Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (1-8), 2012

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (1), 2012


Contents:
Applications of Bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma spp. for controlling the potato brown rot in field
H. Abd-El-Khair & H. I. Seif El-Nasr

Effect of the leaf coating mite Cisaberoptus kenyae Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) on the mineral content of the host mango plant Mangiferae indica L.
Badawi A. Abou-Awad, Mahmoud M. Al-Azzazy & Sahar I. Afia

Efficacy of formulation and storage on rice straw waste on the activation of bioagents against root-rot diseases of bean plants
Eman R. Hamed, Nadia G. El-Gamal & Aliaa R. El-Shami

Assessment of the effect of chitosan of different molecular weights in controlling Rhizopus rots in tomato fruits
Ana N. Hernández-Lauzardo, María G. Guerra-Sánchez, Annia Hernández-Rodríguez, Mayra Heydrich-Pérez, Josam Vega-Pérez & Miguel G. Velázquez-del Valle

Peroxidase: a marker for Ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea
Livinder Kaur, Varinder P. Singh & Anil K. Gupta

Biochemical responses associated with bacterial blight of rice (Oryza sativa)
Neerja Sharma, Chamandeep Kaur, Jagjit Singh & Anil Kumar Gupta

Molecular identification and genetic diversity among six Begomovirus isolates affecting cultivation of cucurbitaceous crops in Uttar Pradesh, India
A. K. Tiwari, S. K. Snehi, R. Singh, S. K. Raj, G. P. Rao & P. K. Sharma

Effect of some biological and biochemical control agents against certain squash pests
A. A. Abdallah, E. M.A. El-Saiedy, M. M. El-Fatih & M. E. Shoula

Characterisation of Ascochyta rabiei isolates and evaluation of genotypic stability in chickpea
Livinder Kaur, Varinder Pal Singh & J. S. Sandhu

Development and fecundity of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different soybean cultivars
Fariba Mehrkhou, Ali Asghar Talebi, Saeid Moharramipour, Vahid Hosseini Naveh & Samira Farahani

Morphological and biochemical responses of selected germplasm of tobacco to soil inoculation with Pythium aphanidermatum
Mujeebur Rahman Khan, Ziaul Haque, M. Arshad Anwer & M. Mahmud Khan

Molecular characterisation of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from the Egyptian soils
M. Saker, H.S. Salama, M. Ragaei & N.M. Abd El-Ghany


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (2), 2012


Contents:
Effect of hot water and ultra violet radiation on the incidence of seedborne fungi of okra
Mashooda Begum & S. Lokesh

Detection of aflatoxigenic fungi in pistachio nuts by polymerase chain reaction
N. Panjehkeh, F. Khodadadi, M. Ahmadinejad, M. Salari & M. M. Aminaee

Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and selenium uptake by garlic plants
S. Patharajan & N. Raaman

Screening of antifungal activity of various plant leaves extracts from Indian plants
Kalpesh B. Ishnava, K.H. Chauhan & C.A. Bhatt

Constitutive expression of thaumatin-like protein (TLP-3) in transgenic tobacco plants leads to enhance resistance to Alternaria alternata
Kamran Safavi, Reza Zareie & Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei

Sharka in plums: Diagnostics and management
Hare Krishna, Nazeer Ahmed, Brij Lal Attri, Akhilesh Kumar, Pragya Ranjan & Jitendra Kumar Ranjan

Relationship between susceptibility to neonicotinoids and population dynamics of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Shadieh Gerami, Khalil Talebi, Alireza Bandani, Mohammad Ghadamyari & Vahid Hosseininaveh

Rhizobacterial-mediated induction of defense enzymes to enhance the resistance of turmeric (Curcuma longa L) to Pythium aphanidermatum causing rhizome rot
K. Kavitha, S. Nakkeeran & G. Chandrasekar

Comparative studies on the changes of total soluble proteins and protease activity in Georgian commercial peanuts contaminated by Aspergillus flavus
P.N. Achar, M.Y. Sreenivasa & G. Galdo

Effect of NaCl stress on rice physiological properties
Mohammad Reza Amirjani

Characterization of virulent gene locus in the genome of Fusarium spp. causing wilt disease of Psidium guajava L. in India
V.K. Gupta

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (3), 2012


Contents:

Enhancement of the efficacy of two antagonistic yeasts with salicylic acid against Penicillium expansum
Leila Farahani & Hasan Reza Etebarian

Impacts of two conventional insecticides on different stages of Encarsia inaron Walker parasitizing the whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood under greenhouse condition
S. A. Hoseini, A. A. Pourmirza, A. Ebadollahi & M. Ghane Jahromi

First report of anthracnose on noni caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in India
Manjunath Hubballi, Sevugapperumal Nakkeeran & Thiruvengadam Raguchander

