Alternaria brown spot (ABS) disease is caused by a fungus of Alternaria genus, that causes injury and fruit depreciation, leaves fall, drought of pointers and new shoots. The action of the fungus Alternaria alternata f. ...

The sugarcane is a major global economic importance culture, especially for Brazil. The country is the largest producer of culture and its by-products, sugar and alcohol. The sugarcane has received attention for the ...

Sugar, ethanol and bionergy are products generated from sugarcane, whose current demand remains high. However, two rust diseases have threatened its yield, brown rust (Puccinia melanocephala) and orange rust (P. kuehnii). ...

Alternaria Brown Spot (ABS), caused by Alernaria alternata a fungus which produces a host specific toxin (HST), is a disease of huge importance in mandarin orchards in many producing regions in the world. The selection ...

The viability of technologies that make possible to use all available plant biomass, such as the production of lignocellulosic ethanol, faces challenges as the search for microorganisms capable of fermenting pentoses with ...