Publications by authors named "Tianwang Zhou"
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- - Cowpea crops in Renda Town, Gansu Province, China, were severely affected by a leaf spot and blight disease, with some fields experiencing 100% incidence of symptoms such as circular brown blotches and dark margins.
- - Isolates of the pathogen were collected from diseased leaves and cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA), showing characteristic colony features that resemble the genus Boeremia.
- - Genetic analysis using specific primers revealed that the isolates are closely related to the B. exigua strain, with a 97% similarity based on gene sequences, indicating potential identification of the causal agent of the disease.
Maize (Zea Mays L.) is one of the main crops in Ningxia Province, China, and stalk rot has become a serious disease of maize in this area. Infected plants showed softening of the stalks at lower internodes, which lodged easily and died prematurely during grain filling, and the pith tissue internally appeared to be disintegrating and slightly brown to reddish.
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