Pulse crops (annual grain legumes such as field pea, lentil, dry bean, and chickpea) have
become an important component of the cropping system in the northern Great Plains of …

The soilborne necrotrophic pathogens Rhizoctonia and Pythium infect a wide range of crops
in the US and worldwide. These pathogens pose challenges to growers because the …

Plant pathogenic fungi are the causal agents of the most detrimental diseases in plants,
including economically important crops, provoking considerable yield losses worldwide …

Verticillium dahliae is responsible for Verticillium wilt on a wide range of hosts, including
strawberry, on which low soil inoculum densities can cause significant crop loss …

Natural antibiotics are thought to function in the defense, fitness, competitiveness, biocontrol
activity, communication, and gene regulation of microorganisms. However, the scale and …

Avena sativa L. a cereal crop that is badly affected by several abiotic and biotic stresses. In
the current study, silicon nanoparticles are used to mitigate the harmful effects of root rot …

Aspergillus flavus, the primary causal agent of aflatoxin contamination, includes many
genetically diverse vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs). Competitive ability during …

Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus that causes significant establishment and
yield losses to several important food crops globally. This is the first application of high …

In the muck soil region of southwestern Quebec, vegetable growers are threatened by
several soilborne diseases, particularly the bottom rot of lettuce caused by the fungus …

Real‐time PCR protocols were developed to detect and discriminate 11 anastomosis groups
(AGs) of Rhizoctonia solani using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions (AG‐1 …