Since 2017, Populus cathayana in Shuangshu Nursery, Huzhu County, Qinhai Province has suffered from extensive necrosis of branches, yellow pith tissue, cracks bark to severe cases, brown mucus outflow summer, yellowish pith, and no obvious disease. In this study, symptom observation, specimen collection, pathogen isolation culture, morphological observation molecular biological identification w...

background: xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (xcc), the causative agent of bacterial citrus canker, has affected citriculture worldwide. varieties of means have been used to minimize its devastating effects, but no attention has been given to bacteriocins.objectives: here and for the first time, we report the isolation and characterization of two novel bacteriocins.materials and methods: secretom...

For better characterization of the risk of pitch canker (caused by Gibberella circinata , anamorph = Fusarium circinatum ) to Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ), Californian isolates, selected exotic isolates, and ascospore progeny of a cross between wild-type Californian isolates were tested for aggressiveness to this host species. In addition, seedlings from representative provenances of P...

Citrus canker (caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (ex Hasse) Gabriel et al.) is a disease that affects several citrus species and causes erumpent, necrotic lesions on leaves, shoots, branches, and fruit. Yield loss due to fruit and leaf drop can be substantial, and on fruit the unsightly blemishes leads to reduced marketability (14,15,34). The disease is widespread in citrus growing regio...