Endophytic Beauveria bassiana can protect the rice plant from sheath blight of rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani and enhance plant growth parameters

Pectin-Coated Iron-Based Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles for Enhanced Foliar Adhesion and Targeted Delivery of Fungicides

“…With the addition of pectinase, the cumulative release rates of TF@Fe-MOF-PT NPs increased to 40.07% and 87.44% in the pH 5+pectinase and pH 5+H 2 O 2 +pectinase solutions, respectively, suggesting that the incorporation of pectinase facilitated the release of TF. These results indicated that the TF@Fe-MOF-PT NPs had excellent responses to the reactive oxygen species and pectinase and that pectinase secreted at the early stage of R. solani invasion into the rice cells and reactive oxygen species produced at the target site specifically released active components for long-term control of the disease. , …”

“…These results indicated that the TF@Fe-MOF-PT NPs had excellent responses to the reactive oxygen species and pectinase and that pectinase secreted at the early stage of R. solani invasion into the rice cells and reactive oxygen species produced at the target site specifically released active components for long-term control of the disease. 42,43 To explore the release mechanism for the TF@Fe-MOF-PT NPs, the cumulative release rate data for the drugs were fitted with the zero-order, first-order, Korsmeyer−Peppas and Higuchi models, and the results are shown in Table S2. The TF@Fe-MOF data were more consistent with the Korsmeyer− Peppas model for pH 7 and pH 5 solutions, with correlation coefficients R 2 of 0.9844 and 0.9789, respectively.…”

Endophytic Beauveria bassiana promotes plant biomass growth and suppresses pathogen damage by directional recruitment

“…Numerous studies have shown that EPF are associated directly with plants, and they are considered extremely important partners in plant development. EPF have attracted the interest of researchers in recent years because of the benefits they confer to their hosts, especially in the form of plant growth promotion ( Ownley et al, 2010 ; Barra-Bucarei et al, 2020 ; Deb et al, 2022 ). In the present study, B. bassiana had positive effects on root length and tomato seedling height after inoculation, which is consistent with the findings of other studies showing that EPF could endophytically colonize and promote plant growth, both in monocots and in dicots ( Vega, 2008 , 2018 ; Mantzoukas and Eliopoulos, 2020 ).…”

First record of Aspergillus nomiae as a broad-spectrum entomopathogenic fungus that provides resistance against phytopathogens and insect pests by colonization of plants

“…In recent years, EPF strains with multiple control effects on plant disease and insect pests are gradually becoming a research hotspot, which means that the EPF can not only directly kill insects, but also form symbioses with plants through endophytic colonization, via various methods including foliar spraying, seed treatment, root irrigation, and injection ( Ownley et al, 2008 ; Greenfield et al, 2016 ; Bamisile et al, 2019 ; Hu and Bidochka, 2021 ). It is reported that some EPF strains can promote the biomass of plants after colonization ( Bamisile et al, 2018 ; Deb et al, 2022 ; Altaf et al, 2023 ), especially having the ability to affect the growth and development of pests and subsequently reducing their survival and reproduction ( González-Mas et al, 2021 ; Altaf et al, 2023 ). Moreover, the colonization of EPF in plants can inhibit phytopathogen growth and induce plant resistance against infection ( Barra-Bucarei et al, 2019 ; Gange et al, 2019 ; Canassa et al, 2020 ).…”