Plectosphaerella cucumerina, most frequently encountered in its Plectosporium state, is well known as a pathogen of several plant species causing fruit, root and collar rot, and collapse. It is considered to pose a serious threat to melon (Cucumis melo) production in Italy. In the present study, an intensive sampling of diseased cucurbits as well as tomato and bell pepper was done and the funga...

objective: importance of management of gardens weeds is an issue that unfortunately has less been investigated by weeds researchers of country. one of the most important restrictive agents of cultivated surface and producing crops of citrus orchards are weeds. methods: in this investigation, isolates of fusarium solani were recovered from diseased broomrape collected from tomato, eggplant, melo...

an experiment was carried out in 2008-2009 to study the correlation between the reaction to potassium chlorate and pathogenicity on some iranian isolates of macrophomina phaseolina, the causal agent of soybean charcoal rot. from among a total of 48 collected isolates from the major soybean cultivation areas of golestan, mazandaran, ardabil, and lorestan provinces, twenty four isolates were sele...