scholarly journals In Vitro Screening of a Culturable Soybean Cyst Nematode Cyst Mycobiome for Potential Biological Control Agents and Biopesticides

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (8) ◽  
pp. 1388-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Haarith ◽  
Dong-gyu Kim ◽  
Noah B. Strom ◽  
Senyu Chen ◽  
Kathryn E. Bushley
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematode ◽  
Fluorescent Microscopy ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Egg Hatch ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Egg Parasitism

Fungal biological control of soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) is an important component of integrated pest management for soybean. However, very few fungal biological control agents are available in the market. In this study, we have screened fungi previously isolated from SCN cysts over 3 years from a long-term crop rotation field experiment for their ability to antagonize SCN using (i) parasitism, (ii) egg hatch inhibition, and (iii) J2 mortality. We evaluated egg parasitism using an in-vitro egg parasitism bioassays and scored parasitism using the egg parasitic index (EPI) and fluorescent microscopy. The ability of these fungi to produce metabolites causing egg hatch inhibition and J2 mortality was assessed in bioassays using filter-sterilized culture filtrates. We identified 10 high-performing isolates each for egg parasitism and toxicity toward SCN eggs and J2s and repeated the tests after storage for 1 year of cryopreservation at −80°C to validate the durability of biocontrol potential of the chosen 20 isolates. Although the parasitic ability changed slightly for the majority of strains after cryopreservation, they still scored 5/10 on EPI scales. There were no differences in the ability of fungi to produce antinemic metabolites after cryopreservation. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license .

Biocontrol of seed-borne Alternaria raphani and A. brassicicola

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 850-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Vannacci ◽  
G. E. Harman
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Trichoderma Harzianum ◽  
Pythium Species ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Fusarium Sp ◽  
Chamber Studies ◽  
Growth Chamber Studies ◽  
Radish Seedlings

Forty-two microorganisms were tested as biological control agents against Alternaria raphani and A. brassicicola. Tests were conducted for in vitro antagonistic ability, for ability to control the pathogens on naturally infected seeds germinated on moistened blotters, and in planting mix in growth chamber studies, and for their ability to reduce pod infection. The organisms tested were obtained from cruciferous seeds or were strains already identified as being effective against soil-borne Pythium species. The blotter test indicated that six organisms increased both the number of healthy seedlings and the number of seedlings produced from A. raphani infected radish seeds. An additional seven strains improved either germination or increased the number of healthy seedlings. Twenty-nine organisms increased the number of healthy cabbage seedlings from A. brassicicola infected seeds, but total germination was not modified by any treatment. Experiments in planting mix showed that five antagonists (Chaetomium globosum, two strains of Trichoderma harzianum, T. koningii, and Fusarium sp.) increased the number of healthy plants in both radish samples tested, while four additional antagonists provided a significant increase in only one of the samples tested. The five antagonists that consistently increased numbers of healthy radish seedlings also decreased pod infection by A. raphani. None were as effective as iprodrone, however. Several effective antagonists were found to be mycoparasitic against Alternaria spp. Some strains of Trichoderma previously found to be effective against Pythium spp. were also effective against Alternaria spp., indicating that these strains have a wide host range.

scholarly journals Daily Indexes for Predation and Growth of Nematophagous Mushrooms Species of Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae) on Panagrellus redividus

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Cleonice Lubian ◽  
Danielle Dutra Martinha ◽  
Roberto Luis Portz ◽  
Alexandre Gonçalves dos Santos e Silva Filho ◽  
Vagner Gularte Cortez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Growth Speed ◽  
Test Evaluation ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Panagrellus Redivivus ◽  
Mycelia Growth ◽  
Living Organisms

Biological control is a method of controlling pests through the use of other living organisms. The purposes of this study were to test Hohenbuehelia species as biological control agents against Panagrellus redivivus in vitro, evaluating nematodes influence on mycelia growth; establishing daily indexes for predation and growth and setting predation percentage. Five species previously identified as 436-Hohenbuehelia mastrucata (Nematoctonus hamatus), 528-H. bullulifera (not described so far), 581-H. paraguayensis (N. sp.), 582-H. sp. (N. sp.) and 631-H. portegna (N. campylosporus) were submitted to anamorphic purification directly from basidioma. Afterwards, 100 nematodes were added to each pure colony for predation test. Evaluation started right after 24 hours of nematode-fungus interaction. Immobilized and/or penetrated nematodes were counted and mycelia growth was measured. Results were subjected to variance analyses. Hohenbuehelia mastrucata had the best performance in growth speed, followed by H. portegna and H. paraguayensis; Nematodes multiplyied much but none specie grew more as an influence of their movement under mycelium, however all species formed trap devices and some of them produced adhesive or repelent substances. Trap devices were formed in control plates also. The plates of H. paraguayensis without nematodes grew more than treatments. Cumulative predation of H. portegna was the highest at 24 (195.5%) and 48 hours (235%). At the last evaluation day, H. paraguayensis preyed the same amount (185.75%) than H. portegna, followed by H. mastrucata (109.51%). Resulst of predation daily indexes displayed chronological activity for each isolate, where H. portegna was very reactive at first 24 hours, H. mastrucata raised its predacious activity in 48 hours being constant from this time on and H. paraguayensis pointed out itself at 72 hours. Other species presented low predation and growth indexes throughout experiment.

