ABSTRACT The biochemical defense mechanisms of amphibians involve cutaneous secretions bioactive molecules with antimicrobial activity. This study evaluated the in vitro activity methanolic extracts from two amphibian species Bufonidae family, Rhaebo guttatus and Rhinella marina, control phytopathogens Fusarium udum, solani, Colletotrichum truncatum, Aspergillus flavus, Rhizoctonia Macrophomina...

Two of the most widely and intensively cultivated jute species, Corchorus capsularis and Corchorus olitorius, suffer severely from a stem rot disease caused by the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina. Wild jute species, C. trilocularis, shows resistance to this pathogenic fungus. In this study, the technique of differential display was applied to identify genes which are differentially expressed, un...