Agrobacterium is a Gram negative, rod shaped, aerobic and motile soil inhabiting bacterium of the family Rhizobiaceae. It is well known as the causative agent of crown gall disease of many plant species around the ...

Ascochyta species cause blights on a number of wild and cultivated cool?season legume hosts, including chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), and ...

The taxonomy of the powdery mildew fungus infecting lentil in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States was investigated on the basis of morphology and rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Anamorphic ...

Genetic and phenotypic diversity and population differentiation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates infecting canola from China and the United States were investigated. Genetic diversity was assessed with eight microsatellite ...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is an important pathogen of canola and many other crops worldwide. Genetic diversity and population differentiation of S. sclerotiorum collected from canola fields in Anhui Province, China ...

Endolichenic fungi (ELF) are unexplored group of organisms as a source for the production of bioactive secondary metabolites with radical scavenging activity, antilipase and amylase inhibitory activities. Endolichenic ...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a cosmopolitan, necrotrophic and soil borne plant pathogen, capable of infecting many economically important crops. Although it is a well-studied pathogen elsewhere, there is no research conducted ...

Ascochyta blight caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei (AR) depresses chickpea production in Pakistan and worldwide. Thirty two AR isolates representing six geographical regions of Pakistan were compared with a US-AR ...

Powdery mildew is an important disease of peas grown in both greenhouses and in the field. The latter is obviously important for commercial production, but greenhouses are often used to increase the number of generations ...