Ficus religiosa L is one of the important medicinal plant widely used in pharmaceutical research. It is widely distributed in India and a religiously important host. In the present study, antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Ficus religiosa was carried out. Organic extract of five dominant endophytic fungi viz Botryodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Phomop...

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...

In Western Australia large areas of lupins are grown, and the stubbles of these crops provide valuable summer grazing for sheep in the absence of lupinosis. Lupinosis is a mycotoxicosis resulting from the ingestion of phomopsins (Culvenor et al. 1977), toxins produced on lupin stubbles by the fungus Phomopsis leptostromiformis (van Wannelo et al. 1970). It is often a fatal disease, but apart fr...