Raspberry (Rosales: Rosaceae) production in the U.K. has moved rapidly last 10 years to under polythene, combined with a reduced availability of broad-spectrum fungicides. Hence, incidence previously less prevalent diseases, such as Cladosporium (Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae), largely increased. This study aimed identify predominant species on raspberry and understand nature its infection fruit...

One new bicyclic lactam, cladosporilactam A (1), and six known 12-membered macrolides (2-7) were isolated from a gorgonian-derived Cladosporium sp. fungus collected from the South China Sea. Their complete structural assignments were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic investigation. Quantum chemistry calculations were used in support of the structural determination of 1. The absolute con...

Cladosporium species are active in protecting plants against different biotic and abiotic stresses. Since these produced a wide range of secondary metabolites responsible for the adaptation to new habitats, plant health performance, they great interest, especially biostimulants agriculture. sp. produces protein hydrolysates (PHs), class biostimulants, by cultivation on medium with keratin waste...

Pollen load samples from 10 hives of Apis mellifera (L.) were analyzed based on their physicochemical composition and botanical source, considering color as a parameter for quality control. In seven samples it was possible to establish the occurrence of more than 80% of a single pollen type, characterizing them as unifloral but with protein content variation. One of the samples was exclusively ...

Marine fungi represent a huge potential for new natural products and an increased number of new metabolites have become known over the past years, while much of the hidden potential still needs to be uncovered. Representative examples of biodiversity studies of marine fungi and of natural products from a diverse selection of marine fungi from the author's lab are highlighting important aspects ...