T HE extent of infection of the corn grain by fungi of various kinds is an important item in the grading of corn by physical or chemical means or by performance tests. It may also be an important item in the feeding value of the grain for livestock. Mitchell and Beadles (i94o) have studied the impairment in the nutritive value of corn by various types of ear rot, using growing albino rats as te...

Surgery is still the main treatment in hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus, which is a global health problem in human and animals. So, there is need for some natural protoscolicidal agents for instillation to prevent their reoccurrence at therapeutic doses. In this present investigation, anticestodal activity of one of the endophytic fungi Pestalotiopsis sp. from Neem plant was observed on proto...

Twenty fungal isolates associated with leaf spots of nutsedge plants (Cyperus spp.) from north of Iran (Guilan, Mazandaran, Zanjan and Golestan Provinces) are examined. According to the results of the morphological studies of grown fungi on culture media, Curvularia clavata, Curvularia lunata var. aeria, Dactylaria higginsii, and Myrothecium brachysporum are new taxa for Iran mycoflora and repo...