Evaluation of responses of five cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) varieties to field infestation by major insect pests of cowpea
Adebola Adedoyin Osipitan, Sunday O. Adigbo & R. Joda Abiodun

In vitro evaluation of solvent extracted compounds from edible macromycetes against phytopathogenic fungi
R. Radhajeyalakshmi, R. Velazhahan & V. Prakasam

Development of PCR-based diagnostic probe to detect begomoviruses infecting chilli in the hot arid region of Rajasthan
P.N. Sivalingam, D. Singh, H.K. Changal, Hanif Khan, R. Sangwan, D.K. Samadia & S.K. Sharma

Biocontrol of blue mold of apple by Candida membranifaciens in combination with silicon
Leila Farahani, Hasan Reza Etebarian, Navazolah Sahebani & Heshmatolah Aminian

Life expectancy (ex ) and stable age distribution (Cx ) of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lep.: Yponomeutidae), exposed to sublethal doses of hexaflumuron
Mohammad Mahmoudvand, Habib Abbasipour, Aziz Sheikhi Garjan & Ali Reza Bandani

Fusarium rot in cucumber greenhouses of Jiroft region
Narges Hatami, Hamid Reza Zamani Zadeh, Mohamad Mehdi Aminaee & Hadi Zohdi

Determination of Onion yellow dwarf virus concentration levels on onion bulb and leaf by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA)
Mehmet Ali Sevik

Endophytic bacteria from tomato and chilli, their diversity and antagonistic potential against Ralstonia solanacearum
N. Amaresan, V. Jayakumar, Krishna Kumar & N. Thajuddin

Evaluation of Brassica germplasm for field resistance against clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron)
Pankaj Sharma, S. A. Siddiqui, P. K. Rai, P. D. Meena, J. Kumar & J. S. Chauhan

The role of temperature in enhancing the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis against Spodoptera littoralis larvae
M.M. Matter & M.A. Gesraha

Efficacy of plant essential oils against two major insect pests of coffee (Coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, and antestia bug, Antestiopsis intricata) and maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais
Esayas Mendesil, Mekuria Tadesse & Merid Negash

Preliminary molecular characterisation and utilisation of native Orius sp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) for controlling aphids infesting Taif's rose
Samy M. Sayed & Metwally M. Montaser


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (4), 2012


Contents:
Demographic parameters of two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) on cotton
Nazila Honarparvar, Mohammad Khanjani, Seyed Hamid Reza Forghani, Hadi Ostovan & Ali Asghar Talebi

Effects of Bt transgenic rice line on stripe stem borer, Chilo suppressalis and its consequences on egg parasitoid, Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in the laboratory
Rasoul Marzban

Foliar application of l-phenylalanine and ferulic acids to pea plants: induced phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity and resistance against Erysiphe pisi
Amar Bahadur, D. P. Singh, B. K. Sarma & U. P. Singh

Inheritance of powdery mildew tolerance in sesame
P. Venkata Ramana Rao, G. Anuradha, M. Jaya Prada, V. Gouri Shankar, K. Raja Reddy, N.P. Eswara Reddy & E. A. Siddiq

Fungicidal activity of Prosopis africana and Anogeissus leiocarpus aqueous extracts against leaf blight of Jatropha curcas L.
A.B. Zarafi & I.S. Ayuba

Pathogenic and molecular characterisations of pigeonpea wilt pathogen Fusarium udum
Vishwa Dhar, S. Datta, R.G. Chaudhary, J.P. Upadhyay, M. Saifulla, S. Mishra, R.K. Prajapti & Md. Shamim

Growth enhancement of Sesamum indicum L. by rhizosphere-competent Azotobacter chroococcum AZO2 and its antagonistic activity against Macrophomina phaseolina
R. C. Dubey, D. K. Maheshwari, Varun Kumar & R. R. Pandey

Morphological and pathological variations of rice sheath blight inciting south Indian Rhizoctonia solani isolates
M. Jayaprakashvel & N. Mathivanan

Effect of tissue wounding and time of soil inoculation on pepper root rot development
S. E.L. Alao, O. Alabi, A. D. Akpa, M. D. Alegbejo & P. S. Marley

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Lasiodiplodia theobromae from various banana cultivars causing crown rot disease in fruits
G. Sangeetha, A. Anandan & S. Usha Rani

Segregation pattern of gene expression in cotton leaf curl virus-resistant transgenics
J. Amudha, G. Balasubramani, V. G. Malathi, D. Monga & K. R. Kranthi


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (5), 2012


Contents:

Interaction of trap colour attractiveness with morphological variability of the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande 1895)
J. Larki, P. Kilochyckij, V. Fedorenko & P. Chumak

