Although citrus is indigenous to southeast Asia, oranges were first planted commercially in central Arizona in the late 1800s. Today commercial production is centered in several warm and low-frost-risk areas of central and southwestern Arizona. A great number of citrus varieties are also widely planted in home gardens. Many diseases of citrus have been described world wide and have colorful and...

Severe flower bud rot was observed in hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) growing Shimane Prefecture, Japan. This symptom potted grown under forcing culture greenhouses during winter. A gray mold pathogen (Botrytis cinerea) isolated from rotten buds, and the original reproduced via inoculation with isolates. The identification of confirmed by morphology molecular phylogeny. is first report hydra...

in this research, the ability of bacillus strains in suppression of mycelial growth and conidial germination of b. cinerea against botrytis fruit rot of strawberry were evaluated in three cultivars of strawberry including quineliza, paros and kurdistan. results indicated that among 32 strains of bacillus, ten strains showed strong inhibitory effects against b. cinerea using the plate assay and ...