Bcmfs1, a novel major facilitator superfamily gene from Botrytis cinerea, was cloned, and replacement and overexpression mutants were constructed to study its function. Replacement mutants showed increased sensitivity to the natural toxic compounds camptothecin and cercosporin, produced by the plant Camptotheca acuminata and the plant pathogenic fungus Cercospora kikuchii, respectively. Overexp...

Alternaria solani Sorauer (Ellis), a foliar pathogen of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), was considered to be difficult to control, responsible for yield losses of up to 30% (24), until the registration of the first strobilurin fungicide, azoxystrobin (Quadris; Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, NC), in 1999. Strobilurins belong to the group of chemicals classified as Quinone outside inhibitor...

The effect of nine different pesticides on the growth of yeasts isolated from the leaves of fruit and forest trees was investigated. Four insecticides (with the active ingredients: thiacloprid, deltamethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, and thiamethoxam) and five fungicides (with the effective substances: bitertanol, kresoxim-methyl, mancozeb, trifloxystrobin, and cupric oxychloride) were tested. The con...

The non-target effects of Amistar (azoxystrobin) and Score (difenoconazole) were studied in terms of changes in the soil microbial populations, soil respiration and activity of soil enzymes. Both the fungicides significantly reduced the fungal population in the soils even at the lowest concentration used (0.44 g. (a.i.) g soil) and totally eliminated it at the recommended dose for field applica...

A common consequence of using agricultural fungicides is the development of resistance by fungal pathogens, which undermines reliability of fungicidal effectiveness. A potentially new strategy to aid in overcoming or minimizing this problem is enhancement of pathogen sensitivity to fungicides, or "chemosensitization." Chemosensitization can be accomplished by combining a commercial fungicide wi...

Succinate dehydrogenase (Complex II or succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the smallest complex in the respiratory chain and transfers the electrons derived from succinate directly to the ubiquinone pool. Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides specifically inhibit fungal respiration by blocking the ubiquinone-binding sites in the mitochondrial complex II and play an important r...

The essential oil of Lippia alba is reported as an antifungal against human pathogenic microorganisms but few articles report its use as an alternative to synthetic fungicides on green mould control. The objective of this study was to determine chemical characteristics of L. alba essential oil and its antifungal activity against green molds as an alternative to synthetic fungicides. Essential o...

Rice blast, a serious epidemic disease that limits grain yield worldwide is caused by fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. The present investigation was carried out to identify the probable avenues of interference by different fungicides during the critical stages of infection related morphogenesis of M. grisea. Effect of six fungicides at different stages of infection related morphogenesis show...

Introduction Fungicides have been widely used on nearly every crop imaginable and are continually being developed and reformulated as more information on their efficacy on specific crops and pathogens is discovered. It is well known that fungicides are developed and used in order to have a direct effect on one or more pathogens, usually to prevent their establishment on a crop. By spraying fung...

Strobilurin fungicides produce intensified greening and delayed senescence in plants, and have been claimed to enhance yields of field crops in the absence of disease. To help evaluate this claim, available publicly sponsored tests of fungicides on soft red winter wheat in Virginia and North Carolina (n = 42) were analyzed for the period 1994 to 2010. All tests were replicated and had a randomi...