Cutinase has been ascertained as a biocatalyst for biotechnological and industrial bioprocesses. The Glomerella cingulata cutinase was genetically modified to enhance its enzymatic performance to fulfill industrial requirements. Two sites were selected for mutagenesis with the aim of altering the surface electrostatics as well as removing a potentially deamidation-prone asparagine residue. The ...

Species of Colletotrichum cause diseases on a wide range of hosts, frequently infecting plants in the Agavaceae (monocotyledons: Liliales). Three species of Colletotrichum restricted to the Agavaceae were detected through morphological studies of specimens and molecular sequence analyses of the LSU of the nu-rDNA and the ITS region of the nu-rDNA from cultures. Colletotrichum agaves on Agave is...

JONES, B., and NEWCOMBE, G. 1999. Associations among parasites of Populus. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 00-000. Two related F2 families of a Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoides hybrid pedigree were examined in the field for the presence of parasites (three fungal pathogens and five arthropod herbivores), during the third and fourth years of tree growth. The null hypothesis of no associations among para...