Journal of Plant Pathology Archive

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TRICHODERMA SPECIES WITH BIOCONTROL ACTIVITY AGAINST NURSERY SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS. M.P. Aleandri, G. Chilosi, N. Bruni, A. Tomassini, E. Luccioli, A.M. Vettraino and A. Vannini MYCOTOXIN PRODUCTION BY SYRIAN FUSARIUM SPECIES. D. Alkadri, B. Amato, K. Döll, P. Karlovsky, A. Pisi and A. Prodi INFLUENCE OF THINNING TREATMENT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF TREE DECLINE IN DECIDUOUS OAK FORESTS. N. Anselmi and A. Saraceni TOWARDS THE OPTIMIZATION OF STANDARDIZED ASSAYS FOR SAMPLING AND DETECTION OF CITRUS HUANGLONGBING-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA. P. Bella, G. Licciardello, S. Dai, M. Daden, C. Strano, F. Li, M. Tessitori, A. Catara, X. Deng, Z. Deng R. La Rosa and V. Catara SEPTORIA CITRI IS A COMMON PATHOGEN OF CITRUS IN SOUTHERN ITALY. A. Biasi, A. De Patrizio, R. Faedda, L. Schena, A. Pane, S.O. Cacciola and G. Magnano di San Lio ANALYSIS OF KIWIFRUIT BLEEDING SAP: AN USEFUL METHOD FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE. E. Biondi, S. Ardizzi, N. Kuzmanovic, A. Galeone and A. Bertaccini POTENTIAL OF BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN D47 AS CONTROL AGENT AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE. E. Biondi, N. Kuzmanovic, A. Galeone, E. Ladurner, M. Benuzzi, P. Minardi and A. Bertaccini BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CHESTNUT BLIGHT: UPDATES OF CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY IN CAMPANIA. L. Bosso, M.R. Di Luca, A. Testa and G. Cristinzio FURTHER STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF “CARDONCELLO” MUSHROOM YELLOWING IN SOUTHERN ITALY. G. Bruno, G.L. Rana, L. Piscitelli, F. Mannerucci, P. De Luca, F. Ciccarese, L. Scarola and C. Cariddi MODE OF ACTION AND RAINFASTNESS OF COPPERBASED PRODUCTS AGAINST GRAPEVINE DOWNY MILDEW. T. Caffi, S.E. Legler, M. Carini and V. Rossi AFLA-MAIZE, A MECHANISTIC MODEL TO PREDICT THE RISK OF AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION IN MAIZE. M. Camardo Leggieri, P. Giorni, V. Rossi and P. Battilani VARIABILITY OF PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI POPULATION ISOLATED FROM MYRTLE. T. Cinelli, R. Marongiu, D. Fernandez Neira, G. Marchi, L. Mugnai and M. Fiori HINTS ON THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF A PUTATIVE NUCLEOLAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL OF THE OURMIA MELON VIRUS COAT PROTEIN. M. Ciuffo, M. Rossi, S. Abbà, M. Vallino and M. Turina DETECTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYTOPLASMAS INFECTING ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS. L.N. Contaldo, A. Bertaccini, G. Bozzano, L. Cavicchi and M.G. Bellardi NEOTYPHODIUM sp., AN ENDOPHYTIC SYMBIONT OF SARDINIAN TALL FESCUE. B. Corsi, A. Haegi, M. Aragona and L. Riccioni INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PRESENCE OF FUSARIUM SPECIES, CHEMOTYPE CHARACTERIZATION AND TRICHOTHECENE MYCOTOXIN DETERMINATION IN SOFT AND DURUM WHEAT IN UMBRIA. L. Covarelli, G. Beccari, F. Etruschi, S. Generotti, E. Ferrer, G. Meca and J. Mañes Vinuesa PRELIMINARY STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE GRAPEVINE AND PHOMOPSIS VITICOLA THROUGH WHOLE TRASCRIPTOME ANALYSIS. R.M. De Miccolis Angelini, D. Abate, S. Pollastro and F. Faretra DEOXYNIVALENOL