Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) is a highly consumed and produced vegetable crop with an annual global production of over 185 million tonnes. High consumption are due to its nutritional health benefits. However, tomato characterized by inconsistent quality yields, partly emanating from biotic constraints attributed fungal foliar diseases. In Kirinyaga County, where significant source live...

Here we document a 1000-year fungal record from the raised-field region of Llanos de Moxos, seasonally inundated forest-savanna mosaic in Bolivian Amazon. Fungi are extremely sensitive to changes vegetation due their close relationship with local environment, providing useful proxy for past and land-use change. remains non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) identified sediment core taken Laguna El Cerr...

As a polyphagous organism, Rhizoctonia is one of the most infectious soil-borne pathogens for many plant species. To reduce this threat to plants and hence provide good quality products end-user, it crucial develop sophisticated environmental friendly protection methods. One such method biological control using beneficial agents, e.g., microorganisms as bacteria fungi, but also mites or insects...