Potential of fungal antagonists for biocontrol of Fusarium spp. in wheat and maize through competition in crop debris |
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Authors: | Laura Luongo Massimo Galli Luciana Corazza Ellis Meekes Lia De Haas Carin Lombaers Van Der Plas Jü rgen K hl |
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Institution: |
a Plant Pathology Research Institute (Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale), Roma, Italy
b Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Pathogenic Fusarium spp. cause head blight in wheat or ear rot in maize leading to yield losses and also a reduction in quality due to mycotoxin contamination of the grain. Infected crop residues are the main inoculum source for epidemics. Saprophytic fungi, obtained from cereal tissues or necrotic tissues of other crops, were screened for their ability to colonise wheat straw and maize stalks and to suppress sporulation of pathogenic Fusarium spp. Results of bio-assays conducted under controlled conditions were variable among Fusarium spp. and host substrates for most antagonists tested, such as yeasts, Trichoderma spp. and non-pathogenic Fusarium spp. Isolates of Clonostachys rosea consistently suppressed sporulation of F. culmorum and F. graminearum on wheat straw, and of F. culmorum, F. graminearum, F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides on maize stalks. Isolates of C. rosea, C. cladosporioides and F. equiseti were applied to pieces of maize stalks or flowering ears in preliminary experiments conducted under field conditions. The colonisation of stalk pieces by pathogenic Fusarium spp. was assessed after 9 months. Colonisation of stalk pieces by pathogenic Fusarium spp. was significantly reduced at several sampling dates. However, results obtained with the antagonists were not consistent for all sampling dates and between experiments. |
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Keywords: | Competitive substrate colonisation Fusarium culmorum F graminearum F proliferatum F verticillioides saprophyte antagonist selection maize ear rot |
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