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915 Views
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Anthracnose is one of the major diseases affecting Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen. However, the soil microbial mechanisms underlying D. odorifera responses to anthracnose remain largely unexplored. This study investigated three planting systems: a Dalbe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
999 Views
26 Pages

Bacillus mojavensis dxk33 Modulates Rhizosphere Microbiome and Suppresses Root Rot in Cunninghamia lanceolata

  • Xiaokang Dai,
  • Pengfei Yang,
  • Chuan Zhou,
  • Zebang Chen and ,
  • Shuying Li and
  • Tianhui Zhu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Soil-borne pathogens cause devastating root rot diseases in forest ecosystems, often by inducing dysbiosis in the rhizosphere microbiome. While antagonistic bacteria can suppress disease, their effects frequently extend beyond direct inhibition to in...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
422 Views
25 Pages

Crown gall remains difficult to manage because pathogenic agrobacteria can persist in soil, rhizosphere niches, infected roots, plant residues, and propagative materials, while repeated wounding creates new infection sites. This review examines how t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
18,411 Views
19 Pages

Justicia adhatoda, also known as Adulsa or Vasaka, is a notable member of the family Acanthaceae, with a broad geographic distribution across varied climatic conditions, and is known for its extensive medicinal properties for treating respiratory dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,823 Views
20 Pages

Verticillium Wilt in Oilseed Rape—the Microbiome is Crucial for Disease Outbreaks as Well as for Efficient Suppression

  • Daria Rybakova,
  • Mariann Wikström,
  • Fia Birch-Jensen,
  • Joeke Postma and ,
  • Ralf Udo Ehlers,
  • Maria Schmuck,
  • René Kollmann,
  • Jürgen Köhl and
  • Gabriele Berg
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

8 July 2020

Microbiome management is a promising way to suppress verticillium wilt, a severe disease in Brassica caused by Verticillium longisporum. In order to improve current biocontrol strategies, we compared bacterial Verticillium antagonists in different as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Management of Verticillium Wilt Disease)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,585 Views
16 Pages

7 July 2021

Both soil and the human gut support vast microbial biodiversity, in which the microbiota plays critical roles in regulating harmful organisms. However, the functional link between microbiota taxonomic compositions and disease suppression has not been...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Soil Quality and Ecosystem Services: Towards a New Perspective of Soil Use and Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,959 Views
13 Pages

The Potential of Esteya spp. for the Biocontrol of the Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

  • David Pires,
  • Cláudia S. L. Vicente,
  • Maria L. Inácio and
  • Manuel Mota

The pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD) and a quarantine organism in many countries. Managing PWD involves strict regulations and heavy contingency plans, and present climate change scen...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,807 Views
19 Pages

Research Progress on Rhizosphere Microbiota for Controlling Soil-Borne Diseases: Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges

  • Yong Liu,
  • Xiaofang Sun,
  • Jia Lai,
  • Shugu Wei and ,
  • Yuzhen Sheng,
  • Yinchao Zhang,
  • Qianfang Zhang,
  • Pengsheng Ye,
  • Ling Huang and
  • Hualan Zeng
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Soil-borne diseases pose a severe threat to global agricultural production and food security. Traditional chemical control methods face significant challenges, including environmental pressure, pathogen resistance, and food safety concerns. The rhizo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Soil Microbial Ecology, 3rd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,396 Views
19 Pages

10 February 2026

Mediterranean agroforestry systems (AFSs), typified by the Iberian Dehesas and Portuguese Montados, are multifunctional landscapes where Quercus species act as ecological keystones sustaining biodiversity, soil fertility, and rural livelihoods. These...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,034 Views
32 Pages

Fucoidan Therapy for Extraintestinal Diseases: Targeting the Microbiota–Gut–Organ Axes

  • Xian Sun,
  • Ping Li,
  • Baoduan Chen,
  • Chong Chen and ,
  • Jing Zhao and
  • Sifan Sun
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 December 2025

The microbiota–gut–organ axis is widely recognized as a pivotal mediator of systemic health, primarily through gut-derived immune, metabolic, and inflammatory signaling. Fucoidans, a class of fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides pre...

