One of the diseases that has greatest negative effect on peach production is brown rot, produced by fungus, Monilinia spp. The way to diminish this disease selection genotypes with a high tolerance while maintaining fruit quality. In study, laxa and agronomic biochemical characteristics forty-two hybrids derived from ‘Andross’ × ‘Calante’ cross were studied under controlled conditions during tw...

ABSTRACT Inoculations were performed six to eight times in each of 10 prune orchards located in nine counties of California. In each inoculation, branches that bore 40 to 60 blossoms or 30 to 40 fruit were inoculated with conidial suspensions of Monilinia fructicola. Three inoculum concentrations and 14 to 16 h of humidity were used for each inoculation. All inoculated fruit were maintained on ...

Trifluoromethyl ketones (TFK) are potent inhibitors of a variety of serine hydrolases. The TFK inhibitor, 3-(4-mercaptobutylthio)-1,1,1-trifluoro-2-propanone (MBTFP), was found to competitively inhibit cutinase activity (I50 = 9.4 x 10(-3)) from the fungal plant pathogen Monilinia fructicola and to serve as an effective affinity ligand for the purification of cutinases from culture filtrates. T...