1. Suitable conditions have been determined for growing the fungus Phoma foveata in culture for optimum production of pigments. 2. The pigments have been extracted and fractionated according to their solubility in aqueous bicarbonate, carbonate and alkali. 3. The carbonate- and alkali-soluble pigments have been further separated by chromatography and shown to consist of anthraquinone derivative...

during the summer of 2004, a survey was conducted to determine the incidence and distribution of beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) and its vector (polymyxa betae keskin) in marvdasht, fars province of iran.  a total of 353 root samples were collected randomly as well as 124 samples from plants showing rhizomania- associated symptoms.  the presence of bnyvv in the samples were tested by tr...

Phoma stem canker is a damaging disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) that causes annual yield losses to UK growers worth approximately £100 million, despite the use fungicides. In UK, sown in August/September and harvested following July. The epidemics are initiated by ascospores released from Leptosphaeria spp. pseudothecia (ascocarps) on stubble autumn/winter. Control this reliant cultiva...

A new antifungal antibiotic, YM-202204 (1), was found in the culture broth of marine fungus Phoma sp. Q60596. The structure of 1 was determined by several spectroscopic experiments as a new lactone compound. This antibiotic exhibited potent antifungal activities against Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus, and also inhibited glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol (GPI)-a...

Development of a plant disease like Phoma blight (Phoma sojicola) soybean ]Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in time and space is variable, largely depending on environmental factors temperature, precipitation humidity. Considering importance this disease, understanding its dynamics via mathematical statistical models will help forecasting prevention yield losses. To serve objective, present study epidem...


 Records of 25 species lichenicolous fungi from Ternopil oblast (Ukraine) are provided. Among them, Dacampia cyrtellae, Didymocyrtis slaptonensis, Epithamnolia xanthoriae, Lichenotubeufia heterodermiae, Phoma peltigerae, Tremella caloplacae, Trichoconis physciicola, Unguiculariopsis lucaniae, Xenonectriella physciacearum, and X. zimmermanni reported for the first time Ukraine. is a new ge...