Late wilt (LWD) is a vascular wilt disease that outbursts late in maize development, usually
during or after flowering. The disease causal agent, the soil and seed-borne fungi …

Among major cereal crops in production, corn (Zea mays L) is the world's third leading crop
after wheat and rice grown in different agro-ecologies of the world. It has highest genetic …

Fusarium species from agricultural crops have been well studied with respect to toxin
production and genetic diversity, while similar studies of communities from nonagricultural …

The genus Pestalotiopsis is second most important fungal pathogen causing grey blight
disease in tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Due to grey blight disease, total tea crop loss is …

Harpophora maydis, a phytopathogenic fungus, causes late wilt, a severe vascular maize
disease characterized by relatively rapid wilting of maize plants near fertilization. The …

Late wilt, a destructive vascular disease of maize caused by the fungus Magnaporthiopsis
maydis, is characterized by relatively fast wilting of maize plants closely before the …

Thirty-three strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Yabuuchi (Smith) isolated from ginger,
paprika, chilli, tomato, Chromolaena and potato from Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and …

Late wilt of maize, caused by the fungus Harpophora maydis, is one of the most important
fungal diseases in Egypt. The disease has also been reported from India, Hungary, Spain …

Restricting maize late wilt disease (LWD), which is considered a major problem for
commercial production in Israel, Egypt, Spain, and other countries, requires continuous …

Cephalosporium maydis is an important plant pathogen whose phylogenetic position
relative to other fungi has not been established clearly. We compared strains of C. maydis …