scholarly journals In vitro and in vivo Assay for Assessment of the Biological Control Potential of Streptomyces sp. KT

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Ohike ◽  
Minori Maeda ◽  
Tetsuya Matsukawa ◽  
Masahiro Okanami ◽  
Shin’ichiro Kajiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Suppressive Effect ◽  
Phytopathogenic Fungi ◽  
Dual Culture ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Bipolaris Oryzae ◽  
Biological Control Potential ◽  
Dual Culture Assay

Rhizoctonia solani is fungal plant pathogen that infects many different host plants. Recently, biological control agents that are friendly to the environment and ecosystems have attracted much attention as an alternative to the use of chemical fungicide which have been used worldwide to control soil borne pathogens including R. solani. In this study, 53 strains of actinomycetes isolated from environmental soils, and antifungal activities of them were assessed by the dual culture assay. Strain KT showed strong inhibitory activities against 8 phytopathogenic fungi. A great suppressive effect on R. solani growth was observed in the inoculation test of plants using cucumber and chin-geng-sai. In addition, infection of Bipolaris oryzae also could be suppressed in the detached leaf assay using oats. As a result of genetic analysis, it was shown that KT was a species closely related to Streptomyces lavenduligriseus NRRL B-3173T. However, as far as we know, there is no report for biological control agents using S. lavenduligriseus. This study suggests that the strain KT may useful as biological control agents to suppress various crop diseases.

scholarly journals Soybean cyst nematodes: a destructive threat to soybean production in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deliang Peng ◽  
Ru Jiang ◽  
Huan Peng ◽  
Shiming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematode ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Resistance Breeding ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Soybean Resistance

AbstractSoybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines, is one of the most important pests in soybean production worldwide. In China, 11 different races of SCN, including a newly identified race ‘X12’ with super-virulence, have been surveyed and found to be distributed in 22 provinces. Among them, races 1, 3 and 4 are dominant in the two principal soybean-producing areas, Northeast China and Huanghuaihai Valley, causing over 120 million dollars of annual yield loss. Rapid and reliable PCR-based approaches have been developed for the molecular diagnosis of SCN. High-throughput methods for the identification of soybean resistance against SCN are also developed with specific single nucleotide polymorphism markers by using Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR technology. Over 10,000 soybean germplasm sources were evaluated for their SCN resistance, and 28 SCN-resistant soybean accessions were selected to construct an applied core collection, which has been used for soybean breeding in China. Recently, the genome sequences of SCN and soybean are publically available, and two major SCN-resistant genes (rhg1 and Rhg4) have been identified in soybean, which greatly facilitate the researches on SCN virulence and soybean resistance, and also soybean resistance breeding against SCN. However, the management of SCN still faces many bottlenecks, for instance, the single resistance genes in soybean cultivars can be easily overcome by new SCN races; the identified resistance genes are inadequate to meet the practical breeding needs; and our understanding of the mechanisms of SCN virulence and soybean resistance to SCN are limited. SCN is a destructive threat to soybean production throughout the world including China. In this review, the major progress on soybean SCN is summarized, mainly focusing on the recent research progress in SCN, soybean resistance to SCN and integrated management of SCN in China, and aiming at a better understanding of the current SCN research status and prospects for future work.

scholarly journals Evaluation of in vitro antagonistic activity of fungi from peatlands against Ganoderma species under acidic condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
SUPRIYANTO ◽  
PURWANTO ◽  
S.H. POROMARTO ◽  
SUPYANI
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Antagonistic Activity ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Antagonistic Fungi ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Acidic Conditions ◽  
Mineral Soils ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Biological Methods

Abstract. Supriyanto, Purwanto, Poromarto SH, Supyani. 2020. Evaluation of in vitro antagonistic activity of fungi from peatlands against Ganoderma species under acidic conditions. Biodiversitas 21: 2935-2945. The use of peatlands is a significant contributor to the world’s palm oil production. A serious problem of oil palm plantations in peatlands is the high incidence of basal stem rot (BSR) disease caused by Ganoderma, which has a higher attack rate than on mineral soils. There is no effective way to control Ganoderma in peatlands. At present, the effort for the same focuses on environment-friendly biological methods; however, this is constrained by the unavailability of appropriate biological agents for peatlands. The development of biological control agents for peatlands is hampered by limited data on biological control of Ganoderma in peatlands. This research was conducted to evaluate the in vitro antagonistic activity of fungi isolated from a peatland in acidic pH conditions. Twenty-seven Ganoderma-antagonistic fungi from peatland were evaluated for their activity and their ability to antagonism in vitro within a pH range of 2-7. The results show that most antagonistic fungi from peatland, based on biomass weight, the sporulation ability, and germination of conidium, were able to grow optimally at pH 3.0-4.0, indicating that most of the Ganoderma-antagonistic fungi from peatland can be used as biological control agents for BSR on oil palms in peatlands.

