Endophytic : Potential and Prospects for Plant Health Management.

The fungus is widely regarded as the most common fungal biocontrol agent for plant health management. More than 25 species have been extensively studied and have demonstrated significant potential in inhibiting not only phytopathogen growth but also insect pest infestations. In addition to their use as biopesticides, there is increasing evidence that several species can function as fungal endophytes by colonizing the tissues of specific plants.

Toward Decentralized Agrigenomic Surveillance? A Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Approach for Adaptable and Rapid Detection of User-Defined Fungal Pathogens in Potato Crops.

Agrigenomics is one of the emerging focus areas for omics sciences. Yet, agrigenomics differs from medical omics applications such as pharmacogenomics and precision medicine, by virtue of vastly distributed geography of applications at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition, and genomics research streams. Crucially, agrigenomics can address diagnostics and safety surveillance needs in remote and rural farming communities or decentralized food, crop, and environmental monitoring programs for prompt, selective, and differential identification of pathogens.