Polygalacturonases (PGs) are pectinolytic enzymes with wide industrial applications. The demand for the enzyme and its producing organism is rapidly increasing. Enzymes from filamentous fungi have been subject to vast number of studies due to their functional role in the organism as well as their advantage as models for enzyme production and their characteristics. The objective of the study was...

Soil amendments like compost and biochar are known to affect soil properties, plant growth as well as soil borne plant pathogens. Complex interactions based on microbial activity and abiotic characteristics are supposed to be responsible for suppressive properties of certain substrates, however, the specific mechanisms of action are still widely unknown. In the present study, the main focus was...

Two bacterial species; Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida and three different chemical compounds; copper sulphate (CuSO4), Indole butyric acid (IBA) and potassium chloride (KCl) were tested for their ability to induce resistance in lupine plants against wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lupini. Treatment of seeds with the selected bacterial species and chemical compou...