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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Honghong Dong, Ruixiang Gao, Yijie Dong, Qing Yao, Honghui Zhu
Summary: In this study, a bacteria strain with high biocontrol potential, Bacillus velezensis (RC116), was identified and characterized for its ability to control tomato bacterial wilt and tomato Fusarium wilt. RC116 exhibited multiple biocontrol traits, including the production of enzymes, secretion of anti-microbial substances, and ability to degrade organophosphorus compounds. Pot experiments showed that RC116 had a biocontrol efficacy of 81% against tomato bacterial wilt.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Microbiology
Wipornpan Nuangmek, Worawoot Aiduang, Jaturong Kumla, Saisamorn Lumyong, Nakarin Suwannarach
Summary: This study found that Trichoderma phayaoense isolated from leaves of Siam weed has the potential to inhibit the growth of Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum and Fusarium equiseti, which cause gummy stem blight and wilt disease in muskmelon seedlings. T. phayaoense can also promote plant growth, improve fruit quality, and tolerate commonly used fungicides in field applications, showing promise for disease control in muskmelon production.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Nana Lv, Chengyuan Tao, Yannan Ou, Jiabao Wang, Xuhui Deng, Hongjun Liu, Zongzhuan Shen, Rong Li, Qirong Shen
Summary: Microbial communities in the plant endophytic compartments and surrounding soil are important for plant health, with the rhizosphere and roots playing a key role in pathogen suppression.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Afrasa Mulatu, Negussie Megersa, Demelash Teferi, Tesfaye Alemu, Ramesh Raju Vetukuri
Summary: Coffee wilt disease is a serious threat to small-scale farmers in Ethiopia, and there are currently no effective control measures available. This study developed and evaluated biofungicides derived from Trichoderma species against the causative agent of the disease. The results showed that T. asperellum AU131 and T. longibrachiatum AU158 have high biocontrol efficacy.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Meriem Wafaa Khalifa, Noureddine Rouag, Mariem Bouhadida
Summary: This study isolated Pseudomonas rhizobacteria with plant growth-promoting properties to control chickpea wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. The isolated rhizobacteria produced antifungal compounds and caused morphological changes in Foc. They also produced various plant-growth-promoting compounds and significantly increased chickpea growth and reduced wilt disease.
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Plant Sciences
Govindan Pothiraj, Zakir Hussain, Awani Kumar Singh, Amolkumar U. Solanke, Rashmi Aggarwal, Raman Ramesh, Veerubommu Shanmugam
Summary: The vascular wilt of tomato caused by Fusarium in India is mainly due to Fusarium oxysporum f. spp. lycopersici (Fol), and a biocontrol consortium consisting of Pseudomonas putida, Trichoderma harzianum, and Chaetomium globosum showed promising results in inhibiting the disease, promoting crop growth, and reducing vascular wilt incidence.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr, Maged M. Saad, Adel D. Al-Qurashi, Omer H. M. Ibrahim, Magdi A. A. Mousa
Summary: Brevibacillus parabrevis and Pseudomonas fluorescens show potential as biocontrol agents against Fusarium wilt in cumin.
