Crop protection

The tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Šulc, originating from North and Central America, poses a serious threat to Solanaceae crops in Australia....

Tomato cultivation across the world is severely affected by emerging plant viruses. An effective method for protection of commercial crops...

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is regulated as a quarantine pest in many countries worldwide. To assess whether ToBRFV...

Chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most important commercially cultivated and consumed vegetables in Turkey. During a...

Fresh fruits and vegetables contaminated with microbial pathogens can cause outbreaks of food poisoning and other enteric diseases if consumed...

Root-knot nematodes, particularly, Meloidogyne incognita, are among the most destructive endoparasitic nematodes, infecting a diverse range of plant hosts. Nematode-trapping fungi...

Three fluorinated, one carbamate nematicide, as well as two biological control agents were tested in greenhouse trials to determine their...

Soft rot is the most important bacterial disease of postharvest pepper during storage and transportation. Pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum, Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. were verified...

The spectral quality of sunlight reaching plants in greenhouses has long been recognized as an area ripe for optimization. Recent...

Botrytis cinerea, commonly known as grey mould, is a necrotrophic polyphagous pathogen belonging to the phylum Ascomycota. B. cinerea has a remarkable...