Invasive pathogen-insect symbioses have been extensively studied in many different ecological niches. Whether the damage of symbioses in different introduced regions might be influenced by other microorganisms has, however, received little attention. Eight years of field data showed that the varied levels of the nematode and beetle populations and infested trees of the invasive Bursaphelenchus ...

Trials were conducted on 3 commercial sheep farms in Sweden to assess the effect of administering spores of the nematode trapping fungus, Duddingtonia flagrans, together with supplementary feed to lactating ewes for the first 6 weeks from turn-out on pastures in spring. Also control groups of ewes, receiving only feed supplement, were established on all 3 farms. Groups were monitored by intensi...

ABSTRACT Neotyphodium coenophialum, an endophytic fungus associated with tall fescue grass, enhances host fitness and imparts pest resistance. This symbiotum is implicated in the reduction of stresses, including plant-parasitic nematodes. To substantiate this implication, toxicological effects of root extracts, polyphenolic fraction, ergot, and loline alkaloids from endophyte-infected tall fesc...

The initial infection process of nematode-trapping fungi is based on an interaction between the trapping structure of the fungus and the surface of the nematode cuticle. A bioassay was designed to investigate the predatory response of several isolates of nematode-trapping fungi against 3 mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans (AT6, AT10 and CL261), which have been reported to differ in the reaction ...

In the Northeast of Brazil, expansion of guava crops has been impaired by Meloidogyne enterolobii that causes root galls, leaf fall and plant death. Considering the fact that arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) improve plant growth giving protection against damages by plant pathogens, this work was carried out to select AMF efficient to increase production of guava seedlings and their tolerance ...

Two greenhouse experiments were conducted to examine the effect of Crotalaria juncea amendment on Meloidogyne incognita population levels and growth of yellow squash (Cucurbita pepo). In the first experiment, four soils with a long history of receiving yard waste compost (YWC+), no-yard-waste compost (YWC-), conventional tillage, or no-tillage treatments were used; in the second experiment, onl...

Both the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and the soilborne fungus that causes black root rot of seedling cotton (Thielaviopsis basicola) are widely distributed in cotton field soils in Arkansas. Both of these pathogens are capable of causing significant crop damage and yield loss, primarily through damage to the root systems of infected plants. When root-knot nematode or T. basicola ...

rhizosphere soil samples were collected from olive orchards of golestan, guilan, zanjan and qom provinces. fluorescent pseudomonad strains were isolated from the collected samples on king’s b medium and their phenotypic features characterized as based on the standard bacteriological methods. for all the tested strains oxidase reaction, fluorescent pigment, growth at 4?c and arginine dihydrolase...

Three damaging soybean diseases, Sclerotinia stem rot caused by a fungus sclerotiorum (Lid.) de Bary, Phytophthora root sojae, and cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe), are destructive to growth yield cause huge economic losses. Biocontrol is an effective way control diseases with the advantage of being environmentally friendly sustainable. To date, few reviews have reported these three...

A wild type strain ofVerticillium lecanii and a mutant strain with increased tolerance to the fungicide benomyl were evaluated in greenhouse experiments for effects on Heterodera glycines populations. Nematodes were applied at 300 eggs and juveniles per 4,550-cm(3) pot (two soybean plants in 4,990 g loamy sand per pot) and at both 300 and 10,000 eggs and juveniles per 1,720-cm(3) pot (one soybe...