Tap** the potential of grafting to improve the performance of vegetable crop** systems in sub-Saharan Africa. A review

T Nordey, D Schwarz, L Kenyon, R Manickam… - Agronomy for …, 2020‏ - Springer
Vegetable grafting is develo** worldwide to cope with biotic and abiotic stresses. This
technique faces strong regional disparities and its potential to improve crop performances is …

Plectosphaerella species associated with root and collar rots of horticultural crops in southern Italy

A Carlucci, ML Raimondo, J Santos… - … and Evolution of Fungi, 2012‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Plectosphaerella cucumerina, most frequently encountered in its Plectosporium state, is well
known as a pathogen of several plant species causing fruit, root and collar rot, and collapse …

Emerging and re-emerging fungus and oomycete soil-borne plant diseases in Italy

SO Cacciola, ML Gullino - Phytopathologia mediterranea, 2019‏ - torrossa.com
A disease is recognized as emerging if it is new, it occurs in a new host, there is an
unexpected outbreak, its economic importance increases, if it attracts public opinion and the …

Indicator species analysis: A useful tool for plant disease studies

PM Severns, EM Sykes - Phytopathology®, 2020‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Indicator species analysis (ISA) uses indices of an organism's relative abundance and
occurrence to estimate the strength of its associations with a priori groups of interest and a …

Pathogen infection and host-resistance interactively affect root-associated fungal communities in watermelon

L Xu, M Nicolaisen, J Larsen, R Zeng, S Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Interactions of pathogen infection, host plant resistance, and fungal communities are poorly
understood. Although the use of resistant watermelon cultivars is an effective control …

Effect of chemical resistance inducers on the control of Monosporascus root rot and vine decline of melon

MPIA ALEAndRI, R REdA, V TAGLIAVEnTO… - Phytopathologia …, 2010‏ - JSTOR
The effect of the resistance inducers methyl jasmonate (MeJA), acybenzolar-S-methyl (BTH)
and dipotassium hydrogenphosphate (K₂HPO₄) was tested by seed soaking and by foliar …

Effects of three irrigation systems on 'Piel de sapo'melon yield and quality under salinity conditions

F Visconti, A Salvador, P Navarro, JM de Paz - Agricultural Water …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The melon crop is moderately sensitive to soil salinity and, as a consequence, its yield
decreases under saline conditions. Nevertheless, the exposure to moderate salinity also …

Involvement of Olpidium bornovanus and O. virulentus in the occurrence of melon root rot and vine decline caused by Monosporascus cannonballus in Central Italy

MP Aleandri, D Martignoni, R Reda… - Journal of Plant …, 2017‏ - JSTOR
Monosporascus root rot and vine decline (MRRVD), caused by Monosporascus
cannonballus, has become one of the most important diseases of melon worldwide. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Histological Change in Cucumber Tissue and Cellulase Activity of Plectosphaerella melonis Strain 502

V Patyka, H Tsekhmister, Y Kopylov, A Kyslynska… - Applied Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
In the last ten years, many countries around the world recorded a new disease of the
Cucurbitaceae, the agent of which was P. melonis. The ability of P. melonis 502 to form …

Characterization of the fungal community associated with root, crown, and vascular symptoms in an undiagnosed yield decline of winter squash

HM Rivedal, AG Stone, PM Severns… - Phytobiomes …, 2020‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) is produced in Oregon's Willamette Valley for edible
seeds, processing, and fresh markets. Recently, prominent cultivar Golden Delicious has …