CONTENT IN COMMON AND DURUM WHEAT KERNELS OF OLD AND MODERN CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER ORGANIC FARMING. R. Di Silvestro, I. Marotti, S. Bosi, V. Bregola, M. Accorsi, A. Di Loreto, A. Prodi, P. Nipoti and G. Dinelli PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND IDENTIFICATION OF DISCRIMINATING SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS AMONG 16SrV GROUP PHYTOPLASMAS. G. Durante, P. Casati, D. Clair, F. Quaglino, D. Bulgari, E. Boudon-Padieu and P.A. Bianco ANALYSIS OF APPLE FRUIT PROTEOMES INDUCED BY ALTERNATIVE POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS. A.M.E. Eid, M. Ruocco, S.M. Sanzani, S.L. Woo, F. Vinale, S. Lanzuise, M. Nigro, R. Varlese, R. Marra, V. Matteoli, G. Manganiello, A. Pascale, D. Stellitano and M. Lorito CHARACTERIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA STRAINS ISOLATED FROM CHRYSANTEMUM PLANTS, ROOTS AND RHIZOSPHERE IN SARDINIA. M. Fiori, V. Ligios, R. Marongiu, V.A. Prota and D. Fernandez Neira HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER OF THE CERATO-ULMIN GENE IS WIDESPREAD BETWEEN OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI AND GEOSMITHIA spp. A. Frascella, P.P. Bettini, M. Kolarik, C. Comparini, L. Carresi, L. Pazzagli, A.L. Pepori, A. Santini, F. Scala and A. Scala OAK DECLINE IN FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA. G. Frigimelica. PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE PRESENCE OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT AGENTS IN BARLEY KERNELS IN ITALY. M. Giannini, M. Dal Prà, S. Tonti, M. Montanari, A. Prodi, G. Innocenti and D. Pancaldi COMPARATIVE PINE LOG INOCULATION EXPERIMENTS SUGGEST THAT THE SAPROBIC ABILITY IS A KEY FACTOR DRIVING THE INVASION OF HETEROBASIDION IRREGULARE IN ITALY. L. Giordano, M. Garbelotto, S. Michelotti, G. Lione, P. Capretti and P. Gonthier ENDOPHYTES AND EPIPHYTES FROM ACTINIDIA spp. AS POTENTIAL AGENTS FOR THE BIOCONTROL OF THE BACTERIAL CANKER OF KIWIFRUIT. D. Giovanardi, R. Tontou, C. Facchini and E. Stefani. CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNGAL ENDOPHYTIC COMMUNITY OF THE GRAPEVINE BY CULTURE-DEPENDENT AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT METHODS. S. Grisan, M. Martini, R. Musetti and R. Osler. TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE OF SUSCEPTIBLE AND TOLERANT CITRUS COMBINATIONS TO INFECTION WITH CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS. M. Guardo, M.P. Russo, G. Sorrentino, A. Caruso and G. Reforgiato Recupero FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN ITALIAN AND TUNISIAN POPULATIONS OF CALONECTRIA spp. V. Guarnaccia, A. Vitale, D. Aiello and G. Polizzi DEVELOPMENT OF A TRASIENT TRASFORMATION PROTOCOL TO STUDY THE ROLE OF A LECTIN GENE IN THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF STRAWBERRY FRUITS TO COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM. M. Guidarelli, L. Zoli, A. Orlandini, P. Bertolini and E. Baraldi DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR GENE FUNCTION STUDIES IN THE BIOCONTROL AGENT RHODOSPORIDIUM KRATOCHVILOVAE STRAIN LS11. G. Ianiri, A. Idnurm and R. Castoria ENTOLOMA sp., A PARASITE OF TUBER BORCHII ASCOMATA. E. Lancellotti, A. Franceschini, M. Iotti and A. Zambonelli PHYSICAL MODE OF ACTION OF MEPTYLDINOCAP AGAINST ERYSIPHE NECATOR, THE GRAPEVINE POWDERY MILDEW FUNGUS. S.E. Legler, T. Caffi, G. Russo