First Report of Pestalotiopsis camelliae causing Grey Blight Disease on Camellia sinensis in China

First Report and Characterization of Pestalotiopsis ellipsospora Causing Canker on Acanthopanax divaricatus

Acanthopanax divaricatus, a member of the Araliaceae family, has been used as an invigorant in traditional Korean medicine. During disease monitoring, a stem with small, irregular, brown lesions was sampled at a farm in Cheonan in 2011. The symptoms seen were sunken cankers and reddish-brown needles on the infected twig. The isolated fungal colonies were whitish, having crenated edges and aeria...

Camellia fruit borer, Neoblastobasis camelliae, a new species of Blastobasinae in China (Lepidoptera, Blastobasidae).

A new Neoblastobasis Kuznetzov & Sinev, 1985, Neoblastobasis camelliae Chen & Wu, sp. nov., is described from Jiangxi, China, and reported feeding on the fruits of Camellia oleifera Abel (Theaceae). Illustrations of the adult antennal base, tergal spines on the posterior part of tergites, male genital structures, and notes on its biology are provided. A list of the Blastobasidae known from Chin...

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Candidate Genes involved in Blister Blight defense in Tea (Camellia sinensis (L) Kuntze)

To unravel the molecular mechanism of defense against blister blight (BB) disease caused by an obligate biotrophic fungus, Exobasidium vexans, transcriptome of BB interaction with resistance and susceptible tea genotypes was analysed through RNA-seq using Illumina GAIIx at four different stages during ~20-day disease cycle. Approximately 69 million high quality reads were assembled de novo, yie...

First report of Johne's disease in Iran

First report of Fusarium chlamydosporum causing crown rot and dumping of on Durum wheat in Algeria

Several species of Fusarium infect durum wheat plants in the eastern part of Algeria. Endophytic fungus from random wheat seeds were sampled from fifty locations in eastern Algeria and shows the existence of Fusarium chlamydosporum regarding the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. Molecular identification using EF1 and ITS1 primers were confirmed the presence of Fusarium chlamydosporum...