Changes in the Microbial Composition of the Rhizosphere of Hop Plants Affected by Verticillium Wilt Caused by .

Verticillium wilt is a devastating disease affecting many crops, including hops. This study aims to describe fungal and bacterial populations associated with bulk and rhizosphere soils in a hop field cultivated in Slovenia with the Celeia variety, which is highly susceptible to . As both healthy and diseased plants coexist in the same field, we focused this study on the detection of putative differences in the microbial communities associated with the two types of plants.

Optimization and Validation of Singleplex and Multiplex RT-qPCR for Detection of (CBCVd), (HLVd), and (HSVd) in Hops ().

Direct crop losses due to plant diseases and the measures used to control them have significant agricultural and economic impacts. The shift from diverse small-scale to large-scale genetically uniform monoculture production, along with agricultural intensification and climate change, has led to several known epidemics in man-made agroecosystems that have been rendered more vulnerable to pathogens. One such example is hop growing, which is threatened by highly aggressive hop viroids.

Novel Identification of the Collection of Pathogenic Fungal Species with the Development of Species-Specific SSR Markers.

The genus is a group of ascomycete fungi that includes several pathogenic plant species. In 2011, a new taxonomic classification, proposed by Inderbitzin and coworkers (2011), re-defined the genus as sensu stricto. The objective of our study was the re-classification of the fungal species held in the culture collection in the Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing in accordance with the newly established taxonomy.

Cytosine Methylation in Genomic DNA and Characterization of DNA Methylases and Demethylases and Their Expression Profiles in Viroid-Infected Hop Plants ( Var. 'Celeia').

Abiotic and biotic stresses can lead to changes in host DNA methylation, which in plants is also mediated by an RNA-directed DNA methylation mechanism. Infections with viroids have been shown to affect DNA methylation dynamics in different plant hosts. The aim of our research was to determine the content of 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) in genomic DNA at the whole genome level of hop plants ( Var.