(This article belongs to the Section Biological Factors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,130 Views
11 Pages

Alpha and Beta-diversity of Microbial Communities Associated to Plant Disease Suppressive Functions of On-farm Green Composts

  • Catello Pane,
  • Roberto Sorrentino,
  • Riccardo Scotti,
  • Marcella Molisso and ,
  • Antonio Di Matteo,
  • Giuseppe Celano and
  • Massimo Zaccardelli
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Green waste composts are obtained from agricultural production chains; their suppressive properties are increasingly being developed as a promising biological control option in the management of soil-borne phytopathogens. The wide variety of microbes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Composting and Organic Soil Amendments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,489 Views
16 Pages

17 August 2021

Plants are challenged with many kinds of biotic stresses caused by different living organisms, which result in various types of diseases, infections, and damage to crop plants and ultimately affect crop productivity. Plant disease management strategi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
167 Citations
51,152 Views
20 Pages

13 July 2023

Aging skin, wrinkles, pigmentation, and dryness are problems that plague people, and researchers are working to solve them. Recent studies have shown that intestinal microbiota homeostasis can influence skin health, demonstrating the existence of a g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diet and Nutrition: Metabolic Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,637 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Microbial Community on Soybean Cyst Nematode Under the Condition of Suppressive Soil

  • Jie Song,
  • Meiqi Liu,
  • Qin Yao,
  • Xiaoyu Zhang and ,
  • Zhiming Zhang,
  • Fengjuan Pan and
  • Yanli Xu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 June 2025

Disease-suppressive soils confer fitness advantages to plants after a disease outbreak due to the subsequent assembly of protective microbiota in natural environments. However, the role of ecological effects on the assemblage of a protective soil mic...

(This article belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,883 Views
13 Pages

30 October 2020

Endemic freshwater sponges (demosponges, Lubomirskiidae) dominate in Lake Baikal, Central Siberia, Russia. These sponges are multicellular filter-feeding animals that represent a complex consortium of many species of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. In re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression: “Bioinformatics of Gene Regulations and Structure”)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,031 Views
30 Pages

Biocontrol Microbial Inoculants Suppress Fusarium oxysporum-Associated Disease Symptoms in Rice and Reshape Multicompartment Microbiomes

  • Assemgul K. Sadvakasova,
  • Dilnaz E. Zaletova,
  • Meruyert O. Bauenova,
  • Bekzhan D. Kossalbayev and ,
  • Tao Xu,
  • Dariga K. Kirbayeva,
  • Lazzat Asylbekkyzy,
  • Huma Balouch,
  • Dauren Botbayev and
  • Altynbek A. Abseyt
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

26 June 2026

Fusarium oxysporum-associated disease symptoms in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings represent an experimentally tractable model for evaluating microbiome-mediated disease suppression under controlled conditions. Biological control of Fusarium-associat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advancements in Plant–Microbes Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,824 Views
10 Pages

Behavioral Suppression and Rapid Lethality: Beauveria bassiana B4 Targets Adult Monochamus alternatus for Sustainable Management of Pine Wilt Disease

  • Yaqi Zhang,
  • Xuejie Zhang,
  • Liudi An,
  • Dongfeng Gong and ,
  • Jinsheng Wang,
  • Huitao Bi,
  • Yi Zheng,
  • Lei Cao and
  • Shaohui Lu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

12 October 2025

Pine wilt disease, transmitted primarily by Monochamus alternatus (Hope, 1842) adults, causes severe ecological and economic losses globally. Conventional chemical controls face challenges of resistance and non-target toxicity. This study identified...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Integrated Pest Management: New Tools and Tactics for Pest Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,947 Views
15 Pages

