Genetic improvement of Trichoderma ability to induce systemic resistance

The beneficial applications of Trichoderma spp. in agriculture include not only the control of plant pathogens, but also the improvement of plant growth, micronutrient availability, and plant tolerance to abiotic stress. In addition, it has been suggested that these fungi are able to increase plant disease resistance by activating induced systemic resistance (ISR) . The mode of action of these beneficial fungi in the Trichoderma -plant-pathogen interaction are many, complex and not comple…     

Identification of novel Trichoderma hamatum genes expressed during mycoparasitism

Trichoderma species are currently used as biocontrol agents for crop diseases caused by a number of fungal plant pathogens. However, their biocontrol performance in the field can be unreliable and it is likely that more consistent performance could be achieved through knowledge and manipulation of the genes involved. For example, induction of the genes could be optimised for variable environmental and physiological conditions, superior strains could be selected more effectively and novel st…     

Proteomic study of three component interactions： plant, pathogens andantagonistic fungi

The molecular factors involved in the three-way interaction between plant, pathogenic fungi and antagonistic/biocontrol fungi, such as Trichoderma, are still poorly understood, even if they represent a matter of interest for improving crop management and developing new strategies for plant diseases control. The aim of this work is to investigate the components involved in this interaction and, for this purpose, a proteomic approach was used. 2-D maps of the protein extracts from the single co…     

Mechanisms involved in biocontrol and plant induced resistance by richoderma. asperellum (T. harzianum T-203)

Growing awareness of the environmental damage caused by the use of chemical substances for plant disease control in agriculture has raised the need to study biological alternatives, such as activating the defense response of plant crops by inducers not toxic to the environment. Trichoderma spp. are effective biocontrol agents for a number of soilborne pathogens, and are also known for their ability to enhance plant growth and to induce systemic resistance (ISR) in plants. In our laborator…     

The Trichoderma-plant interaction is mediated by avirulence proteins produced by this fungus

The molecular basis of Trichoderma -plant interaction is very complex and still not completely understood. The colonization of the root system by rhizosphere competent strains of Trichoderma results in increased development of root/aerial systems, in improved yields and in plant disease control. Other beneficial effects, such as the induction of plant systemic resistance, have also been described. To understand the mechanisms involved we are using different approaches, including the making…     

Study of signal transduction factors involved in mycoparasitic response of Trichoderma atroviride

Numerous Trichoderma spp. are mycoparasites and commercially applied as biological control agents against a large number of plant pathogenic fungi. The mycoparasitic interaction is host-specific and several research strategies have been applied to identify the main genes and compounds involved in the antagonist-plant-pathogen three-way interaction. During mycoparasitism, signals from the host fungus are recognised by Trichoderma, stimulating antifungal activities that are accompanied by mo…     

Use of Trichoderma spp. for biological control of the livestock feed ontaminant fungus Fusarium proliferatum

Fusarium spp. are pathogens of many important agricultural crops, and are often strong mycotoxin producers. Fusarium proliferatum, in particular, causes disease in cereals and secretes the toxin Beauvaricin that contaminates livestock feed and cereals, producing a variety of toxicity symptoms ranging from poor weight gain to mortality. Beauvaricin is a cyclodepsipeptide and acts as a potent mycotoxin known to have insecticidal properties. This compound is highly toxic to human cell lines, wh…     

木霉菌及其对植物真菌病害的防治机制

木霉广泛分布于自然界,因其对多种病原真菌具有拮抗活性而被应用于多种植物病害的生物防治.本文从竞争作用、重寄生作用、分泌抗菌物质、诱导抗性和促生作用5个方面就木霉菌对植物真菌病害的拮抗作用进行了综述;另外,还简要概括了拮抗木霉菌在生物防治中存在的问题以及今后应重点研究的方向.     

