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... Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) have been increasingly cultivated in Portugal. Although blueberry is known to be susceptible to twig blight and dieback caused by pestalotioid fungi, there is still scarce information regarding this issue. To bridge this gap, a survey on blueberry plantations in Portugal was carried out to assess the diversity of pestalotioid fungi associated with symptomatic blu ...
... Grain number per panicle (GNP) is a complex trait controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL), directly determining grain yield in rice. Identifying GNP-associated QTL is desirable for increasing rice yield. A rice chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL), F771, which showed increased panicle length and GNP, was identified in a set of CSSLs derived from a cross between two indica cultivars, R49 ...
... Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) fruit with preharvest anthracnose symptoms, necrotic fruit stalks, and twigs with necrotic buds, and apical necrosis were collected in a Hungarian orchard next to Nágocs in September 2018. Disease incidence was approximately 15% on a Hungarian-bred walnut cultivar, ‘Milotai 10’. Similar symptoms were found on Persian walnut in other locations (e.g., Milota, Érd, S ...
... Nectarine (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch var. nucipersica [Suckow] C. K. Schneid.) is a fruit crop widely cultivated throughout the Mediterranean basin. In Spain, it is mainly grown in eastern regions of the country. In March 2018, 5-year-old nectarine trees showing twig canker symptoms were observed after a rainy spring period in a 0.5-ha orchard located at Alaior, Menorca island (Spain). Cankers we ...
... Almond (Prunus dulcis) is an important crop for Greece grown on 15,130 ha in 2019 (FAO 2019). In September 2019, a severe stem canker disease was observed in 6-year-old trees of cultivar Marta grafted on the rootstock ‘F675C14’, in a new almond grove of cultivars Marta, Soleta, Antonela, Belona, and Laurete, in Vlachiana, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Only cultivar Marta trees were affected. Diseased ...
... Huelva (Spain) is the largest European producer of blueberry for early spring harvest. Blueberry fields in Huelva are intensively cultured. Canker or stem blight of blueberry and the resultant twig dieback caused mostly by botryosphaeriaceous species has become a serious problem throughout blueberry producing areas worldwide; although the presence of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with this ...
... Relationships among the cholesterol‐lowering, antioxidant, and DNA damage protection activity of four solvent extracts from the Morus alba L. (Cultivar Hongguo 2) fruits, leaves, and twigs were investigated. The petroleum ether extract of fruit (FPE) had the highest amount of total flavonoids, cholesterol‐lowering activity, and better DPPH radical scavenging capacity. The ethyl acetate extract of ...
... Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Xap) causes bacterial spot of leaves and fruits, defoliation, fruit dropping, and twig, branch, or trunk cankers in most cultivated and ornamental Prunus species. The bacterium is listed as a European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) A2 quarantine pathogen. Xap was first detected in 2019 on peach (Prunus persica L., unknown cultivar) leaves i ...
Citrus; Guignardia citricarpa; Monte Carlo method; Phyllosticta; branches; citrus black spot; citrus fruits; cultivars; fruit drop; fruits; fungi; international trade; models; packing houses; pathogens; plant protection; probabilistic risk assessment; quarantine; reproduction; risk; transportation; viability
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... Citrus Black Spot (CBS), caused by the ascomycete, Phyllosticta citricarpa, is a fruit, foliar, and twig spotting fungal disease affecting the majority of commercial cultivars of citrus. The disease causes cosmetic lesions, may cause fruit drop and P. citricarpa is considered a quarantine pathogen by some countries, impacting domestic and international trade of citrus fruit. Regulatory requirement ...
Pestalotiopsis; blight; branches; conidia; cultivars; death; fruit trees; fungi; gibberellins; glass; histology; mycelium; pathogens; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; China
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... Bayberry is an important fruit tree native to the subtropical regions of China. However, a systematic twig blight disease caused by Pestalotiopsis versicolor and P. microspora, resulted in the death of the whole tree of bayberry. The main variety Dongkui is highly sensitive to the twig blight disease, but the variety Zaojia is very highly resistant to the disease. Therefore, it is very necessary t ...
