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ArticlesControl of Fusarium wilt of tomato in the greenhouse using silver nanofungicides
Adel K. Madbouly 
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is considered as one of the most economically important vegetable crops in the world. Its production is about 130 million tons, of which 88 million are specified for the fresh markets whereas, 42 million are processed (Anonymous,…
1 Apr 2018- Articles
Insight from morphology and phylogeny in species delimitation of Diaporthe
Qin Yang Xinlei Fan
Members of Diaporthe are known as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobes on a wide range of host plants. Diaporthe species are well-known as the causal agents of many important plant diseases; including root and fruit rots, dieback, stem cankers, leaf s…
1 Feb 2018 - Articles
Production of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by certain bacterial strains and their characterization
Abo-State M.A.M. Partila A.M
Development of biologically inspired experimental processes for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) is an evolving important branch of nanotechnology. In the present work, we studied the potential of four bacterial species for extracellular productio…
1 Feb 2018 - Articles
Identification of phytopathogens from a taxonomic view, an example of Cryphonectriaceae
Ning Jiang Chengming Tian Xinlei Fan
Plant diseases cause lots of losses worldwide, and pathogens identification is essential during diseases studies. Traditional identification of phytopathogens mainly relied on host information and pathogen morphological characteristics, which limited the…
1 Feb 2018 - Articles
Burden of fungal diseases in Egypt
Sherif M. Zaki
Fungal diseases cause 1.5 million deaths and cause cutaneous infections to billions of people worldwide every year (Vos et al., 2012; GAFFI. 2015). Egypt is the highest populated country in the Middle East and North Africa region. Due to the fact that many ris…
1 Dec 2017 - Articles
Antibacterial potency of garlic extract against certain skin pathogenic bacteria
Dadile M. Abdulrahman, Abdullahi M. Daskum, Kura M. Abdulrahim, Abubakar M. Dadile, Hajja Amma
The antibacterial potency of garlic extract (Allium sativum) against gram positive and gram negative skin pathogenic bacteria including; Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied using ag…
1 Dec 2017