Differences in the efficacy of carboxylic acid amide fungicides against less sensitive strains of Plasmopara viticola.

Background: Plasmopara viticola is controlled by fungicides with different modes of action, including carboxylic acid amides (CAAs). The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the response of CAA-resistant P. viticola strains towards CAAs.

Genetic diversity analysis of the cucurbit powdery mildew fungus Podosphaera xanthii suggests a clonal population structure.

The sexual stage of Podosphaera xanthii is rarely found worldwide. However, chasmothecia are frequently recorded in northern Italy, suggesting the presence of an actively mating population. With the aim of investigating the genetic structure of the Italian population with respect to populations from other countries, genetic diversity analysis was performed both on 92 isolates from European and American countries by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and on 59 isolates by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) methods.

New rapid DNA extraction method with Chelex from Venturia inaequalis spores.

The objective of this study was to develop a rapid method to isolate DNA from Venturia inaequalis spores for use in diagnostic DNA mutation analysis. Chelex-100 resin was evaluated and compared with a well established DNA exctraction method, utilizing CTAB in order to have a robust comparison. In this research we demonstrated that Chelex-100 efficiently makes extraction of the DNA from V.

Sensitivity to strobilurin fungicides of Italian Venturia inaequalis populations with different origin and scab control.

Background: Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Winter with reduced sensitivity to strobilurins has been reported in several countries, including Italy. This study aimed to characterise the sensitivity to strobilurins of three different types of V. inaequalis population: (a) wild types; (b) from commercial orchards satisfactorily managed with strobilurins; (c) from an experimental orchard with control failures by trifloxystrobin and kresoxim-methyl.