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Roots to roofs: Farmers' perceived socio-ecological impacts of converting mango orchards to urban areas in Multan, Pakistan

Zamam Hassan, Fawad Z.A. Khan, Adel S. Aldosary, Baqer Al-Ramadan et al. • Environmental Challenges (2024)

The process of urban growth often results in the conversion of agricultural spaces, including orchards. In Pakistan, Multan - widely known as the city of Mangoes - has seen exponential urban growth in the past couple of decades, resulting i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2024.100935

Endophytic Bacillus spp. as a Prospective Biological Tool for Control of Viral Diseases and Non-vector Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. in Solanum tuberosum L.

Antonina Sorokan, Ekaterina Cherepanova, Guzel Burkhanova, Svetlana Veselova et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

Viral diseases and their damage causing significant loss to economically important crops have increased by several folds during the last decade. All the conventional approaches are not able to eradicate the viral infection. Therefore, there...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.569457

First report of Cladobotryum verticillatum (Ascomycota, Hypocreaceae) causing cobweb disease on Paxillus involutus

Xiaoya An, Guohui Cheng, Hanxing Gao, Yang Yang et al. • Biodiversity Data Journal (2022)

Paxillus, a type of ectomycorrhizal fungi distributed widely in the world, is also an essential category for researching bioactive substances and pharmacological functions. We discovered fruitbodies of Paxillus involutus covered in a layer ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e87697

Endophyte <i>Bacillus vallismortis</i> BL01 to Control Fungal and Bacterial Phytopathogens of Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.) Plants

Vladimir K. Chebotar, Maria S. Gancheva, Elena P. Chizhevskaya, Anastasia V. Erofeeva et al. • Horticulturae (2024)

Some strains of Bacillus vallismortis have been reported to be efficient biocontrol agents against tomato pathogens. The aim of our study was to assess the biocontrol ability of the endophytic strain BL01 Bacillus vallismortis through in vi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae10101095

Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Two <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.—<i>Dasypyrum villosum</i> Translocations Lines in the Same Wheat Genetic Background

Baicui Wang, Xiaolan Ma, Xingguo Ye, Yilin Zhou et al. • Agronomy (2021)

A wheat 660K chip was used to genotype two wheat-Dasypyrum villosum 6V#4S.6DL and 6V#2S.6AL translocation lines (A303 and B303) and their common wheat recurrent parent Wan7107. The results showed that these three lines have similar characte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11020399

Transgenerational Effects of a Neonicotinoid and a Novel Sulfoximine Insecticide on the Harlequin Ladybird

Changchun Dai, Michele Ricupero, Zequn Wang, Nicolas Desneux et al. • Insects (2021)

The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is a generalist predator and an effective biocontrol agent of various insect pests that has been exploited for the control of aphid pests in the greenhouse and fi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/insects12080681

The еffect of fungicides on the development of diseases and soybean yield in the Forest steppe of Ukraine

V. Sergiienko, O. Shyta, A. Khudolii • Карантин і захист рослин (2021)

Goal. To study the effectiveness of modern fungicides against the most common diseases of soybeans during the growing season and their effect on crop productivity in the Forest-steppe of Ukraine. Methods. Field, phytopathological, statis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.36495/2312-0614.2021.3.18-23

The StABI5-<i>StCAT1</i> Module Regulates Potato Resistance to Early Blight Through the ROS Signaling Pathway

Bingbing Li, Mengxiang Shi, Yunjing Zhang, Xin Liu et al. • Biology (2026)

Potato early blight is a fungal disease caused by Alternaria solani that seriously affects potato production. Catalase (CAT), an important antioxidant enzyme in plants, regulates the basal immune response to necrotrophic pathogens by decomp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology15151250

Development of a Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Rapid Detection of Olea Europaea Geminivirus

Sofia Bertacca, Andrea Giovanni Caruso, Daniela Trippa, Annalisa Marchese et al. • Plants (2022)

A real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed for simple, rapid and efficient detection of the Olea europaea geminivirus (OEGV), a virus recently reported in different olive cultivation areas worldwide. A pre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants11050660

Determination of fitness traits of Orius strigicollis Poppius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using two-sex life table analysis

Shahzaib Ali, Qian Zhu, Waqar Jaleel, Shakeel Ur Rehman et al. • PeerJ (2020)

