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Plant Sciences
Franklin J. Machado, Cleiltan N. Silva, Gabriel F. Paiva, Heraldo R. Feksa, Dauri J. Tessmann, Eduardo S. G. Mizubuti, Emerson M. Del Ponte
Summary: Field trials in the Guarapuava region, Brazil, showed that the frequency of less-sensitive isolates to tebuconazole and carbendazim for Fusarium head blight (FHB) control increased over time. The decline in control efficacy for these fungicides may be associated with selection.
TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Skaidre Suproniene, Grazina Kadziene, Arman Shamshitov, Agne Versuliene, Donatas Sneideris, Algirdas Ivanauskas, Renata Zvirdauskiene
Summary: The study aimed to assess the influence of different soil tillage systems on the suppression of Fusarium graminearum, a harmful pathogen, by soil fungistasis. Soil samples were collected from a long-term soil tillage experiment and analyzed using real-time qPCR and in vitro assay. The results showed a negative correlation between F. graminearum DNA content and soil fungistasis. The presence of F. graminearum was suppressed by soil fungistasis, but the role of tillage was influenced by other factors.
Article
Agronomy
Sheila M. P. Andrade, Guilherme R. Augusti, Gabriel F. Paiva, Heraldo R. Feksa, Dauri J. Tessmann, Franklin J. Machado, Eduardo S. G. Mizubuti, Emerson M. Del Ponte
Summary: The study characterized 225 strains of F. graminearum from two states in Brazil in regards to their response to two QoI fungicides. The median EC50 values for azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin varied between the two populations, with no evidence of cross-resistance detected. The frequency of less-sensitive isolates increased over time in the RS state of Brazil.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jindong Zhu, Denghui Hu, Qianqian Liu, Rui Hou, Jin-Rong Xu, Guanghui Wang
Summary: A genetic relationship between FgYCK1 and FgBNI4 genes was discovered in Fusarium graminearum, with a significant impact on polarized hyphal growth and cell wall integrity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nathan Liang, Jean-Benoit Charron, Suha Jabaji
Summary: In this study, the interaction between B. velezensis E68 and F. graminearum DAOMC 180378 was investigated using a dual RNA-seq approach. The results showed that B. velezensis up-regulated genes related to sporulation and phosphate stress, and down-regulated genes related to secondary metabolism, biofilm formation, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. F. graminearum up-regulated genes encoding killer protein 4-like proteins and genes related to heavy metal tolerance, and down-regulated genes related to trichothecene biosynthesis and phenol metabolism. This study provides insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction between a biocontrol bacterium and a phytopathogenic fungus.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Vyacheslav Kollerov, Marina Donova
Summary: This study aimed to improve the production of UDCA by modifying the fungus G. zeae. The researchers utilized methods such as protoplast obtaining, UV mutagenesis, and screening of resistant mutant clones to enhance the biocatalytic activity of the fungus towards LCA. One of the selected mutant clones, G. zeae M23, showed a higher UDCA production compared to the parent strain even at higher LCA concentrations.
Article
Microbiology
Jie Liang, Xianhui Fu, Chaofeng Hao, Zhuyun Bian, Huiquan Liu, Jin-Rong Xu, Guanghui Wang
Summary: The study reveals that FgBUD14 plays crucial roles in ascus development during sexual reproduction in Fusarium graminearum, with both alternative splicing and RNA editing specifically occurring in its transcripts.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Dongyan Zhang, Chunyan Gu, Zhicun Wang, Xingen Zhou, Weifeng Li
Summary: A new method was developed in this study to automatically assess the efficacy of fungicides in the field, helping predict the effectiveness of different fungicides and accurately evaluate the incidence of wheat scab.
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Jinlin Jiang, Yuwen Yang, Lei Wang, Shaohua Cao, Tao Long, Renbin Liu
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of residual chlorothalonil on soil characteristics and microbial communities, showing that it has considerable impacts on soil respiration, enzyme activities, and microbial community structure.
Article
Microbiology
Jie Wang, Wenping Zeng, Jiatao Xie, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang, Yang Lin, Weidong Chen, Jiasen Cheng
Summary: In this study, a novel antisense lncRNA GzmetE-AS was identified, which regulates its antisense gene GzmetE through the RNAi pathway, thus participating in both sexual and asexual reproduction of Fusarium graminearum. This finding reveals the critical roles of lncRNAs in the development of F. graminearum.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Fengjiang Sun, Ruotong Zhang, Tiantian Li, Liyuan Zhang, Xiaochen Chen, Yuancun Liang, Lei Chen, Shenshen Zou, Hansong Dong
Summary: This study elucidates the important role of the GGA family protein FgGga1 in fungal development and virulence in Fusarium graminearum. FgGga1 mediates vesicular trafficking and facilitates ascospore discharge, essential for fungal pathogenicity.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Congxian Wu, Zhongkun Guo, Meiru Zhang, Huilin Chen, Minghui Peng, Yakubu Saddeeq Abubakar, Huawei Zheng, Yingzi Yun, Wenhui Zheng, Zonghua Wang, Jie Zhou
Summary: Calcium and manganese transporters FgGdt1 and FgPmr1 play important roles in regulating Ca2+ and Mn2+ homeostasis in the Golgi apparatus of the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum. Disruption of FgGdt1 or FgPmr1 causes defects in growth, development, and virulence of the fungus, as well as altered deoxynivalenol production. FgGdt1 is specifically involved in Mn2+ transportation and its function is important for the normal physiological activities of F. graminearum.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gerhardus J. Van Coller, Lindy J. Rose, Anne-Laure Boutigny, Todd J. Ward, Sandra C. Lamprecht, Altus Viljoen
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive characterization of Fusarium head blight (FHB) pathogens in South Africa, identifying several new species and highlighting the dominance of the F. graminearum species complex in causing FHB. The northern region of South Africa shows the highest species diversity in FHB.