and V. Rossi SCREENING OF WORLDWIDE ISOLATES OF CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS BY SAFE CE/SSCP AND MOLECULAR MARKER GENOTYPING. G. Licciardello, M. Russo, M. Daden, M. Bar-Joseph and A. Catara GENETIC STRUCTURE OF CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS IN HUNAN PROVINCE (CHINA). G. Licciardello, M. Russo, M. Daden, A. Catara, S. Dai, C. Xiao and Z. Deng SUPPRESSIVE ACTIVITY OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ENRICHED WITH MICROBIAL ANTAGONISTS AGAINST FUSARIOSIS OF TOMATO AND CUCURBIT PLANTS. G. Lima, D. Vitullo, P. Ferrara and S. Frisullo A NEW DISEASE OF ERICA ARBOREA IN ITALY CAUSED BY NEOFUSICOCCUM LUTEUM. B.T. Linaldeddu, S. Seddaiu, B. Scanu, A. Deidda, L. Maddau and A. Franceschini EVALUATION OF TRICHODERMA spp. ISOLATES FOR THE CONTROL OF CORKY ROOT OF TOMATO IN ITALY. L. Luongo, G. Di Giambattista, S. De Felice and A. Infantino ISO-HARZIANIC ACID A NEW BIOACTIVE METABOLITE FROM TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM. G. Manganiello, F. Vinale, M. Nigro, P. Mazzei, A. Piccolo, A. Pascale, M. Ruocco, S.L. Woo, S. Lanzuise, R. Marra, A. Eid, R. Varlese, V. Matteoli, D. Stellitano and M. Lorito EFFECTS OF FLAVESCENCE DORÉE PHYTOPLASMA ON THE PHENYL-PROPANOID PATHWAY OF INFECTED AND RECOVERED GRAPEVINES. P. Margaria, A. Ferrandino, A. Schubert and S. Palmano STUDY OF RESISTANCE TO TEBUCONAZOLE AND TIOPHANATE METHYL ON ITALIAN STRAINS OF MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA AND M. LAXA. C. Martini, M. Guidarelli and M. Mari CHARACTERIZATION OF RESISTANCE TO SDHI FUNGICIDES IN BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA (BOTRYTIS CINEREA). M. Masiello, C. Rotolo, R.M. De Miccolis Angelini, S. Pollastro and F. Faretra KIWIFRUIT BACTERIAL CANKER: BIOLOGY AND STRATEGIES OF INFECTION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE. A. Mazzaglia, A.R. Taddei, P. Copini, M. Renzi, M.C. Taratufolo, A. Anselmi, A. Ercolani, G. Covicchio, S. Ciarroni, V. Tagliavento and G.M. Balestra SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NEW GRAPEVINE GERMPLASM TO PLASMOPARA VITICOLA AND ERYSIPHE NECATOR. M. Miazzi, D. Digiaro, C. Dongiovanni, L. Susca, P. La Notte, C. Pirolo, S. Pollastro and F. Faretra PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE ACTIVITY OF CORDYCEPS EXTRACTS AGAINST PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI. M. Miazzi, C. Dongiovanni, M. Xu and F. Faretra INFLUENCE OF COPPER ON THE GROWTH OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE STRAINS ISOLATED FROM KIWIFRUIT ORCHARDS AFFECTED BY BACTERIAL CANKER. P. Minardi, S. Ardizzi and A. Bertaccini ABSENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE IN SYMPTOMLESS FRUITS AT HARVEST IN KIWIFRUIT ORCHARDS OF EMILIA ROMAGNA SEVERELY AFFECTED BY BACTERIAL CANKER. P. Minardi, S. Ardizzi and C. Lucchese MICROPROPAGATION OF KIWIFRUIT: ONE-YEAR ENDOPHYTIC COLONIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. ACTINIDIAE IN SHOOTS OF ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA cv. HAYWARD. P. Minardi, S. Ardizzi, C. Lucchese and A. Bertaccini BITE: A LOW IMPACT TOOL FOR TRUNK INJECTIONS. L. Montecchio MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF A FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM f. sp. GLADIOLI POPULATION FROM SAFFRON. C. Moretti, M. Quaglia, C. Cappelli and R. Buonaurio ROLE OF