... Hazelnut (Corylus spp.) flowering occurs during late winters and early spring which coincides with erratic fluctuating weather patterns. Irregular and reduced precipitation, especially in the form of snow, is assumed to dictate poor flowering and enhanced injury to catkins, especially in the sourced cultivars of interest to growers. We investigated the effect of water (precipitation received as ra ...
Chenopodium quinoa; biodiversity; biomass; branches; carbon; carbon nitrogen ratio; coasts; correlation; cultivars; desert soils; environment; exhibitions; genotype; grain protein; halophytes; harvest index; leaves; length; nitrogen content; pH; panicles; plant establishment; plant height; protein content; research; saline water; salinity; salt stress; salt tolerance; seed yield; variance; Chile; United Arab Emirates
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... Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a halophytic crop that shows resistance to multiple abiotic stresses, including salinity. In this study we investigated the salinity tolerance mechanisms of six contrasting quinoa cultivars belonging to the coastal region of Chile using agro-physiological parameters (plant height (PH), number of branches/plant (BN), number of panicles/plant (PN), panicle lengt ...
... The phytotoxic effect of some tree species could act as an ecological filter through chemical production that influences plant growth of other species. Despite this widespread interest, few studies have investigated the allelopathic effect of some Moraceae species, while this mechanism has not been studied in Ficus carica. To address this research, we attempted to identify the allelopathic mechani ...
... Biomass partitioning is a pivotal part of the function-structure feedback mechanism. To improve the simulation of aboveground biomass partitioning in growth models for rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), we developed an aboveground biomass partitioning coefficient model for main stem and primary branches, and the stems, leaves, and pods on them, by quantifying the relationships between the biomass parti ...
... BACKGROUND: Photosynthesis of reproductive organs in C₃ cereals is generally regarded as important to crop yield. Whereas, photosynthetic characteristics of reproductive organs are much less understood as compared to leaf photosynthesis, mainly due to methodological limitations. To date, many indirect methods have been developed to study photosynthesis of reproductive organs and its contribution t ...
... In the guava crop, insecticides are frequently used throughout the yr in an attempt to protect new shoots from the attack of the key pest Triozoida limbata (Enderlein) (Hemiptera: Triozidae). Research is essential to investigate the resistance of cultivars for management of T. limbata populations in sustainable production systems. We evaluated the preference of T. limbata on guava cultivars in the ...
... Grain filling can directly influence rice yield. However, there is limited information on the growth relationship among grains at different positions on the entire panicle during grain filling. In this study, field experiments were conducted in 2014–2015 to compare the growth dynamics of grains at various positions for two rice cultivars (Nongle 1 and Guifeng 2). The results showed that a high sim ...
Colletotrichum fructicola; Glomerella; Malus domestica; aggression; apples; branches; crop production; cultivars; epidemiology; fruit diseases; fruit growing; growers; growth chambers; latent period; leaf spot; leaves; logit analysis; models; orchards; temperature; Brazil
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... Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) is an apple disease that is causing concern to growers in Brazil due to the increases in severity over the years and the difficulties in control. To date there are few studies on the temporal progress of this disease specially comparing species of Colletotrichum. In Brasil the main species is C. fructicola followed by C. nymphaeae. It is not known the contribution of eac ...
J. M. Tovar-Pedraza; J. A. Mora-Aguilera; C. Nava-Díaz; N. B. Lima; S. J. Michereff; J. S. Sandoval-Islas; M. P. S. Câmara; D. Téliz-Ortiz; S. G. Leyva-Mir
... Mango anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., is the most significant disease of mango (Mangifera indica L.) in almost all production areas around the world. In Mexico, mango anthracnose has only been attributed to C. asianum and C. gloeosporioides. The aims of this study were to identify the Colletotrichum species associated with mango anthracnose symptoms in Mexico by phylogenetic inference ...
... The cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop is an indeterminate species that is most sensitive to drought stress during the flowering and boll‐formation stage of development. To evaluate the effect of water deficit on fibre quality and carbon metabolism at different fruiting branches (FB), multiple controlled experiments were conducted. The cotton cultivar Siza 3 was used under three soil relative wat ...