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A complex protein derivative acts as biogenic elicitor of grapevine resistance against powdery mildew under field conditions.

ABSTRACT: Powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator is one of the most important grapevine diseases in several viticulture areas, and high fungicide input is required to control it. However, numerous synthetic chemical pesticides are under scrutiny due to concerns about their impact on human health and the environment. Biopesticides, such as biogenic elicitors, are a promising alternative to chemical fungicides. Although several studies have reported on effective elicitors against grapevine diseases, their efficacy under field conditions has not been investigated extensively or has occurred at rather limited levels. Our goal was to examine the efficacy of a protein-based composition, namely nutrient broth (NB), against powdery mildew under field conditions and to characterize its mechanism of action. Weekly treatments with NB was highly effective in controlling powdery mildew on grapevine across seasons with different disease pressures. The level of disease control achieved with NB was comparable to standard fungicide treatments both on leaves and bunches across three different years. NB has no direct toxic effect on the germination of E. necator conidia, and it activates plant resistance with both systemic and translaminar effect in experiments with artificial inoculation under controlled conditions. NB induced the expression of defense-related genes in grapevine, demonstrating stimulation of plant defense mechanisms, prior to and in the early stages of pathogen infection. NB is a natural derivative from meat and yeast, substances that tend not to raise concerns about toxicological and ecotoxicological properties. NB represents a valid control tool for integrated plant protection programs against powdery mildew, to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides on grapevine.

SUBMITTER: Nesler A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4585195 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A complex protein derivative acts as biogenic elicitor of grapevine resistance against powdery mildew under field conditions.

Nesler Andrea A Perazzolli Michele M Puopolo Gerardo G Giovannini Oscar O Elad Yigal Y Pertot Ilaria I

Frontiers in plant science 20150918

Powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator is one of the most important grapevine diseases in several viticulture areas, and high fungicide input is required to control it. However, numerous synthetic chemical pesticides are under scrutiny due to concerns about their impact on human health and the environment. Biopesticides, such as biogenic elicitors, are a promising alternative to chemical fungicides. Although several studies have reported on effective elicitors against grapevine diseases, thei ...[more]

PMID: 26442029

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Project description:Infection by the pathogen grape powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) causes changes in the transcriptome of its susceptible host Vitis vinifera. Infection triggers the host to synthesize the signaling molecule salicylic acid (SA) which regulates the expression of a broad range of defense-related plant genes. In addition, it is hypothesized that E. necator directly modulates gene expression in V. vinifera via the haustorial complex. This microarray experiment was designed to dissect host transcriptome changes triggered directly by E. necator infection and indirectly through the SA response. We accomplished this by conducting two separate global leaf transcriptome analyses using the Vitis Affymetrix GeneChip platform: in one, we compared the leaves with fully established PM colonies to healthy reference leaves, in another, we compared healthy leaves with artificially elevated SA levels to healthy reference leaves. Overlaying host transcriptome changes from these two experiments enabled us to glean out V. vinifera genes that modulate their expression in response E. necator in an SA-independent manner. We characterized gene expression profiles in (1) healthy reference leaves, (2) leaves with well-established by E. necator colonies, and (3) healthy leaves in which SA levels were artificially elevated by the presence of methyl salicylate (15 µM) in the atmosphere. Treatments (1) and (2) differed only in the presence E. necator infection, whereas treatments (1) and (3) differed only in SA levels. Consequently, statistical comparisons were made only between signal intensities from treatments (1) and (2) and from treatments (1) and (3). Each treatment was done in three biological repeats, that is, each experiment was repeated three times in 14-day intervals with dedicated biological material (plants were used in a single replicate and not reused in another repeat or treatment). Each biological replicate consisted of 10 potted vines. For RNA extraction, two young leaves were harvested from each of the 10 vines and pooled into a single sample.

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A complex protein derivative acts as biogenic elicitor of grapevine resistance against powdery mildew under field conditions.

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A complex protein derivative acts as biogenic elicitor of grapevine resistance against powdery mildew under field conditions.

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