Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is native to South America and widely planted as a fruit crop in the tropics and sub-tropics. This plant is susceptible to a number of fungal diseases of which the most severe is fusariosis. The disease is caused by Fusarium guttiforme and occurs only in South and Central America. The occurrence of a similar disease on pineapples in South Africa has prompted a re-eval...

Fusarium species cause rare and severe infections. Their incidence is increasing in immunocompromised patients but they are also observed in healthy hosts. Because of the rapid dissemination of infection and the frequent resistance of Fusarium species to antifungal drugs, histopathologic evidence of hyphae is very helpful to obtain the diagnosis rapidly. We report the clinical and pathological ...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the efficacy of voriconazole, amphotericin B and micafungin alone and combined in a murine model of disseminated infection by Fusarium solani. METHODS Immunosuppressed mice were treated with voriconazole at 60 mg/kg/day, amphotericin B at 3 mg/kg/day, micafungin at 10 mg/kg/day or combinations of these antifungal drugs. For survival studies, treatment began 1 day after...

We have established a mouse model of corneal fusariosis that permits the evaluation of fungal infection and pathogenesis. Corneas of immunocompetent and cyclophosphamide-treated adult BALB/c mice were topically inoculated with Fusarium solani after corneal scarification. Eyes were scored for corneal involvement daily for 8 days and at 2 weeks after infection. Eyes were enucleated at various tim...

During the 2014-2017 period, wheat samples were collected from discoloured spikes affected by Fusarium head blight (FHB) 20 locations in Serbia. After isolation, fungi cultivated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 25oC for 7 days. Based situ identification PDA, 36 isolates of section Liseola selected further analyses. The pathogenicity all was confirmed leaves. virulence determined measuring leng...

Con la finalidad de introducir y evaluar adaptación nuevas líneas (genotipos) trigo facultativo (Triticum aestivum) procedentes del ICARDA CIMMYT a condiciones agroecológicas valle Mantaro, en el centro Perú. Se instalaron parcelas observación Estación Experimental Agropecuario “El Mantaro” (3316 msnm) donde se sembraron 287 tres viveros internacionales (24th FAWWON-IRR (1), 24th FAWWON-IRR(2) ...