Development of mutants of Coniothyrium minitans with improved efficiency for control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

Coniothurium minitans (CM) is hyperparasitic to Sclerotinia sderotiorum (55), a palhogen of many economically important crops. In this paper, we describe lhe isolation of improved mutants of CM, using a UV - irradiation regime, with altered chitinase production and tolerance to high concentration of...

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Autores: MELO, I. S. de, MORETINI, A., CASSIOLATO, A. M. R., FAULL, J. L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/898276
Acceso en línea:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/898276
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Coniothvrium minitans
Resistance
Antibiotic production
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Doença fúngica
Controle biológico
Fungo para controle biológico
Biological control
Antifungal agents
iprodione
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Sumario:Coniothurium minitans (CM) is hyperparasitic to Sclerotinia sderotiorum (55), a palhogen of many economically important crops. In this paper, we describe lhe isolation of improved mutants of CM, using a UV - irradiation regime, with altered chitinase production and tolerance to high concentration of iprodione, which are effect:iveagainst Ss. Three out of the 59 mutants obtained inhibited the mycelial growth of CM. Infectivity of sclerotia by the new mutants was assayed by the plant-tissue-based system using carrot segments. More than 80%of sclerotia were colonized by lhe mutants and the wild-type CM. The mutant strains retained ability to produce significant amounts of chitinase. The mutants differed frorn their wild-type strain in appearance, morphology and sporulation. In conclusion, the results presented here provide evidence that lhe new biotypes of C. minitans are effective in controlling S.sclemtiarum.