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Microbiology
Xiaxia Wang, Zhenghua Du, Chanxin Chen, Shuang Guo, Qianzhuo Mao, Wei Wu, Ruimei Wu, Wenbo Han, Peifeng Xie, Yiping Zeng, Wenna Shan, Zonghua Wang, Xiaomin Yu
Summary: In this study, a strain of Streptomyces, named XY006, was found to have strong inhibitory activity against Fusarium oxysporum causing banana wilt disease. Two cyclic lipopeptide homologs, lipopeptin A and lipopeptin B, were identified as the corresponding antifungal metabolites. Pot experiments showed that XY006 successfully colonized banana plantlets and suppressed the incidence of banana wilt disease. Furthermore, XY006 fermentation culture application improved plant growth parameters and induced peroxidase activity, indicating a potential role in inducing resistance.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xinbei Zhao, Xintao Liu, Hui Zhao, Yunxia Ni, Qinggui Lian, Huimin Qian, Bipo He, Hongyan Liu, Qing Ma
Summary: The study demonstrated that Penicillium sp. 47M-1 can effectively control Fusarium wilt of sesame through various mechanisms, including competition, production of inhibitory substances, promotion of plant growth, and induction of disease resistance. These findings highlight the potential of 47M-1 as a biocontrol agent for managing Fusarium wilt in sesame crops.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ryan Orr, Paul G. Dennis, Yide Wong, Daniel J. Browne, Martha Cooper, Henry W. G. Birt, Hazel R. Lapis-Gaza, Anthony B. Pattison, Paul N. Nelson
Summary: This study investigates the effects of nitrogen fertilizers on banana plant growth and disease severity. The results show that nitrogen rate and form, particularly ammonium, can influence the severity of Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB). The study also reveals the impact of nitrogen application on microbial communities in the soil. Additionally, the inoculation of Foc alters various processes in banana plants, including defense and growth.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Zhiguang Qiu, Jay Prakash Verma, Hongwei Liu, Juntao Wang, Bruna D. Batista, Simranjit Kaur, Arthur Prudencio de Araujo Pereira, Catriona A. Macdonald, Pankaj Trivedi, Tim Weaver, Warren C. Conaty, David T. Tissue, Brajesh K. Singh
Summary: Plant core microbiomes consist of persistent key members, but their assemblages can be interrupted by stresses. In this study, the researchers analyzed the soil and plant rhizosphere microbiome of cotton plants in the presence of a specific pathogen. They found that the pathogen directly altered the rhizosphere microbiome, but biocontrol agents enabled microbial assemblages to resist the pathogenic stress. They also identified the pathobiome, which consisted of the pathogen and key associate phylotypes in the cotton microbiome. Isolation and application of some negatively correlated pathobiome members provided protection against plant infection. Field surveys validated the pattern and responses of core microbiomes under pathogen infection.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jie Wang, Bingyu Cai, Kai Li, Yankun Zhao, Chunyu Li, Siwen Liu, Dandan Xiang, Lu Zhang, Jianghui Xie, Wei Wang
Summary: Banana Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense is a disastrous fungal disease. Strain WHL7 of Streptomyces sp. isolated from marine soft coral showed high antifungal activity against Foc TR4. Fermentation broth of Streptomyces sp. WHL7 significantly increased the resistance of banana plantlets to Foc TR4, making it a potential bioresource for controlling Foc TR4.
Article
Plant Sciences
Amey Redkar, Selena Gimenez Ibanez, Mugdha Sabale, Bernd Zechmann, Roberto Solano, Antonio Di Pietro
Summary: Research on how root-infecting vascular fungi infect nonvascular plants has revealed that while these fungi employ conservative infection strategies on both nonvascular and vascular plant lineages, they also have specific mechanisms to access the vascular niche of angiosperms.
Article
Plant Sciences
Xiao Feng, Su-Ping Li, Yi-Fan Lu, Jing-Jie Zhang, Yun-Yun Zhu, Yong Li, Hong-Jun Yang, Xin-Hua He
Summary: The study revealed that Bjerkandera adusta has a strong inhibitory effect on pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, and can be potentially used as a biocontrol fungus against Fusarium wilt.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Tongtong Tang, Xing Sun, Qin Liu, Yuanhua Dong, Mingfang Zha
Summary: This study found that organic manure inoculated with biocontrol agents can alter the soil microbial community and reduce the incidence of Fusarium wilt disease. The results showed that Erythrobacter sp. YH-07-inoculated organic manure increased microbial abundance, richness, and diversity, and suppressed the occurrence of Fusarium wilt in tomato.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Francisco J. de Lamo, Staf B. Spijkers, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: Fusarium oxysporum can cause disease or provide biological control, utilizing different mechanisms to reduce susceptibility of the host to subsequent infections.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alexander M. Batson, Like Fokkens, Martijn Rep, Lindsey J. du Toit
Summary: Research identified quantitative differences in disease severity on different spinach inbreds caused by F. oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae isolates, and predicted unique effector genes in F. oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae, suggesting their potential involvement in pathogenicity to spinach.
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Fatemeh Sabahi, Mara de Sain, Zia Banihashemi, Martijn Rep
Summary: This study investigated the genomic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis (Fom), an important pathogen of melon worldwide, and identified 40 new candidate effector genes, leading to the resolution of nine Fom lineages. The presence of a highly similar set of effector genes in some distant lineages suggests the occurrence of horizontal chromosome transfer.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Francisco J. de Lamo, Margarita Simkovicova, David H. Fresno, Tamara de Groot, Nico Tintor, Martijn Rep, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: The endophytic Fusarium oxysporum induces endophyte-mediated resistance (EMR) in plants, which plays a crucial role in controlling host colonization by pathogens. This type of resistance is shown to be independent from the conventional defense pathways triggered by pattern-triggered immunity (PTI), although PTI is involved in restricting host colonization by nonpathogenic Fusarium isolates.
