Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is the most important causal agent of stem rot diseases on the field crops in Iran. During 2006-2007, totally 65 isolates of the fungus were obtained from infected rapeseed, lettuce, bean, tomato, cucumber and wild sinapsis plants in various fields of North provinces in Iran. Genetically diversities between the isolates were investigated by PCR, using five microsatellit...

BACKGROUND Antrodia camphorata (AC) is an important fungus native to Taiwanese forested regions. Scientific studies have demonstrated that extracts of AC possess a variety of pharmacological functions. This study aims to identify the full profile fingerprint of nucleosides and nucleobases in mycelial AC and to assess the quality of two commercial mycelial AC products. METHODS High-performance...

The stability of routinely used, population genetic markers through approximately 1 year of continuous laboratory growth was investigated in the common, plant pathogentic ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Given reports of accelerated mutation rates at higher temperatures, both a permissive temperature, 22 degrees C, and a temperature at the high end of tolerance, 30 degrees C, were employed....