钩状木霉在辣椒根际定殖动态及其对辣椒疫病的生物防治

木霉菌（Trichoderma spp.）是自然界广泛分布的一类重要生防真菌资源。生防菌在宿主根际及其组织中定殖能力的强弱是评价其生防潜力的重要指标。选择钩状木霉（Trichoderma hamatum）真菌、辣椒及其重要土传病害菌辣椒疫霉（Phytophthora capsici）三者互作体系,通过绿色荧光蛋白标记的钩状木霉菌株灌根接种辣椒植株,通过平板拮抗试验和温室盆栽试验,检测钩状木霉菌在辣椒植株及根际的定殖情况,及其对辣椒疫病的生物防治效果。结果表明,钩状木霉菌在辣椒根、茎和叶等组织中和辣椒根际土壤中均能够定殖。在辣椒根际土壤中,钩状木霉菌呈动态变化的定殖过程。灌根接种1～25 d,钩状木霉菌定殖量呈缓慢增长,在第33 d,达到最高值(700×107 conidia·g-1),然后逐渐下降,呈现先增加后减少的动态变化过程。钩状木霉菌在辣椒根际和植株的定殖过程中,对辣椒疫病具有生物防治作用,防治效果达到5333％。综上,钩状木霉菌能够成为辣椒根际微生态中的有益微生物,可以有效预防辣椒疫病的发生,研究为辣椒疫病的生物防治提供了理论依据和有效途径。     

Factors that contribute to the mycoparasitism stimulus in Trichoderma atroviride strain P1

Trichoderma atroviride strain P1 has been used extensively to study the mycoparasitic mechanisms in the interaction between plant pathogenic host and beneficial antagonistic fungi. Mutants of P1 containing the green fluorescent protein (gfp) or glucose oxidase (gox) reporter systems and different inducible promoters (from the exochitinase nag1 gene, or the endochitinase ech42 gene of P1) were used to determine the factors that activate the biocontrol gene expression cascade in the antagonis…     

Functional genomic approach to the study of biodiversitywithin Tr／choderma

Trichoderma is a fungal genus of great and demonstrable biotechnological value, but its genome is poorly surveyed compared with other model microorganisms. Due to their ubiquity and rapid substrate colonization, Trichoderma species have been widely used as biocontrol organisms for agriculture, and     

Extracellular proteome of Trichoderma harzianum to identify proteins with biotechnological value

Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 parasitizes and controls many phytopatogenic fungi and is applied commercially as biological control agent. The production of hydrolitic enzymes appears to be a key factor in the parasitic process. We tested the endo-esochitinolitic and glucanolitic activities of culture filtrates of T22 grown under carbon and nitrogen starvation or in presence of biomass or cell walls of the phytopathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea, Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum. …     

镰刀菌属真菌毒素在植物和病原菌互作中的研究进展

镰刀菌是世界上最重要的植物病原菌之一,可影响植物的生长发育,严重威胁全球粮食安全和生物多样性。几乎所有的镰刀菌都会产生真菌毒素,其毒素种类多、毒性强,一方面可以作为致病因子之一参与镰刀菌的致病过程,另一方面可污染粮食和饲料,进而引起人类和动物的相关病症。已有研究表明,镰刀菌侵染植物后产生的不同种类真菌毒素不仅毒害植物细胞,引起植物组织的坏死,还会加速病原菌的侵染;同时,针对病原菌产生的毒素,植物会激活防御酶并启动防御相关基因的表达,或将致病毒素转化为无毒或低毒物质并转运到胞外,或通过分泌次生代谢物直接抑制病原菌毒素的生物合成。为全面解析镰刀菌毒素在病原菌侵染植物中的作用,提高植物对病原菌的抗性,该文综述了镰刀菌属真菌毒素的种类、毒性机理以及毒素在植物和病原菌互作中的作用,并讨论了植物对真菌毒素的防御反应策略,以期为镰刀菌毒素致病机制和病原菌防治策略研究提供参考。     

Functional genomic approach to the study of biodiversitywithin Trichoderma

Trichoderma is a fungal genus of great and demonstrable biotechnological value, but its genome is poorly surveyed compared with other model microorganisms. Due to their ubiquity and rapid substrate colonization, Trichoderma species have been widely used as biocontrol organisms for agriculture, and their enzyme systems are widely used in industry. Therefore, there is a clear interest to explore beyond the phenotype to exploit the underlying genetic systems using functional genomics tools. Th…     

Rice transformation with cell wall degrading enzyme genes from Trichoderma atroviride and its effect on plant growth and resistance to fungal pathogens

Three genes encoding for fungal cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDE), ech42, nag70 and gluc78 from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma atroviride were inserted into the binary vector pCAMBIA1305.2 singly and in all possible combinations. The coding sequences were placed downstream of the rice actin promoter and all vectors were used to transform rice plants. A total of more than 1,800 independently regenerated plantlets in seven different populations (for each of the three genes and each…     

