First Report of Kernel Spot Caused by Eremothecium coryli on Hazelnut in Bulgaria

First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by Alternaria tenuissima on Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) in Korea

In July 2015, diseased leaves of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) were observed in Danyang and Gochang, Korea. The symptoms appeared as circular or irregular brown leaf spots, from which Alternaria tenuissima was isolated. The isolates were cultured on potato dextrose agar, and their morphological characteristics were observed under a light microscope. The colonies were whitish to ash colo...

Chromosome Number Reduction in Eremothecium coryli by Two Telomere-to-Telomere Fusions

The genus Eremothecium belongs to the Saccharomyces complex of pre-whole-genome duplication (WGD) yeasts and contains both dimorphic and filamentous species. We established the 9.1-Mb draft genome of Eremothecium coryli, which encodes 4,682 genes, 186 tRNA genes, and harbors several Ty3 transposons as well as more than 60 remnants of transposition events (LTRs). The initial de novo assembly res...

First Report of Black Spot Disease Caused by Alternaria alternata on Sweet Persimmon Fruits

Black spot of sweet persimmon, caused by Alternaria alternata, occurred in an orchard in Gyeongnam province, Korea in 2012. The symptom was appearance of 0.5 to 4 cm black spots on the surface of fruit. The pathogen was isolated from flesh of disease lesions. The causal agent was identified as A. alternata by morphological characteristics and sequencers of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) ...

Case Report of Meningoencephalitis in Calves Caused by Escherichia coli

Status Report of Bulgaria

The largest city of Bulgaria – the capital Sofia (1,2 million inhabitants) is located in a broad valley at 550 m a.s.l. (above sea level) and the second largest town is Plovdiv at the Maritza river. Other major towns are located at the Black-sea cost (Varna and Bourgas), and there are a number of smaller towns in mountainous regions. Local circulation systems are therefore significant for the a...