Cucurbita species can be affected by soil-borne pathogens, such as Phytopthora capsici and Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae (Fsc). Diverse commercial conserved lines of spp. were tested. C. pepo subsp. genotypes showed the highest susceptibility to both pathogens. The tolerance P. Fsc was then screened in a zucchini mutant population. Two M3 (Cp107 Cp116) with high occurrence tolerant individu...

Abstract The accumulation of soil-borne pathogens is the main driving factor negative plant-soil feedbacks (NPSFs), which seriously restricts sustainable development agriculture. Using natural volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from plants or microorganisms as biofumigants an emerging strategy to alleviate NPSFs in environmentally-friendly way. Here, we identified ?-terpineol VOCs pine needles, ...

Plant protection represents one of the strategies to fill the yield gap and to achieve food security, a key topic for India development. Analysis of climate risks for crops indicates that South Asia is one of the regions most exposed to the adverse impact on many plants that are relevant to inhabitants exposed to food safety risks. Furthermore, accumulation of pesticide residues in the aquatic ...

Ticks are distributed worldwide and have an enormous medical and veterinary importance owing to the direct damage they cause to their hosts, and especially because these are vectors of a large variety of human and animal pathogens. In fact, ticks are second to mosquitoes as vectors of human pathogens and the most important vectors of pathogens affecting cattle worldwide [1-3]. Tick species can ...

Consumption of contaminated seafoods is a major cause of death and hospitalization particularly in poor and developing countries. As with other food types, seafoods are also not free of food-borne pathogens and several risk factors are associated with its consumption. Regarding seafoods, there are regulatory hygienic alerts in importing countries. This paper briefly reviews the occurrence of se...

The fungal species belonging to the genus Trichoderma has been globally recognized as a potential candidate of biofertilizer and biocontrol agent prevent devastating soil-borne pathogens enhance growth productivity agricultural crops. antagonistic activity pathogenic fungi is attributed several mechanisms including antibiosis enzymatic hydrolysis, which are largely associated with wide range me...

Objective: Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) produce various substances that exhibit antagonistic activity against other bacteria. Detection of antimicrobial substance produced by lactic acid bacteria against the water borne pathogens is the objective of this work. Materials: The bacteriocin producing probiotic strain Lactobacillus plantarum was isolated from a grass silage samples and identified base...

Trichoderma spp. are fungi that occur worldwide. Recent studies show that they are not only parasites of fungal plant pathogens but also can produce antibiotics. In addition, certain strains can induce systemic and localized resistance to several plant pathogens. Moreover, some strains may enhance plant growth and development. The potential of Trichoderma species used as biological agents of pl...

Crude extracts from Warburgia ugandensis Sprague, Azadirachta indica, Tagetes minuta and Urtica massaica have been tested against soil pathogens; Fusarium oxysporum, Alternaria passiflorae and Aspergillus niger. The results obtained showed biological activity against these pathogens except for U. massaica extract, which was not active. Separation of the crude extract from W. ugandensis yielded ...

INTRODUCTION Limited information is available about the presence of tick-borne pathogens in urban parks in Italy. To fill this gap, ticks were collected in a public park in Rome over a 1-year period and screened by molecular methods for tick-borne pathogens. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The most abundant tick species were Rhipicephalus turanicus and Ixodes ricinus. The predominant pathogens detecte...