Abstract The fungal genus Alternaria is a relevant pathogen for several commodities including citrus and pomegranate fruits. On citrus, it mainly causes brown spots on fruits leaves, whereas pomegranate, mostly fruit heart rot. In the present study presence of rots cultivated in Albania was assessed. Representative were collected from different regions. Nineteen thirteen spp. isolates obtained ...

The ability of Fusarium oxysporum Schlect. to cause a rot of the potato tuber has been clearly demonstrated by a number of workers. The influence of temperature on this disease has been reported in a number of papers, but the experimental evidence as a whole is rather meager, usually only extreme temperatures being used. The effect of moisture on the progress of the disease, except under condit...

Black meristematic fungi are cosmopolitan and able to adapt to extreme fluctuations of ultraviolet radiation, temperature, and moisture and grow in exposed habitats such as stone surfaces. In a survey on fungi associated with fruit rots, leaf spots, canker, gummosis, dieback and trunk diseases of grapevine and walnut trees in Kurdistan Province (Iran), some black meristematic fungal isolates re...

Several diseases are difficult to control specially in subtropical regions and perennial hosts where the pathogen survive easily within plant. The aim of this study was identify which pathogens surviving after end one season at beginning next inform represent potential risk as primary inoculum season. Survival on apple tree twigs evaluated during dormancy vegetative growth four orchards located...

Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is an effective technology to harness low-grade energy. Turbine, as a key component of ORC, takes advantages its high efficiency and compact size compared with other expanders. Currently, developing suitable turbines performance low cost one the bottlenecks for wide applications various ORCs. In this context, technical progress on radial inflow (RITs), axial (ATs), o...

Pathogenic isolates of Fusarium oxysporum, distinguished as formae speciales (f. spp.) on the basis of their host specificity, cause crown rots, root rots and vascular wilts on many important crops worldwide. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC) is particularly problematic to onion growers worldwide and is increasing in prevalence in the UK. We characterized 31 F. oxysporum isolates collected ...

Salmonella spp. are remarkably adaptable pathogens, and this adaptability allows these bacteria to thrive in a variety of environments and hosts. The mechanisms with which these pathogens establish within a niche amid the native microbiota remain poorly understood. Here, we aimed to uncover the mechanisms that enable Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain ATCC 14028 to benefit from the ...

Seventeen blackberry cultivars were evaluated for postharvest fruit-rot resistance in June and July, 2003. Fully mature, undamaged berries were harvested on two dates for each genotype at the University of Arkansas Fruit Substation, Clarksville. After transporting in chilled coolers to the Plant Pathology Department in Fayetteville, two replications of 10 berries of each genotype were placed in...