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Accumulation of toxigenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium</Emphasis> species and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stenocarpella maydis</Emphasis> in maize grain grown under different cropping systems
Authors:Londiwe M Mabuza  Belinda Janse van Rensburg  Bradley C Flett  Lindy J Rose
Institution:1.Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology,Adnan Menderes University,Aydin,Turkey;2.Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS,Byron,USA;3.L. G. Leite Instituto Biologico, APTA,Campinas,Brazil
Abstract:Entomopathogenic nematodes in the genus Steinernema are associated with Xenorhabdus spp. bacteria. When steinernematid colonise an insect host the nematode-bacterium association overcomes the insect immune system and kills the host within 48 h. Xenorhabdus spp. produce secondary metabolites that are antifungal to protect nematode-infected cadavers from fungal colonization. The concentrated, or cell-free metabolites of X. szentirmaii exhibit high toxicity against various fungal plant pathogens and show potential as natural bio-fungicides. In the current study, we determined 1) thermo-stability, 2) dose-response, and 3) shelf-life of antifungal metabolites of X. szentirmaii against Monilinia fructicola (cause of brown rot of peach and other stone fruit) and Glomerella cingulata (cause of antharacnose). Thermo-stability was determined by autoclaving bacterial culture broths (121 °C and 15 psi for 15 min) and measuring fungal growth on in potato dextrose agar (PDA) containing 10% of the supernatants. Autoclaving had no impact on the antifungal activity of the secondary metabolites. Over a test period of 9 months, the activity of both extract types did not decline when stored at 4 or 20 °C. A dose-response study (10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100% supernatant-containing metabolite) using both phytopathogens demonstrated that a greater dose of supernatant increased antifungal activity. The antifungal-metabolite containing supernatant of X. szentirmaii has potential as a bio-fungicide. These results demonstrate the metabolite(s) are thermo-stable, they have a long shelf-life and require no stabilizing formulation, even at room temperature.
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