A French farmer developed invasive aspergillosis with azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with the TR34/L98H mutation following a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He had worked in fungicide-sprayed fields where a non-genetically related A. fumigatus TR34/L98H isolate was collected. If azole resistance detection increases, voriconazole as first-line therapy might be questioned in agric...

HERE has been a small amount of published information on the genetics of the heterothallic ascomycete causing root and fruit rot of cucurbits. In these publications the fungus has been referred to as Hypomyces solani f. cucurbitae. However, according to DINGLEY (1961), this organism belong to the species Nectria haenzatococca and should be called N . haematococca var. cucurbitae. Genetic knowle...

There are many examples where the use of chemicals have had profound unintended consequences, such as fertilizers reducing crop yields (paradox of enrichment) and insecticides increasing insect pests (by reducing natural biocontrol). Recently, the application of agrochemicals, such as agricultural disinfectants and fungicides, has been explored as an approach to curb the pathogenic fungus, Batr...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious disease of wheat. The best controls for FHB are planting of resistant cultivars and application of fungicides to heads. However integrating these strategies may provide additional benefits for small grain producers including reduced disease losses and lower levels of the toxin deoxynivalenol (DON). This research was conducted to determine if resistant cul...

Zymoseptoria is a major fungal pathogen of wheat, responsible for the Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB) disease. Recently, STB has been subject intensive molecular studies. Notably, massive transcriptomic analyses have helped to explore this particular bi-phasic (asymptomatic/necrotrophic) infection process. Cytological also improved our understanding asymptomatic phase. These advances suggest that...