Allelopathic effect of actinobacterial isolates against selected weeds
D. Dhanasekaran, K. Ambika, N. Thajuddin & A. Panneerselvam

Studies on the pathogenicity of three host races of Rotylenchulus reniformis on castor
Neelu Singh & M. Farooq Azam

Using different amounts of vacuum and acrolein in various exposure periods to control two stored products insects
Mojtaba Ghane Jahromi, Ali Asgar Pourmirza, Golam Reza Sadeghi & Seyed Ali Hoseini

Epidemiology and prediction of brown leaf rust of mulberry caused by Peridiopsora mori
Manas Dev Maji, Sandip Kumar Dutta & Chandana Maji

Efficacy of intercropping and harvest time modification for reducing field infestation of maize by Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Samuel Adelani Babarinde & Gani Oladejo Kolawole

Characterisation of Bacillus thuringiensis mutant highly producing melanin pigment and active against potato tuber moth
Hassan Abdel-Latif A. Mohamed, M.M. Sabbour, M. Ragaei & Rasha Samy

Immunodiagnostics of cucumber mosaic virus using antisera developed against recombinant coat protein
Shahanavaj Khan, Arif Tasleem Jan, Bikash Mandal & Qazi Mohd. Rizwanul Haq

Histological changes in guava root during wilting induced by Fusarium spp.
V. K. Gupta, A. K. Misra & B. K. Pandey

Rapid screenhouse assessment of bacterial blight in cassava genotypes in Nigeria
Akinola Rasheed Popoola & Olufunmilayo Adebimpe Olanloye

Influence of different Inocula of Meloidogyne arenaria on plant growth parameters and nematode multiplication in balsam (Impatiens balsamina)
Shweta Sharma, Tabreiz Ahmad Khan & Safiuddin

Incidence of pests in jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) ecosystem and pest–weather relationships in West Bengal, India
Sahidur Rahman & Matiyar Rahaman Khan

Effect of plant characteristics of jute varieties on incidence of pests in West Bengal, India
Sahidur Rahman & Matiyar Rahaman Khan


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (6), 2012


Contents:

Evaluation of pesticides against major pests of jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) in West Bengal, India
Sahidur Rahman & Matiyar Rahaman Khan

Rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) infestation in rice
Ramesh K. Jain, Matiyar Rahaman Khan & Vinod Kumar

Virulence cost in Plasmopara halstedii (sunflower downy mildew)
Nachaat Sakr

Management of cucumber powdery mildew by certain biological control agents (BCAs) and resistance inducing chemicals (RICs)
Magd El-Morsi Awad, Kamal A. Abo-Elyousr & Montaser Fawzy Abdel-Monaim

Interactive effect of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita and root-rot fungus, Rhizoctonia solani, on okra [Abelmoschus esculentus L.]
Safiuddin & Sheila Shahab

Induced variations in quantitative traits by EMS and SA treatments in Linum usitatissimum L.
Ambreen Akhtar, MYK Ansari, Alka Hisamuddin & Merajul Islam Robab

Screening of tomato cultivars in the presence of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica
Ghazala Parveen

Insect pollinators of anise plants (Pimpinella anisum L.) and the important role of honey bees (apis mellifera L.) on their yield productivity
T.E. Abd El-Wahab, I.M.A. Ebadah & Y.A. Mahmoud

Molecular diversity of native Trichoderma isolates against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Sacc.). A casual agent of Fusarium wilt in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
S. Shalini Devi, Y. Sreenivasulu, S. Saritha, M. Ram Kumar, K. Praveen Kumar & P. Sudhakar

Efficacy, prey stage preference and optimum predator–prey ratio of the predatory mite, Neoseiulus longispinosus Evans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to control the red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae Nietner (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting tea
Vattakandy Jasin Rahman, Azariah Babu, Amsalingam Roobakkumar, Kandasamy Perumalsamy, Duraikkannu Vasanthakumar & Mariappan Sankara Rama Subramaniam

Tropical grasshopper glutathione-S-transferase and detoxification of plant allelochemicals in Calotropis procera
G. Elsayed, Mohamed M. Ahmed, Samy M.H. Sayed & Sayed A.M. Amer

Screening and identification of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) resistance in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
A. Karthikeyan, M. Sudha, N. Senthil, M. Pandiyan, M. Raveendran & P. Nagrajan

Evaluation of improved and local/landrace/sorghum varieties for covered kernel smut
Merkuz Abera & Getachew Alemayehu

Greenhouse and field evaluations of potassium phosphonate: the control of Phytophthora foot rot of black pepper in Vietnam
Nguyen Vinh Truong, Lester W. Burgess & Edward C.Y. Liew

Quantitative resistance of some Elite wheat lines to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici
Safar Ali Safavi & F. Afshari


