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Open AccessFusaHelp: a web site program for the morphological identification of Fusarium species
Fusarium is one of the most important phytopathogenic fungi of agricultural and human concern. More than 300 species have been described, many of which are pathogenic to important crops, flowers, forest trees, an...
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Diversity of soil-borne fungal species associated to root rot and vine decline of melon in Sardinia (Italy)
Monosporascus root rot and vine decline of melon (MRRVD) is a destructive disease complex mainly occurring in semiarid cultivation areas. In the last decade, in the melon producing area of Sardinia (Italy), yi...
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First report of Olpidium virulentus, O. bornovanus, O. brassicae on cucumber in Sardinia, Italy
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First report of a member of the Fusarium oxysporum species complex on Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch in Italy
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First report of Olpidium bornovanus and O. virulentus on watermelon in Sardinia, Italy
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First report of Coniella hibisci causing leaf and stem canker in the Lao P.D.R.
Coniella hibisci is reported for the first time in Lao P.D.R. The pathogen was isolated from roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa var. sabdariffa) stem and leaf samples from a farm in Thateng district, Sekong province, a...
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Open AccessCo-evolution in a landrace meta-population: two closely related pathogens interacting with the same host can lead to different adaptive outcomes
We examined the local adaptation patterns in a system comprising several interconnected heterogeneous plant populations from which populations of two phylogenetically closely related pathogens were also sample...
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Open AccessIdentification of potential marker genes for Trichoderma harzianum strains with high antagonistic potential against Rhizoctonia solani by a rapid subtraction hybridization approach
A rapid subtraction hybridization approach was used to isolate genes differentially expressed during mycelial contact between Trichoderma harzianum (Hypocrea lixii) and Rhizoctonia solani, and could serve as mark...
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Development of real-time PCR systems based on SYBR® Green I and TaqMan® technologies for specific quantitative detection of Phoma tracheiphila in infected Citrus
Real-time PCR assays based on SYBR® Green I and TaqMan® technologies were developed for in planta detection and quantification of Phoma tracheiphila, the mitosporic fungus causing ‘mal secco’ disease on citrus. P...
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Characterisation of Phoma tracheiphila by RAPD-PCR, microsatellite-primed PCR and ITS rDNA sequencing and development of specific primers for in planta PCR detection
Thirty six isolates of Phoma tracheiphila from Italy, the causal agent of the “mal secco” disease on Citrus species, were characterised by different molecular tools in comparison with representative isolates of o...
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Molecular characterisation of vegetative compatibility groups in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici and f. sp. lycopersici by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and microsatellite-primed PCR
Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) analysis was conducted on 48 isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (F.o.r.l.) from different geographic regions, representing all known veget...
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Development of PCR Primers for a New Fusarium oxysporum Pathogenic on Paris Daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens L.)
The inverse PCR technique was applied to clone genomic DNA flanking insertion sites of sequences homologous to the transposable element Fot1 in the genome of a new pathogenic isolate of Fusarium oxysporum obtaine...
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Tolerance to the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG4 of transgenic tobacco expressing the maize ribosome-inactivating protein b-32
The maize b-32 protein is a functional ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), inhibiting in vitro translation in the cell-free reticulocyte-derived system and having specific N-glycosidase activity on 28S rRNA. ...
