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Novel applications of the tomato microbiome: Roles and considerations for agriculture, human health, and society

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 530-555, March 2026.
Plants, like humans, have a microbiome that helps them grow, defend themselves against pathogens, acquire nutrients, and protect themselves against environmental stresses. The microbiome of tomatoes, a staple crop grown worldwide, could be utilized not only to reduce fertilizer and pesticide applications, but also to clean up harmful pollutants ...
Sean Lindert, Kathryn Kingsley, Peerapol Chiaranunt, James F. White   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land-Use Type Drives Soil Population Structures of the Entomopathogenic Fungal Genus Metarhizium

Microorganisms, 2021
Species of the fungal genus Metarhizium are globally distributed pathogens of arthropods, and a number of biological control products based on these fungi have been commercialized to control a variety of pest arthropods. In this study, we investigate the
María Fernández-Bravo, Florian Gschwend, Johanna Mayerhofer, Anna Hug, Franco Widmer, Jürg Enkerli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Factors Involved in Plant–Insect–Microbe Interactions Expanded: Genome Analysis and Description of Frigoribacterium adelgis sp. nov.

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.
Aerobic Actinobacteria belonging to the genus Frigoribacterium were isolated from adelgid Adelges (Aphrastasia) pectinatae collected from a Korean fir tree. Genomic analysis showed that these bacteria encode a range of factors that may be involved in the interactions between Frigoribacterium strains, adelgids and/or Korean fir trees.
Gustė Tamošiūnaitė, Jekaterina Havelka, Raimonda Baranauskienė, Justas Lazutka, Nomeda Kuisiene   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycophagous Mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Prefers to Feed on Entomopathogenic Fungi, except Metarhizium Generalists

Microorganisms
(1) Background: The mycophagous mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, was found to feed on entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) in our previous experiments, which seriously impacted the culture and preservation of fungal strains.
Cuiyi Ou, Qichun Chen, Xiangyu Hu, Yuhao Zeng, Ke Zhang, Qiongbo Hu, Qunfang Weng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual Disruption of the Immune Cytokine Spätzle Facilitates Fungal Infection of Diverse Insect Hosts

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 1, 5 January 2026.
The Toll pathway is essential for insect defense against fungal pathogens. This works reports that fungal parasites employ two divergent virulent effectors to target the Toll receptor ligand Spätzle: a metalloprotease degrading it and a hairpin‐like effector hijacking it to block signal transduction. This dual strategy enables the fungus to kill a wide
Shuangxiu Song, Shiqin Li, Yujuan Luo, Dongxiang Wei, Junmei Shang, Hongyun Wu, Gangqi Fang, Chengshu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metarhizium-Inoculated Coffee Seeds Promote Plant Growth and Biocontrol of Coffee Leaf Miner

Microorganisms
Metarhizium (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) has a multifunctional life cycle, establishing as a plant endophyte and acting as entomopathogenic fungi. Metarhizium robertsii and Metarhizium brunneum can be associated with coffee plants and provide enhanced ...
Jéssica Letícia Abreu Martins, Mayara Loss Franzin, Douglas da Silva Ferreira, Larissa Cristina Rocha Magina, Elem Fialho Martins, Laís Viana Paes Mendonça, Wânia dos Santos Neves, Angelo Pallini, Fernando Hercos Valicente, Jason M. Schmidt, Simon Luke Elliot, Madelaine Venzon   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control of Woolly Apple Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) by Augmenting Earwigs (Forficula auricularia) in the Canopy of Apple Trees

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 1, Page 61-73, January 2026.
Apple trees provisioned with five earwigs and a refuge made a small but not significant contribution to woolly apple aphid control. ABSTRACT Woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), is a damaging pest of apple (Malus domestica F.) found in most regions of the world where apples grow.
M. T. Fountain, A. Walker, C. X. Silva, G. Deakin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant microbiome analysis after Metarhizium amendment reveals increases in abundance of plant growth-promoting organisms and maintenance of disease-suppressive soil.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The microbial community in the plant rhizosphere is vital to plant productivity and disease resistance. Alterations in the composition and diversity of species within this community could be detrimental if microbes suppressing the activity of pathogens ...
Larissa Barelli, Alison S Waller, Scott W Behie, Michael J Bidochka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tri‐trophic interactions of soil mite Sancassania polyphyllae (Acari: Acaridae) with fungal biocontrol agents

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Mycophagous invertebrates can significantly impact the efficacy of fungal biocontrol agents; yet the interaction between these agents and Sancassania polyphyllae (Acari: Acaridae), commonly found in soil ecosystems, remains poorly understood. Our study demonstrates that Sa.
Mustapha Touray, Harun Cimen, Ibrahim Cakmak, Selcuk Hazir   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metarhizium robertsii interactions with Phaseolus vulgaris (Haricot Bean)

, 2021
Metarhizium is an insect pathogenic fungus, as well as a plant root symbiont. During symbiotic interactions, it can benefit the plant by improving plant growth, antagonizing plant pathogens and herbivores, and enhancing plant tolerance to abiotic ...
Hu, Shasha
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