The strongly antifungal phytoalexins brassilexin and sinalexin were metabolized by the stem rot fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to glucosyl derivatives, whereas the phytoalexins brassicanal A, spirobrassinin and 1-methoxyspirobrassinin, displaying lower antifungal activity, were transformed via non-glucosylating pathways. Significantly, these transformations led to metabolites displaying no det...

Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive and endospore producing bacterium. Limited studies have shown that lipopeptides produced by B. can be inhibitory to phytopathogens. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum plant pathogenic fungus which causes various diseases like cotton rot, watery soft stem crown rot blossom blight in vegetable crops. The objective of the study was isolate from their potential against S....

There is a need to detect and assess the incidence of Sclerotinia rot disease in celery (Apium graveolens). In this study, we examined the potential of hyperspectral sensing to detect the symptoms of this disease in celery crop. Using a portable spectrometer, sample measurements of diseased and healthy leaves were collected from celery leaves in the field. Both raw and transformed spectral data...