Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum is a major disease of jojoba, causing serious economic losses. This study aimed at characterizing the Fusarium populations associated with jojoba in Israel. Fifty Fusarium isolates used in this study included 23 isolates from the 90’s (‘past’) and 27 recently isolated (‘recent’). All the isolates were characterized by arbitrarily‐primed (ap)‐PCR and 16 representatives

Vegetable grafting for disease management was first utilized successfully when watermelon grafted onto a squash (Cucurbita moschata) rootstock was used to overcome Fusarium wilt. Interspecific grafting has since been used effectively to mitigate a number of soilborne pathogens in a variety of Solanaceous and Cucurbitaceous cropping systems. Verticillium wilt is a significant disease in watermelon cropping

Erwinia psidii is the causal agent of bacterial blight of guava, and wilt and dieback of eucalypt in Brazil. Previous studies using repetitive sequence‐based PCR (rep‐PCR) revealed limited genetic diversity in E. psidii populations. Here, the draft genome sequence of the type strain IBSBF435 was interrogated for variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) that could be applied to study the E. psidii genetic

Citrus psorosis virus (CPsV) is the causal agent of psorosis, an important disease of citrus in different growing areas. Sanitary and certification programs helped reduce disease damage caused by psorosis and other graft‐transmissible diseases in many citrus regions. For quarantine and certification programs most of these diseases are currently diagnosed using biological indexing (BI) on sensitive

Begomoviruses constitute a group of viruses of great economic importance for agriculture mainly in tropical and subtropical regions, including southern Africa. Tomato curly stunt virus (ToCSV) is an important begomovirus described in South Africa and later reported in Mozambique impacting tomato cultivation. In Mozambique, the severe disease caused by ToCSV limits tomato cultivation and compromises

Soybean rust, caused by the biotrophic fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is the most important foliar disease of soybean (Glycine max) worldwide. Deployment of resistant soybean cultivars is the best option for managing this disease. Genes conferring resistance to P. pachyrhizi have been identified, but pathotypes of the rust fungus overcoming these resistance genes have been found as well. To identify

Late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans is considered as the most important and destructive disease of potato in Turkey. In this study, characterization of 367 isolates of P. infestans obtained from the potato‐growing areas of the country was carried out to evaluate the pathogen population structure over the 2017‐2019 production seasons. The isolates were characterized based on numerous

Bakanae disease, caused by Fusarium fujikuroi, was investigated under different CO2 and temperature environments in order to simulate climate changes in the F. fujikuroi/rice pathosystem. F. fujikuroi infected plants were grown under six phytotron conditions: 1) 18‐22 °C (night/day) + 450 ppm CO2 (low temperatures and ambient CO2), 2) 18‐22 °C (night/day) + 850 ppm CO2 (low temperatures and elevated

Cercospora beticola is one of the most important fungal pathogen in sugar beet causing Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease. Due to decreasing efficacies of various fungicide caused by resistance traits, the development of a sustainable disease management strategy becomes more important. Therefore, detailed knowledge about the epidemiology of the pathogen is crucial. Until now, little is known about

The reference collection in which the holotype of Botrytis medusae (L. A. Harper, M. C. Derbyshire, F. J. Lopez‐Ruiz, sp. nov,) was deposited was not specified; thus, the species name was invalid. This corrigendum now clarifies where the holotype is deposited. The original Mycobank number for this invalid species nomenclature is MB827445. A new Mycobank number (MB837453) has now been generated and