7 April 2021

Soil fertility is a function of the level of organic and inorganic substances present in the soil, and it influences the activities of soil-borne microbes, plant growth performance and a host of other beneficial ecological functions. In this metageno...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)
  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
27 Citations
13,120 Views
23 Pages

Expanding Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Usage in the Corn–Soy–Wheat Rotation

  • Sara L. Wyngaarden,
  • Amélie C.M. Gaudin,
  • William Deen and
  • Ralph C. Martin

20 November 2015

A common agronomic recommendation is under-seeding red clover to wheat in the corn–soy–wheat rotation. As a leguminous cover crop, red clover boosts agro-ecological resilience and productivity through nitrogen fixation, as well as non-nitrogen-relate...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,534 Views
20 Pages

Postlarval shrimp frequently face threats from acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND). Although AHPND affects both postlarval and adult shrimp, abiotic and biotic factors are distinct between life stages, such as rearing water nutrient level...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Diseases of Aquatic Organisms)
  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
7,330 Views
17 Pages

The Suppressive Effects of Biochar on Above- and Belowground Plant Pathogens and Pests: A Review

  • Giuseppina Iacomino,
  • Mohamed Idbella,
  • Stefania Laudonia,
  • Francesco Vinale and
  • Giuliano Bonanomi

17 November 2022

Soilborne pathogens and pests in agroecosystems are serious problems that limit crop yields. In line with the development of more ecologically sustainable agriculture, the possibility of using biochar to control pests has been increasingly investigat...

(This article belongs to the Topic Plant-Associated Microbiota: From the Assembly to the Function)
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,732 Views
48 Pages

Biological Management of Soil-Borne Pathogens Through Tripartite Rhizosphere Interactions with Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi

  • Md. Motaher Hossain,
  • Farjana Sultana,
  • Mahabuba Mostafa,
  • Md. Tanbir Rubayet and ,
  • Nusrat Jahan Mishu,
  • Imran Khan and
  • Mohammad Golam Mostofa
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Soil-borne plant pathogens pose a serious threat to global food security by causing extensive yield losses and compromising crop quality. Conventional chemical-based control methods often prove inadequate, environmentally harmful, and disruptive to b...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,561 Views
18 Pages

Aspergillus Infections in Cetaceans: A Systematic Review of Clinical, Ecological, and Conservation Perspectives

  • Victor Garcia-Bustos,
  • Inmaculada Rosario Medina,
  • Marta Dafne Cabanero-Navalon,
  • Rosie S. Williams and ,
  • Shaheed Karl Macgregor,
  • Shinto Kunjamma John,
  • Francisco Javier Aznar,
  • Patricia Gozalbes and
  • Begoña Acosta-Hernández
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

7 June 2025

Aspergillus spp., particularly A. fumigatus, are increasingly reported as emerging pathogens in cetaceans, yet their clinical and ecological relevance remains poorly characterized. This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 34 studies involving...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Ecology and Genomics of Fungi)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,228 Views
24 Pages

Colletotrichum scovillei and Prospective Biocontrol Agents Isolated from Asymptomatic Olive Trees

  • Kallimachos Nifakos,
  • Polina C. Tsalgatidou,
  • Athanasios Tsafouros,
  • Christina Angeli and ,
  • Epaminondas Kartsonas,
  • Costas Delis,
  • Ioannis Charalampopoulos,
  • Anastasia Venieraki and
  • Panagiotis Katinakis
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Olive anthracnose is a major disease worldwide; although once chiefly attributed to Colletotrichum acutatum, it is now clear that the predominant pathogen varies among regions. In this study, we identified Colletotrichum scovillei for the first time...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Convergence: Microorganism Usage for Sustainability Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,134 Views
16 Pages

Continuous monoculture of Panax notoginseng leads to severe replant disease, yet the mechanisms by which root exudates mediate rhizosphere microbiome assembly and pathogen enrichment remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that long-term root...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Environmental Microbiology in China 2025)
  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,084 Views
22 Pages

