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Mol Plant Microbe Interact

Title:		Tomato below ground-above ground interactions: Trichoderma longibrachiatum affects the performance of Macrosiphum euphorbiae and its natural antagonists
Author(s):		Battaglia D; Bossi S; Cascone P; Digilio MC; Prieto JD; Fanti P; Guerrieri E; Iodice L; Lingua G; Lorito M; Maffei ME; Massa N; Ruocco M; Sasso R; Trotta V;
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Journal Title:		Mol Plant Microbe Interact
Year:		2013
Volume:		26
Issue:		10
Page Number:		1249 - 1256
DOI:		10.1094/MPMI-02-13-0059-R
ISSN/ISBN:		0894-0282 (Print) 0894-0282 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Below ground and above ground plant-insect-microorganism interactions are complex and regulate most of the developmental responses of important crop plants such as tomato. We investigated the influence of root colonization by a nonmycorrhizal plant-growth-promoting fungus on direct and indirect defenses of tomato plant against aphids. The multitrophic system included the plant Solanum lycopersicum ('San Marzano nano'), the root-associated biocontrol fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum strain MK1, the aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (a tomato pest), the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi, and the aphid predator Macrolophus pygmaeus. Laboratory bioassays were performed to assess the effect of T. longibrachiatum MK1, interacting with the tomato plant, on quantity and quality of volatile organic compounds (VOC) released by tomato plant, aphid development and reproduction, parasitoid behavior, and predator behavior and development. When compared with the uncolonized controls, plants whose roots were colonized by T. longibrachiatum MK1 showed quantitative differences in the release of specific VOC, better aphid population growth indices, a higher attractiveness toward the aphid parasitoid and the aphid predator, and a quicker development of aphid predator. These findings support the development of novel strategies of integrated control of aphid pests. The species-specific or strain-specific characteristics of these below ground-above ground interactions remain to be assessed"
Keywords:		"Animals Aphids/*physiology Host-Pathogen Interactions Hymenoptera/*physiology Solanum lycopersicum/chemistry/*microbiology/parasitology *Pest Control, Biological Plant Diseases/*microbiology/parasitology Plant Roots/chemistry/microbiology/parasitology Spe;"
Notes:		"MedlineBattaglia, Donatella Bossi, Simone Cascone, Pasquale Digilio, Maria Cristina Prieto, Juliana Duran Fanti, Paolo Guerrieri, Emilio Iodice, Luigi Lingua, Guido Lorito, Matteo Maffei, Massimo E Massa, Nadia Ruocco, Michelina Sasso, Raffaele Trotta, Vincenzo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/05/31 Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2013 Oct; 26(10):1249-56. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-02-13-0059-R"