Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is a soil- and seed-borne pathogen that causes charcoal rot various rots blights of more than 500 crop species. Dry root (DRR) also called as which yield loss ranged from 25-48 per cent. The necrotroph infects wide range crops. It observed mycelium M. in cotyledons, plumule radicle, the naturally infected seeds mungbean cowpea. disease symptoms are clearly ...

The purpose of this study was to provide molecular evidence of Rickettsia spp. in ticks collected from 2 sites of Cordoba. From May to June 2009, 1069 Amblyomma cajennense ticks were removed from 40 capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in a rural locality of Monteria. Furthermore, 458 Amblyomma sp. larvae and 20 Amblyomma sp. nymphs were collected in a rural locality of Los Cordobas (Cordoba) ...

There is increasing evidence showing that microbes can influence plant-insect interactions. In addition, various studies have shown that aboveground pathogens can alter the interactions between plants and insects. However, little is known about the role of soil-borne pathogens in plant-insect interactions. It is also not known how environmental conditions, that steer the performance of soil-bor...

properties, structure, mechanism of action and biosynthesis. During a relatively short period in the late 1940's and early fifties there was a flush of activity on the question of the role of antibiotics in nature. This interest stemmed in the main from investigators who were seeking to understand the mechanism of microbial antagonisms in soil and its relationship to soil-borne plant diseases. ...

In “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Necrotizing Pneumonia,” by Monica Monaco et al., an error occurred on page 1647, in the first full sentence of the third column. The sentence should read “On day 3 of admission, antimicrobial drug therapy was changed to linezolid (600 mg 2 times a day).” The corrected text appears in the online article at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no10/05...

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the causal agent of Fusarium wilt (Panama disease), is one of the most devastating diseases of banana (Musa spp.). The Foc tropical race 4 (TR4) is currently known as a major concern in global banana production. No effective resistance is known in Musa to Foc, and no effective measures for controlling Foc once banana plants have been infected in place. E...

For sustainable agriculture to succeed, especially in the production of organic food, use biofertilizers and biopesticides is essential. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis important for improving plant development through increased nutrient intake, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration creation glomalin, a distinct specialized protein. It was not determined whether glomalin affects soil-borne ...

Introduction Since its origin in the late 1980’s, the development of geographical information science and of geographical information systems (GIS), the toolset enabling to conduct this type of research, has now reached the necessary maturity to be considered a main stream application: GIS evolved from the status of ‘a promising tool’ to the status of ‘a tool achieving its promises’. To maintai...

In our experience with Greyhounds over the past 17 years, the prevalence of TBDs has decreased markedly, likely due to better tick control. For example, 15 years ago approximately half of the retired racing Greyhounds evaluated as potential blood donors at OSU tested positive for Babesia canis or Ehrlichia canis serology, whereas now only 1-3% of the dogs are positive for any TBD. However, in s...