Fungi have been often neglected, despite the fact that they provided penicillin, lovastatin
and many other important medicines. They are an understudied, but essential, fascinating …

Many fungi are pathogenic on plants and cause significant damage in agriculture and
forestry. They are also part of the natural ecosystem and may play a role in regulating plant …

Inaccurate taxonomic placement of fossils can lead to the accumulation of errors in
molecular clock studies and their generated evolutionary lineages. There are limited fossil …

Esca disease, which attacks the wood of grapevine, has become increasingly devastating
during the past three decades and represents today a major concern in all wine-producing …

Fungi and oomycetes encompass many pathogens affecting crops worldwide. Their effective
control requires screening pathogens across the local and international trade networks …

This study is unique as it compares traditional and high-resolution culture-independent
approaches using the same set of samples to study the saprotrophic fungi on Vitis vinifera …

Colletotrichum species are the most important and widespread form of decay affecting
mango fruit worldwide. In this study, Colletotrichum species associated with fruit …

A review of phylogenetic studies carried out together with morphological ones shows that a
major problem with most early studies is that they concentrated on techniques and used …

The global expansion of cultivation areas of Jatropha has contributed to the emergence of
various diseases. Currently in Brazil, the occurrence of a new disease has been reported …

Colletotrichum species are widely known as key anthracnose pathogens of several
economic plants. In this study, Colletotrichum species associated with leaf anthracnose …