Late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is the most devastating disease of potato crops worldwide. Control practices mostly rely on synthetic fungicides or copper-based products. In recent years, biological control agents have generated significant enthusiasm as eco-friendly sustainable alternatives. Here, filtrates 149 filamentous fungi and yeasts were tested in vitro against P. MUCL 5498...

Societal Impact Statement Sorghum is an important cereal crop that provides calories and nutrients for much of the world's population, it often grown with low fertiliser input. Optimising yield, nutritive content bioavailability sorghum grain minimal input importance human nutrition, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have previously shown potential to assist in this. Across genetic diversity, A...

ThegenusBancousPic,originallydescribedintheHeteromera(Rhysopaussidae)andlatertransferred to Cucujiformia (incertae sedis), was found to be congeneric withRhamphideraSkelley (Erotylidae).Bancous is here placed in the family Erotylidae (Erotylinae, Tritomini) and Rhamphidera is moved into synonymy. This synonymycreates twonewcombinations:Bancousperplexus (Skelley) andBancous eureka (Skelley).Banc...

The growth dynamics of extraradical mycelium and spore formation of 14 "Rhizophagus" isolates from different sites in Argentina were evaluated under monoxenic conditions. A modified Gompertz model was used to characterize the development of mycelium and spores for each isolate under the same conditions. The lag time, maximal growth rate and total quantity of both extraradical hyphae and spores ...