damage of the pathogens is one of the main limitations for cultivating and production of safflower. this study was performed to investigate reaction of safflower genotypes to pythium ultimum during 2009 and 2010 under field conditions. the study was done in two parts, selection and evaluation of parents (part 1; 2009) and evaluation of the progenies (part2; 2010). in the first year, the experim...

Finding new sustainable tools for crop protection in horticulture has become mandatory. Giant reed (Arundo donax L.) is a tall, perennial, widely diffuse lignocellulosic grass, mainly proposed bioenergy production due to the fact of its high biomass yield and low agronomic requirements. Some studies have already highlighted antimicrobial antifungal properties giant reed-derived compounds. This ...

Pythium and Phytophthora are among the most well-known plant pathogens around the world that cause rotting of seeds, root, and crown, seedling death, and soft rot of fruits in contact with the soil. In this research, 347 isolates of these two genera and their close genus, Phytopythium were isolated from the cucurbits fields in Kermanshah province, Iran and examined in...

The influences of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (which causes take-all of wheat), Rhizoctonia solani AG-8 (which causes rhizoctonia root rot of wheat), Pythium irregulare, P. aristosporum, and P. ultimum var. sporangiiferum (which cause pythium root rot of wheat) on the population dynamics of Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 and Q72a-80 (bicontrol strains active against take-all and pythium ...

Soybean plants doubted to be infcted with damping-off were collected from different naturaly infected districts of Dakahlia Governorate. Frequency the isolated pathogens revealed that Fusarium solani, oxysporum, Rizoctonia Pythium ultimum and Macrophomina Phaseolina. most aggressive pathogenic fungi causing highest percentage pre-emergence in Giza 35and 111soybean cultivars. Among five fungi, o...

Since their introduction in the late 1970s, phenylamide fungicides have been used effectively to control diseases caused by the Peronosporales. These fungicides have a very specific mode of action; inhibiting fungal ribosomal RNA polymerases (7). Because of this specificity, there is a relatively high risk that resistance to the fungicide may appear quickly in the target fungal population (3). ...

Bioavailability of contaminants is a prerequisite for their effective biodegradation in soil. The average bulk concentration of a contaminant, however, is not an appropriate measure for its availability; bioavailability rather depends on the dynamic interplay of potential mass transfer (flux) of a compound to a microbial cell and the capacity of the latter to degrade the compound. In water-unsa...