Colonization of Onions by Endophytic Fungi and Their Impacts on the Biology of Thrips tabaci

Autor: Alexander Mutua Muvea, Sunday Ekesi, Rainer Meyhöfer, Hans-Michael Poehling, Sevgan Subramanian, Nguya K. Maniania
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
metarhizium-anisopliae
Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::570 | Biowissenschaften
Biologie
Applied Microbiology
lcsh:Medicine
Metarhizium anisopliae
Plant Science
Endophyte
beauveria-bassiana ascomycota
Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::580 | Pflanzen (Botanik)
Onions
Vegetables
Endophytes
Colonization
lcsh:Science
Fungal Pathogens
Multidisciplinary
biology
food and beverages
Agriculture
Plants
Insects
Horticulture
ddc:580
Medical Microbiology
Seeds
banana musa-spp
damage
Research Article
Biotechnology
thysanoptera thripidae
Fusarium
Arthropoda
Molecular Sequence Data
Crops
Mycology
Microbiology
Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense
Integrated Control
Microbial Control
ddc:570
balsamo vuillemin
Botany
Animals
inoculation
Herbivory
Microbial Pathogens
yellow-spot-virus
Thrips
Inoculation
Thysanoptera
lcsh:R
fungi
Organisms
Fungi
Biology and Life Sciences
Trichoderma harzianum
frankliniella-occidentalis
biology.organism_classification
Invertebrates
cosmopolites-sordidus
Seedlings
lcsh:Q
Pest Control
Zoology
Entomology
Crop Science
Zdroj: PLoS ONE 9 (2014), Nr. 9
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 9, p e108242 (2014)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108242
Popis: Endophytic fungi, which live within host plant tissues without causing any visible symptom of infection, are important mutualists that mediate plant-herbivore interactions. Thrips tabaci (Lindeman) is one of the key pests of onion, Allium cepa L., an economically important agricultural crop cultivated worldwide. However, information on endophyte colonization of onions, and their impacts on the biology of thrips feeding on them, is lacking. We tested the colonization of onion plants by selected fungal endophyte isolates using two inoculation methods. The effects of inoculated endophytes on T. tabaci infesting onion were also examined. Seven fungal endophytes used in our study were able to colonize onion plants either by the seed or seedling inoculation methods. Seed inoculation resulted in 1.47 times higher mean percentage post-inoculation recovery of all the endophytes tested as compared to seedling inoculation. Fewer thrips were observed on plants inoculated with Clonostachys rosea ICIPE 707, Trichoderma asperellum M2RT4, Trichoderma atroviride ICIPE 710, Trichoderma harzianum 709, Hypocrea lixii F3ST1 and Fusarium sp. ICIPE 712 isolates as compared to those inoculated with Fusarium sp. ICIPE 717 and the control treatments. Onion plants colonized by C. rosea ICIPE 707, T. asperellum M2RT4, T. atroviride ICIPE 710 and H. lixii F3ST1 had significantly lower feeding punctures as compared to the other treatments. Among the isolates tested, the lowest numbers of eggs were laid by T. tabaci on H. lixii F3ST1 and C. rosea ICIPE 707 inoculated plants. These results extend the knowledge on colonization of onions by fungal endophytes and their effects on Thrips tabaci. BMZ/GIZ/11.7860.7-001.00 BMZ/GIZ/11.7860.7-001.00
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