26/12/2024
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a major foodborne pathogen in aquatic animals and a threat to human health worldwide. This study investigated the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), and biofilm formation of V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from fish mariculture environments in Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
25/12/2024
Pennywort (Centella asiatica L.) is commonly grown in the tropical world for its nutritional and medicinal values. Valuable saponins in pennywort are extensively investigated for their anti-tumour activities. The diversity in morphology, phytochemical contents and genetics among pennywort accessions has been extensively studied to identify elite landraces for large-scale production.
24/12/2024
Quick death and slow death are common diseases affecting black pepper cultivation. Quick death is caused by the pathogenic Phytophthora capsici whereas slow death is caused by the pathogenic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Piper hancei and Piper divaricatum are two species in the Piper genus that are resistant to these pathogenic agents
23/12/2024
Hot chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) cultivation has been on the rise in Southeast Asia to meet export demands. In Thailand, the top chili exporter in Southeast Asia, chili production has been severely hampered by pepper yellow leaf curl disease (YLCD) caused by the begomovirus pepper yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (PepYLCThV) (Chiemsombat et al. 2018; Suwor et al. 2021)
18/12/2024
This study aims to isolate and identify the fungal pathogen responsible for gummosis disease affecting Thanh Tra pomelo in Vietnam. Through molecular identification utilizing primer pairs ITS5 and ITS4, the analysis pinpointed Lasiodiplodia theobromae as the specific fungal pathogen. Notably, the fungal colonies exhibited vigorous growth on potato dextrose agar