Intensive vegetable production is constantly facing the emergence of new viral diseases.
Apart from the intrinsic features of viruses as plant pathogens, the highly dynamic turnover of …

Cucurbit crops may be affected by at least 28 different viruses in the Mediterranean basin.
Some of these viruses are widely distributed and cause severe yield losses while others are …

In the past decade, crinviruses have gained interest due to their rapid widespread and
destructive nature for cucurbit cultivation. Several members of the genus Crinivirus are …

Mixed virus infection in host plants can differentially alter the plant phenotype, influence
vector fitness, and affect virus acquisition and inoculation by vectors than single-virus …

European foulbrood (EFB) persists in England and Wales despite current treatment
methods, all of which include feeding honey bee colonies with the antibiotic oxytetracycline …

Real‐time PCR (TaqMan®) assays were developed for the specific detection and
discrimination of Colletotrichum spp., C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides causing …

Plant pathogens are a serious problem for seed export, plant disease control and plant
quarantine. Rapid and accurate screening tests are urgently required to protect and prevent …

While abscisic acid (ABA) is known as a hormone produced by plants through the
carotenoid pathway, a small number of phytopathogenic fungi are also able to produce this …

Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a major vegetable crop produced in Georgia and
Florida during the fall season. This production is vulnerable to whitefly (Bemisisia tabaci …

Symptom expression and levels of the ipomovirus Cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV)
and the crinivirus Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) were compared in …