The in vitro inhibition of Phytophthora clandestina by some rhizobia and the possible role of Rhizobium trifolii in biological control of Phytophthora root rot of subterranean clover

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1469 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Simpfendorfer ◽  
T. J. Harden ◽  
G. M. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Root Rot ◽  
Subterranean Clover ◽  
Trifolium Subterraneum ◽  
Root Disease ◽  
Rhizobium Trifolii ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Control Activity ◽  
Phytophthora Root Rot

The interaction between 29 isolates of Rhizobium and the in vitro growth of 3 strains of Phytophthora clandestina was investigated to determine the potential of these bacteria as biological control agents against root rot of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.). The biological control activity of Rhizobium on the severity of root disease in seedlings was also investigated under glasshouse conditions. Thirteen of the 29 Rhizobium isolates caused significant reductions in the hyphal growth of the 3 P. clandestina isolates examined. Inoculation of seedlings with Rhizobium trifolii reduced the severity of root disease by 14–58% with corresponding increases in dry matter production of 20–73%. These results indicate that Rhizobium species have potential as biological control agents against the root rot of T. subterraneum seedlings caused by P. clandestina.

scholarly journals Screening of wheat endophytes as biological control agents against Fusarium head blight using two different in vitro tests

2017 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgane Comby ◽  
Marie Gacoin ◽  
Mathilde Robineau ◽  
Fanja Rabenoelina ◽  
Sébastien Ptas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Fusarium Head Blight ◽  
In Vitro Tests ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Head Blight

scholarly journals Partial Characterization of Bacteriophages from Indonesia and its Potency as Biocontrol of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Desi Rejeki
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Genome Size ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Xanthomonas Oryzae ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Vitro Assay ◽  
Resistant Varieties ◽  
A Genome

Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) is a disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) of rice in rice-producing countries including Indonesia and attack rice in all stages of growth. In the advanced, crop production will be decreased by up to 50–70%. Recently, the practical efforts to overcome the problem by using resistant varieties, antibiotics, and sanitation; however, the ability of the pathogen to forms the new virulent pathotypes is noteworthy. Alternatively, the pathogen could be environmental-friendly controlled by utilizing bacteriophages as biological control agents because of their specific characteristics to their bacterial hosts. This research aimed to obtain information about the characteristic of the first isolated bacteriophages from Indonesia. The result showed that two bacteriophages had been isolated from soil in Arjasa Jember and soil in Gadingan Situbondo, namely phage XooX1IDN and phage XooX2IDN, respectively. The two phages were inactivated at 80ºC and stable at pH within the range of 6 to 8. The phage XooX1IDN has a genome size of approximately 39 kb, while phage XooX2IDN had a genome size 38 kb. Morphologically, both phages possessed the family of Myoviridae. Phage biocontrol in vitro assay showed that both phages significantly reduced the growth of BLB pathogen, indicating that both phages potentially, as biological control agents for BLB disease in rice. © 2021 Friends Science Publishers

Response of soybean cyst nematodes and soybeans (Glycine max) to herbicides

Weed Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Levene ◽  
Micheal D.K. Owen ◽  
Gregory L. Tylka
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Nonionic Surfactant ◽  
Untreated Control ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematode ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Additive Effect ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Soybean Cyst Nematodes

The effect of herbicides applied to V3 soybeans on race 3 soybean cyst nematode (SCN) reproduction and glyceollin production in roots was measured. Soybeans were treated postemergence with 1 × and 2 × rates of herbicides plus adjuvants or with adjuvants alone, and SCN development was measured. Acifluorfen, bentazon, lactofen, crop oil concentrate (COC), and nonionic surfactant (NIS) applications reduced SCN egg population densities 50 to 60% compared with the untreated control 4 and 8 wk after application. The SCN reproduction on plants treated with fluazifop-P, sethoxydim, and imazethapyr was similar to the untreated control. Crop oil concentrate or NIS applications alone were as effective as acifluorfen, bentazon, or lactofen applications for reducing SCN reproduction. However, no additive effect of adjuvant-herbicide combinations was observed, nor did herbicide rate affect SCN reproduction. Treatments reduced SCN reproduction only when applied to soybeans and had no effect on SCN reproduction when applied directly to the soil. No treatment stimulated SCN reproduction relative to the untreated control. Soybeans treated with COC, NIS, acifluorfen, and bentazon also had more glyceollin detected than the untreated control. Herbicide-induced glyceollin production may have increased the resistance of soybean to SCN.

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