Grapevine Phyllosphere Community Analysis in Response to Elicitor Application against Powdery Mildew.

ABSTRACT: The reduction of antimicrobial treatments and mainly the application of environmentally friendly compounds, such as resistance elicitors, is an impelling challenge to undertake more sustainable agriculture. We performed this research to study the effectiveness of non-conventional compounds in reducing leaf fungal attack and to investigate whether they influence the grape phyllosphere. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on potted Vitis vinifera "Nebbiolo" and "Moscato" cultivars infected with the powdery mildew agent (Erysiphe necator) and treated with three elicitors. Differences in the foliar microbial community were then evaluated by community-level physiological profiling by using Biolog^TM EcoPlates, high throughput sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer

SUBMITTER: Nerva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956034 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature