As important physiological regulators, peptides have been used in many fields including
medicine, cosmetics, healthcare products, animal nutrition and health, and plant nutrition …

The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has caused considerable
environmental damage over the years. However, the growing demand for food in the coming …

Rhizosphere-resident fungi that are helpful to plants are generally termed as 'plant growth
promoting fungi'(PGPF). These fungi are one of the chief sources of the biotic inducers …

Penicillium phytopathogenic species provoke severe postharvest disease and economic
losses. Penicillium expansum is the main pome fruit phytopathogen while Penicillium …

Fungicide use is one of the core elements of intensive agriculture because it is necessary to
fight pathogens that would otherwise cause large production losses. Oomycete and fungal …

Introduction To overcome the challenge of multidrug resistance, natural and synthetic
peptides are candidates to become the basis of innovative therapeutics, featuring diverse …

Plant pathogenic fungi are responsible for enormous crop losses worldwide. Overcoming
this problem is challenging as these fungi can be highly resistant to approved chemical …

Biomimetics, which are similar to natural compounds that play an important role in the
metabolism, manifestation of functional activity and reproduction of various fungi, have a …

Fungal antifungal proteins (AFPs) have attracted attention as novel biofungicides. Their
exploitation requires safe and cost‐effective producing biofactories. Previously, Penicillium …

Antifungal proteins (AFPs) offer a great potential as new biofungicides to control deleterious
fungi. The phytopathogenic fungus Penicillium expansum encodes three phylogenetically …