Aerial dispersal of pathogens on the global and continental scales and its impact on plant disease

Some of the most striking and extreme consequences of rapid, long-distance aerial dispersal involve pathogens of crop plants. Long-distance dispersal of fungal spores by the wind can spread plant diseases across and even between continents and reestablish diseases in areas where host plants are seasonally absent. For such epidemics to occur, hosts that are susceptible to the same pathogen genotypes must be grown over wide areas, as is the case with many modern crops. The strongly stochastic nature of long-distance dispersal causes founder effects in pathogen populations, such that the genotypes that cause epidemics in new territories or on cultivars with previously effective resistance genes may be atypical. Similar but less extreme population dynamics may arise from long-distance aerial dispersal of other organisms, including plants, viruses, and fungal pathogens of humans.     

稻瘟病菌效应蛋白与水稻互作研究现状及展望

水稻是世界上最重要的粮食作物之一，水稻安全生产关乎食品安全问题。由稻瘟病菌引起的稻瘟病是一种世界性的真菌病害，给水稻生产造成严重损失。相较于药物防治，抗病品种的培育与应用是控制该病害最为经济有效的方法。然而，田间稻瘟病菌群体复杂多样、杀菌剂过量施用、气候环境变化等因素造成小种变异迅速，品种的抗性往往只能维持 3~5 年。稻瘟病菌通过无毒基因的变异产生新的生理小种，逃逸或抑制水稻的免疫系统，实现侵染致病。目前已在稻瘟菌中鉴定出 26 个无毒基因，其中 14 个已被克隆，其在病原菌的侵染、定殖和干扰寄主免疫反应过程中发挥重要作用，稻瘟菌效应蛋白和水稻抗性蛋白的互作分子机理研究也不断深入。研究稻瘟菌的致病机理及其与水稻互作的分子机制有助于更好地理解病原菌的作用途径和植物抗病基因响应的免疫反应，以制定更高效、绿色的防治措施。本文综述了近年来稻瘟病菌效应蛋白在水稻细胞转运和分泌的过程、效应蛋白与抗病蛋白互作的研究进展和效应蛋白的区域性分布，讨论和展望了当前研究面临的机遇和 挑战，以期为水稻与稻瘟病菌互作的分子机理研究、抗病育种及病害防控策略提供借鉴。     

木霉菌对几种植物病原菌的拮抗作用

为探明木霉对植物病原菌的拮抗作用效果,筛选出优势菌株,从长沙地区的15种作物根围采集到27份土壤样本,经室内分离、纯化得到28个木霉菌菌株.利用对峙法和稀释法测定了28个菌株对花生立枯病菌、水稻纹枯病菌、水稻恶苗病菌、辣椒炭疽病菌、白术白绢病菌的拮抗作用,得到1株对5种供试病原真菌均有强烈拮抗作用的菌株,经鉴定该菌株为哈茨木霉.对峙培养可观察到,多数情况下,接种后2 d内木霉与病原菌接触,随后覆盖或侵入病菌菌落,抑制其生长,其抑制程度随木霉孢子浓度的降低而减弱.温室盆栽试验发现,哈茨木霉对番茄立枯病防效显著,喷洒高浓度的哈茨木霉分生孢子悬浮液防效可达80%以上,且具有持续防效和刺激作物生长的作用.     

木霉生防菌对植物生长的影响

 自木霉(Trichoderma)被发现具有生防价值以后,对其重寄生作用和拮抗成分的分析投入了大量的研究。而对植物生长的影响却被忽略了。象根瘤菌(rhizobia)和菌根真菌(mycorrhizae)一样,木霉能够对植物的生长产生明显的影响。它能产生植物毒性成分而抑制植物生长,也能通过产生激素和根际竞争能力促进植物生长,特别是它能诱导植物产生抗性。因此,仅对其抑制病原菌的能力进行讨论是不足够的。木霉在促进植物生长和诱导植物产生抗性具有真正的潜能。     

Advances in biocontrol mechanism and application of Trichoderma spp. for plant diseases

Trichoderma spp.is a filamentous soil fungus known as an effective biocontrol agent of a range of important airborne and soilborne pathogens,it has universal distribution and economic importance.This article reviewed the researches on biocontrol mech- anism for plant diseases and application of Trichoderma spp.,especially Trichoderma harzianum in recent years.