Seeds of Parkia biglobosa, also called African locust bean seeds (ALBSs), are used to produce a condiment by subjecting them cooking, alkaline fermentation, and drying. The objective this work was monitor the evolution composition ALBS during spontaneous fermentation. Results showed that at initial time contained mainly proteins (45%) lipids (36%). During conversion took place ammonium, free am...

Canola (Brassica napus L. and B. rapa L.), is one of the major oilseed crops grown worldwide. With significant expansion of acreage sown to canola during the past two decades, concern about blackleg, the most serious disease of canola, has increased (3,4). Blackleg disease is caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (Desmaz.) Ces. & De Not. (anamorph: Phoma lingam (Tode:Fr.) Desmaz.). The pathogen can ...

Novel species of microfungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Diaporthe ceratozamiae on Ceratozamia robusta, Seiridium banksiae on Banksia marginata, Phyllosticta hymenocallidicola on Hymenocallis littoralis, Phlogicylindrium uniforme on Eucalyptus cypellocarpa, Exosporium livistonae on Livistona benthamii and Coleophoma eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus piperita. Se...

UNLABELLED The anamorphic genus Phoma was subdivided into nine sections based on morphological characters, and included teleomorphs in Didymella, Leptosphaeria, Pleospora and Mycosphaerella, suggesting the polyphyly of the genus. Recent molecular, phylogenetic studies led to the conclusion that Phoma should be restricted to Didymellaceae. The present study focuses on the taxonomy of excluded Ph...