While monitoring the health of different ornamental and shade trees in Serbia, symptoms indicative cypress canker disease were observed young Cupressus sempervirens Belgrade urban area. Symptoms included tree mortality (specimens recorded with a change needle colour, branch decline or longitudinal bark cankers on stems resin exudates) appearance acervuli fruiting bodies cones. Using light micro...

Abstract Bull’s eye rot is a postharvest storage disease of apples. Until now the cause this in New Zealand was not clear. A survey 6880 apples from five regions over two seasons conducted. Neofabraea malicorticis and N. perennans were found. One hundred seventy-nine isolates identified as Phlyctema vagabunda by specific polymerase chain reactions and/or sequencing β-tubulin gene region followe...

A rust fungus was found causing stem cankers on 1to 5-year-old stems of Salix elbursensis in the north west of Iran. The rust also forms uredinia on leaves and flowers of the host willow. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the new rust is morphologically distinct from several Melampsora species occurring on the willows taxonomically close to S. elbursensis, but indistinguishab...