Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) has become a major disease and limiting factor of production in
citrus areas that have become infected. The destruction to the affected citrus industries has …

Fungi represent an essential component of biodiversity, not only because of the large
number of species, but also for their ecological, evolutionary and socio-economic …

Epidemiology is the science of how disease develops in populations, with applications in
human, animal and plant diseases. For plant diseases, epidemiology has developed as a …

Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are major microbial components of boreal, temperate and
Mediterranean forests, as well as some tropical forest ecosystems. Nearly two decades of …

Asochyta blights of grain legumes are caused by fungal pathogens in the genus Ascochyta.
Different species infect the different legume species, and in pea three species including …

Given human population growth and accelerated global trade, the rate of emergence of
exotic plant pathogens is bound to increase. Understanding the processes that lead to the …

Background Clubroot is an important disease of brassica crops world-wide. The causal
agent, Plasmodiophora brassicae, has been present in Canada for over a century but was …

Corynespora cassiicola is a ubiquitous fungus causing emerging plant diseases worldwide,
including target spot of cotton, soybean, and tomato, which have rapidly increased in …

Understanding the mode of temporal maintenance of plant pathogens is an important
domain of microbial ecology research. Due to the inconspicuous nature of microbes, their …

The recent observance of Fusarium fujikuroi, the causal agent of Bakanae disease of rice, in
California provides a unique opportunity to assess the population diversity of an introduced …