laurus/potato

Laurus nobilis (laurel tree) is used as an herbal and ornamental tree in gardens in Belgium. During the summer of 2001, a serious outbreak of leaf spots was observed in some Belgian nurseries. Symptoms were large, irregular, brown leaf spots located primarily on the distal half of leaves and

In the spring of 2004, during a disease survey in three nurseries of eastern Sicily, a new leaf and stem problem was observed on 20 to 40% of young (2- to 6-month-old) container-grown bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.). Affected plants exhibited sporadic water-soaked leaf spots on leaf edges that

Botanical and fungal biopesticides, including endophytes, are in high demand given the current restrictive legislations on the use of chemical pesticides. As part of an ongoing search for new biopesticides, a series of fungal endophytes have been isolated from selected medicinal plants including

In the spring of 2011, a severe leaf spot disease of Phoenix theophrasti was observed in the vicinity of Heraklion (Crete), Greece. Initial symptoms were small, round-ovoid spots of varying shades of brown on the leaves, later being transformed into oblong streaks (average dimensions 7.3 ± 1.0 × 3.3

During the summer of 2006, a widespread blight was observed on 6-month-old potted plants of firewheel tree (Stenocarpus sinuatus Endl.) and 3-month-old potted plants of bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) growing in a nursery in eastern Sicily, Italy. On both species, symptomatic plants initially had

The quarantine pathogen Phytophthora ramorum has recently been found on dying Viburnum tinus in the nursery area of Pistoia, central Italy (43°56'0″ N, 11°1'0″ E) (3). As part of a surveillance program aimed at detecting P. ramorum in this area, the Phytophthora taxon Pgchlamydo was consistently