First Report of Reddish-brown Spot Disease on Pitaya Caused by Nigrospora sphaerica in China

First report on a novel Nigrospora sphaerica isolated from Catharanthus roseus plant with anticarcinogenic properties

This paper reports on the vinca alkaloid produced by a novel Nigrospora sphaerica isolated from Catharanthus roseus. Through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS), only the crude mycelia extract of this fungus was positive for determination of vinblastine. This vinca alkaloid was then purified by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and tested for cytotoxicity activity u...

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) ...

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...

First report of Johne's disease in Iran

Bacterial Brown Leaf Spot of Citrus, a New Disease Caused by Burkholderia andropogonis

Burkholderia andropogonis was first described as the causal agent of stripe disease of sorghum and leaf spot of velvet bean in 1911 (20); at that time, it was classified as Pseudomonas andropogonis. Pseudomonas woodsii was also described, in the same publication, as an important pathogen of carnation. These two pathogens were reclassified to the genus Burkholderia based on DNA-rRNA hybridizatio...