TRICHODERMA SECONDARY METABOLITES IN PLANT INTERACTIONS: THE METABOLIC CHANGES IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. M. Nigro, F. Vinale, M. Ruocco, S.L. Woo, S. Lanzuise, R. Marra, A. Eid, R. Varlese, V. Matteoli, G. Manganiello, A. Pascale, D. Stellitano, V. Perera, M. Grant and M. Lorito FIRST STUDIES ON THE PRODUCTION OF PHYTOTOXINS BY PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH WOOD DECAY OF KIWIFRUIT. F. Osti, A. Andolfi, A. Evidente and S. Di Marco EXPRESSION OF ‘CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS’ GENES DURING ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA INFECTION. D. Pacifico, S. Palmano, G. Firrao, M. Rashidi, S. Bertin and C. Marzachì MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF TRICHODERMA SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH GREEN MOULD DISEASE OF PLEUROTUS spp. IN SARDINIA. S. Pala, V. Balmas, A. Marcello, B. Scherm, G. Siddu, A. Scanu, A. Infantino and Q. Migheli AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE-BASED COMPOST-TEAS EXHIBIT A BROAD SPECTRUM IN IN VITRO CONTROL OF PHYTOPATOGENIC FUNGI. C. Pane, D. Villecco, G. Celano and M. Zaccardelli INTEGRATED USE OF BRASSICA CARINATA TISSUES CONTAINING GLUCOSINOLATES, ESSENTIAL OILS AND BACILLUS spp. IN BIOCONTROL APPLICATIONS. C. Pane, D. Villecco and M. Zaccardelli SEARCH FOR NATURAL AND NATURAL-LIKE INHIBITORS OF TRICHOTHECENE BIOSYNTHESIS BY FUSARIUM. G. Pani, V. Balmas, B. Scherm, A. Marcello, D. Fabbri, M.A. Dettori, E. Azara, A. Dessì, R. Dallocchio, G. Delogu and Q. Migheli MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ITALIAN ISOLATES OF ALFALFA MOSAIC VIRUS INFECTING LIPPIA CITRIODORA. G. Parrella, B. Greco, G. Bozzano, A. Crotti, L. Cavicchi and M.G. Bellardi SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR EVIDENCE THAT CROTON VEIN YELLOWING VIRUS IS AN ISOLATE OF EGGPLANT MOTTLED DWARF VIRUS. G. Parrella, B. Greco, A. De Stradis, L. Cavicchi and M.G. Bellardi BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF TRICHODERMA AND ITS SECONDARY METABOLITES ON VITIS VINIFERA. A. Pascale, F. Vinale, M. Nigro, M. Ruocco, S.L. Woo, S. Lanzuise, R. Marra, A. Eid, R. Varlese, V. Matteoli, G. Manganiello, D. Stellitano and M. Lorito FcstuA INFLUENCES PATHOGENICITY AND MORPHOPHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS IN FUSARIUM CULMORUM. M. Pasquali, F. Spanu, B. Scherm, V. Balmas, L. Hoffman, K. Hammond Kosack, M. Beyer and Q. Migheli CERATO-PLATANIN AND CERATO-POPULIN INDUCE MAPK ACTIVATION IN PLANE AND ARABIDOPSIS LEAVES. L. Pazzagli, S. Luti, L. Lombardi, I. Baccelli, R. Bernardi, P. Picciarelli, F. Martellini and A. Scala HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSCRIPTOME FROM DEFOLIATING AND NON-DEFOLIATING PATHOTYPES OF VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE. I. Pentimone, M. Ferrara, J. Mercado-Blanco and F. Nigro TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN THE CUCURBIT POWDERY MILDEW SPECIES COMPOSITION IN NORTHERN ITALY. A. Pirondi, I. Portillo, M. Collina and A. Brunelli MOLECULAR AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM ISOLATED FROM CHICORY. A. Poli, G. Gilardi, D. Spadaro, M.L. Gullino and A. Garibaldi DETECTION OF BOIS NOIR PHYTOPLASMA IN GRAPEVINE ROOTS BY REVERSE TRANSCRIPTIONREAL TIME TAQMAN ASSAYS. R. Polizzotto, F. De Marco, S. Palmano, S. Santi and R. Musetti APPLICATION OF NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING FOR TRANSCRIPTOMICS STUDIES IN PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI. S. Pollastro, R.M. De Miccolis Angelini, D. Gerin, C. Rotolo, M. Masiello, M. Miazzi, A. Santomauro, M. Ferrara, I. Pentimone, F. Fallanaj, S.M. Sanzani, A. Ippolito, F. Nigro and F. Faretra PRODUCTION OF CERTIFIED POME FRUIT PLANT PROPAGATION MATERIAL: NEED FOR SOILS FREE FROM PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. SYRINGAE. N. Pucci, A. Gallelli and S. Loreti EFFECT OF SILICATES FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES ON POWDERY MILDEW OF ZUCCHINI. M. Pugliese, M.T. Moreno Alvarez, D. Spadaro, M. L. Gullino and A. Garibaldi CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS OF VEGETATION WASTE WATER FROM OLIVE MILLING AGAINST PHYTOPATHOGENIC OOMYCETES AND FUNGI. M. Quaglia, G. Cappelletti, S. Urbani and A. Taticchi BLACK ROT OF GRAPEVINE IN ITALY: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. P. Rinaldi, M. Skaventzou, M. Rossi, C. Comparini, D. Molitor and L. Mugnai LOOKING FOR NEW MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR TARGETS FOR CHV MYCOVIRUS INFECTION OF CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA, THE ASCOMYCETOUS FUNGUS CAUSAL AGENT OF CHESTNUT BLIGHT. M. Rossi, S. Abbà, M. Moretti and M. Turina INVENTORY OF PLANT ABC TRANSPORTERS POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS. M. Ruocco, R. Marotta, G. Andolfo, S.L. Woo, M. Lorito, F. Scala and M.R. Ercolano UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE ON YOUNG TOPGRAFTED CITRUS. M. Russo, G. Licciardello and P. Bella THE BIOLOGY OF ARTICHOKE ITALIAN LATENT VIRUS IN NICOTIANA PLANTS: IS RECOVERY A STATE OF APPARENT QUIET? E. Santovito, T. Mascia, and D. Gallitelli TRICHODERMA GAMSII 6085 AS BIOCONTROL AGENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN THE FIELD. S. Sarrocco, L. Moncini, G. Pachetti, A. Moretti, A. Ritieni and G. Vannacci IDENTIFICATION OF ASPERGILLI ISOLATED FROM DRIED WINE FRUITS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF “VIN SANTO”. A. Scala, N. Parissi, C. Comparini, C. Fanelli, M. Reverberi and A. Ricelli EFFECTS OF FUNGAL SECONDARY METABOLITES ON IN VITRO GROWTH OF PHYTOPHTHORA spp. B. Scanu, B.T. Linaldeddu, A. Franceschini, A. Evidente and L. Maddau FIRST DETECTION OF LEAF AND TWIG BLIGHT OF ILEX AQUIFOLIUM IN ITALY CAUSED BY PHYTOPHTHORA ILICIS. B. Scanu, B.T. Linaldeddu, L. Maddau and A. Franceschini PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH CORK OAK DECLINE IN SARDINIA. S. Seddaiu, B. Scanu, B.T. Linaldeddu, C. Sechi and A. Franceschini A PECTIN METHYL ESTERASE IS A VIRULENCE FACTOR OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM WHEN IT INFECTS COMMON AND DURUM WHEAT. L. Sella, K. Gazzetti, M. Janni, C. Volpi, W. Schäfer, R. D’Ovidio and F. Favaron THE DETECTION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE pv. PHASEOLICOLA ON FRENCH BEAN SEEDS USING OFFICIAL METHODS. THE INRAN LABORATORY EXSPERIENCE. V. Senape, L. Sigillo, G. Serratore and R. Bravi A STANDARDIZED METHOD TO EVALUATE THE RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM f. sp. LACTUCAE IN LETTUCE. L. Sigillo, V. Senape, G. Serratore and R. Bravi CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS INFECTION ON PLANTS OF TAROCCO O.L. GRAFTED ON SOUR ORANGE: EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT