New approaches to an old problem: Dollar spot of turfgrass

S Sapkota, KE Catching, PL Raymer… - …, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Dollar spot, caused by fungal pathogens Clarireedia spp.(formerly Sclerotinia
homoeocarpa), is the most common and widely distributed disease of turfgrass worldwide. It …

Antifungal mechanisms of ZnO and Ag nanoparticles to Sclerotinia homoeocarpa

J Li, H Sang, H Guo, JT Popko, L He, JC White… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Fungicides have extensively been used to effectively combat fungal diseases on a range of
plant species, but resistance to multiple active ingredients has developed in pathogens such …

In vitro investigation to explore the toxicity of different groups of pesticides for an agronomically important rhizosphere isolate Azotobacter vinelandii

M Shahid, A Zaidi, A Ehtram, MS Khan - Pesticide biochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, an attempt was made to evaluate the effect of pesticides on growth pattern,
surface morphology, cell viability and growth regulators of nitrogen fixing soil bacterium …

A xenobiotic detoxification pathway through transcriptional regulation in filamentous fungi

H Sang, JP Hulvey, R Green, H Xu, J Im, T Chang… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi are known to utilize transcriptional regulation of genes that encode efflux transporters
to detoxify xenobiotics; however, to date it is unknown how fungi transcriptionally regulate …

Resistance of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa Field Isolates to Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Fungicides

JT Popko Jr, H Sang, J Lee, T Yamada… - Plant …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates were collected from golf courses in Japan and the United
States (2016–2017). Japan isolates were collected during a monitoring study and the US …

Fungicide tolerant Bradyrhizobium japonicum mitigate toxicity and enhance greengram production under hexaconazole stress

M Shahid, MS Khan - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial strain RV9 recovered from greengram nodules tolerated 2400μg/mL of
hexaconazole and was identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis as Bradyrhizobium …

Comparative physiological and transcriptome analysis provide insights into the inhibitory effect of 6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one on Clarireedia jacksonii

M Liu, Q Niu, Z Wang, H Qi, X Liang, Y Gai… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clarireedia spp. is a destructive phytopathogenic fungus that causes turf dollar spot of bent-
grass, leading to widespread lawn death. In this study, we explored the antifungal capability …

Modulations in growth, structure, cell viability and antioxidant enzyme of a nodule bacterium Mesorhizobium ciceri induced by pesticides

M Shahid, A Zaidi, M Saghir Khan - Environment, Development and …, 2021 - Springer
A rapid increase in the application of synthetic pesticides in agricultural practices causes a
severe hazard to agro-sustainability and soil microflora. Considering these threatening …

Efficient disruption of CmHk1 using CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein delivery in Cordyceps militaris

H Choi, SW Park, J Oh, CS Kim… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cordyceps militaris, an entomopathogenic ascomycete, produces edible medicinal
mushrooms known to have medicinal and therapeutic functions. To develop the genetic …

Fungicide SYP-14288 Inducing Multidrug Resistance in Rhizoctonia solani

X Cheng, X Man, Z Wang, L Liang, F Zhang… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Rhizoctonia solani is a widely distributed soilborne plant pathogen, and can cause
significant economic losses to crop production. In chemical controls, SYP-14288 is highly …