Acta Botanica Croatica - 70 (2), 2011

Contents:

Physiology and biochemistry of leaf bleaching in prematurely aging maple (Acer saccharinum L.) trees: I. Hydrogen peroxide level, antioxidative responses and photosynthetic pigments
Zvonimir Užarević, Ivna Štolfa, Nada Parađiković, Vera Cesar, Hrvoje Lepeduš

Physiology and biochemistry of leaf bleaching in prematurely aging maple (Acer saccharinum L.) trees. II. Functional and molecular adjustment of PSII.
Hrvoje Lepeduš, Lidija Begović, Selma Mlinarić, Domagoj Šimić, Ivna Štolfa, Nada Parađiković, Zvonimir Užarević, Vlatka Jurković, Vera Cesar

Ecological conditions, flora and vegetation of a large doline in the Mecsek Mountains (South Hungary)
Zoltan Boltar, Robert Galle, Laszlo Erdos, Laszlo Kormoczi

Epilithic diatoms (Bacillariophycae) from streams in Ramsar, Iran
Ali Soltanpour-Gargari, Martin Lodenius, Friedel Hinz

Cyanobacteria of the thermal spring at Pancharevo, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jaromir Lukavsky, Sevdalina Furnadzhieva, Plamen Pilarski

Diversity and distribution of the dinoflagellates Brachidinium, Asterodinium and Microceratium (Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean Sea
Fernando Gomez

Ecological assessment of wetland ecosystems of northern Kazakhstan on the basis of hydrochemistry and algal biodiversity
Sophia S. Barinova, Eibi Nevo, Tatiana M. Bragina

Impact of riparian trees shade on aquatic plant abundance in conservation islands
Magdi M. Ali, Samar A. Hassan, Abdel-Samei M. Shaheen

Shift of the western boundary of the distribution area of Micromeria cristata (Hampe) Griseb. and Steptorhamphus tuberosus (Jacq.) Grossh.
Danka Petrovic, Danijela Stašević

Phytoplankton composition and abundance assessment in the Nador lagoon (Mediterranean coast of Morocco)
Faid El Madani, Abderrahim Chiaar, Abdelhafid Chafi

New localities of the subendemic species Berberis croatica, Teucrium arduini and Micromeria croatica in the Dinaric Alps
Kremer Dario, Marko Randić, Ivan Kosalec, Ana Brkljačić, Gordon Lukač, Irena Krušić, Dalibor Ballian, Faruk Bogunić, Ksenija Karlović

Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. (Apiaceae), a new taxon in Croatian flora
Mirko Ruščić, Toni Nikolić

Professor Zvonimir Devidé, on the occasion of his 90th birthday on August 6th 2011
Marijana Krsnik-Rasol

First national week of Croatian botanical gardens and arboreta (May 30 – June 4, 2011)
Sanja Kovačić, Vanja Stamenković

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Plant Pathology - 60 (5-6), 2011

Plant Pathology - 60 (5), 2011



Contents:


Review


Spore traps need improvement to fulfil plant biosecurity requirements (pages 801–810)

S. L. Jackson and K. L. Bayliss


Original Articles


Direct evidence of surface infestation of seeds and tubers by Plasmodiophora brassicae and quantification of spore loads (pages 811–819)

D. C. Rennie, V. P. Manolii, T. Cao, S. F. Hwang, R. J. Howard and S. E. Strelkov


Influence of cultivar resistance and inoculum density on root hair infection of canola (Brassica napus) by Plasmodiophora brassicae (pages 820–829)

S. F. Hwang, H. U. Ahmed, Q. Zhou, S. E. Strelkov, B. D. Gossen, G. Peng and G. D. Turnbull


Effect of temperature on primary infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae and initiation of clubroot symptoms (pages 830–838)

K. Sharma, B. D. Gossen and M. R. McDonald


Characterization of the rust resistance gene present in the common bean cultivar Ouro Negro, the main rust resistance source used in Brazil (pages 839–845)

