Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4) is threatening banana
production because of its increasing spread. Biological control approaches have been …

Abstract Banana (Musa spp.), a major cash and staple fruit crop in many parts of the world, is
infected by Fusarium wilt, which contributes up to 100% yield loss and causes social …

Background: Natural plant extracts and microbial antagonists have the potential for use in
increasing the fungal resistance and productivity of horticulture plants. Methods: The …

Background Verticillium wilt of olive (VWO), caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb, is one of the
most threatening diseases affecting olive cultivation. An integrated disease management …

Tissue culture techniques have been routinely used for banana propagation and offered
rapid production of planting materials with favorable genotypes and free of pathogenic …

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease encountered by spring-grown barley.
Traditionally, synthetic chemicals have been used to control this disease on small grain …

Guava production in India is hampered by invasion of guava root knot nematode,
Meloidogyne enterolobii. Biological control of plant parasitic nematodes is the best strategy …

Diverse endophytes with multiple functions exist in different banana cultivars. However, the
diversity of cultivable bacterial endophytome that contributes to antifungal activity against …

Plant cryopreservation technologies are used within gene banks for the long‐term
preservation of vegetatively propagated collections. Surface‐sterilized plant tissues grown in …

The impact of the versatile biocontrol and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria
Pseudomonas simiae PICF7 on the banana holobiont under controlled conditions was …