Enzyme Production by the Mycoparasite Verticillium biguttatum against Rhizoctonia solani |
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Authors: | McQuilken Mark P. Gemmell Jacqueline |
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Affiliation: | Department of Plant Biology, Scottish Agricultural College, Ayr Campus, Auchincruive Estate, Ayr KA6 5HW, UK. m.mcquilken@au.sac.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | Verticillium biguttatum, a mycoparasite of the ubiquitous soil-borne plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani, excreted chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase into liquid medium when grown on laminarin and chitin, respectively. Neither chitinase nor beta-1,3-glucanase was produced by the mycoparasite when grown on cell walls of two isolates of R. solani representing anastomosis groups (AG)-3 and AG-8. Extracellular protease was induced by growth on cell walls of the pathogen, whereas beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase were produced bound to the cell wall of V. biguttatum. This is the first report of chitinase, beta-1,3-glucanase and protease production by V. biguttatum. These enzymes may play a previously unforeseen role in dissolving and penetrating the cell walls of R. solani. |
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Keywords: | biocontrol enzymes mycoparasite Rhizoctonia solani Verticillium biguttatum |
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