A considerable number of plant feeding mites representing different families such as Acaridae, Si... more A considerable number of plant feeding mites representing different families such as Acaridae, Siteroptidae, Tydeidae, and Tarsonemidae interact with plant pathogenic fungi. While species within the Eriophyoidea appear to be the most common phytophagous mites vectoring virus diseases, little is known of their role in fungal pathogen epidemiology. In the present article, we present two studies on eriophyoid-fungal relationships. The first focusing on the association between Aceria mangiferae and the fungal pathogen Fusarium mangiferae in mango is presented as a case study. The second, as the research is still in a preliminary phase, reports on quantitative and descriptive associations between the cereal rust mite Abacarus hystrix and rusts caused by Puccinia spp. Mango bud tissue colonized with F. mangiferae, and wheat and quackgrass leaves colonized with Puccinia spp., supported significantly higher populations of eriophyoid mites. Both mite species were observed bearing the spores ...
... Accurate pathogen identification and definition of genetic population structures are of utmos... more ... Accurate pathogen identification and definition of genetic population structures are of utmost ... Until recently, characterization of the Colletotrichum species complex has been based ... pepper originated from sporulating lesions associated with typical anthracnose symptoms from ...
Identificator is a web-based tool used to help non experts in identifying plant diseases, based o... more Identificator is a web-based tool used to help non experts in identifying plant diseases, based on the selection of pictures and/or short text descriptions (when no suitable images exist) representing the symptoms on a specific sample of plant organs. The system is based on a multi-access key of identification and specifically on the selection of pictures by the user and can be used remotely from a desktop as well as from a smart phone or personal digital assistant. The system was developed following a simple approach: visual identification ...
A considerable number of plant feeding mites representing different families such as Acaridae, Si... more A considerable number of plant feeding mites representing different families such as Acaridae, Siteroptidae, Tydeidae, and Tarsonemidae interact with plant pathogenic fungi. While species within the Eriophyoidea appear to be the most common phytophagous mites vectoring virus diseases, little is known of their role in fungal pathogen epidemiology. In the present article, we present two studies on eriophyoid-fungal relationships. The first focusing on the association between Aceria mangiferae and the fungal pathogen Fusarium mangiferae in mango is presented as a case study. The second, as the research is still in a preliminary phase, reports on quantitative and descriptive associations between the cereal rust mite Abacarus hystrix and rusts caused by Puccinia spp. Mango bud tissue colonized with F. mangiferae, and wheat and quackgrass leaves colonized with Puccinia spp., supported significantly higher populations of eriophyoid mites. Both mite species were observed bearing the spores ...
... Accurate pathogen identification and definition of genetic population structures are of utmos... more ... Accurate pathogen identification and definition of genetic population structures are of utmost ... Until recently, characterization of the Colletotrichum species complex has been based ... pepper originated from sporulating lesions associated with typical anthracnose symptoms from ...
Identificator is a web-based tool used to help non experts in identifying plant diseases, based o... more Identificator is a web-based tool used to help non experts in identifying plant diseases, based on the selection of pictures and/or short text descriptions (when no suitable images exist) representing the symptoms on a specific sample of plant organs. The system is based on a multi-access key of identification and specifically on the selection of pictures by the user and can be used remotely from a desktop as well as from a smart phone or personal digital assistant. The system was developed following a simple approach: visual identification ...
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