The microbial community surrounding plant roots plays a vital role in plant growth, nutrient uptake, stress resilience and other potential functions. This review synthesizes available evidence that plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) not on...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2,646 Views
25 Pages

Rethinking Long-Term PPI Therapy in GERD: A Narrative Review from a Microbial Ecology Perspective Beyond Acid Suppression

  • Andrea Zanoni,
  • Sonia Facchin,
  • Valentina Mari,
  • Luisa Bertin and
  • Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino

30 April 2026

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common chronic disorder of the upper gastrointestinal tract, traditionally explained by an acid-centric model in which gastric acid causes mucosal injury and symptoms. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the...

(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
478 Views
17 Pages

Dual-Edged Roles of Fungal Chlamydospores in Plant Protection: Research Progress and Application Potential

  • Jie Mei,
  • Huanran Liu,
  • Ying Tian,
  • Yudie Lv and ,
  • Xiliang Jiang and
  • Mei Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 September 2026

Chlamydospores are thick-walled, dormant propagules formed by fungi in response to environmental stress. They play contrasting roles in plant protection: serving as persistent inocula of soil-borne pathogenic fungi that contribute to recurrent diseas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Biological Control and Ecological Interactions in Agroecosystems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
670 Views
23 Pages

Mechanistic Insights into Wildlife Cancer and Conservation Strategies Under the One Health Framework

  • Qiangqiang Wang,
  • Xiaoxuan Feng,
  • Yurun Su,
  • Naiwen Zhang and ,
  • Yevheniia Dudnyk and
  • Hongxuan He
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 August 2026

Cancer is increasingly recognized as an emerging concern in wildlife health and biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene. Although traditionally viewed as an individual disease associated primarily with aging, wildlife cancer is shaped by comple...

(This article belongs to the Section Veterinary Biomedical Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,558 Views
13 Pages

Studies on the Requirement of Transthyretin Protein (BxTTR-52) for the Suppression of Host Innate Immunity in Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

  • Tong-Yue Wen,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Xiao-Qin Wu,
  • Jian-Ren Ye and ,
  • Yi-Jun Qiu and
  • Lin Rui
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 December 2022

The pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, has been determined as one of the world’s top ten plant-parasitic nematodes. It causes pine wilt, a progressive disease that affects the economy and ecologically sustainable development in East...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
253 Citations
20,937 Views
15 Pages

Biocontrol of Postharvest Fruit Fungal Diseases by Bacterial Antagonists: A Review

  • Saul Carmona-Hernandez,
  • Juan J. Reyes-Pérez,
  • Roberto G. Chiquito-Contreras,
  • Gabriel Rincon-Enriquez and ,
  • Carlos R. Cerdan-Cabrera and
  • Luis G. Hernandez-Montiel
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This review deals with the main mechanisms of action exerted by antagonistic bacteria, such as competition for space and nutrients, suppression via siderophores, hydrolytic enzymes, antibiosis, biofilm formation, and induction of plant resistance. Th...

(This article belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,603 Views
23 Pages

Pine Rhizosphere Soil Microorganisms Enhance the Growth and Resistance of Pinus massoniana Against Nematode Infection

  • Jiacheng Zhu,
  • Chenxi Deng,
  • Yichi Zhang,
  • Manman Liu and ,
  • Guoying Zhou and
  • Junang Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Pine wilt disease, caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, poses severe ecological and economic threats to coniferous forests. This study isolated two fungal (Arthropsis hispanica, Penicillium sclerotiorum) and two bacterial (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interactions of Mycorrhizal Fungi and Other Soil Microorganisms with Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,963 Views
17 Pages

Crop rotation can improve soil properties and is one of the important measures to prevent soil-borne diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different preceding crops on clubroot disease in Chinese cabbage and soil microorganisms, to pr...

