Fusarium infection and deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination in seven durum wheat lines kernel (six domestic ZP 16, 34, 41, 74, 120, DSP 66, one international line Cimmyt 7817) during two harvest seasons (2015-2016) has been studied. The four species, F. graminearum, proliferatum, sporotrichioides, verticillioides, were identified 2015. A different structure of the population, which addition to sp...

A bacterial strain designated as BPM3 isolated from mud of a natural hot water spring of Nambar Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam, India, strongly inhibited growth of phytopathogenic fungi (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri, F. semitectum, Magnaporthe grisea and Rhizoctonia oryzae) and gram-positive bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus). The maximum growth and antagonistic activity was recorded at 30°C, pH...

Abstract Background Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) depends mainly on their ability to produce efficient enzymes, which degrade insect’s integument and other cellular components. Lipases are the first enzymes secreted by these fungi, then proteases, phospholipases, chitinases. Results Twenty-six fungal strains, isolated from aphids, Aphis sp., Linnaeus (Homoptera, Aphididae), toma...

The phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium mangiferae belongs to the fujikuroi species complex (FFSC). Members of this group cause a wide spectrum devastating diseases on diverse agricultural crops. F. is causal agent mango malformation disease (MMD) and as such detrimental for agriculture in southern hemisphere. During plant infection, produces plethora bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs), which mo...