H G Gowtham, P Hema, Mahadevamurthy Murali, N Shilpa, K Nataraj, G L Basavaraj, Sudarshana Brijesh Singh, Mohammed Aiyaz, A C Udayashankar, Kestur Nagaraj Amruthesh
The escalating global food demand driven by a gradually expanding human population necessitates strategies to improve agricultural productivity favorably and mitigate crop yield loss caused by various stressors (biotic and abiotic). Biotic stresses are caused by phytopathogens, pests, and nematodes, along with abiotic stresses like salt, heat, drought, and heavy metals, which pose serious risks to food security and agricultural productivity. Presently, the traditional methods relying on synthetic chemicals have led to ecological damage through unintended impacts on non-target organisms and the emergence of microbes that are resistant to them...
January 30, 2024: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)