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alexander D. Coleman, Julian Maroschek, Lars Raasch, Frank L. W. Takken, Stefanie Ranf, Ralph Hueckelhoven
Summary: This study investigated the immune response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Fusarium elicitors and identified the crucial role of MIK2 in perceiving fungal elicitors in plants, along with the signaling pathways involved. These findings provide important insights for improving resistance in crops against fungal pathogens.
Article
Plant Sciences
Manon M. S. Richard, Marijn Knip, Joelle Schachtschabel, Machiel S. Beijaert, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: Plant intracellular immune receptors can trigger a hypersensitive response (HR) upon pathogen perception, but extreme resistance (ER) to viruses like potato virus X (PVX) does not involve cell death. Different variants of the immune receptor Rx1 have varying effects on viral infection, with wild-type Rx1 compromising CP protein accumulation. This suggests that translational arrest of viral genes is a major component of ER and is necessary for resistance to PVX, unlike the HR.
Article
Biology
Yu Ayukawa, Shuta Asai, Pamela Gan, Ayako Tsushima, Yasunori Ichihashi, Arisa Shibata, Ken Komatsu, Petra M. Houterman, Martijn Rep, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Arie
Summary: The genome sequence of a Fusarium oxysporum isolate contains conditionally dispensable chromosomes which play a crucial role in conferring virulence on specific hosts. The study provides insight into the mechanisms underlying F. oxysporum pathogenicity, particularly in determining host specificity through effector genes on transmissible CD chromosomes.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Nico Tintor, Gea A. M. Nieuweboer, Ilse A. W. Bakker, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: Plant pathogens use secreted proteins, including effectors, to manipulate their hosts, with some effectors being translocated into host cells to suppress defense signaling. The root-infecting fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, secretes numerous effectors, including Foa3, which can suppress host defenses. Foa3 can enter plant cells and suppress defense responses even without the PR1 secretory signal peptide. Foa3 and other cell penetrating peptides may localize to unknown subcellular structures to enter host cells.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mila C. Blekemolen, Lingxue Cao, Nico Tintor, Tamara de Groot, Diana Papp, Christine Faulkner, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: In the process of infecting plant cells, the effector proteins Avr2 and Six5 of Fusarium oxysporum work together to increase the exclusion limit of plasmodesmata, facilitating the movement of other effector proteins.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Annemarie Vermeulen, Frank L. W. Takken, Victor A. Sanchez-Camargo
Summary: Plants have developed different mechanisms, including recessive resistance, RNA silencing, and NLR-mediated immunity, to protect themselves against viruses. RNA silencing allows for viral symptom recovery by repressing translation and degrading viral RNA. NLR-mediated immunity is triggered by the recognition of viral proteins and may lead to a hypersensitive or extreme resistance response. Translational repression plays a crucial role in plant antiviral resistance.
Article
Plant Sciences
Mila C. Blekemolen, Zunyong Liu, Martin Stegman, Cyril Zipfel, Libo Shan, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: The effector Avr2 from the root-invading pathogen Fusarium oxysporum can suppress immune signaling induced by various pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). It targets the plant kinase BIK1 to interfere with its phosphorylation, mono-ubiquitination, and subcellular localization, thereby suppressing immune activation. This study reveals BIK1 as an effector target of a root-invading vascular pathogen, highlighting its conserved role in root and shoot immunity.
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Thomas R. Aalders, Mara de Sain, Fleur Gawehns, Nina Oudejans, Yoran D. Jak, Henk L. Dekker, Martijn Rep, Harrold A. van den Burg, Frank L. W. Takken
Summary: The TPL1 and TPL2 genes in tomato are closely associated with susceptibility to Fusarium wilt disease, and mutating these genes can enhance plant resistance to the disease.
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jiming Li, Like Fokkens, Martijn Rep
Summary: By comparing the pathogenicity chromosomes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-cucumerinum and F. oxysporum f. sp. melonis, researchers identified a candidate gene that may be responsible for the difference in host range between these two formae speciales.
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)