Resistance induction with silicon in Hass avocado plants inoculated with Rands.

Root rot caused by Rands, is one of the main factors that limits avocado production worldwide; silicon as a defense inducer seems to be a viable strategy to integrate into the management of this disease. Hereby, the present study evaluated the induction of resistance with silicon in Hass avocado plants inoculated with , as a possible alternative to conventional agrochemical management. A potassium silicate solution (10 mL, 0.

Introducing Lipophilicity to (Polyhydroxyalkyl)thiazolidine Carboxylic Acids Via Acylation.

The therapeutic efficacy of bioactive compounds is related to their bioavailability. In turn, the bioavailability depends on the equilibrium between the hydrophilicity and the lipophilicity. 2()-(Polyhydroxyalkyl)thiazolidine-4() carboxylic acids (TCAs), obtained from the condensation of l-cysteine and an aldose, have been recognized as nontoxic precursors of glutathione with important preventive and therapeutic effects.

Oligosaccharides: Defense Inducers, Their Recognition in Plants, Commercial Uses and Perspectives.

Plants have innate immune systems or defense mechanisms that respond to the attack of pathogenic microorganisms. Unlike mammals, they lack mobile defense cells, so defense processes depend on autonomous cellular events with a broad repertoire of recognition to detect pathogens, which compensates for the lack of an adaptive immune system. These defense mechanisms remain inactive or latent until they are activated after exposure or contact with inducing agents, or after the application of the inductor; they remain inactive only until they are affected by a pathogen or challenged by an elicitor from the same.

Rice-Associated Rhizobacteria as a Source of Secondary Metabolites against .

Various diseases, including bacterial panicle blight (BPB) and sheath rot, threaten rice production. It has been established that () is the causative agent of the above mentioned pathologies. In the present study, antagonistic activity, growth promotion, and the metabolite profiles of two rhizobacteria, isolated in different paddy fields, were assessed against .