There have been several recent reports of Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) trees dying in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where this tree is used in traditional medicine and is a valuable source of timber for woodcarving and furniture. A survey of material from diseased P. angolensis trees in South Africa yielded isolates of the Botryosphaeriaceae, an important fungal family known to cause a n...

Interaction among nitrogen fertilization using bovine manure, poultry Jatropha curcas seed cake and urea, the diseases Ramularia leaf spot (RLS) Boll rot (BR), caused by Ramulariopsis pseudoglycines Diplodia gossypina, respectively, in cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.), was studied under field conditions. Intensity (incidence severity percentage) of RLS incidence (%) BR were evaluated over ...

Abstract Decline phenomena of shrub species such as Quercus coccifera and Retama raetam have occurred throughout Tunisian forests since 2012. These evergreen shrubs long been regarded for their medicinal ecological interests. Therefore, preservation valuable forest resources is great interest. However, information regarding aetiology this disease still scarce. Hence, the aim study was to identi...

Crithmum maritimum and Daucus carota subsp. gummifer are two species of the Apiaceae family that share multiple characteristics: both halophitic, live on cliffs in same geographic habitats, edible. While C. is rich essential oils flavonoids, D. terpenes a gum producer. In work presented herein, biomass these wild plants bioactive compounds present their extracts have been studied by elemental t...