T. L. P. O. de Souza, S. N. Dessaune, D. A. Sanglard, M. A. Moreira and E. G. de Barros


Resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f.sp. avenae) in oat seedlings and adult plants (pages 846–856)

J. Sánchez-Martín, D. Rubiales and E. Prats


A simulation study on managing plant diseases by systematically altering spatial positions of cultivar mixture components between seasons (pages 857–865)

X.-M. Xu


Development and application of new molecular markers for analysis of genetic diversity in Verticillium dahliae populations (pages 866–877)

M. Berbegal, C. D. Garzón, A. Ortega, J. Armengol, R. M. Jiménez-Díaz and M. M. Jiménez-Gasco


Relative importance of different types of inoculum to the establishment of Mycosphaerella graminicola in wheat crops in north-west Europe (pages 878–889)

F. Suffert and I. Sache


Effects of temperature, water regime and irrigation system on the release of ascospores of Mycosphaerella nawae, causal agent of circular leaf spot of persimmon (pages 890–908)

A. Vicent, D. D. M. Bassimba and D. S. Intrigliolo


Phylogenetic and morphological identification of Colletotrichum boninense: a novel causal agent of anthracnose in avocado (pages 899–908)

H. V. Silva-Rojas and G. D. Ávila-Quezada


Trichothecene genotypes of Gibberella zeae from winter wheat fields in the eastern USA (pages 909–917)

D. G. Schmale, A. K. Wood-Jones, C. Cowger, G. C. Bergstrom and C. Arellano


Proteome analysis of Fusarium infection in emmer grains (Triticum dicoccum) (pages 918–928)

K. Eggert, C. Zörb, K. H. Mühling and E. Pawelzik


Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the barley pathogen Ramularia collo-cygni with fluorescent marker tags and live tissue imaging of infection development (pages 929–937)

A. Thirugnanasambandam, K. M. Wright, N. Havis, S. C. Whisson and A. C. Newton


Tracking Phytophthora infestans with SSR markers within and between seasons – a field study in Sweden (pages 938–945)

A.-K. Widmark, B. Andersson, M. Sandström and J. E. Yuen


A simple detached leaf assay provides rapid and inexpensive determination of pathogenicity of Pythium isolates to ‘all year round’ (AYR) chrysanthemum roots (pages 946–956)

T. R. Pettitt, M. F. Wainwright, A. J. Wakeham and J. G. White


Biological and genetic characterization of Phytophthora capsici mutants resistant to flumorph (pages 957–966)

Q. X. Meng, X. L. Cui, Y. Bi, Q. Wang, J. J. Hao and X. L. Liu


Resistance to Plum pox virus in plants expressing cytosolic and nuclear single-chain antibodies against the viral RNA NIb replicase (pages 967–976)

M. Gil, O. Esteban, J. A. García, L. Pena and M. Cambra


Unstable green fluorescent protein for study of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri survival on citrus (pages 977–985)

J. Cubero, I. Gell, E. G. Johnson, A. Redondo and J. H. Graham


Distribution of canker lesions on the surface of diseased grapefruit (pages 986–991)

C. H. Bock, T. R. Gottwald and P. E. Parker


The yam nematode (Scutellonema bradys), a potential threat to potato (Solanum tuberosum) production in West Africa (pages 992–997)

D. L. Coyne, L. I. Akpheokhai and A. F. Adeniran


Book Review


Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production (page 998)

Richard Thwaites



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Plant Pathology - 60 (6), 2011



Contents:

Review


Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species: a review (pages 999–1013)

R. Czajkowski, M. C. M. Pérombelon, J. A. van Veen and J. M. van der Wolf


Original Articles


Increased plant tolerance against chrysanthemum yellows phytoplasma (‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’) following double inoculation with Glomus mosseae BEG12 and Pseudomonas putida S1Pf1Rif (pages 1014–1022)

