Botryosphaeriaceous species are significant grapevine trunk pathogens worldwide, which
can be difficult to identify to species level using conventional morphological methods. This …

Pseudoperonospora cubensis is an obligate oomycete and cause of cucurbit downy mildew
(CDM), the most destructive foliar disease affecting cucurbit hosts. Annual epidemics …

Eighty-three isolates of the violet root rot fungus, Helicobasidium mompa, were collected in a
tulip tree plantation and analyzed for the dynamics of double-stranded (ds) RNA for five …

Aims To develop real‐time PCR assays for quantification of shoot infection levels of canker
disease of stone fruits and nut crops caused by six fungal pathogen groups. Methods and …

The interaction of crop pests with their natural enemies is a fundament to their control.
Natural enemies of fungal pathogens of crops are poorly known relative to those of insect …

One‐hundred and forty‐four random amplified polymorphic DNA markers, of which 59 were
polymorphic and 85 monomorphic, were used to assess the genetic diversity and to study …

Abstract Aims To develop multiplex TaqMan real‐time PCR assays for detection of spinach
seedborne pathogens that cause economically important diseases on spinach. Methods and …

Thirty‐six isolates of Stagonospora avenae f. sp. triticea, S. nodorum and Septoria tritici
recovered from asexual fruiting bodies‐pycnidia and their spores were assessed for DNA …

Nested primers for the specific amplification of DNA sequences from the obligate parasitic
root-infecting fungus Polymyxa betae in a singletube reaction are described. The choice of …

The goals of this investigation were to identify and evaluate the use of polymorphic
microsatellite marker (PMM) analysis for molecular typing of seventeen plant pathogenic …