This study aimed to identify fungal species associated with trunk diseases of sweet cherries (Prunus avium) in several commercial cherry orchards Beijing, Guizhou and Shandong provinces, China. In total, eighteen strains that fitted well into the concept Diaporthe were isolated. Based on both morphological multi-locus phylogenetic analyses internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), beta-tubulin ...

The Turkestan region is a cotton-growing zone in South Kazakhstan, but also the northernmost area world. Annually, medium-staple cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation occurs on 115,000–125,000 ha, with 80,000–85,000 ha grown Districts of Maktaaral and Zhetysay, Kazakhstan. This highly susceptible to salinity, drought, invasion dangerous pests (cotton budworm, beet borer, spider mites, aphi...

Starting in 2012, severe diebacks usually accompanied by abundant gum exudation have occurred on yuzu trees in Goheung-gun, Jeonnam Province, where severely affected trees were occasionally killed. On-farm surveys were conducted at 30 randomly-selected orchards located at Pungyang-myeon, Goheung-gun, and the resulting disease incidences were 18.5% and 39.6% for dieback and gumming symptoms, res...