New approaches to an old problem: Dollar spot of turfgrass

S Sapkota, KE Catching, PL Raymer… - …, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Dollar spot, caused by fungal pathogens Clarireedia spp.(formerly Sclerotinia
homoeocarpa), is the most common and widely distributed disease of turfgrass worldwide. It …

Cold plasma affects germination and fungal community structure of buckwheat seeds

J Mravlje, M Regvar, P Starič, M Mozetič… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crop seeds are frequently colonised by fungi from the field or storage places. Some fungi
can cause plant diseases or produce mycotoxins, compromising the use of seeds as …

Bacterial endophytes from wild and ancient maize are able to suppress the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa

HR Shehata, EM Lyons, KS Jordan… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to determine if endophytes from wild and ancient Zea plants
(corn family) have anti‐fungal activities, specifically against the most important fungal …

A new dollar spot disease of turfgrass caused by Clarireedia paspali

J Hu, Y Zhou, J Geng, Y Dai, H Ren, K Lamour - Mycological progress, 2019 - Springer
Clarireedia homoeocarpa causes dollar spot disease (DSD) on turfgrasses and is a problem
worldwide. Species diversity was assessed for 62 putative C. homoeocarpa isolates from …

Seed-borne diseases in pasture grasses and legumes: state of the art and gaps in knowledge

MC Pérez-Pizá, GG Striker, SA Stenglein - Journal of Plant Diseases and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Information on fungal seed-borne diseases on main pasture grasses and legumes
from the literature was reviewed. These diseases reduce biomass production, quality of …

Relevance of in vitro agar based screens to characterize the anti-fungal activities of bacterial endophyte communities

HR Shehata, EM Lyons, KS Jordan, MN Raizada - BMC microbiology, 2016 - Springer
Background Endophytes are microbes that inhabit internal plant tissues without causing
disease. Plant microbial communities consist of large numbers of endophyte species …

Real-Time PCR Detection of Clarireedia spp., the Causal Agents of Dollar Spot in Turfgrasses

G Groben, BB Clarke, J Murphy, P Koch… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Dollar spot is one of the most economically important diseases of turfgrasses. Recent
taxonomic revisions have placed the dollar spot fungal pathogens in the new genus …

Genes required for the anti-fungal activity of a bacterial endophyte isolated from a corn landrace grown continuously by subsistence farmers since 1000 BC

HR Shehata, CL Ettinger, JA Eisen… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Endophytes are microbes that inhabit internal plant tissues without causing disease. Some
endophytes are known to combat pathogens. The corn (maize) landrace Chapalote has …

Temporal changes in fungal communities from buckwheat seeds and their effects on seed germination and seedling secondary metabolism

E Kovačec, M Likar, M Regvar - Fungal Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Seed-associated fungal communities affect multiple parameters of seed quality at all stages
of production, from seed development to post-harvest storage and germination. We therefore …

The US National Mall microbiome: A census of rhizosphere bacteria inhabiting landscape turf

JA Crouch, Z Carter, A Ismaiel, JA Roberts - Crop Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Turf contains living assemblages of not only grass plants, but also a plethora of
microorganisms that may play critical roles in plant health through interactions such as …