Sustainable intensification of agriculture in Africa is essential for accomplishing food and
nutritional security and addressing the rising concerns of climate change. There is an urgent …

El ñame (Dioscorea spp.) es un tubérculo comestible de importancia económica en
regiones tropicales, siendo un alimento básico de más de 155 millones de personas. Sin …

Sustainable weed management strategies are critical to feeding the world's population while
preserving ecosystems and biodiversity. Therefore, site-specific weed control strategies …

Deploying disease-resistant cultivars is one of the most effective control strategies to
manage crop diseases such as wheat leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina. After harvest …

The interaction between invasive plants and soil microbial communities is critical for plant
establishment. However, little is known about the assembly and co-occurrence patterns of …

Crop pathogenic fungi may originate from reservoir pools including wild vegetation
surrounding fields, and it is thus important to characterize any potential source of pathogens …

Ecological interactions are a fairly overlooked component in agriculture, despite their known
potential in productivity, pest and disease regulation. In this study, we assessed whether a …

Landscape effects might impede or increase spore dispersal and disease risk for crops, as
trees and hedges buffer winds and can behave as spore traps, therefore limiting diffusion of …

Faba bean is an important legume crop worldwide, which is grown both for food and feed.
As for many legume crops, postemergence weed control is difficult. The aim of this work was …

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a species complex of agricultural importance as it causes
anthracnose disease on many crop species worldwide, and strong impact regionally on …