One of the pressing issues in agriculture today is low crop yields due to plant diseases and pathogens. Chemical pesticides have generously been applied as remedies to improve the situation, but continue to be shunned ...

Recent decades have witnessed increased agricultural production to match the global demand for food fueled by population increase. Conventional agricultural practices are heavily reliant on artificial fertilizers that have ...

Global food security continues to be threatened by plant pests and diseases. While chemical pesticides are conventionally used to combat these pests and diseases, their overreliance is worrying in the context of environmental ...