The effect of two fungicides, Caocobre and Ridomil on rhizosphere phenomenon of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) seedlings has been studied at different stages of the development of the plant growing in pots. Fungal population in the rhizophere soil was generally higher than in the non-rhizosphere soil. The total number of fungal population in both the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere was highest on th...

a specimen of an ascomycetous fungus collected during a field trip was identified as gymnoascus baran. soil samples collected from 0-20 cm depth were studied for isolation of fungi using a soil dilution plate method. based on the morphological and molecular characters the specimens were identified as gymnoascus reesii. genomic dna was extracted and a nuclear rdna region, containing the internal...

Where would plant ecology and evolution be without the basic knowledge of plant species and distributions? Fortunately we do not need to answer this question because floristics is a mature field, and published floras deliver essential tools for plant ecologists who need to identify species or use plant distribution data for conservation and biogeographic work. By contrast, fungal biologists sel...

Article history: Received on: 27/04/2016 Revised on: 14/06/2016 Accepted on: 29/07/2016 Available online: 29/10/2016 Endophytic mycoflora are ubiquitous organisms residing in the internal tissues of the plants, at least for a portion of their lives without causing apparent symptoms of infection. Endophytes serve as rich sources of novel natural compounds with a wide-spectrum of biologically act...

Aerobiological sampling traditionally uses a volumetric spore trap located in a fixed position to estimate personal exposure to airborne fungi. In this study, the number and identity of fungi inhaled by human subjects (n=34), wearing Intra-nasal air samplers (INASs), was measured over 2-hour periods in an outdoor community setting, and compared to fungal counts made with a Burkard spore trap an...

Mycoflora was assessed in the commercial meju from four well-separated geographic origins. A total of 112 fungal isolates were identified by phenotypic characteristics and molecular taxonomy using sequencing the internal transcribed spacer of the rDNA and revealed 19 species from 13 genera. Enzymatic characteristics of protease and amylase, and mycotoxin production were analyzed.