During 2003-04 major mushroom production units of Tehran province were sampled and 103 fungicolous isolates were obtained (Table 1). Verticillium fungicola (with 50 isolates), Trichoderma harzianum (with 24 isolates), Cladobotryum dendroides (with 16 isolates) and Acremonium crotocinigenum (with 11 isolates) were the most frequent fungi associated with the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus...

Proof (of Lemma 2). Assume that S `C t t0. By definition we get that S `C t. If (CANCEL) was used to derive S `C t t0 then t has the form t1 :t2 :t3 and t0 has the form t1 :t3, and furthermore we know that S t1 ! S0 t2 ! S0. It follows immediately that S `C t1:t3, and hence that S `C t0 and finalC(S, t) = finalC(S, t 0), as required. On the other hand, if (SWAP) was used to derive S `C t t0 the...

SUMMARY In 28 school children with primary hypothyroidism due to iodine deficiency, 100 µg levothyroxine (L-T4} was administered for nine weeks and resulted in normalization of serum T4, T3, and TSH. Five months after withdrawal of L-T 4 , thyroid function was normal in the majority of subjects. Serum T4 was 8.6±2.3 µg/dl ; T3, 156±2.3 ng/dl; and TSH, 6.9± 12.7 µU/ml. Only one subjects showed ...

Fusarium graminearum Schwabe causes Fusarium head blight (FHB), a devastating disease that leads to extensive yield and quality loss of wheat and other cereal crops. Twelve isolates of F. graminearum were collected from naturally infected spikes of wheat from Assiut Egypt. These isolates were compared using SRAP. The results indicated distinct genetic groups exist within F. graminearum, and dem...

The capability of the bio-control agent Trichoderma harzianum to trigger plant growth and improvement in biomass response was investigated by inoculating roots of medicinal plant (Ocimum sanctum) seedlings with Trichoderma harzianum in pots, under aseptic, green house environmental conditions. Trichoderma harzianum was isolated from ten different agro climatic zones of Karnataka. Biological and...

In vivo, immunocompetent T lymphocytes are only detected late in ontogeny, among mature thymocytes expressing either T4 (L3T4 in mouse) or T8 (Lyt-2) surface glycoproteins. We have previously shown, however, that there are functional precursors among T3+4-6-8- human thymocytes in vivo. Here we report on the in vitro differentiation of prothymocytes into T3+4-6-8- and mature T cells. T11+3-4-6-8...

We used dual laser two-color flow cytometry to compare the expression of surface markers associated with activation and with differentiation in lung and peripheral blood T lymphocytes from normal subjects. T cell subsets, defined based on their reactivity with monoclonal antibodies (MAb) OKT3, OKT4, and OKT8, were analyzed for expression of activation antigens as detected by MAbs to the interle...

Twelve isolates of Trichoderma (six of T. harzianum, five of T. viride, one of T. virens), which reduced variably the incidence of collar rot disease caused in peanut by Aspergillus niger Van Tieghem, were evaluated for their potential to produce lytic enzymes during in vitro antagonism. T. viride 60 inhibited highest (86.2%) growth of test fungus followed by T. harzianum 2J (80.4%) at 6 days a...