Black root rot: a long known but little understood disease

Incidence of Root and Crown Rot Disease of Black cumin in the Southwest of Iran

Ghaderi F (2019) Incidence of root and crown rot disease of black cumin in the southwest of Iran. Plant Pathology Science 8(2):1-8. DOI: 10.2982/PPS.8.2.1    Introduction: Black cumin, an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, is a medicinal herb with many pharmacological properties. Crown and root rot disease of this plant has been reported in most countries worldwide. This stud...

Brown Root Rot Disease in American Samoa

Phellinus noxius causes root and lower stem rot of woody plants throughout the South Pacific region. Its hosts include rubber, mahogany, cacao, and many timber, fruit and landscape trees. Though endemic to the tropics, we found no reports describing brown root rot disease in native forests, exclusively. Incidence, distribution and host range of P. noxius were measured in primary and secondary r...

Q Fever: An Old but Still a Poorly Understood Disease

Q fever is a bacterial infection affecting mainly the lungs, liver, and heart. It is found around the world and is caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. The bacteria affects sheep, goats, cattle, dogs, cats, birds, rodents, and ticks. Infected animals shed this bacteria in birth products, feces, milk, and urine. Humans usually get Q fever by breathing in contaminated droplets released by in...

Subconjunctival fat prolapse: a disease little known to radiologists

Thrombosis – Besieged but Poorly Understood

In biology, thrombosis is a mechanism of maintaining the integrity of biological surfaces in higher mammals, limiting fluid loss, and facilitating the recognition, containment, and destruction of pathogens and foreign materials by a scaffold of fibrin and DNA strands. However, thrombosis may also lead to vascular occlusion and subsequent tissue damage. In medicine, thrombosis is a hallmark of l...