. The induction of plant defense mechanisms against Meloidogyne in …

Roots can recruit beneficial microorganisms to suppress plant pathogens. However,
conventional and organic practices differently shape the soil microbiome and consequently …

The fluctuation of Meloidogyne population density and the percentage of fungal egg
parasitism were determined from July 2011 to July 2013 in two commercial organic …

Damage caused by plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) represents significant losses in
agriculture worldwide. Sustainable and non-agrochemical practices have been sought out …

Pochonia chlamydosporia (Pc), a nematophagous fungus and root endophyte, uses
appressoria and extracellular enzymes, principally proteases, to infect the eggs of plant …