scholarly journals Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland

1980 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-338
Author(s):  
Risto Tahvonen

Botrytis porri Buchw. was found to be a common and economically significant pathogenic fungus on leeks in storage. The increase in the number of fungi caused a linear decrease in the number of marketable leeks when stored at 0.5° C. B. porri was found to spoil leeks even at —0.5° C. Spraying with benomyl and thiophanatemethyl one or two weeks before harvesting significantly decreased the numbers of the fungus and the amount of damage caused during storage. Botrytis allii Munn and Fusarium avenaceum Sacc. rarely caused spoilage of leeks.

Author(s):  
Robert W. Roberson

The use of cryo-techniques for the preparation of biological specimens in electron microscopy has led to superior preservation of ultrastructural detail. Although these techniques have obvious advantages, a critical limitation is that only 10-40 μm thick cells and tissue layers can be frozen without the formation of distorting ice crystals. However, thicker samples (600 μm) may be frozen well by rapid freezing under high-pressure (2,100 bar). To date, most work using cryo-techniques on fungi have been confined to examining small, thin-walled structures. High-pressure freezing and freeze substitution are used here to analysis pre-germination stages of specialized, sexual spores (teliospores) of the plant pathogenic fungus Gymnosporangium clavipes C & P.Dormant teliospores were incubated in drops of water at room temperature (25°C) to break dormancy and stimulate germination. Spores were collected at approximately 30 min intervals after hydration so that early cytological changes associated with spore germination could be monitored. Prior to high-pressure freezing, the samples were incubated for 5-10 min in a 20% dextran solution for added cryoprotection during freezing. Forty to 50 spores were placed in specimen cups and holders and immediately frozen at high pressure using the Balzers HPM 010 apparatus.


Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kumarihamy ◽  
S Khan ◽  
D Ferreira ◽  
E Croom Jr ◽  
S Duke ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 685-688
Author(s):  
H.Ighachane H.Ighachane ◽  
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H.El ayadi H.El ayadi ◽  
My.H.Sedra My.H.Sedra ◽  
H.B.Lazrek H.B.Lazrek

Author(s):  
Mladen Petres ◽  
Marta Loc ◽  
Mila Grahovac ◽  
Vera Stojsin ◽  
Dragana Budakov ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sweety Dahiya ◽  
Anil K. Chhillar ◽  
Namita Sharma ◽  
Pooja Choudhary ◽  
Aruna Punia ◽  
...  

The existence of the multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic fungus, Candida auris came to light in 2009. This particular organism is capable of causing nosocomial infections in immunecompromised persons. This pathogen is associated with consistent candidemia with high mortality rate and presents a serious global health threat. Whole genome sequence (WGS) investigation detected powerful phylogeographic Candida auris genotypes which are specialized to particular geological areas indicating dissemination of particular genotype among provinces. Furthermore, this organism frequently exhibits multidrug-resistance and displays an unusual sensitivity profile. Identification techniques that are commercialized to test Candida auris often show inconsistent results and this misidentification leads to treatment failure which complicates the management of candidiasis. Till date, Candida auris has been progressively recorded from several countries and therefore its preventive control measures are paramount to interrupt its transmission. In this review, we discussed prevalence, biology, drug-resistance phenomena, virulence factors and management of Candida auris infections.


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