Leaf spot disease caused by the fungus Fusarium proliferatum (Matsushima) Nirenberg is a destructive disease of tomato plants in China. Typical symptoms of infected tomato plants are softened and wilted stems and leaves, leading to the eventual death of the entire plant. In this study, we resorted to transcriptional profile analysis to gain insight into the repertoire of effectors involved in F...

Electron paramagnetic resonance was used to monitor free radicals and paramagnetic species like Fe, Mn, Cu generation, stability and status in Asparagus officinalis infected by common pathogens Fusarium proliferatum and F. oxysporum. Occurrence of F. proliferatum and F. oxysporum, level of free radicals and other paramagnetic species, as well as salicylic acid and mycotoxins content in roots an...

Maize kernel samples were collected in 1996 from smallholder farm storages in the districts of Bomet, Bungoma, Kakamega, Kericho, Kisii, Nandi, Siaya, Trans Nzoia, and Vihiga in the tropical highlands of western Kenya. Two-thirds of the samples were good-quality maize, and one-third were poor-quality maize with a high incidence of visibly diseased kernels. One hundred fifty-three maize samples ...

Powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator, is one of the most economically damaging diseases of grapevine throughout the world. This is the first molecular biology study on this fungus in Iran. The aims of the present study were (a) to analyse genetic diversity between isolates of E. necator fungus in four main grape production regions in Iran, i. e., Qazvin, Alamoot, Takestan and Shahriar and ...

the reproductive range of the iranian population of white tip nematode in rice, aphel-enchoides besseyi, was investigated in vitro to find out a suitable medium as well as a fa-vorable fungal host for monoxenic culturing this nematode. studies were carried out on rice seed associated fungi, pathogenic fungi and one mushroom (agaricus bisporus) grown on three culture media, rpa (rice polish agar...

Fusarium proliferatum as well F. oxysporum are pathogens with a broad host range that includes garlic (Allium sativum). The losses of due to these increased over the last years. Especially was identified several times main cause postharvest dry rot. This species is also known produce mycotoxins, especially fumonisins. In this study, we aimed identify and study phylogeny diversity in planting st...

Species of Fusarium have significant agro-economical and human health-related impact by infecting diverse crop plants and synthesizing diverse mycotoxins. Here, we investigated interactions of grain-feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae with four grain-colonizing Fusarium species on wheat kernels. Since numerous metabolites produced by Fusarium spp. are toxic to insects, we tested the hypothesis that...

Fusarium species are causative agents of human respiratory disorders and are distributed widely in our environment. Little is known of their interaction with human respiratory epithelial cells, which may contribute to allergic airway responses. In this study, we report on the release of C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8 (CXCL-8) from human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells upon stimulation with F...

Fusm'iulIl isolates that form part of the Gibbndla fujikuroi species complex have been classified using either a morphological, biological, or phylogenetic species concept. Problems with the taxonomv of Fusarium species in this complex are mostly eXI;erienced when the morphological and biological species concepts arc applied. The most consistent identifications are obt.ained with the phylogenet...

Phytophthora capsici is a soilborne oomycete plant pathogen that causes severe vegetable crop losses in New York (NY) state and worldwide. This difficult to manage, part due its production of long-lasting sexual spores tendency quickly evolve fungicide resistance. We single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyped 252 P. isolates, predominantly from NY, order conduct genome-wide association stud...