GrapeMilDeWS is an expert-based approach for the integrated pest management (IPM) of two of the major pathogens of grapevine (Vitis vinifera): Erysiphe necator which causes powdery mildew and Plasmopara viticola which causes downy mildew. GrapeMilDeWS has been designed and tested by a team of phytopathologists. It is presented here as a formal model in Statechart. We argue that formal modelling...

A collection of four clonal isolates of Podosphaera aphanis was heterothallic and was composed of two mutually exclusive mating types. Cleistothecial initials approximately 20 to 30 microm in diameter were observed within 7 to 14 days after pairing of compatible isolates and developed into morphologically mature ascocarps within 4 weeks after initiation on both potted plants maintained in isola...

Pseudozyma spp. are yeast-like fungi, classified in the Ustilaginales, which are mostly epiphytic or saprophytic and are not pathogenic to plants. Several Pseudozyma species have been reported to exhibit biological activity against powdery mildews. However, previous studies have reported that Pseudozyma aphidis, which can colonize plant surfaces, is not associated with the collapse of powdery m...

Erysiphe is the largest genus of powdery mildews (PMs), a group obligate plant pathogenic fungi. Exploration biodiversity generally relies on regional surveys and our aim to investigate PMs in Taiwan. Collections fungi five species around agricultural environments were subjected morphological molecular characterization, using both internal transcribed spacer (ITS) β-tubulin gene (TUB2) regions ...

Pseudozyma spp. are yeast-like fungi, classified in the Ustilaginales, which are mostly epiphytic or saprophytic and are not pathogenic to plants. Several Pseudozyma species have been reported to exhibit biological activity against powdery mildews. However, previous studies have reported that Pseudozyma aphidis, which can colonize plant surfaces, is not associated with the collapse of powdery m...

Once a pathogen, always a pathogen? Not so—the fungus Pseudozyma flocculosa provides an intriguing example of a pathogen that took a different route (reviewed in Bélanger et al., 2012). Initially isolated from a powdery-mildew–infected leaf, P. flocculosa acts as a strong antagonist of powdery mildews (Erysiphales) and was thus developed as a biocontrol agent. However, the mechanism by which it...