Received Sep 18, 2014 Revised Nov 12, 2014 Accepted Nov 25, 2014 The Deuteromycetes fungal genus Alternaria comprises of different saprophytic as well as endophytic species which are very common and worldwide in their occurrence. Important host plants include several important crops. Alternaria spp. generally attacks the aerial parts of its host and early blight diseases caused by these fungi i...

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The total mortality of the leaf-miner horse-chestnut pest, Cameraria ohridella, collected in nature, and associated with mycoses were assessed under laboratory conditions stages: for eggs rates 9.78% 61.97% found, respectively; caterpillars, 45.25% 5.59%, pupae 21.22% 100%, respectively. At egg stage, Cladosporus cladosporioides caused mycosis most often (27% all mycoses); at caterpillar stage ...

Fungal communities play a key role in ecosystem functioning. However, only little is known about their composition in plant roots and the soil of biomass plantations. The goal of this study was to analyze fungal biodiversity in their belowground habitats and to gain information on the strategies by which ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form colonies. In a 2-year-old plantation, fungal communities i...

Stemphylium as a monophyletic genus of filamentous ascomycetes, comprises both of saprophytic and plant pathogenic species with worldwide distribution. In an investigation of fungi associated with the black (sooty) head mold of wheat and barley in different regions of Golestan, Alborz and Qazvin provinces, thirty–two isolates with typical characteristics of the genus Stemphylium were recovered....

To understand the evolutionary pathways that lead to emerging infections of vertebrates, here we explore the genomic innovations that allow free-living chytrid fungi to adapt to and colonize amphibian hosts. Sequencing and comparing the genomes of two pathogenic species of Batrachochytrium to those of close saprophytic relatives reveals that pathogenicity is associated with remarkable expansion...

Filamentous fungi are ubiquitous and ecologically important organisms with rich and varied life histories, however, there is no consensus on how to identify or measure their fitness. In the first part of this study we adapt a general epidemiological model to identify the appropriate fitness metric for a saprophytic filamentous fungus. We find that fungal fitness is inversely proportional to the...

*T. C. Caesar-TonThat and V.L. Cochran, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, 1500 North Central, Sidney, MT 59270 *Corresponding author: [email protected]. ABSTRACT Loss of water stable aggregates due to excessive tillage has increased the potential for soil erosion in semiarid farming-systems. Fungi can be responsible for the resistance of soil aggregates to brea...

Fungal infection during germination of crop seeds of common problem in agriculture and invtro seed germination studies. In order to evaluation of antifungal effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) extract on wheat , maize, soybean and cumin seeds during germination stage an experiment was conducted in Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran during 2012. ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new thing caused by unique coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) first documented in China December and subsequently causing worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been sweeping across the globe. During current pandemic of COVID-19, acountless manifestations complications have emerged are being reported on. There anincidenc...