(This article belongs to the Topic Fungal Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,743 Views
15 Pages

Choline Metabolism to the Proatherogenic Metabolite Trimethylamine Occurs Primarily in the Distal Colon Microbiome In Vitro

  • Anthony M. Buckley,
  • Sarah Zaidan,
  • Michael G. Sweet,
  • Duncan J. Ewin and ,
  • Juanita G. Ratliff,
  • Aliyah Alkazemi,
  • William Davis Birch,
  • Ashley M. McAmis and
  • Andrew P. Neilson
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

16 August 2025

Background/Objectives: Gut microbial metabolism of choline and related quaternary amines to trimethylamine (TMA) is the first step in the production of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a circulating metabolite that contributes to the development of ath...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
10,180 Views
20 Pages

The escalating threats posed by plant pathogens and the environmental repercussions of conventional agrochemicals necessitate sustainable agricultural solutions. This review focuses on plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) such as bacteria, f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbiome in Ecosystem, 3rd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,745 Views
11 Pages

13 August 2020

Herbaceous grafting is a propagation method largely used in solanaceous and cucurbit crops for enhancing their agronomic performances especially under (a)biotic stress conditions. Besides these grafting-mediated benefits, recent advances about microb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Grafting as a Sustainable Means for Securing Yield Stability and Quality in Vegetable Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,117 Views
16 Pages

Three Pineapple Root VOCs Affect Soil Health via Microbial Changes in Banana Rhizosphere

  • Xinyue Chen,
  • Yunfeng Lu,
  • Taisheng Jiang,
  • Peize Li and ,
  • Xiaoqiang Deng,
  • Jinming Yang,
  • Beibei Wang and
  • Rong Li
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 October 2025

Soil-borne diseases of banana severely threaten the sustainable development of the banana industry. In the pineapple–banana rotation system, using rhizosphere microorganisms to control banana Fusarium wilt via pineapple root exudates is a promi...

(This article belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,819 Views
20 Pages

20 August 2020

Garlic substrate could influence plant growth through affecting soil microbiome structure. The relationship mechanism between changes in soil microbial communities, disease suppression and plant development, however, remains unclear, particularly in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Microbe Interaction 4.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
248 Citations
53,650 Views
26 Pages

Soil Microorganisms: Their Role in Enhancing Crop Nutrition and Health

  • Qingxia Chen,
  • Yingjie Song,
  • Yuxing An,
  • Yinglin Lu and
  • Guohua Zhong

29 November 2024

Maintaining soil health is fundamental to sustaining agricultural productivity, however, the intricate role of soil microbial diversity in this process is not fully understood. Current research acknowledges that soil microorganisms including bacteria...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,768 Views
49 Pages

Sampling Terrestrial Environments for Bacterial Polyketides

  • Patrick Hill,
  • Graham W. Heberlig and
  • Christopher N. Boddy

Bacterial polyketides are highly biologically active molecules that are frequently used as drugs, particularly as antibiotics and anticancer agents, thus the discovery of new polyketides is of major interest. Since the 1980s discovery of polyketides...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polyketides)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
12,178 Views
17 Pages

Effective Applications of Trichoderma spp. as Biofertilizers and Biocontrol Agents Mitigate Tomato Fusarium Wilt Disease

  • Eman F. A. Awad-Allah,
  • Amany H. M. Shams,
  • Amira A. Helaly and
  • Entsar I. M. Ragheb

19 November 2022

Eco-friendly and sustainable plant disease management employing Trichoderma spp. as bioagents is an economically feasible and ecologically sustainable approach. Therefore, their use in agriculture should be encouraged. The two main goals of the prese...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
784 Views
14 Pages

Microbial Ecology of Sulfur Mustard Toxicity: From Dysbiosis to Restoration

  • Xinkang Zhang,
  • Guanchao Mao,
  • Zhipeng Pei,
  • Yunrui Sun and ,
  • Jinfeng Cen,
  • Shanshan Zhang,
  • Songling Li,
  • Wenqi Meng,
  • Kai Xiao and
  • Mingxue Sun
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Sulfur mustard (SM) causes multi-organ toxicity, yet its impact on intestinal tissue and the associated gut microbiota remains poorly characterized. This study demonstrates that in a mouse model of SM exposure, gut microbial ecological collapse occur...

