Dracaena leaf proliferosis is a newly reported disease affecting Dracaena sanderiana in Egypt. A cause and effect relationship between this disease and the fungus,Fusarium proliferatum var. minus has been established. In addition to D. sanderiana the fungus was found to be pathogenic, when tested in the laboratory, to several other members of the family Liliaceae. While the in vitro growth of the fungus is optimum at 25 °C, symptom expression is best at 30°C. Twelve fungicides were tested for their in vitro effect on fungal growth. Benlate, Rubigan, Saprol, Cercobin and Vitavax‐200 came first on the list and inhibited growth at 2.5, 12.0, 55.0, 75.0, and 94.0 μg/ml, respectively. Although, Benlate was the most effective fungicide in this respect it failed to demonstrate similar effect on disease development when applied to plants artificially inoculated with the fungus. Fungal growth was completely inhibited on PDA medium by a bacterium belonging to Bacillus sp. but when the bacterium at a concentration of 1 × 1011 cell/ml was applied 24 h before, at the same time with, or 24 h after inoculation no control of the disease was achieved. Naturally‐infected plants could, however, be freed from infection when subjected to a hot air treatment at 35 ± 5 °C during day time and 25 ± 5° C at night for 3 months.

Background: Oral health is an integral component of general health and well-being. Dental caries is one of the most widespread noncommunicable diseases in children which affect their oral health and remains a major public health problem worldwide. Aim: This study aimed to design health educational booklet about teeth decay for mothers of preschool children. Method: A Cross-sectional study design was used with a convenience sample of experts in health education in community health nursing and mothers. Data were collected using five tools: Socio-economic Scale tool:, child characteristics assessment tool, structured interview tool to assess mothers' knowledge about teeth decay, structured interview to assess mothers' subjective practices related to dietary habits tool and oral care tool and structured interview attitude assessment questionnaire Results: The total score of the studied mothers' knowledge presented that about half of them had fair knowledge, most of them had unsatisfactory total subjective practice score and about half of them had positive attitude toward teeth decay with highly statistically significance between total knowledge, practice, and attitude score of the studied mothers toward teeth decay (0.001). Conclusion and Recommendations: Educational programs as a proper intervention proven that increase the awareness of mothers and promote oral health of their children. Further large-scale investigations are recommended to enrich the evidence related to effective pediatric oral health education for parents.