New-generation sequencing technology in diagnosis of fungal plant pathogens: a dream comes true?

M Aragona, A Haegi, MT Valente, L Riccioni, L Orzali… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fast and continued progress of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and the drastic
reduction of its costs have boosted new and unpredictable developments in the field of plant …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

New Biotechnological Production of EPA by Pythium irregulare Using Alternative Sustainable Media Obtained from Food Industry By-Products and Waste

GL Russo, AL Langellotti, B Martín-García, V Verardo… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) have multiple beneficial effects on
human health, in particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6, n-3) and eicosapentaenoic …

An assessment of the species diversity and disease potential of Pythium communities in Europe

W Boie, M Schemmel, W Ye, M Hasler, M Goll… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pythium sensu lato (sl) is a genus of parasitic oomycetes that poses a serious threat to
agricultural production worldwide, but their severity is often neglected because little …

Host Range and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Detection of Globisporangium sylvaticum from Guizhou, China

J Zhang, X Sun, N Ao, H Zou, H Shao, K Kageyama… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globisporangium, especially G. sylvaticum, causes devastating root rot, blight, and other
diseases in various species of cash crops. To investigate the distribution and host range of …

Advancing the automation of plant nucleic acid extraction for rapid diagnosis of plant diseases in space

NJ Haveman, AC Schuerger, PL Yu, M Brown… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human space exploration missions will continue the development of sustainable plant
cultivation in what are obviously novel habitat settings. Effective pathology mitigation …

Integrated analyses of the plant and soil microbiome identify Phytopythium vexans as agent of the Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome

S Mosca, MM Aci, G Procopio, V Vadalà, G Vizzari… - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background and aims The Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome (KVDS) is a disease
that is currently a challenge for kiwifruit production in Italy, and it is spreading in new …

Soil Chemistry and Soil History Significantly Structure Oomycete Communities in Brassicaceae Crop Rotations

AJC Blakney, LD Bainard, M St-Arnaud… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Oomycetes are critically important in soil microbial communities, especially for agriculture,
where they are responsible for major declines in yields. Unfortunately, oomycetes are vastly …

Resolving the Globisporangium ultimum (Pythium ultimum) species complex

QA Eggertson, TL Rintoul, CA Lévesque - Mycologia, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Globisporangium ultimum (formerly Pythium ultimum) species complex was
previously composed of two morphological varieties: var. ultimum and var. sporangiiferum …

Current trends, limitations and future research in the fungi?

KD Hyde, P Baldrian, Y Chen, KW Thilini Chethana… - Fungal Diversity, 2024 - Springer
The field of mycology has grown from an underappreciated subset of botany, to a valuable,
modern scientific discipline. As this field of study has grown, there have been significant …