Reliable, precise and accurate estimates of disease severity are important for predicting
yield loss, monitoring and forecasting epidemics, for assessing crop germplasm for disease …

Fungal pathogens pose a major threat to food production worldwide. Traditionally, chemical
fungicides have been the primary means of controlling these pathogens, but many of these …

Species of Diaporthe are considered important plant pathogens, saprobes, and endophytes
on a wide range of plant hosts. Several species are well-known on citrus, either as agents of …

The genus Phyllosticta occurs worldwide, and contains numerous plant pathogenic,
endophytic and saprobic species. Phyllosticta citricarpa is the causal agent of Citrus Black …

Alternaria alternata causes black spot in many fruits and vegetables around the world. It is a
latent fungus that develops during the cold storage of fruits, becoming visible during the …

Anthesis is generally recommended as the optimum growth stage for applying a foliar
fungicide to manage Fusarium head blight (FHB) and the Fusarium-associated toxin …

Copper (Cu)-based antimicrobial compounds (CBACs) have been widely used to control
phytopathogens for nearly fourteen decades. Since the first commercialized Bordeaux …

Alternaria brown spot (ABS) is a serious disease affecting susceptible citrus genotypes,
which is a strong concern regarding citrus breeding programs. Resistance is conferred by a …

Genetic analysis of phenotypical traits and marker-trait association in polyploid species is
generally considered as a challenge. In the present work, different approaches were …

Tobacco brown spot caused by Alteraria alternata is a devastating disease of tobacco
worldwide. In this study, we reported the effects of a strobilurin fungicide azoxystrobin and a …