Foliar application of plant-derived peptides decreases the severity of leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) infection in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening and developing novel antifungal agents with minimal environmental impact are needed to maintain and increase crop production, which is constantly threatened by various pathogens. Small peptides with antimicrobial and antifungal activities have been known to play an important role in plant defense both at the pathogen level by suppressing its growth and proliferation as well as at the host level through activation or priming of the plant's immune system for a faster, more robust response against fungi. Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are plant pathogens that can infect key crops and overcome resistance genes introduced in elite wheat cultivars.

Results

We performed an in vitro screening of 18 peptides predominantly of plant origin with antifungal or antimicrobia

SUBMITTER: Panthi U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903759 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature