Armillaria root disease affects fruit and nut crops, timber trees and ornamentals in boreal,
temperate and tropical regions of the world. The causal pathogens are members of the …

Previous methods for rapid isolation of total DNA for the comparative study of many fungi
have focused on obtaining a high yield of DNA for restriction enzyme analysis (Lee et al …

A white-rot basidiomycete Ganoderma spp. has long been used as a medicinal mushroom
in Asia, and it has an array of pharmacological properties for immunomodulatory activity …

This study used polymerase chain reaction amplification and direct sequencing of double-
stranded DNA to compare the intergenic region between the 3′ end of the 26S gene and …

Sixty-three sclerotial strains of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were obtained from transects in two
fields of canola (Brassica napus) in Ontario. Mycelial pairings of the strains in all …

Recent progress in understanding the patterns of genetic diversity revealed through the
application of molecular data and the relation of genetic diversity to the taxonomy and …

Abstract Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, the causal organism of stem rot of Brassica
and over 500 host plants is distributed worldwide. Selerotinia rot is menace to cultivation of …

A portion of the Intergenic Spacer (IGS) of the ribosomal RNA operon of 74 isolates of 11
Armillaria species from Europe and North America was amplified using the polymerase …

The species concept is central to biology and has received considerable debate, yet a
universal definition of a species has not found widespread agreement. Much of the …

Phylogenetic and genetic relationships among 10 North American Armillaria species were
analysed using sequence data from ribosomal DNA (rDNA), including intergenic spacer …