background: melon (cucumis melo) allergy is one of the most common food allergies, characterized by oral allergy syndrome. to date, two allergen molecules, cuc m 1 and cuc m 2, have been fully characterized in melon pulp, but there are few reports about the molecular characteristics of cuc m 3. methods:the cuc m 3 cdna has been characterized by rapid amplification of cdna ends (race), which rev...

Xylella fastidiosa has been recognized as a pathogen of landscape trees for over 25 years. Collectively, these diseases are referred to as bacterial leaf scorch (BLS). Arborists, property owners, and communities are now beginning to recognize BLS as a serious threat to the urban forest. Although advances in symptom awareness and diagnostic techniques have enabled arborists to diagnose BLS, ther...

1Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China 2School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1 3Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada S9H 3X2 4College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China 5Department of P...