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (7), 2012


Contents:

Formulation and optimisation of various nuclear polyhedrosis virus isolates and assessment of their insecticidal activity against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
Elangovan Elamathi, J. RajaRajaCholan, N. Vijayakumar & A. Ramamourti

Effect of cucumber mosaic virus infection on morphology, yield and phenolic contents of tomato
Mahjabeen, K. P. Akhtar, N. Sarwar, M. Y. Saleem, M. Asghar, Q. Iqbal & F. F. Jamil

Screening of potential antimicrobial compounds against Xanthomonas campestris from 100 essential oils of aromatic plants used in India: an ecofriendly approach
Kiran S. Chudasama & Vrinda S. Thaker

Pseudomonas aeruginosa WS-1 for biological control of leaf blight disease of Withania somnifera
Chandan K. Maiti, Surjit Sen, Amal Kanti Paul & Krishnendu Acharya

Efficacy of some plants as a post-harvest protectant against some major stored pests
Mohammad Mahmoudvand, Habib Abbasipour, Fahimeh Rastegar, Mohammad Hossein Hosseinpour & Moslem Basij

Pathotypes of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal agent of wheat powdery mildew from some regions of Iran
S. Elyasi-Gomari & G.M. Lesovaya

Detection of Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Khalid A.I.M. Bukhari, K. Nithya, V. Valluvaparidasan, V. Paranidharan & R. Velazhahan

Efficacy of cashew kernel extracts in the control of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
C. O. Adedire, R. O. Akinkurolere & O. M. Obembe

Serological detection of yam viruses in farmers' fields in Ogun State, Nigeria
Olusola O. Odedara, Emily I. Ayo-John, Moyosore M. Gbuyiro, Felicia O. Falade & Sunday E. Agbebi

Biochemistry of post-harvest spoilage of mahula (Madhuca latifolia L.) flowers: changes in total sugar, ascorbic acid, phenol and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity
S. Behera, R. C. Mohanty & R. C. Ray

Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from Egyptian soils and their potential activity against lepidopterous insects
H. Salama, M. Saker, M. Salama, A. El-Banna, M. Ragaie & N. Abd El-Ghany

Establishment of seed-borne nature of Alternaria alternata causing leaf spot and fruit rot of chilli
Manjul Pandey, Mukesh Srivastava & R. P. Mishra

Genetic diversity within the genus Pleurotus determined by random amplified polymorphism DNA (RAPD) analysis
Ravi Prakash Mishra, Manjul Pandey, U.K. Tripathi & M. Singh


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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 45 (8), 2012


Contents:

Identification of resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini in linseed germplasm
R. Kishore, M. Pandey, U.K. Tripathi & J. Singh

Comparison of development and demographic parameters of Diuraphis noxia (Hem., Aphididae) and its parasitoid, Diaeretiella rapae (Hym., Braconidae: Aphidiinae)
Zahra Tazerouni, Ali Asghar Talebi & Ehsan Rakhshani

Aqueous fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica induce systemic acquired resistance in barley against Drechslera graminea
V. Bhuvaneswari, A. K. Srivastava & P. K. Paul

Technical advancement in plant virus diagnosis – an appraisal
Arif T. Jan, Mudsser Azam, Mohiuddin K. Warsi, Arif Ali & Qazi Mohd. Rizwanul Haq

Comparison of pathogenicity of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus and Pseudomonas viridiflava strains on alfalfa
Ali Heidari & Gholam Khodakaramian

Effects of Penicillium extracts on germination vigour in subsequent seedling growth of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Sobia Mushtaq, Ghazala Nasim, Ibatsam Khokhar & Irum Mukhtar

Mixed infections of begomoviruses in pumpkins with yellow vein mosaic disease in north India
Namrata Jaiswal, R.K. Saritha, D. Datta, M. Singh, R.S. Dubey, A.B. Rai & M. Rai

Molecular genotyping of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates from different regions and host plants in Iran
Elham Karimi, Naser Safaie & Masoud Shams-bakhsh

Activity of Nemathorin, natural product and bioproducts against root-knot nematodes on tomatoes
Abdel-Fattah S.A. Saad, Magdy A. Massoud, Hala S. Ibrahim & Mohamed S Khalil

Intraspecies diversity of Macrophomina phaseolina in Iran
V. Mahdizadeh, N. Safaie, E. Mohammadi Goltapeh & N. Mayek-Perez

Effect of cannibalism on predation, oviposition and longevity of the predacious mite, Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Aly H. Rasmy & S.A. Saber

Lethality impact of diatomaceous earth (Sayan®), bran, sawdust and clay on adult of six stored-product insects
G.R. Sadeghi, A.A. Pourmirza & M.H. Safaralizade


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