Sources of resistance to Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the cause of black Sigatoka in banana. [PDF]
Plant Pathol, 2021 Abstract Black Sigatoka, caused by Pseudocercospora fijiensis , is one of the most devastating diseases of banana. In commercial banana‐growing systems, black Sigatoka is primarily managed by fungicides.
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A world-wide analysis of reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicides in the banana pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis. [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2021 AbstractBACKGROUNDPseudocercospora fijiensis is the causal agent of the black leaf streak disease (BLSD) of banana. Bananas are important global export commodities and a major staple food. Their susceptibility to BLSD pushes disease management towards excessive fungicide use, largely relying on multisite inhibitors and sterol demethylation inhibitors ...
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RNA-mediated gene silencing can reduce azole resistance, growth and pathogenicity in Pseudocercospora fijiensis [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe use of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) gene silencing has allowed significant advances in the understanding of gene function in many organisms and has the potential for use in disease control. At present, there are no adequate methods to induce gene silencing in Pseudocercospora fijiensis (synonym Mycosphaerella fijiensis), the causal agent of black ...
Flor Yuranny Canacuán Melo +4 more
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The Mitochondrial Genome of a Plant Fungal Pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Mycosphaerellaceae), Comparative Analysis and Diversification Times of the Sigatoka Disease Complex Using Fossil Calibrated Phylogenies [PDF]
Life, 2021 Mycosphaerellaceae is a highly diverse fungal family containing a variety of pathogens affecting many economically important crops. Mitochondria play a crucial role in fungal metabolism and in the study of fungal evolution.
Juliana E. Arcila-Galvis +3 more
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Pseudocercospora opuntiae sp. nov., the causal organism of cactus leaf spot in Mexico. [PDF]
, 2006 Pseudocercospora opuntiae is newly described from Opuntia spp. from Mexico, where it causes a serious disease of this host. Although P. opuntiae is morphologically similar to other members of the genus with pigmented conidia and conidiophores, and ...
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Effect of Bacillus pumilus CCIBP-C5 on Musa-Pseudocercospora fijiensis interaction. [PDF]
3 Biotech, 2018 The effect of antifungal activity of culture filtrate (CF) of Bacillus pumilus strain CCIBP-C5, an isolate from a phyllosphere of banana (Musa) leaves, was determined on Pseudocercospora fijiensis challenged banana plants. The CF was shown to decrease the fungal biomass and induce changes in banana plant. In this sense, at 70 days post inoculation (dpi)
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Protein compounds of Bacillus subtilis with in vitro antifungal activity against Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Morelet). [PDF]
Braz J Microbiol, 2020 The metabolites of Bacillus subtilis CCIBP-M27 were evaluated as an antagonist of Pseudocercospora fijiensis. The culture filtrate did not inhibit ascospore germination but significantly reduced conidial germination and mycelial growth. Through microscopic analysis, deformations were observed as vacuolization and swelling in P.
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Comparative Genomics of the Sigatoka Disease Complex on Banana Suggests a Link between Parallel Evolutionary Changes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis and Pseudocercospora eumusae and Increased Virulence on the Banana Host. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2016 The Sigatoka disease complex, caused by the closely-related Dothideomycete fungi Pseudocercospora musae (yellow sigatoka), Pseudocercospora eumusae (eumusae leaf spot), and Pseudocercospora fijiensis (black sigatoka), is currently the most devastating ...
Ti-Cheng Chang +3 more
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Identification of New Hosts of Pseudocercospora fijiensis Suggests Innovative Pest Management Programs for Black Sigatoka Disease in Banana Plantations [PDF]
Agronomy, 2019 Black Sigatoka is the main constraint to banana production worldwide, and epidemic outbreaks are continuously causing huge losses. Successful management of diseases requires a profound knowledge of the epidemiological factors that influence disease ...
Roberto Vázquez-Euán +7 more
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Silencing of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPK) Fus3 and Slt2 in Pseudocercospora fijiensis Reduces Growth and Virulence on Host Plants [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Pseudocercospora fijiensis, causal agent of the black Sigatoka disease (BSD) of Musa spp., has spread globally since its discovery in Fiji 1963 to all the banana and plantain growing areas across the globe.
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