Vineyard Management and Physicochemical Parameters of Soil Affect Native Trichoderma Populations, Sources of Biocontrol Agents against Phaeoacremonium minimum

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Title: Vineyard Management and Physicochemical Parameters of Soil Affect Native Trichoderma Populations, Sources of Biocontrol Agents against Phaeoacremonium minimum
Authors: Guzmán Carro-Huerga, Sara Mayo-Prieto, Álvaro Rodríguez-González, Rosa E. Cardoza, Santiago Gutiérrez, Pedro A. Casquero
Source: Plants, Vol 12, Iss 4, p 887 (2023)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Botany
Subject Terms: biological control, soil analysis, principal component analysis, multiple factor analysis, in vitro assays, grapevine trunk diseases, Botany, QK1-989
More Details: Native strains of Trichoderma in vineyard soil represent an opportunity for reducing the incidence of grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in vineyards. Moreover, its relationship with the environment (physicochemical soil characteristics and farming management practices) remains unclear. In the current study, a survey was carried out on farming management used by viticulturists, and soil samples were studied to analyze their physicochemical properties and to isolate Trichoderma strains. Later, statistical analyses were performed to identify possible correlations between Trichoderma populations, soil management and soil characteristics. In addition, in vitro tests, including antibiosis and mycoparasitism, were performed to select those Trichoderma strains able to antagonize Phaeoacremonium minimum. In this study a positive correlation was found between the iron content and pH in the soil, and a lower pH increases Trichoderma populations in soils. Vineyard management also affects Trichoderma populations in the soil, negatively in the case of fertilization and tillage and positively in the case of herbicide spraying. Two Trichoderma native strains were selected as potential biocontrol agents (Trichoderma gamsii T065 and Trichoderma harzianum T087) using antibiosis and mycoparasitism as mechanisms of action. These results led to the conclusion that native Trichoderma strains hold great potential as biological control agents and as producers of secondary metabolites.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2223-7747
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/4/887; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747
DOI: 10.3390/plants12040887
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/eebd4bab49dc43a4b2317448f9aef6fe
Accession Number: edsdoj.bd4bab49dc43a4b2317448f9aef6fe
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22237747
DOI:10.3390/plants12040887
Published in:Plants
Language:English