湿地松色二孢菌和可可球二孢菌根腐病研究

松树根腐病在我国首次发现于雷州半岛10年生左右的湿地松林分。病原菌被鉴定为松色二孢菌Diplodia pinea，另外还发现可可球二孢菌Botryodiplodia theobromae不侵染马尾松，但对湿地松、火炬松和加勒比松也是一种病原菌。 松色二孢菌在林间土病根内以菌丝体方式可存活150天以上，在室内5～50%含水量自然土中，菌丝体和分生孢子可存活120天以上。 松色二孢菌在含水量为40%的湿地松离体根内扩展较快.在含水量为50～70%的离体根内扩展较慢。不论接种前或接种后调节土壤的含水量，一年生松苗的死亡率在含水量为50%土壤中较低，在含水量为5～25%土壤中较高。苗木要经过约20天的干旱影响后，才显示出较易受病菌的侵染。

Diplodia pinea (Desm.) Kickx y Fusarium circinatum Niremberg & O'Donell, principales hongos de chancro de las masas forestales de Pinus radiata D. Don del País Vasco

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Efeito da resistência natural e tratamentos químicos no lenho juvenil e adulto de Hevea brasiliensis Mull.Arg. ao fungo manchador Botryodiplodia theobromae e cupim Cryptotermes brevis

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Eficácia de produtos químicos no controle do fungo manchador botryodiplodia theobromae em madeira de hevea brasiliensis

In Brazil, the exploration and use of the Hevea brasiliensis Mull Arg. wood at the end of the latex production cycle from 30 to 35 years, is practically unknown. However, one of the most significant problems with its use relates to the high susceptibility of this species wood to the fungus Botryodiplodia theobromae attack, especially during the primary wood processing phase. The present study evaluated the efficacy of four chemicals to control juvenile and adult Hevea brasiliensis wood from the attack of the fungus stainer Botryodiplodia theobromae following the ASTM 4445 (2003) standard. The results showed that the active ingredients separately tested and evaluated in the laboratory; (Quinolinolato Copper - 8 and Carbendazim (T1); Tribromofenol 2-4-6 (T2); Extract-Based Vegetable Tannin (T3); Carbendazim and Prochloraz (T4)) do not totally prevent the contamination of Botryodiplodia theobromae in 5% level of significance

引起橡胶和马尾松木材蓝变的真菌—可可球二孢

<正> 可可球二泡(Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.)早在1879年就被Cooke发现,目前,至少拥有48个异名,常见的异名是Diplodia theobromae(Pat.)Nowell,Diplodia natalensis PoleEvans,Lasiodiplodia theobromae(Pat.)Griff.＆ Maubl。Punithalingam和Sutton分别对该菌作过详细的评述。它广泛分布于热带、亚热带和温带。其寄主植物已知约500种,它不但引起植物病害,

Levantamento de Meloidogyne exigua na cultura da seringueira em São José do Rio Claro, MT, Brasil

Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de efetuar um levantamento da ocorrência de Meloidogyne exigua em seringueira em São José do Rio Claro, MT. Foram amostradas 191 propriedades agrícolas, totalizando cerca de 18.000ha. Os nematóides foram identificados no Laboratório de Nematologia do Departamento de Fitossanidade da FCAV/UNESP, em Jaboticabal, SP. Foram encontrados níveis populacionais de M. exigua entre 0 e 61.824 juvenis/5g de raízes.

Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

Botryosphaeria rhodina (anamorph Lasiodiplodia theobromae) is a common endophyte and opportunistic pathogen on more than 500 tree species in the tropics and subtropics. During routine disease surveys of plantations in Australia and Venezuela several isolates differing from L. theobromae were identified and subsequently characterized based upon morphology and ITS and EF1-a nucleotide sequences. These isolates grouped into three strongly supported clades related to but different from the known taxa, B. rhodina and L. gonubiensis, These have been described here as three new species L. venezuelensis sp. nov., L. crassispora sp. nov. and L. rubropurpurea sp. nov. The three could be distinguished easily from each other and the two described species of Lasiodiplodia, thus confirming phylogenetic separations. Furthermore all five Lasiodiplodia spp. now recognized separated from Diplodia spp. and Dothiorella spp. with 100% bootstrap support.

Susceptibilidad a Fusarium verticillioides, Gibberella zeae y Diplodia maydis en líneas e híbridos pre-comerciales de maíces templados y tropicales

