Root mutualistic microbes can modulate the production of plant secondary metabolites affecting plant–herbivore interactions. Still, the main mechanisms underlying the impact of root mutualists on herbivore performance remain ambiguous. In particular, little is known about how changes in the plant...
Contamination of fresh produce with human pathogens remains a serious public health and economic concerns due to the absence of effective kill steps in the farm-to-fork chain. In particular, the pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in multiple illness outbreaks linked to lettuc...