Managing the functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for the sustainable intensification of crop production

I Brito, M Carvalho, MJ Goss - Plants, People, Planet, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement The need to increase food production with reduced use of
resources and environmental impact demands innovative rethinking and evolution of …

Defense strategies: The role of transcription factors in tomato–pathogen interaction

MD Campos, MR Felix, M Patanita, P Materatski… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tomato is one of the most cultivated and economically important vegetable
crops throughout the world. It is affected by a panoply of different pathogens that cause …

Metagenomic assessment unravels fungal microbiota associated to grapevine trunk diseases

M Patanita, A Albuquerque, MD Campos, P Materatski… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are among the most important problems that affect the
longevity and productivity of vineyards in all the major growing regions of the world. They …

Tomato Response to Fusarium spp. Infection under Field Conditions: Study of Potential Genes Involved

JA Ribeiro, A Albuquerque, P Materatski, M Patanita… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tomato is one of the most important horticultural crops in the world and is severely affected
by Fusarium diseases. To successfully manage these diseases, new insights on the …

A review: Late wilt of maize—the pathogen, the disease, current status, and future perspective

O Degani - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Late wilt (LWD) is a vascular wilt disease that outbursts late in maize development, usually
during or after flowering. The disease causal agent, the soil and seed-borne fungi …

Development of an RPA-based CRISPR/Cas12a assay in combination with a lateral flow strip for rapid detection of toxigenic Fusarium verticillioides in maize

X Liang, X Zhang, K Xi, Y Liu, MH Jijakli, W Guo - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Fusarium verticillioides is an important phytopathogenic fungus that poses a threat to maize
yield and quality in global maize-growing regions by causing Fusarium ear and stalk rot. The …

Challenges in maize production: A review on late wilt disease control strategies

D Matos, P Cardoso, S Almeida, E Figueira - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Maize production faces many challenges such as fungal infections causing substantial crop
losses, with 10–23% annual losses, despite fungicides use. Late wilt disease (LWD), caused …

Effect of Tillage System and Cover Crop on Maize Mycorrhization and Presence of Magnaporthiopsis maydis

M Patanita, MD Campos, MR Félix, M Carvalho, I Brito - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sustainability of agriculture requires the adoption of agricultural soil conservation
practices with positive impacts on soil quality, which can promote beneficial soil microbiota …

A novel model of cancer drug resistance: oncosomal release of cytotoxic and antibody-based drugs

T Eguchi, EA Taha, SK Calderwood, K Ono - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes or oncosomes, often carry oncogenic
molecules derived from tumor cells. In addition, accumulating evidence indicates that tumor …

Methods for Studying Magnaporthiopsis maydis, the Maize Late Wilt Causal Agent

O Degani, S Dor, D Movshovitz, O Rabinovitz - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Late wilt, a destructive vascular disease of maize caused by the fungus Magnaporthiopsis
maydis, is characterized by relatively fast wilting of maize plants closely before the …