Publications by authors named "Kuan Yu Zheng"
Article Synopsis
- Polygonatum kingianum is a Chinese herbal medicine that experienced leaf damage and plant mortality in 2023 due to a disease affecting 10-20% of plants in nurseries in Yunnan Province.
- Researchers collected diseased leaf samples, sterilized them, and cultured them on a specific medium to isolate 13 fungal strains, primarily identifying them as strains of the Alternaria genus.
- Further analysis was conducted on one particular strain, HJ-A1, including genomic DNA extraction and amplification of specific gene regions to better understand its characteristics and potential impact on the plant.
Chilli pepper is an important economic crop and virus diseases are constraints on its production. In 2018, disease surveys were conducted at a 15-ha chilli pepper plantation in Dehong, southwest of Yunnan Province, China. Throughout the chilli pepper growing season from March to September, pepper plants developed three different virus-like symptoms on leaves, including mosaic, yellow mottle and shrinkage (Fig.
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