Rachel L. Melnick

The beneficial endophyte Trichoderma hamatum isolate DIS 219b promotes growth and delays the onset of the drought response in Theobroma cacao

Hanhong Bae, Richard C. Sicher, M. S. Kim et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2009 · 483 citations · Full text

Endophytic <i>Trichoderma</i> Isolates from Tropical Environments Delay Disease Onset and Induce Resistance Against <i>Phytophthora capsici</i> in Hot Pepper Using Multiple Mechanisms

Hanhong Bae, Daniel P. Roberts, Hyoun–Sub Lim et al. · Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · 2010 · 208 citations · Full text

Biology, Plant-pathogen Interaction, Plant-microbe Interaction +9

Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. from annual crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao

Rachel L. Melnick, Nina K. Zidack, Bryan A. Bailey et al. · Biological Control · 2008 · 158 citations

Biology, Annual Crops, Plant-microbe Interaction +10

Genome and secretome analysis of the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen, Moniliophthora roreri, which causes frosty pod rot disease of cacao: mechanisms of the biotrophic and necrotrophic phases

Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Gustavo G.L. Costa, Daniela PT Thomazella et al. · BMC Genomics · 2014 · 113 citations · Full text

Isolation of endophytic endospore-forming bacteria from Theobroma cacao as potential biological control agents of cacao diseases

Rachel L. Melnick, Carmen Becerra Suárez, Bryan A. Bailey et al. · Biological Control · 2011 · 99 citations

Endophyte Research, Endophytic Endospore-forming Bacteria, Microbial Ecology +6