(This article belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,176 Views
15 Pages

Microbial Insights into Biofortified Common Bean Cultivation

  • Alexander Machado Cardoso,
  • Carlos Vinicius Ferreira da Silva and
  • Vânia Lúcia de Pádua

15 January 2024

Microorganisms play a fundamental role in sustainable agriculture, and their importance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivation cannot be underestimated. This review article aims to comprehensively explore the diverse roles of microorganisms...

(This article belongs to the Section Biology Research and Life Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,275 Views
17 Pages

Synthetic Oligopeptides Mimicking γ-Core Regions of Cysteine-Rich Peptides of Solanum lycopersicum Possess Antimicrobial Activity against Human and Plant Pathogens

  • Marina P. Slezina,
  • Ekaterina A. Istomina,
  • Ekaterina V. Kulakovskaya,
  • Tatiana N. Abashina and
  • Tatyana I. Odintsova

24 September 2021

Plant cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs) represent a diverse group of molecules involved in different aspects of plant physiology. Antimicrobial peptides, which directly suppress the growth of pathogens, are regarded as promising templates for the develop...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Current Issues in Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,804 Views
28 Pages

Pathogen Identification, Antagonistic Microbe Screening, and Biocontrol Strategies for Aconitum carmichaelii Root Rot

  • Xingxun Dai,
  • Yuqin He,
  • Yu Su,
  • Huishu Mo and ,
  • Weichun Li,
  • Wanting Li,
  • Shuhui Zi,
  • Lufeng Liu and
  • Yining Di
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The undefined microbial ecology of Aconitum carmichaelii root rot in western Yunnan constrains the advancement of eco-friendly control strategies. The identification of potential pathogenic determinants affecting A. carmichaelii growth is imperative...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
897 Views
26 Pages

16 June 2026

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide, and first-line systemic treatment has shifted toward immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based combinations. Response is heterogeneous, and mechanistic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cancer and Immune System Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,033 Views
19 Pages

Significant Roles of Nanomaterials for Enhancing Disease Resistance in Rice: A Review

  • Yi Chen,
  • Li Zhu,
  • Xinyao Yan,
  • Zhangjun Liao and ,
  • Wen Teng,
  • Yule Wang,
  • Zhiguang Xing,
  • Yun Chen and
  • Lijun Liu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

12 August 2025

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple crop for over half of the global population; however, pathogenic infections pose significant threats to its sustainable production. Although chemical pesticides are commonly employed for disease control, their prolo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Inspirations concerning Breeding and Cultivation Practice to Enhance Crop Productivity and Their Essentials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
262 Views
16 Pages

Plant disease biocontrol represents an effective and ecologically sustainable approach for managing fungal phytopathogens. Although our previous study confirmed that Bacillus velezensis BV01 possesses potent antagonistic activities against phytopatho...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,899 Views
20 Pages

29 May 2025

The rapid expansion of aquaculture is vital for global food security, yet it faces persistent threats from disease outbreaks, vaccine inefficacy, and antibiotic overuse, all of which undermine sustainability. Conventional vaccines often fail to induc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,995 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Resistance-Inducing Chemical Elicitors against Pine Wilt Disease on the Rhizosphere Microbiome

  • Mohamed Mannaa,
  • Gil Han,
  • Hee Won Jeon,
  • Junheon Kim and ,
  • Namgyu Kim,
  • Ae Ran Park,
  • Jin-Cheol Kim and
  • Young-Su Seo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Pine wilt disease (PWD) caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is a major threat to pine forests worldwide. Induction of resistance is a promising and safe management option that should be investigated in relation to its possible influence on the pine...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)

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