Background Research shows that jasmonic acid (JA) and Methyl Jasmonate (MJ), compounds that participate in the metabolism’s control, development and protection of plant processes [1], also possess anticancer activities [2]. In studies, researchers found that Jasmonate were able to inhibit the growth of human cancer cells, and MJ induced death in lung carcinoma cells [3], breast, prostate, melan...

Severe decline of almond trees has recently been observed in several orchards on the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea). However, the identity of the causal agents has not yet been investigated. Between August 2008 and June 2010, wood samples from branches of almond trees showing internal necroses and brown to black vascular streaking were collected in the Llevant ...

Orange bagasse comprising pulp tissues, rind, and seeds, constitutes a major industrial food waste arising from processing oranges for juice, and represents a fermentation feedstock for the production of enzymes. Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05 grown on essential oils-extracted orange bagasse in submerged (SmF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) with and without added nutrients produced pectinas...

In California's Mediterranean climate, management of grapevine trunk diseases (Botryosphaeria dieback, Eutypa Phomopsis Esca) focuses on protecting vines during the dormant season, when pruning coincides with rain-induced spore dispersal causal fungi (‘trunk pathogens’). Applying protectants (fungicides, toxic barriers, sealants, biocontrol agents) after can minimize infection wounds. For seaso...

The Botryosphaeriales order is best known for the diseases they cause in woody plants, as primary pathogens or latent residing tissue of asymptomatic hosts. In first instance, species have been identified Venezuela using morphological descriptions ‘80s and ‘90s, later, mid-2000s molecular techniques. asexual morphs were initially used identification genera species. Lasiodiplodia spp. (as L. the...