Since their introduction in the late 1970s, phenylamide fungicides have been used effectively to control diseases caused by the Peronosporales. These fungicides have a very specific mode of action; inhibiting fungal ribosomal RNA polymerases (7). Because of this specificity, there is a relatively high risk that resistance to the fungicide may appear quickly in the target fungal population (3). ...

This study examined fungal diversity and composition in conventional (CM) and desert farming (DE) systems in Oman. Fungal diversity in the rhizosphere of tomato was assessed using 454-pyrosequencing and culture-based techniques. Both techniques produced variable results in terms of fungal diversity, with 25% of the fungal classes shared between the two techniques. In addition, pyrosequencing re...

Studies by Western blot analyses have shown that antibodies in the sera of host species infected by Pythium insidiosum recognized several prominent proteins expressed by this fungus-like pathogen. Although these studies have utilized sera from infected patients and relevant local strains of P. insidiosum, the results are difficult to compare because of the lack of method standardization. In an ...