Silver scurf is a surface blemish disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers, caused by Helminthosporium solani Durieu & Mont., which has gained increasing economic importance in recent years. The disease develops initially in the field but fully expands in the warehouse under storage conditions favourable to the spread of the pathogen. Control of the disease, once provided by the fungicid...

Inhibiting the growth of mold fungi on cellulose-based building materials may be achievable through the use of azole-based antimycotics. Azoles were variably effective against mold fungi that are frequently found on wood and wood products. Unseasoned southern yellow pine specimens that were dip-treated with varying concentrations of eight azoles were evaluated for their ability to resist mold i...

Experiments are presented on pattern formation in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction in a blinking vortex flow. Mixing in this flow is chaotic, with nearby tracers separating exponentially with time. The patterns that form in this flow with the BZ reaction mimic chaotic mixing structures seen in passive transport. The behavior is analyzed in terms of a mixing time taum and a characteristic ...

Various anthelmintics belonging to the pharmacolog~cal group of benzimidazoles (oxibendazole, thiabendazole, albendazole, oxfendazole, flubendazole, mebendazole, parbendazole, fenbendazole and triclabendazole) were tested and compared for their In vitro and in vivo activity against an infection of rainbow trout Onchorhynchus myhss by Gyrodactylus. The trout were also observed for signs of toxic...

The non-judicious use of pesticides in agro-food poses a severe threat to food safety and human health. As an emerging chromatographic fingerprint provider, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis (SERS) sheds bright light on sensitive nondestructive detection pesticide residues. This research proposed novel strategy detect three-pesticide residues (thiabendazole, carbendazim, chlorpyrifos...

The fast anthelmintic resistance development has shown a limited efficiency in the control of animal's endoparasitosis and has promoted research using alternative control methods. The use of chemicals in animal anthelmintic treatment, in association with nematophagous fungi used for biological control, is a strategy that has proven to be effective in reducing the nematode population density in ...

Cutaneous larva migrans caused by the larvae of animal hookworms is the most frequent skin disease among travelers returning from tropical countries. Complications (impetigo and allergic reactions), together with the intense pruritus and the significant duration of the disease, make treatment mandatory. Freezing the leading edge of the skin track rarely works. Topical treatment of the affected ...

The sustainable management of biomass is a key global challenge that demands compliance with fundamental requirements social and environmental responsibility economic effectiveness. Strategies for the valorization waste from agrifood industries must be in line technological eco-industrial approaches. efficient bioremoval pesticides imazalil thiabendazole aqueous effluents using typically Medite...