Three fungi newly intercepted from importing plants were identified in 2004. They were Ascochyta chrysanthemi on Lactuca sativa from China, A. spinaciicola on Spinacia oleracea from Denmark, and Leptosphaerulina australis on Brassica oleracea var. capitata from China. The characters of these fungi were described and illustrated.

ABSTRACT Historically, the response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to Didymella rabiei (causal agent of Ascochyta blight) has been mainly related to as complete resistance and it was commonly assayed with qualitative (nonparametric) scales. Two reciprocal populations, derived from intra-specific crosses between a moderately resistant late flowering Israeli cultivar and a highly susceptible ea...

Ascochyta blight is a major biotic constraint of faba bean (Vicia L.) production and productivity worldwide caused by fabae. No studies have been performed in Algeria to identify A. fabae isolates or assess their pathogenicity, therefore information on local insufficient. Herein, 14 were obtained from samples identified based morphological traits phylogenetic analysis internal transcribed space...