Diseases in rice plants (paddy) caused by microorganisms such as Pyricularia oryzae lead to a decrease production. Therefore, it is essential find out biological agents for protecting paddy and general, against plant diseases. Liquid smoke endophytic fungi have been known enhance the protection of disease. The purpose this study was determine ability liquid smoke, concentrations combinations su...

A diversity of plant-associated organisms secrete effectors-proteins and metabolites that modulate plant physiology to favor host infection and colonization. However, effectors can also activate plant immune receptors, notably nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat region (NLR)-containing proteins, enabling plants to fight off invading organisms. This interplay between effectors, the...

A cross resistance of pathogenic organisms to various chemicals has been increasing over a long period of time causing serious problems in the field of antibacterial drugs and veterinary drugs. Recently, it was reported that some phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi resistant to antibiotics and synthetic fungicides were isolated from diseased plants in the field and that distribution of resistant...

A new antibiotic amipurimycin, active against Pyricularia oryzae in vitro and in vivo, was isolated from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces novoguineensis nov. sp. The antibiotic was purified by a combination of ion-exchange and adsorption chromatography based on its amphoteric water-soluble characteristics. Its molecular formula was estimated to be C2oH27~31N7O8.H2O. Characteristic maxima in...

In a previous paper (Eto et al., 1975), we found the metabolic formation of a quinol phosphate in houseflies from triphenyl phosphate, which has been known as a malathion synergist (Plapp et al., 1963). It has been also reported that the fungicide edifenphos (S, S-diphenyl ethyl phosphorodithiolate ; HinosanQ) was partially metabolized through p-hydroxylation in Pyricularia oryzae (Uesugi and T...

The extraction of yacon [Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. and Endl.) H. Robinson; Asteraceae] leaves and chromatographic separation yielded two new antibacterial melampolide-type sesquiterpene lactones, 8beta-tigloyloxymelampolid-14-oic acid methyl ester and 8beta-methacryloyloxymelampolid-14-oic acid methyl ester, as well as the four known melampolides, sonchifolin, uvedalin, enhydrin and fluc...

Rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae, which is a major threat to food security worldwide, markedly decreases the yield of rice. Some rhizobacteria called 'plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria' inhibit plant pathogens and improve growth secreting iron-chelating siderophores. The decreased availability iron adversely affects survival pathogens, especially fungal in rhizosphere. This study aime...

Pyricularia oryzae (Tel. Magnaporthegrisea) is currently used as a fungal model for plantmicrobeinteraction studies as well as an indicative model for anticancer drug discovery. Thepresent study introduces the optimal condition in which P. oryzae grows and sporulates beston common culture media. We have considered three fungal culture media, i.e. PDA, PCA andWA, based on which P. oryzae sporula...

The Arabidopsis gene RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW8.1 (RPW8.1) confers resistance to virulent fungal and oomycete pathogens that cause powdery mildew and downy mildew, respectively. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we show that ectopic expression of RPW8.1 boosts pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) resulting in enhanced resistance against different pathogens in both Arabidop...