Las podredumbres de espiga (causada por Fusarium verticillioides y Gibberella zeae) y tallo (causada por F.verticillioides) provocan importantes pérdidas de rendimiento y calidad del grano en maíz (Zea mays L.), por lo que es importante mantener actualizado el conocimiento sobre la variabilidad genotípica de la especie para la tolerancia a las mismas así como la posible relación entre la presencia de una y otra podredumbre. Con estos objetivos se evaluaron (i) 438 líneas y 84 híbridos precomerciales de origen templado para resistencia a ambas podredumbres, y (ii) 84 líneas de origen templado y tropical para resistencia a podredumbre de la espiga por Diplodia maydis. Ambos ensayos fueron conducidos en un DBCA en Fontezuela (33.9 ºS, 60.47º O), Argentina, durante 2009-2010. Los tratamientos empleados fueron inoculación artificial e infección natural. Se encontraron diferencias significativas entre ambas para incidencia (I: porcentaje de plantas afectadas en el surco), Severidad (S: porcentaje promedio de podredumbre de las espigas sobre el total de espigas afectadas) y S×I, tanto para híbridos como para líneas. Existió una correlación positiva entre el tratamiento control sin inocular y el inoculado para todas las enfermedades. Se detectó una pequeña influencia de los caracteres morfológicos de la espiga y el grano sobre la resistencia a podredumbre de espiga por F.verticillioides y D. maydis, respectivamente. No se encontró G. zeae en el control, por lo que no pudieron realizarse los análisis correspondientes para esta enfermedad. La asociación entre el tratamiento inoculado con fusariosis de espiga y el control para fusariosis de tallo, y viceversa, nunca fue consistente, por lo tanto puede emplearse un tratamiento como control del otro. Los materiales de origen tropical fueron más resistentes a D. maydis que los templados, aunque las diferencias entre grupos heteróticos no resultaron altamente significativas. Se determinó que la inoculación artificial empleando infección natural como control es una práctica recomendable en el mejoramiento de maíz por resistencia a enfermedades. La inoculación artificial puede generar mayor variación en las respuestas, permitiendo observar y comparar el comportamiento de distintos materiales frente a la infección de patógenos.

Infection mechanism of Diplodia corticola

Diplodia corticola is regarded as the most virulent fungus involved in cork oak decline, being able to infect not only Quercus species (mainly Q. suber and Q. ilex), but also grapevines (Vitis vinifera) and eucalypts (Eucalyptus sp.). This endophytic fungus is also a pathogen whose virulence usually manifests with the onset of plant stress. Considering that the infection normally culminates in host death, there is a growing ecologic and socio-economic concern about D. corticola propagation. The molecular mechanisms of infection are hitherto largely unknown. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to unveil potential virulence effectors implicated in D. corticola infection. This knowledge is fundamental to outline the molecular framework that permits the fungal invasion and proliferation in plant hosts, causing disease. Since the effectors deployed are mostly proteins, we adopted a proteomic approach. We performed in planta pathogenicity tests to select two D. corticola strains with distinct virulence degrees for our studies. Like other filamentous fungi D. corticola secretes protein at low concentrations in vitro in the presence of high levels of polysaccharides, two characteristics that hamper the fungal secretome analysis. Therefore, we first compared several methods of extracellular protein extraction to assess their performance and compatibility with 1D and 2D electrophoretic separation. TCA-Acetone and TCA-phenol protein precipitation were the most efficient methods and the former was adopted for further studies. The proteins were extracted and separated by 2D-PAGE, proteins were digested with trypsin and the resulting peptides were further analysed by MS/MS. Their identification was performed by de novo sequencing and/or MASCOT search. We were able to identify 80 extracellular and 162 intracellular proteins, a milestone for the Botryosphaeriaceae family that contains only one member with the proteome characterized. We also performed an extensive comparative 2D gel analysis to highlight the differentially expressed proteins during the host mimicry. Moreover, we compared the protein profiles of the two strains with different degrees of virulence. In short, we characterized for the first time the secretome and proteome of D. corticola. The obtained results contribute to the elucidation of some aspects of the biology of the fungus. The avirulent strain contains an assortment of proteins that facilitate the adaptation to diverse substrates and the identified proteins suggest that the fungus degrades the host tissues through Fenton reactions. On the other hand, the virulent strain seems to have adapted its secretome to the host characteristics. Furthermore, the results indicate that this strain metabolizes aminobutyric acid, a molecule that might be the triggering factor of the transition from a latent to a pathogenic state. Lastly, the secretome includes potential pathogenicity effectors, such as deuterolysin (peptidase M35) and cerato-platanin, proteins that might play an active role in the phytopathogenic lifestyle of the fungus. Overall, our results suggest that D. corticola has a hemibiotrophic lifestyle, switching from a biotrophic to a necrotrophic interaction after plant physiologic disturbances.This understanding is essential for further development of effective plant protection measures.

First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing stem rot disease of begonia (Begonia x elatior hort.) in Brazil

Lasiodiplodia theobromae was found causing stem rot on commercial production of Begonia x elatior in São Paulo, Brazil. Illustrations, morphological and molecular description are provided. Based on the morphology, this fungus was recognized as L. theobromae. However, L. theobromae has high similarity with other Lasiodiplodia species, some of which are not possible to be separated by morphological characters. Molecular identification of the fungus isolated from the infected tissues was conducted. The strain from begonia clustered with other isolates of L. theobromae. This is the first report of the occurrence of L. theobromae on B. elatior. © 2012 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.

β- glucanas de Lasiodiplodia theobromae MMBJ: avaliação da atividade imunomoduladora e como filme transportador de fármaco

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Otimização do cultivo de Lasiodiplodia theobromae para obtenção de EPS e caracterização física e química dos polissacarídeos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

(1→6)- and (1→3)(1→6)-β-glucans from Lasiodiplodia theobromae MMBJ: structural characterization and pro-inflammatory activity

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)