Background Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) is a destructive insect pest of cotton crops in China and globally, which is actively predated on by Orius strigicollis. Studies on the fitness or survival of O. strigicollis fed on P. gos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9594

The Infection Route of Tomato Zonate Spot Virus in the Digestive System of Its Insect Vector Frankliniella occidentalis

Yong Chen, Yong Chen, Yuyan Liu, Liang Wang et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Tomato zonate spot virus (TZSV) is a phytopathogen of the genus Orthotospovirus (Bunyaviridae) that is widespread in many areas of Southwest China. TZSV is mainly transmitted by Frankliniella occidentalis, but its exact infection route rema...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.911751

Synergistic effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Isaria javanica and low doses of dinotefuran on the efficient control of the rice pest Sogatella furcifera

Tingting Zhou, Qian Zhao, Chengzhou Li, Lu Ye et al. • Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2024)

The rice planthopper, Sogatella furcifera, is a piercing-sucking insect pest of rice, Oryza sativa. It is responsible for significant crop yield losses, and has developed moderate to high resistance to several commonly used chemical insecti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2023.06.007

Effects of Kathon, a Chemical Used Widely as a Microbicide, on the Survival of Two Species of Mosquitoes

Wen-Ze He, Li-Long Pan, Wen-Hao Han, Shaaban Abd-Rabou et al. • Molecules (2021)

In recent decades, demands for novel insecticides against mosquitoes are soaring, yet candidate chemicals with desirable properties are limited. Kathon is a broad-spectrum isothiazolinone microbicide, but other applications remain uncharact...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144177

Whole-Genome Resequencing Reveals Genetic Variation and Selection Signals in <i>Fusarium acuminatum</i> Causing <i>Astragalus</i> Root Rot

Bingyan Xia, Jieyin Chen, Bin Ma, Xiaofeng Dai et al. • Journal of Fungi (2026)

Astragalus root rot is a soil-borne disease primarily caused by Fusarium spp., which severely hampers the sustainable development of the Astragalus industry. F. acuminatum is a predominant pathogen causing this disease. To elucidate the gen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jof12070476

Molecular Taxonomy of Conogethes punctiferalis and Conogethes pinicolalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

Jing WANG, Tian-tao ZHANG, Zhen-ying WANG, Kang-lai HE et al. • Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2014)

Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was originally considered as one species with fruit-feeding type (FFT) and pinaceae-feeding type (PFT), but it has subsequently been divided into two different species of Conogethes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60678-4

Ovule and seed development of crop plants in response to climate change

Mohammad Erfatpour, Dustin MacLean, Rachid Lahlali, Yunfei Jiang • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2024)

The ovule is a plant structure that upon fertilization, transforms into a seed. Successful fertilization is required for optimum crop productivity and is strongly affected by environmental conditions including temperature and precipitation....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1495610

Monitoring of <i>Fusarium</i> Species and Trichothecene Genotypes Associated with <i>Fusarium</i> Head Blight on Wheat in Hebei Province, China

Lijing Ji, Qiusheng Li, Yajiao Wang, Lester W Burgess et al. • Toxins (2019)

To clarify the changes in field populations of Fusarium head blight (FHB) pathogens over a decade, Fusarium species and trichothecene genotypes associated with FHB on wheat were monitored in Hebei province during the periods 2005&#8722;2006...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/toxins11050243

Effects of Organic/Synthetic Fertilizers on Stimulated Biosynthesis of Polyphenol Compounds: Efficiency and Sustainability of Plants and Weeds in Monoculture and Competitive Conditions

Danijela Šikuljak, Sanja Đurović, Ana Anđelković, Layth Nesseef et al. • Agronomy (2026)

Intensified use of fertilizers enhances crop yield; however, it can also make weed management more challenging. In addition to providing nutrients to crops, fertilizers also provide nutrients to weeds when they grow together with crops. All...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy16141334

Combined Effect of Silica Applications and Nitrogen Fertilizers on Two Rice Cultivars and Infestation Rate by Stem Borer, Chilo agamemnon Bles

AL-Shymaa AL-Mokadem, A. Taha, H. Saleh • Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology (2020)

Field experiments were conducted at Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt; to investigate the effect silica combined with mineral nitrogen on rice yield, and stem borer Chilo agamemnon Bles. Applying potassium ore combined with 92 kg N/fed. Produced...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2020.87017