Phytophthora nicotianae and P. cactorum cause Phytophthora rot of strawberry. A duplex real-time PCR technique for simultaneous detection and quantification of the two pathogens was developed. Species-specific primers for P. nicotianae and P. cactorum were designed based on the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) of rDNA and the ras-related protein gene Ypt1, respectively. TaqMan probes w...

The meals from many oilseed crops have potential for biofumigation due to their release of biocidal compounds such as isothiocyanates (ITCs). Various ITCs are known to inhibit numerous pathogens; however, much less is known about how the soil microbial community responds to the different types of ITCs released from oilseed meals (SMs). To simulate applying ITC-releasing SMs to soil, we amended ...

Soil-borne pathogens severely damage the yield and quality of crops worldwide. Plant soil microbiomes (e.g. in rhizosphere) intimately interact with plant, pathogen influence outcomes disease infection. Investigation how these respond to infection is critical develop solutions control diseases. Here, we conducted a field experiment collected healthy crown rot infected (caused by Fusarium pseudo...

We assessed a collection of 47 fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., some with known biological     control activity against certain soil-borne phytopathogenic fungi such as, Macrophomina phaseolina, Rhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica, Pythium sp. and  Fusarium sp. in vitro and the potential to produce known secondary metabolites such as, siderophore, HCN and protease. The resu...

Growing potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) using the idle rice fields in Southern China and Indo-Gangetic Plains of India winter season through rice–potato rotation (RC) system could support future food security. However, modulation capacity RC on soilborne fungal pathogens is still unclear. In current study, a pot experiment was designed conducted to monitor dynamics soil community composition betwe...