Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the
plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes …

Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) represent one of the most important problems for
viticulture worldwide. Beyond the original causes of this outbreak in some countries like …

The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

Plant roots secrete a significant portion of their assimilated carbon into the rhizosphere. The
putative sugar transporter SWEET 2 is highly expressed in Arabidopsis roots. Expression …

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are major biotic factors reducing yields and limiting
vineyard economic life spans. Fungi in the GTD complex cause a range of symptoms in host …

EFSA is requested to assess the safety of a broad range of biological agents in the context of
notifications for market authorisation as sources of food and feed additives, enzymes and …

The management of certain plant beneficial microorganisms [biological control agents
(BCAs)] seems to be a promising and environmental friendly method to control plant …

Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycetes which target plants and both nonvertebrate and
vertebrate animals, including fish and mammalian species. However, several Pythium spp …

Plant pathogens have evolved various strategies to enter hosts and cause diseases.
Particularly Neofusicoccum parvum, a member of Botryosphaeria dieback consortium, can …