Studies on Biocontrol of Air-borne Plant Disease by a Filamentous Fungus Producing Antifungal Volatiles

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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Microorganisms isolated from wheat leaf surfaces were screened for inhibition of wheat powdery mildew. A new screening method, in which wheat leaves were inoculated with Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici and incubated with the cultured microorganisms under non-contact conditions, was developed in our study. Among these strains, a fungus designated as Kyu-W63 had an especially strong inhibitory effect. Kyu-W63 had a strong aromatic odor when being cultured. Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis revealed that Kyu-W63 produced two types of volatile substances, 5-pentyl-2-furaldehyde and 5-(4- pentenyl)-2-furaldehyde. Although the two are known to be nematicidal substances, the antifungal activity of 5-(4-pentenyl)-2-furaldehyde is first confirmed in our study. In contrast, 5-pentyl-2-furaldehyde was found to have strong suppression activities to various fungal species in this study, although it has been reported to suppress the growth of yeast, Nematospora coryli. Strain Kyu-W63 completely agreed with Irpex lacteus in the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, and strain Kyu-W63 was inferred to be I. lacteus. Biocontrol of parsley powdery mildew, caused by Oidium sp., was examined using a filamentous fungus, Kyu-W63 that produces antifungal volatiles, for 3 years under greenhouse conditions. Kyu-W63 treatment significantly inhibited disease severity compared to control plots. In addition, Kyu-W63 suppressed other harmful fungi such as Penicillium sp. and Aspergillus sp. which are plant pathogens or human allergens existing in the environment.

Date of issued
Creator KOITABASHI Motoo TSUSHIMA Seiya
Subject

Irpex lacteus

phylloplane fungi

powdery mildew

Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Available Online
NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 41
Issue 4
spage 261
epage 265
DOI 10.6090/jarq.41.261
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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