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Quantification of rice spikelet rot disease severity at organ scale with proximal imaging spectroscopy
Spikelet diseases pose severe threats to crop production and crop protection requires timely evaluation of disease severity (DS). However, most...
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A Detached Leaf Assay for Rapidly Screening Plant Pathogen-Biological Control Agents
The detached leaf assay (DLA) is a nondestructive method for evaluating interactions between plants and disease-causing agents that allows quick...
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Quantification of ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 in clinical cases of cattle with sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever
Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 (OvGHV2) produces sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF), a frequently lethal, lymphoproliferative disease that...
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Single-Molecule Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (smFISH) for RNA Detection in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans
Candida albicans is the most prevalent human fungal pathogen. Its pathogenicity is linked to the ability of C. albicans to reversibly change...
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The Pathogen: Plasmodiophora brassicae
The pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin is a very serious soil borne, intracellular, obligate, non-axenic, endoparasitic, wide spread, and...
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Combined pangenomics and transcriptomics reveals core and redundant virulence processes in a rapidly evolving fungal plant pathogen
BackgroundStudying genomic variation in rapidly evolving pathogens potentially enables identification of genes supporting their “core biology”, being...
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Lineage abundance estimation for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using transcriptome quantification techniques
Effectively monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2 mutants is essential to efforts to counter the ongoing pandemic. Predicting lineage abundance from...
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Relationships in the Host Plant–Pathogen System Using the Example of Scots Pine and Facultative Saprotroph Lophodermium seditiosum Minter, Staley & Millar
AbstractInteractions in the epiphytic microorganism–host plant–pathogen system have been studied using the example of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ...
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Simultaneous detection and quantification by multiplex qPCR of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini' in a plant host and insect vectors
Phytoplasmas are bacteria transmitted by insects that can cause plant diseases. In Bogotá ' Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' and ' Candidatus ...
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Probiotic Potential of Bacillus Subtilis Strain I3: Antagonistic Activity Against Chalkbrood Pathogen and Pesticide Degradation for Enhancing Honeybee Health
To explore the potential of probiotic candidates beneficial for honeybee health through the modulation of the gut microbiome, bee gut microbes were...
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Indirect reduction of Ralstonia solanacearum via pathogen helper inhibition
The rhizosphere microbiome forms a first line of defense against soilborne pathogens. To date, most microbiome enhancement strategies have relied on...
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The coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus kills non-pathogenic holobiont competitors by triggering prophage induction
The coral reef microbiome is central to reef health and resilience. Competitive interactions between opportunistic coral pathogens and other...
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Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens IKMM and Zinc Nanoparticles as Biocontrol Candidate Induce the Systemic Resistance by Producing Antioxidants in Tomato Plants Challenged with Early Blight Pathogen
Early blight disease of tomato is a devastating disease causing severe yield losses. The chemical control of this disease has become a challenge due...
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Evidence of a component Allee effect for an invasive pathogen: Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the ash dieback agent
Invasive pathogens are a major threat to forest health especially in managed forest with a low diversity of tree species. The dieback of Fraxinus spp. ...
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Controlled natural selection of soil microbiome through plant-soil feedback confers resistance to a foliar pathogen
Background and aimsThe rhizosphere microbiome has been shown to contribute to nutrient acquisition, protection against biotic and abiotic stresses...
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PathFams: statistical detection of pathogen-associated protein domains
BackgroundA substantial fraction of genes identified within bacterial genomes encode proteins of unknown function. Identifying which of these...
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Development of three-dimensional (3D) spheroid culture system from rainbow trout kidney cell line (RTK) for in vitro production of fish viral pathogen
The present study aimed to generate 3D spheroid cultures from three rainbow trout (RTE, RTK and RTS) cell lines by simple and reproducible methods...
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Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Cell-Based Infection Assays by Time-Lapse Fluorescence Microscopy
Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growth dynamics in cell-based in vitro infection models is traditionally carried out by...
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Ethanolic extract from fruiting bodies of Cordyceps militaris HL8 exhibits cytotoxic activities against cancer cells, skin pathogenic yeasts, and postharvest pathogen Penicillium digitatum
Cordyceps militaris is a well-known medicinal mushroom in Asian countries. This edible fungus has been widely exploited for traditional medicine and...
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Molecular and Genetic Variability of Sporisorium scitamineum (Sugarcane Smut Pathogen) in Sugarcane Plantations in Sri Lanka
The present study was aimed to determine the genetic variability of sugarcane smut pathogen ( Sporisorium scitamineum ) in Sri Lanka to support an...
