Onions are an important vegetable crop, which is infected by many soils and foliar pathogens. Among them, Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR) causes yield losses of up to 50 per cent in the field 30 40 during post-harvest storage bulbs. For management basal rot onion, efficacy native antagonists such as six different Trichoderma sp. (T1-T6), five Bacillus (B1-B5) oil cakes was assessed against oxysporum f...

Field surveys conducted on nine farms over a 2-year period showed the widespread presence of Phytophthora-related diseases globe artichoke plants in main growing area Sardinia (Italy). Characteristic symptoms included wilting and necrosis outermost leaves dark brown discoloration stem tissues, as well root rot. A total 18 Phytophthora colonies belonging to three species were isolated characteri...

Abstract Base rot, caused by Ceratocystis paradoxa , can be a severe disease of pineapple planting material and result in poor establishment plants. Pre-plant dipping crowns potassium phosphonate is used to control Phytophthora cinnamomi root heart rot was tested for efficacy against base this study. Dipping 0.5% 2 min significantly reduced the severity on inoculated two trials with ‘MD2’ ‘73–5...

The widespread destruction of commercially grown bulbs of Narcissus tazetta papyraceus (Paper White) has been reported in Israel. This phenomenon is usually characterized by a premature yellowing of the foliage, accompanied by root rot and dark, sunken basal plates. This study confirmed thatAphelenchoides subtenuis is the main cause of the basal plate disease of Narcissus. In contrast to other ...