ON SOME PRODUCTIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS, BY SIMPLE VARIANCE AND DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS. G. Sorrentino, M. Guardo, M.P. Russo, S. Davino, G. Iacono, M. Davino and A. Caruso QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR FOR FUSARIUM FUJIKUROI AND FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM ON RICE. D. Spadaro, M.T. Amatulli, M.L. Gullino and A. Garibaldi PHYTOPLASMAS ASSOCIATED TO SPONTANEOUS AND CULTIVATED PLANTS. R.E. Spallino, S. Rizza, G. Causarano, C. Oliveri, C. Marzachì and M. Tessitori FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS ANALYSIS OF FUSARIUM CULMORUM BY RANDOM INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS WITH A MIMP/IMPALA DOUBLE-COMPONENT SYSTEM. F. Spanu, M. Pasquali, B. Scherm, V. Balmas, A. Marcello, G. Ortu, M. Dufresne, L. Hoffman, M. J. Daboussi and Q. Migheli EXPRESSION ANALYSIS AND QUORUM SENSING REGULATION OF GENES INVOLVED IN THE CYCLIC LIPOPEPTIDE CORPEPTIN PRODUCTION IN PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA. C.P. Strano, P. Bella, A. Fiore, G. Licciardello, V. Fogliano, V. Venturi, A.R. Lo Piero and V. Catara A SURVEY OF FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM INCIDENCE ON GARLIC PLANTS CULTIVATED IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY. S. Tonti, M. Dal Prà, C. Baldin, P. Nipoti and I. Alberti MONITORING HEALTH STATUS IN FORESTRY NURSERIES OF WESTERN SICILY. L. Torta, G. Conigliaro, S. Lo Piccolo, V. Mondello, A. Sidoti and S. Burruano EFFECTS OF SOIL TEXTURE AND WATER REGIME ON THE INOCULUM DENSITY OF VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE MICROSCLEROTIA. V. Turci, M. Ferrara, I. Pentimone, A.D. Palumbo, A. Ippolito and F. Nigro CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL MICROSATELLITE MARKERS IN FUSARIUM FUJIKUROI FROM ITALIAN RICE CULTIVATION AREAS. M.T. Valente, A. Santori, A. Infantino and M. Aragona PEROXYNITRITE PRODUCED DURING THE HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE COULD QUESTION THE FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY OF ATMKK4 AND ATMKK5 VIA SELECTIVE NITRATION. E. Vandelle, D. Bellin, B. Sottocornola and M. Delledonne CLASSICAL AND MODERN TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF CROP ROTATION ON THE SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY. R. Varlese, D.G. Crispo, M. Ruocco, F. Vinale, S. Lanzuise, M. Nigro, A.M.E. Eid, A. Pascale, G. Manganiello, V. Matteoli, D. Stellitano, R. Marra, M. Lorito and S.L. Woo CHARACTERIZATION OF A MUTANT KNOCKED OUT FOR A POLYGALACTURONASE GENE IN TRICHODERMA VIRENS. M. Vergara, S. Sarrocco, S. Brizzolara, B. Seiboth, V. Seidl-Seiboth and G. Vannacci ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS OF DIVERGENT CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS RNA POPULATIONS IN ITALY UPON VECTOR TRANSMISSION PROCESS. D. Yahiaoui, K. Djelouah, A.M. D’Onghia and A. Catara EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF “KARMA”, A FORMULATE BASED ON POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, AGAINST POSTHARVEST DECAY OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. K. Youssef, S.M. Sanzani, F. Fallanaj, A. Ligorio, F. Nigro, A. Ippolito and A. Myrta IRIS YELLOW SPOT VIRUS: AN INCREASING PROBLEM FOR ITALIAN ONION CROPS. S. Zicca, M. Ciuffo, A. Manglli, M. Turina and L. Tomassoli