Article
Agronomy
Maria-Dolores Garcia, Juan-Carlos Arguelles
Summary: The introduction of insecticides and fungicides in agriculture has improved crop yields and quality of life, but their indiscriminate use has led to pest resistance, poisoning, and pollution. Trehalose plays a key role in the pathobiology of insects and fungi, with trehalase inhibitors like Validamycin A emerging as potential antifungal and insecticidal targets.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Keshav B. Malla, Ganesh Thapa, Fiona M. Doohan
Summary: The study characterized wheat genes TaMPT and TaSAM involved in the response to Fusarium head blight (FHB), showing differential expression in different wheat sub-genomes and impact on grain development and disease resistance.
Article
Agronomy
Susanne Vogelgsang, Marco Beyer, Matias Pasquali, Eveline Jenny, Tomke Musa, Thomas D. Bucheli, Felix E. Wettstein, Hans-Rudolf Forrer
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elena Maria Colombo, Cristina Pizzatti, Andrea Kunova, Claudio Gardana, Marco Saracchi, Paolo Cortesi, Matias Pasquali
Review
Agronomy
Doriane Dam, Daniel Molitor, Marco Beyer
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Matias Pasquali, Marine Pallez-Barthel, Marco Beyer
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biophysics
Daniel Molitor, Ottmar Baus, Yoanne Didry, Juergen Junk, Lucien Hoffmann, Marco Beyer
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
(2020)
Article
Microbiology
Tomasz Kulik, Balazs Brankovics, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Katarzyna Bilska, Maciej Zelechowski, Kamil Myszczynski, Tomasz Molcan, Alexander Stakheev, Sebastian Stenglein, Marco Beyer, Matias Pasquali, Jakub Sawicki, Joanna Wyrebek, Anna Baturo-Ciesniewska
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Joao A. Santos, Helder Fraga, Aureliano C. Malheiro, Jose Moutinho-Pereira, Lia-Tania Dinis, Carlos Correia, Marco Moriondo, Luisa Leolini, Camilla Dibari, Sergi Costafreda-Aumedes, Thomas Kartschall, Christoph Menz, Daniel Molitor, Juergen Junk, Marco Beyer, Hans R. Schultz
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2020)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Doriane Dam, Marine Pallez-Barthel, Moussa El Jarroudi, Michael Eickermann, Marco Beyer
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Marine Pallez-Barthel, Emmanuelle Cocco, Susanne Vogelgsang, Marco Beyer
Summary: This study presents a novel approach for predicting the percentage of winter wheat samples with DON levels above the EU maximum legal limit based on freely available agricultural summary statistics and meteorological data for an entire region. Relationships found in the study allow for a better assessment of the risk of obtaining winter wheat samples with DON contaminations for the entire region, utilizing predictors that are readily available in agricultural summary statistics and meteorological data.
Article
Entomology
Doriane Dam, Daniel Molitor, Mareike Schultz, Marco Beyer
Summary: The study tested the efficacy of mineral dusts in controlling Drosophila suzukii, where Cutisan and Surround(R) had no insecticidal or repellent effects but reduced the number of deposited eggs, and Surround(R) treatment decreased the number of trapped flies. The population of D. suzukii peaked in September and varied between epidemic and non-epidemic years.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marco Beyer, Benedek Marozsak, Doriane Dam, Olivier Parisot, Marine Pallez-Barthel, Lucien Hoffmann
Summary: Precision agriculture requires the precise use of pesticides and inputs when needed. European countries are urged to follow the principles of integrated pest management (IPM). Utilizing economic principles and predictive models, it is possible to determine when pest control is necessary under the framework of IPM.
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marco Beyer, Marine Pallez-Barthel, Doriane Dam, Lucien Hoffmann, Moussa El Jarroudi
Summary: This study quantified the temporal distance between critical rainfall periods and the breaking of the control threshold of Zymoseptoria tritici on winter wheat, and determined the impact of temperature on this distance using data from 52 field experiments. The findings will be used to develop a model for predicting the time at which the control threshold will be reached, aiding in the precise use of fungicides in precision agriculture.
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Tomasz Kulik, Tomasz Molcan, Grzegorz Fiedorowicz, Anne van Diepeningen, Alexander Stakheev, Kinga Treder, Jacek Olszewski, Katarzyna Bilska, Marco Beyer, Matias Pasquali, Sebastian Stenglein
Summary: Whole-genome sequencing plays an important role in the epidemiology of fungal diseases, helping to identify cryptic species, understand disease dynamics and evolutionary relationships, and rapidly identify fungi.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Daniel Molitor, Mareike Schultz, Doriane Dam, Marine Pallez-Barthel, Matthias Friedel, Marco Beyer
Summary: In this study, the potential of partial double-pruning after bloom (PDP) as an innovative cultural practice for delaying the bunch rot epidemic in grapes was investigated. The results showed that PDP significantly delayed the onset and reduced the severity of the disease, as well as decreased the proportion of non-marketable fruit. Furthermore, PDP resulted in a decrease in yield per plant but an increase in total soluble solids at harvest.