We collected Fusarium isolates from additional nurseries in the midwestern and western RG7204 USA to more fully determine occurrence of this pathogen. We used DNA sequences of the mitochondrial small subunit gene to identify F. commune. In addition to confirming

the occurrence of F. commune in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, USA, we also discovered that F. commune is even more widespread with this first report of F. commune occurring in Nevada, Montana, Nebraska, and Michigan, USA. ”
“Taking Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (Doidge) Dye, a pathogen with a wide geographical distribution, as a representative, pyrosequencing is shown for the first time to provide characteristic information of plant pathogenic bacteria strain-specific sequences. Pyrosequencing-based plant pathogen detection and typing technology is demonstrated to be rapid, highly specific and more sensitive than conventional technologies. The specificity of such assays has been validated by conventional DNA sequencing and metabolic fingerprinting. It is a starting point for the application and development of pyrosequencing in plant inspection and quarantine which underlie

agricultural communication. ”
“The coat protein gene (CP) of an ordinary strain of Potato virus p38 MAPK Kinase pathway Y (PVYO) was cloned into the expression vector, pET-28a(+). The insert was sequenced and analysis showed that the CP gene was in frame with intact N-terminal 6X histidine tags. An approximately 35 kDa recombinant fusion protein was observed in inclusion bodies of induced Escherichia coli BL21 cells. This fusion protein was purified and used as antigen to raise polyclonal antibodies in rabbits. In Western blot and dot blot MCE immuno-binding assay (DIBA), both PVYO-CP IgG and PVYO IgG strongly reacted

with the recombinant CP. The PVYO-CP IgG could detect PVYO in infected samples up to 1 : 3200 dilutions. A PVYO-CP ELISA kit was prepared and compared with conventional ELISA kit based on purified virus particles (PVYO ELISA kit). The PVYO-CP ELISA kit consistently detected the PVYO in DAS-ELISA of field samples and was as effective as PVYO ELISA kit. ”
“RNA interference (RNAi) involves the degradation of homologous mRNA sequences in organisms and is induced by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). We have constructed three hairpin RNA (hpRNA) prokaryotic expression vectors derived from the 5′ region, the middle region and the 3′ region of the Nuclear inclusion protein b (NIb) gene, and then expressed these in M-JM109lacY. Resistance analyses and Northern blotting showed that different hpRNAs had different abilities to protect tobacco plants from infection with Potato virus Y (PVY) and that this resistance was RNA-mediated. ”
“Asparagus crown and root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi (Foa), F. proliferatum (Fp) and F.