Forensic mycology: the use of fungi in criminal investigations

DL Hawksworth, PEJ Wiltshire - Forensic Science International, 2011 - Elsevier
This is the first overview to be published of the whole field of forensic mycology. It is based
on all available information located in the literature, together with 13 examples from recent …

Identification and Detection of Phytophthora: Reviewing Our Progress, Identifying Our Needs

FN Martin, ZG Abad, Y Balci, K Ivors - Plant disease, 2012 - Am Phytopath Society
With the increased attention given to the genus Phytophthora in the last decade in response
to the ecological and economic impact of several invasive species (such as P. ramorum, P …

Molecular tools for detection of plant pathogenic fungi and fungicide resistance

N Capote, AM Pastrana, A Aguado… - Plant …, 2012 - books.google.com
Plant pathogenic fungi are the causal agents of the most detrimental diseases in plants,
including economically important crops, provoking considerable yield losses worldwide …

Molecular Detection and Quantification of Pythium Species: Evolving Taxonomy, New Tools, and Challenges

KL Schroeder, FN Martin, AWAM de Cock… - Plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
The genus Pythium is one of the most important groups of soilborne plant pathogens,
present in almost every agricultural soil and attacking the roots of thousands of hosts …

Scripta manent? Assessing microbial risk to paper heritage

F Cappitelli, G Pasquariello, G Tarsitani, C Sorlini - Trends in Microbiology, 2010 - cell.com
Paper, like all other cultural heritage materials, degrades over time, but conservation slows
down the rate of its deterioration. There is a long history of cooperation between …

A culture-based survey of fungi in soil from bat hibernacula in the eastern United States and its implications for detection of Geomyces destructans, the causal agent …

JM Lorch, DL Lindner, A Gargas, LK Muller, AM Minnis… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The recent emergence of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease causing
unprecedented mortality among hibernating bats of eastern North America, has revealed a …

Differential gene transcript accumulation in peas in response to powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) attack

E Barilli, D Rubiales, T Gjetting, MF Lyngkjær - Euphytica, 2014 - Springer
Pea powdery mildew incited by Erysiphe pisi represents a major constraint for pea crop
worldwide. Only three resistance genes (er1, er2 and Er3) have been identified in pea …

Oligo-DNA custom macroarray for monitoring major pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi and bacteria in the phyllosphere of apple trees

YH He, S Isono, M Shibuya, M Tsuji… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background To monitor the richness in microbial inhabitants in the phyllosphere of apple
trees cultivated under various cultural and environmental conditions, we developed an oligo …

Polymerase Chain Reaction: Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism differentiates the environmental and clinically important fungal isolates

S Kaul, H Kour, D Pandita, S Kour, MK Dhar - National Academy Science …, 2013 - Springer
Soil rich in keratinous material represents the main reservoir of keratinophilic fungi. Majority
of soil saprophytes are known to cause fungal disease (mycoses) in human beings and …

Detection, quantification and biological control of post-harvest pathogens of pome fruit

DL Mantyka - 2010 - open.library.ubc.ca
Blue mold (Penicillium expansum), grey mold (Botrytis cinerea) and mucor rot (Mucor
piriformis) are important post-harvest diseases of pome fruit in British Columbia and …