spp. Associated with Dieback Disease in China.

A rare plant species of the family, is considered among the top ten Chinese medicinal herbs for its polysaccharide. Since 2021, when the dieback disease of was first reported in Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, China, isolates (number = 152) were obtained from 70 plants in commercial greenhouses. The disease incidence ranged from 40% to 60% in the surveyed areas.

Molecular and Pathogenic Characterization of Species Associated with Corm Rot Disease in Saffron from China.

Saffron ( L.) is a commercial spice crop well-known throughout the world, valued for culinary, colorant, and pharmaceutical purposes. In China, was detected as causative agent of saffron corm rot, the most pervasive disease for the first time in 2020.

Identification and Characterization of Associated with Saffron Corm Rot Disease.

Saffron ( L.) is the most expensive spice plant and is distributed widely around the world. However, its production is limited by corm rot, a disastrous disease, attributed to in many regions of the world.

A Grain Rot of Rice in Iran Caused by a Strain Closely Related to .

Rice grain rot disease was detected for the first time in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The bacteria isolated from infected rice plants showed grains rotted and darkening. A strain closely connected to was identified using molecular and whole genome sequencing approaches confirmed as the causal agent by fulfilling Koch's postulates.