Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents of Theobroma cacao pathogens

By Luis C Mejía, Enith I. Rojas, Zuleyka Maynard, Sunshine A. Van Bael, A. Arnold, P. Hebbar, G. Samuels, N. Robbins, E. Herre. 2008

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Horticulture

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Foliar endophytic fungi from Hevea brasiliensis and their antagonism on Microcyclus ulei (2011, background): “Field trials assessing the effects of endophytic Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolated from healthy Theobroma cacao tissues on black pod loss (Phytophthora palmivora) evidenced that C. gloeosporioides significantly decreased the severity of that disease (Mejía et al. 2008).”
The Colletotrichum acutatum species complex (2012, background): “Endophytic Colletotrichum strains have been demonstrated to protect Theobroma cacao plants against Phytophthora pathogens (Arnold et al. 2003, Mejía et al. 2008, Rojas et al. 2010).”
Biocontrol potential of Trichoderma martiale against the black-pod disease (Phytophthora palmivora) of cacao. (2009, background): “By occupying the same ecological niche, some of these microbes can serve as further aids in the biocontrol of the target disease by means of competition (exclusion mechanism) antibiosis, mycoparasitism or induction of plant resistance (Arnold et al., 2003; Crozier et al., 2006; Herre et al., 2007; M”
Effect of Trichoderma asperellum and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on cacao growth and resistance against black pod disease (2011, background): “in direct confrontation with fungal pathogens are mycoparatism and antibiosis (Hanada et al., 2008; Mejia et al., 2008; Vinale et al., 2008), some species of Trichoderma have displayed physical interaction (root surface colonization) with the plant, resulting in beneficial effects in plant metabolis”
Verticillium wilt of olive: a case study to implement an integrated strategy to control a soil-borne pathogen (2011, background): “Endophytic fungi, which can provide diverse beneficial effects to their host plants, including enhanced resistance to diverse (a)biotic stresses (Arnold 2007; Mejía et al. 2008; Scheffer et al. 2008; Rodríguez et al. 2009b) may also represent an interesting approach for Verticillium wilts biocontrol”
A screening strategy of fungal biocontrol agents towards Verticillium wilt of cotton (2011, background): “also used endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents against major pathogens of cacao (Mejía et al., 2008).”
Diversity of fungal endophytes in leaves and stems of wild rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) in Peru (2010, background): “Endophytic fungi as potential biocontrol agents against H. brasiliensis diseases The use of fungal endophytes as agents for biological control has received increased attention (see Bailey et al. 2008; Mejia et al. 2008; Hanada et al. 2008; Paparu et al. 2009).”
Communities of fungal endophytes in tropical forest grasses: highly diverse host- and habitat generalists characterized by strong spatial structure (2014, background): “We anticipate that such studies will reveal, as in the case of macrofungi (e.g., Straatsma et al., 2001; Mueller et al., 2004), far greater richness than is observed in any short-term study, and will provide new perspectives on the distribution e and remarkable scale e of fungal biodiversity.”
Endophytic Colletotrichum species from Bletilla ochracea (Orchidaceae), with descriptions of seven new speices (2013, background): “gloeosporioides sensu lato are also known to be able to protect Theobroma cacao against Phytophthora pathogens (Arnold et al. 2003; Mejía et al. 2008; Rojas et al. 2010).”
Hidden fungi, emergent properties: endophytes and microbiomes. (2011, background): “In cacao, multiple studies have demonstrated that endophytic fungi can reduce damage by important pathogens, including Phytophthora palmivora, Moniliophtora roreri, and Moniliophtora perniciosa (8, 11, 104).”
Endophytes from wheat as biocontrol agents against tan spot disease (2016, background): “…endophytic fungi isolated from leaves and pods of Theobroma cacao have shown antagonistic effect against the three most common and economically important pathogens of cacao (Phytophthora palmivora, Moniliophthora roreri, and Moniliophthora perniciosa) (Bailey et al., 2006; Mejía et al., 2008).”