A search for bioactive compounds, inhibitors of Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American foulbrood, a honeybees' disease, was carried on. Extracts of two fungal strains, Alternaria brassicicola and Alternaria ...

A reliable, simple, fast, inexpensive and robust sample preparation approach for tenuazonic acid (TA) determination in grapes by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) is proposed. The method is based ...

A survey was carried out to determine natural occurrence of tenuazonic acid (TA) in healthy and rotten wine grapes samples from different varieties (n = 37) collected during 2016 vintage in the region of DOC San Rafael ...

Epiphytic isolates with yeast characteristics from grapes of the Malbec cultivar were obtained in order to find antagonists against Alternaria alternata. From a total of 111 isolates, 82% corresponded to the yeast-like ...

Sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) is an important crop cultivated worldwide, with Argentina being one of the major producers in South America. The fruit is susceptible to several fungal diseases, leading to severe economic ...

Alternaria arborescens has been reported as a common fungal species invading tomatoes and is capable of producing several mycotoxins in infected plants, fruits and in agricultural commodities. Alternariol (AOH), alternariol ...

Tomato fruits are susceptible to infection by Alternaria species. In addition, Alternaria species may contaminate the fruits with mycotoxins. There is thus interest in control systems to minimise pathogenicity and control ...