Alternaria solani Sorauer (Ellis), a foliar pathogen of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), was considered to be difficult to control, responsible for yield losses of up to 30% (24), until the registration of the first strobilurin fungicide, azoxystrobin (Quadris; Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, NC), in 1999. Strobilurins belong to the group of chemicals classified as Quinone outside inhibitor...

Narceine methyl ester and narceine are potent alkaloids which were isolated from Corydalis longipes were found effective in vitro at very low concentration, i.e., 100~500 ppm against spore germination of some test plant pathogenic fungi (Alternaria solani, A. tagetica, Cercospora abelmoschi, Curvularia maculans, Erysiphe cichoracearum, E. pisi, Fusarium udum, Helminthosporium oryzae, H. pennise...

Four hundred bacterial isolates were isolated from rhizosphere of some plants collected from Egypt and screened for production of chitinase enzyme. Only four isolates designated MS1, MS2, MS3 and MS4 were the most potent chitinolytic bacterial species. SDS-PAGE analysis of vegetative and sporulated cells of the four isolates revealed that the protein profile of the four isolates were different ...

Abstract Early blight of potato and tomato, caused principally by Alternaria solani , results in extensive damage to foliar tissues. Symptoms are seen as expanding necrotic lesions. Lesions sometimes surrounded a halo chlorotic tissue, however the basis for presence or absence distinctive have not been determined. To dissect lesion development series Alternaria-associated toxins potential elici...

Chemical investigation of the mycelium of Edenia gomezpompae, a newly discovered endophytic fungus isolated from the leaves of Callicarpa acuminata (Verbenaceae) collected from the ecological reserve El Eden, Quintana Roo, Mexico, resulted in the isolation of four naphthoquinone spiroketals, including three new compounds and palmarumycin CP2 (4). We elucidated the structures of the metabolites ...

In this study, 3-methyl-1,2,4-triazolyl chitosan (MTACS) and 3-chloromethyl-1,2,4-triazolyl chitosan (CMTACS) were prepared via cyclization of acyl thiourea chitosan (TUCS). Their structures were confirmed by FT-IR, ¹H-NMR, elemental analysis, DSC, XRD, and SEM. The conformations were predicted using the Gaussian 09 program. Additionally, the antifungal properties of MTACS and CMTACS against St...

The antifungal activity of phenolic compounds extracted from olive pomace against Alternaria solani, Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium culmorum was investigated. Olive pomace, a by-product of olive oil production, was used as a source of phenolic compounds. The extracted phenolics were added to a medium to reach phenol concentration of 0.1 and 0.2 % (w/v) and tested for their antifungal activity ag...

Disease resistance in transgenic plants has been improved, for the first time, by the insertion of a gene from a biocontrol fungus. The gene encoding a strongly antifungal endochitinase from the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma harzianum was transferred to tobacco and potato. High expression levels of the fungal gene were obtained in different plant tissues, which had no visible effect on plant...