R. D’Amelio, G. Berta, E. Gamalero, N. Massa, L. Avidano, S. Cantamessa, G. D’Agostino, D. Bosco and C. Marzachi


New natural host plants of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’ in Poland and the Czech Republic (pages 1023–1029)

M. Kamińska, H. Berniak and J. Obdrzalek


First identification of a sweet potato begomovirus (sweepovirus) in Uganda: characterization, detection and distribution (pages 1030–1039)

P. Wasswa, B. Otto, M. N. Maruthi, S. B. Mukasa, W. Monger and R. W. Gibson


Chilli leaf curl Palampur virus is a distinct begomovirus species associated with a betasatellite (pages 1040–1047)

Y. Kumar, V. Hallan and A. A. Zaidi


Impact of tobacco recessive resistance gene va on biological properties of Brazilian Potato virus Y (PVY) isolates (pages 1048–1054)

C. Lacroix, L. Glais, J.-L. Verrier, C. Charlier, C. Lorencetti and E. Jacquot


Two novel and potentially endemic species of Phytophthora associated with episodic dieback of Kwongan vegetation in the south-west of Western Australia (pages 1055–1068)

A. J. Rea, T. I. Burgess, G. E. St J. Hardy, M. J. C. Stukely and T. Jung


Genetic diversity, sensitivity to phenylamide fungicides and aggressiveness of Phytophthora ramorum on Camellia, Rhododendron and Viburnum plants in Spain (pages 1069–1076)

A. Pérez-Sierra, L. A. Álvarez, A. Vercauteren, K. Heungens and P. Abad-Campos


Potential for eradication of the exotic plant pathogens Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum during composting (pages 1077–1085)

R. Noble, J. Blackburn, G. Thorp, A. Dobrovin-Pennington, S. Pietravalle, G. Kerins, T. R. Allnutt and C. M. Henry


Phosphite primed defence responses and enhanced expression of defence genes in Arabidopsis thaliana infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi (pages 1086–1095)

L. Eshraghi, J. Anderson, N. Aryamanesh, B. Shearer, J. McComb, G. E. StJ. Hardy and P. A. O’Brien


Spread and development of quambalaria shoot blight in spotted gum plantations (pages 1096–1106)

G. S. Pegg, H. Nahrung, A. J. Carnegie, M. J. Wingfield and A. Drenth


Variability in aggressiveness of Quambalaria pitereka isolates (pages 1107–1117)

G. S. Pegg, L. S. Shuey, A. J. Carnegie, M. J. Wingfield and A. Drenth


Detection of botryosphaeriaceous species in environmental samples using a multi-species primer pair (pages 1118–1127)

H. J. Ridgway, N. T. Amponsah, D. S. Brown, J. Baskarathevan, E. E. Jones and M. V. Jaspers


Characterization of monilia disease caused by Monilinia linhartiana on quince in southern Spain (pages 1128–1139)

J. Moral, C. Munoz-Díez, D. Cabello, O. Arquero, M. Lovera, M. J. Benítez and A. Trapero


A rapid differential staining technique for Fusarium pseudograminearum in cereal tissues during crown rot infections (pages 1140–1143)

N. L. Knight and M. W. Sutherland


Development and validation of a standard area diagram set to estimate severity of leaf rust in Coffea arabica and C. canephora (pages 1144–1150)

A. S. Capucho, L. Zambolim, H. S. S. Duarte and G. R. O. Vaz


Wax matters: absence of very-long-chain aldehydes from the leaf cuticular wax of the glossy11 mutant of maize compromises the prepenetration processes of Blumeria graminis (pages 1151–1161)

A. Hansjakob, M. Riederer and U. Hildebrandt


Genetic control of sorghum resistance to leaf anthracnose (pages 1162–1168)

