Pathogenic strains of the soilborne fungus Periconia circinata produce peritoxins with host-selective toxicity against susceptible genotypes of sorghum. The peritoxins are low-molecular-weight, hybrid molecules consisting of a peptide and a chlorinated polyketide. Culture fluids from pathogenic, toxin-producing (Tox(+)) and nonpathogenic, non-toxin-producing (Tox(-)) strains were analyzed direc...

Susceptibility of sorghum to the fungal pathogen Periconia circinata and sensitivity to its host-specific toxin are determined by the semidominant allele at the pc locus. Pretreatment of susceptible seedlings with cycloheximide or cordycepin for 4 hr before treatment with the toxin protected the seedlings against toxin-induced loss of electrolytes and prevented development of disease symptoms. ...

A rapid identification assay for Waitea circinata (anamorph: Rhizoctonia spp.) varieties zeae and circinata causing patch diseases on turfgrasses was developed based on the universally primed PCR (UP-PCR) products cross-blot hybridization. Tester isolates belonging to the two varieties of W. circinata were amplified with a single UP primer L21, which generated multiple DNA fragments for each va...

Penile lesions from six patients with balanitis circinata were examined with the light and electron microscopes. The epithelium showed slight parakeratosis, acanthosis, and elongation of rete ridges. Neutrophil pustules occupied the upper epidermis. Prickle cells formed a spongiform net around the pustules. The most prominent features detected by the electron microscope were the small-to-medium...

Periconia variicolor was isolated from water of an evaporation pond used for salt production on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. On the basis of cultural and morphological characteristics and ITS sequence it is describe as a new species of Periconia.

Two species associated with the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex, G. circinata (the cause of pitch canker in pines) and G. subglutinans (avirulent on pine), were found to have limited interfertility in hybrid crosses. MAT idiomorphs, polymorphisms in the histone H3 gene, vegetative compatibility, and virulence phenotypes were used to verify recombination. The MAT idiomorphs appeared to be a...

چکیده پوسیدگی عمومی طوقه و ریشه گندم در سال های اخیر به عنوان یک بیماری مهم در استان خراسان شمالی جلب توجه نموده است. به منظور شناسایی عامل یا عوامل اصلی قارچی بیماری در سال های زراعی 86- 1385و87 - 1386 نمونه برداری هائی از مزارع گندم آبی مشکوک به بیماری درمناطق شیروان، فاروج، بجنورد، اسفراین و مانه و سملقان در سه مرحله گیاهچه، پنجه زنی تا ساقه رفتن و ظهور سنبله تا سفت شدن دانه به عمل آمد. از ب...

In 2010, disease symptoms, including necrotic lesions on stems and leaves with circular yellow-brown or irregular brown color patches, were observed on cool-season turfgrass at golf courses (OHCC) and the Daegu University research farm in Gyeongbuk, Korea. We isolated the causal agent and identified it as Waitea circinata var. zeae by morphological characterization and molecular analysis. To th...