The goal of this study was to identify the zoysiagrass rust pathogens and analyze differences in rust-resistant rust-susceptible Zoysia japonica germplasm upon inoculation. Based on assessment spore morphology 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) molecular identification, pathogen identified as Puccinia zoysiae Diet. development mycelium, rate spreading, timing production were more delayed (RR) genotype th...

The aim of the present study was to analyze effects two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Funneliformis mosseae and Paraglomus occultum, on leaf water status, root morphology, sugar accumulation, abscisic acid (ABA) levels, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, antioxidant enzyme activities in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) exposed well-watered (WW) drought stress (DS) conditions. results showed...

abstract in this study the effect of combination of trichoderma harzianum bi and salicylic acid were studied on root knot nematode (meloidogyne javanica) disease on tomato under green house conditions. the roots of tomato seedlings at six-leaf stage were inoculated with suspensions of fungal antagonist (106 conidia/ ml), 5mm salicylic acid and 2000 second-stage juvenile (j2). combined applicati...

in this study the effect of different concentrations of silicon( 0, 2 , 4 and 6 mm, on expression of some genes involved in resistance and activity of several antioxidan enzymes was investigated: the plants was treated in flowering stage via soil solution. the treated plants were inoculated with 106 spore suspended in 1 ml by injection into the lower part of the spikelets and then were harveste...

The events involved in the structural interaction between the diazotrophic endophytic bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae, strain RAM10, labeled with green fluorescent protein, and pineapple plantlets 'Vitória' were evaluated by means of bright-field and fluorescence microscopy, combined with scanning electron microscopy for 28 days after inoculation. After 6 hours of inoculation, H. seropedic...

Triplicate aqueous leachates of a municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWIBA) were produced according to a European standardised method. Leachates analysis showed relatively low concentrations (less than 1 mg.l(-1)) for four metals (iron, cadmium, lead and copper). No mutagenic activity was revealed after performing the Salmonella/microsome assay with and without microsomal activatio...

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infection in developed countries. It has been shown that CMV DNA was frequently detected in the fetal membranes when the placenta was infected in utero. However, it is still not clear whether CMV replicates in constituent cells of the fetal membranes. We investigated CMV infection of primary cultured chorion and amnion c...