The potato rot nematode, Ditylenchus destructor Thorne, is reported for the first time in hulls and seeds of peanut. The populations found differed from D. dipsaei and D. myceliophagus in habitat, number of lateral incisures, shape of tail tip, and length of postvulval sac. Infected hulls had brown necrotic tissue at the point of connection with the peg, and a black discoloration appeared first...

Sweet chestnut fruits are popular commercialized as fresh or processed ready-to-eat products. The major post-harvest problems associated with stored fungal rots, which cause losses in fruit quality. aims of this work were to determine the incidence, abundance and diversity rots fungi three varieties (Longal, Judia Martaínha) Portugal, collected from an industrial plant, identify stages storage ...

Serpula lacrymans, the dry rot fungus, is considered the most economically important wood decay fungus in certain temperate regions of the world, namely northern Europe, Japan, and Australia. Previously, copper-based wood preservatives were commonly used for pressure treatment of wood for building construction, but some decay fungi are known to be copper tolerant. In this study, soil-block test...

Three fungal species were evaluated for their abilities to saccharify pure cellulose. The three species chosen represented three major wood-rot molds; brown rot (Gloeophyllum trabeum), white rot (Phanerochaete chrysosporium) and soft rot (Trichoderma reesei). After solid state fermentation of the fungi on the filter paper for four days, the saccharified cellulose was then fermented to ethanol b...

In Egypt, potato has an important position among all vegetable crops. Potato crop is infected with the brown rot disease producing a major problem which caused by Ralstonia. Solanacearum. Soil samples were collected from Gharbia governorate, bacterial isolation was carried out using suitable media. Many bacterial isolates were obtained and used for bioagent against R. solanacearum. One isolate ...