R. V. da Costa, L. Zambolim, L. V. Cota, D. D. da Silva, J. A. S. Rodrigues, F. D. Tardin and C. R. Casela


Spatial characteristics of white mould epidemics and the development of sequential sampling plans in Australian bean fields (pages 1169–1182)

S. J. Jones, D. H. Gent, S. J. Pethybridge and F. S. Hay


Letter to the Editor


Letter to the Editor (page 1183)

N. Magan


Corrigendum


Corrigendum: Use of a real-time LAMP isothermal assay for detecting 16SrII and XII phytoplasmas in fruit and weeds of the Ethiopian Rift Valley (page 1183)

M. Dickinson


Book Review


Natural Products in Plant Pest Management (page 1184)

Steve Rossall


A Note from the Editor


A Note from the Editor (page 1184)

Matt Dickinson


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Journal of Botany - 2011

Contents:

Low- and High-Temperature Tolerance and Acclimation for Chlorenchyma versus Meristem of the Cultivated Cacti Nopalea cochenillifera, Opuntia robusta, and Selenicereus megalanthus, Brian R. Zutta, Park S. Nobel, Alenoush M. Aramians, and Arineh Sahaghian

Biplot Approach for Identification of Heterotic Crosses in Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.), Anu Rastogi, Brij Kishore Mishra, Mrinalini Srivastava, Ameena Siddiqui, and Sudhir Shukla

Effect of Small-Scale Variations in Environmental Factors on the Distribution of Woody Species in Tropical Deciduous Forests of Vindhyan Highlands, India, R. K. Chaturvedi, A. S. Raghubanshi, and J. S. Singh

Influence of Tree Age and Variety on Allometric Characteristics and Water Use of Mangifera indica L. Growing in Plantation, Philip G. Oguntunde, Johnson T. Fasinmirin, and Nick van de Giesen

Effect of Tuber Crop Wastes/Byproducts on Nutritional and Microbial Composition of Vermicomposts and Duration of the Vermicomposting Process, M. Nedunchezhiyan, S. K. Jata, G. Byju, and S. S. Veena

Ethnobotanical Study of Tehsil Kabal, Swat District, KPK, Pakistan, Imtiaz Ahmad, Mohammad Ibrar, Barkatullah, and Niaz Ali

On the Coevolution of Transposable Elements and Plant Genomes, Peter Civáň, Miroslav Švec, and Pavol Hauptvogel

The Genomes of All Angiosperms: A Call for a Coordinated Global Census, David W. Galbraith, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, J. Chris Pires, and Pamela S. Soltis

Does Large Genome Size Limit Speciation in Endemic Island Floras?, Maxim V. Kapralov and Dmitry A. Filatov

A Simple, Cost-Effective Method for Leaf Area Estimation, S. K. Pandey and Hema Singh

Composite Actinorhizal Plants with Transgenic Roots for the Study of Symbiotic Associations with Frankia, Faïza Meriem Benabdoun, Mathish Nambiar-Veetil, Leandro Imanishi, Sergio Svistoonoff, Nadia Ykhlef, Hassen Gherbi, and Claudine Franche

Flowering Ecology of the Species of the Genus Hypoxidia (Hypoxidaceae: Asparagales), Justin Gerlach

Genome Diversity in Maize, Victor Llaca, Matthew A. Campbell, and Stéphane Deschamps

Metabolic and Molecular Events Occurring during Chromoplast Biogenesis, Wanping Bian, Cristina Barsan, Isabel Egea, Eduardo Purgatto, Christian Chervin, Mohamed Zouine, Alain Latché, Mondher Bouzayen, and Jean-Claude Pech

Evolution of Genome Size in Duckweeds (Lemnaceae), Wenqin Wang, Randall A. Kerstetter, and Todd P. Michael

Cell Wall Growth and Modulation Dynamics in a Model Unicellular Green Alga—Penium margaritaceum: Live Cell Labeling with Monoclonal Antibodies, David S. Domozych, Hannah Brechka, Alicia Britton, and Marc Toso



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