Natural wine yeasts as biocontrol agents |
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| Authors: | Giovanna Suzzi Patrizia Romano I. Ponti Carla Montuschi |
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| Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e Biotecnologie Agroforestali, Universitàdella Basilicata, Potenza, Italy;Osservatorio Malattie Piante, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A total of 586 natural wine yeasts, belonging to different genera, were tested for their antagonistic effect on fungal pathogens. A low percentage of yeast strains completely inhibited the pathogens and the biocontrol activity was found to be a strain characteristic and did not solely depend on species or genus. Among the antagonists, two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and one of Zygosaccharomyces showed a broad spectrum of antagonistic activity against 10 fungal pathogens. |
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