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D.E. Shaw
Dorothy E. Shaw (1920–2007) was an Australian plant pathologist, best known for her work on coffee leaf rust (''Hemileia vastatrix ''Hemileia vastatrix'' is a multicellular basidiomycete fungus of the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales) that causes coffee leaf rust (CLR), a disease affecting the coffee plant. Coffee serves as the obligate host of cof ...'') and discovery of several species of fungi. In her 60-year career, Shaw studied plant pathogens in Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea. The fungal genus '' Shawiella'' was named in her honour. Biography Early life and education Dorothy Shaw was born in Sydney to Sidney Shaw, a tinsmith, and Amy Shaw, née Field. She studied at St George's Girls School and later The University of Sydney. While completing a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Shaw investigated wheat diseases caused by the genus '' Septoria.'' Shaw received the Thomas Lawrance Pawlett Scholarship and travelled to Winnipeg, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemileia Vastatrix
''Hemileia vastatrix'' is a multicellular basidiomycete fungus of the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales) that causes coffee leaf rust (CLR), a disease affecting the coffee plant. Coffee serves as the obligate host of coffee rust, that is, the rust must have access to and come into physical contact with coffee (''Coffea sp.'') in order to survive. CLR is one of the most economically important diseases of coffee, worldwide. Previous epidemics have destroyed coffee production of entire countries. In more recent history, an epidemic in Central America in 2012 reduced the region's coffee output by 16%. The primary pathological mechanism of the fungus is a reduction in the plant's ability to derive energy through photosynthesis by covering the leafs with fungus spores and/or causing leaves to drop from the plant. The reduction in photosynthetic ability (plant's metabolism) results in a reduction in quantity and quality of flower and fruit production, which ult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's six sandstone universities. The university comprises eight academic faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. The university consistently ranks highly both nationally and internationally. QS World University Rankings ranked the university top 40 in the world. The university is also ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for QS graduate employability. It is one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and opened their doors to women on the same basis as men. Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. The university has educated eight Australian prime ministers, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Septoria
''Septoria'' are ascomycete pycnidia-producing fungi that cause numerous leaf spot diseases on field crops, forages and many vegetables including tomatoes which are known to contract ''Septoria musiva'' from nearby cottonwood trees, and is responsible for yield losses. The genus is widespread, and estimated to contain 1072 species. Pycnidia produce needle-like pycnidiospores. ''Septoria apiicola'' is the cause of late blight of celery. It is characterized by the production of conidia within pycnidia. The symptoms include chlorotic spots that turn brown and necrotic. ''Septoria apiicola'' can survive on seeds. Several species of passion flower are infected by several species of ''Septoria'', and a fungus, which has been going by the name ''Septoria passiflorae'' but which is probably an undescribed species, has been used to control the invasive ''Passiflora tarminiana ''Passiflora tarminiana'' (or banana passionfruit) is a species of passionfruit. The yellow fruits are edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.''University of Manitoba Act'', C.C.S.M. c. U60. Retrieved on July 15, 2008 Founded in 1877, it is the first of . Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the U of M is the largest university in the province of Manitoba and the 17th-largest in all of Canada. Its main campus is located in the |
Microconidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non- motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to the way they are generated through the cellular process of mitosis. The two new haploid cells are genetically identical to the haploid parent, and can develop into new organisms if conditions are favorable, and serve in biological dispersal. Asexual reproduction in ascomycetes (the phylum Ascomycota) is by the formation of conidia, which are borne on specialized stalks called conidiophores. The morphology of these specialized conidiophores is often distinctive between species and, before the development of molecular techniques at the end of the 20th century, was widely used for identification of (''e.g.'' '' Metarhizium'') species. The terms microconidia and macroconidia are sometimes used. Conidiogenesis There are two main types of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosphaeria Avenaria
''Leptosphaeria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. Species *'' Leptosphaeria abbreviata'' *''Leptosphaeria abuensis'' *'' Leptosphaeria abutilonis'' *'' Leptosphaeria aceris'' *''Leptosphaeria acheniorum'' *''Leptosphaeria acuta'' *''Leptosphaeria acutispora'' *''Leptosphaeria acutiuscula'' *''Leptosphaeria adesmicola'' *''Leptosphaeria agaves'' *''Leptosphaeria aggregata'' *''Leptosphaeria ahmadii'' *''Leptosphaeria akagiensis'' *''Leptosphaeria albopunctata'' *''Leptosphaeria albulae'' *''Leptosphaeria alexandrinis'' *'' Leptosphaeria algarbiensis'' *'' Leptosphaeria alhagi'' *''Leptosphaeria aliena'' *'' Leptosphaeria allorgei'' *'' Leptosphaeria almeidae'' *'' Leptosphaeria almeidana'' *''Leptosphaeria aloes'' *'' Leptosphaeria alopecuri'' *'' Leptosphaeria alpiniae'' *'' Leptosphaeria ambiens'' *'' Leptosphaeria ammothamni'' *'' Leptosphaeria amorphae'' *'' Leptosphaeria ampelina'' *'' Leptosphaeria anacycli'' *'' Leptosphaeria anarrhini'' *''Leptospha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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