Essential oils (EOs) are plant-derived aroma compounds with a wide range of biological activity, but their actions are slow, and they are typically unstable to light or heat, difficult to extract and so on. To find highly potential fungicides derived from natural EOs, a series of essential oil-based β-methoxyacrylate derivatives have been designed and synthesized. The target compounds have been...

This study was carried out to determine the antifungal effects of supernatant produced by bacterium Xenorhabdus szentirmaii, which is associated with soil-inhabiting entomopathogenic nematodes, on important plant pathogenic fungi, Fusarium verticilliodes, oxysporum f.sp lycopersici, radicis Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Phytophthora nicotianae. The 1, 3, 5 7% concentrations X. ...

A batata é a solanácea de maior importância econômica no agronegócio mundial. ocorrência doenças causadas por fungos e chromistas (oomicetos cercozoários) pode comprometer seriamente cultura, o rendimento qualidade tubérculos. Entre os danos causados destacam-se principalmente: falhas germinação; tombamentos; manchas foliares; lesões em caules, murchas; podridões; manchas, má formação apodrecim...

A molecular diagnostic system using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was developed to identify four Sclerotinia species: S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, S. minor Jagger, S. trifoliorum Erikss., and the undescribed species Sclerotinia species 1. DNAs of samples are hybridized with each of five 15-bp oligonucleotide probes containing an SNP site midsequence unique to each species. For addit...

Five herbicides commonly used in rapeseed crop, canola (Brassica napus var Olifera) fields in Iran were studied with an eye to their antifungal activities against six isolates of Trichoderma species and also the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The doses tested were the same as are recommended for applications in canola crops. The results showed that the dinitro aniline herbicid...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, the causal organism of stem rot of Brassica and over 500 host plants is distributed worldwide. Sclerotinia rot is menace to cultivation of oilseed Brassica crops in the world. Infection occurs on leaves, stems and pods at different developmental stages, causing seed yield losses of up to 80%, as well as significant reductions in oil content and quality. ...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating plant pathogen that attacks numerous economically important broad acre and vegetable crops worldwide. Mycoviruses are widespread viruses that infect fungi, including S. sclerotiorum. As there were no previous reports of the presence of mycoviruses in this pathogen in Australia, studies were undertaken using RNA_Seq analysis to determine the diversity of...

Sclerotinia species are important fungal pathogens of a wide range of crops and wild host plants. While the biology and population structure of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum has been well-studied, little information is available for the related species S. subarctica. In this study, Sclerotinia isolates were collected from different crop plants and the wild host Ranuculus ficaria (meadow buttercup) i...

A series of novel sulfone derivatives containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moiety were synthesized. All the target com-pounds were characterized by H and C nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Their antifungal activities were tested in vitro with six important phytopathogenic fungi, namely, Gibberella zeae, Fusarium oxysporum, Cytospora mandshurica, Phytophthora infe...