Provided herein are plants that reduce growth of a fungal pathogen, increase resistance of the plant to a fungal pathogen, or a combination thereof. The plant includes a polynucleotide that reduces expression of a coding region present in a fungal pathogen, such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum or Botrytis cinerea. The polynucleotide can be present on the surface of the plant, expressed by a plant, or a combination thereof. Also provided are methods of making and methods of using the plants.

Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical and/or personal care products and applications.

The present invention concerns the use of the microorganisms species Pseudomonas trivialis, Pseudomonas lurida, Phaeophlebiopsis sp., Periconia macrospinosa for preventing and/or treating Fusarium head blight in cereal plants and/or grains.

In a method for preparing granules containing filamentary fungi, a filamentary fungi culture is mixed with at least one modified starch and a starchy flour, then fillers and possible nutrients are added to the obtained product, obtaining a paste that is subsequently subjected to granulation and drying.

Provided herein are compounds that exhibit activity as acetyl-CoA carboxylase modulators (e.g., inhibitors) and are useful, for example, in methods for the control of fungal pathogens in plants.

Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical and/or personal care products and applications.

The present invention provides novel microbial inoculant compositions for uses in promoting plant growth, plant productivity and/or soil quality. The novel microbial inoculant compositions comprise one or more microbial species, one or more urease inhibitors and/or nitrification inhibitors. The present invention also provides fertilizer compositions comprising said microbial inoculant compositions.

Described is an isolated strain of the fungus Colonostachys rosea termed BVT Cr-7 useful as a biological control agent for the treatment of plants. The isolated strain, formulations comprising said strain and/or spores derived from said strain may be applied to plants or plant materials in order to improve plant yield, to improve plant growth, or for the treatment or prevention of diseases or pathogens in the plant.

The present technology relates generally to compositions, methods and systems entailing one or more microbial species or microbe derivatives therefrom or combinations of a microbial species pins at least one microbe derivative, in combination with one or more agricultural chemicals such as a fungicide, an insecticide, a nematicide, a bacteriocide, an herbicide or a mixture thereof for application to crops for enhanced growth and performance. The microbial species are preferably selected from the group consisting of Trichoderma virens, Trichoderma atroviride, Trichoderma afroharzianum, Trichoderma strain K1, Trichoderma strain K2, Trichoderma strain K3: Trichoderma strain K4, Trichoderma strain K5 and mixtures thereof. The microbe derivatives are preferably microbial metabolites selected from the group consisting of 6-pentyl pyrone, harzianic acid, hydtra 1, harzinolide, 1-octene-3-ol and mixtures thereof. The compositions are preferably applied to seeds of the crop or by any of the common methods onto the crop in the field.

An agricultural medium to control plant disease and nematodes by first applying to the agricultural medium an effective amount of an aqueous peroxyacetic acid composition; and then inoculating the soil with beneficial organisms.