First Report of Causing Root Rot on Lentil in France and Cross-Pathogenicity on Pea.

Root rot affects legumes such as lentil (Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris Medik.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.

Screening for potential mycoherbicides within the endophyte community of Phelipanche ramosa parasitizing tobacco.

Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel) is an achlorophyllous root parasitic plant with a wide host range. Its complex management is leading to the abandonment of tobacco or oilseed rape cultivation in the most affected regions in France.

Weeds Harbor an Impressive Diversity of Fungi, Which Offers Possibilities for Biocontrol.

The use of herbicides for weed control is very common, but some of them represent a threat to human health, are environmentally detrimental, and stimulate herbicide resistance. Therefore, using microorganisms as natural herbicides appears as a promising alternative. The mycoflorae colonizing different species of symptomatic and asymptomatic weeds were compared to characterize the possible mycoherbicidal candidates associated with symptomatic weeds.

Metatranscriptomic Comparison of Endophytic and Pathogenic -Arabidopsis Interactions Reveals Plant Transcriptional Plasticity.

Plants are continuously exposed to beneficial and pathogenic microbes, but how plants recognize and respond to friends versus foes remains poorly understood. Here, we compared the molecular response of independently challenged with a endophyte Fo47 versus a pathogen Fo5176. These two strains share a core genome of about 46 Mb, in addition to 1,229 and 5,415 unique accessory genes.