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Front Plant Sci


Title:Volatiles Emitted from Maize Ears Simultaneously Infected with Two Fusarium Species Mirror the Most Competitive Fungal Pathogen
Author(s):Sherif M; Becker EM; Herrfurth C; Feussner I; Karlovsky P; Splivallo R;
Address:"Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, University of GottingenGottingen, Germany; Integrative Fungal Research ClusterFrankfurt, Germany; Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, Germany. Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, University of Gottingen Gottingen, Germany. Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Gottingen Gottingen, Germany. Integrative Fungal Research ClusterFrankfurt, Germany; Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, Germany"
Journal Title:Front Plant Sci
Year:2016
Volume:20160927
Issue:
Page Number:1460 -
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01460
ISSN/ISBN:1664-462X (Print) 1664-462X (Electronic) 1664-462X (Linking)
Abstract:"Along with barley and rice, maize provides staple food for more than half of the world population. Maize ears are regularly infected with fungal pathogens of the Fusarium genus, which, besides reducing yield, also taint grains with toxic metabolites. In an earlier work, we have shown that maize ears infection with single Fusarium strains was detectable through volatile sensing. In nature, infection most commonly occurs with more than a single fungal strain; hence we tested how the interactions of two strains would modulate volatile emission from infected ears. For this purpose, ears of a hybrid and a dwarf maize variety were simultaneously infected with different strains of Fusarium graminearum and F. verticillioides and, the resulting volatile profiles were compared to the ones of ears infected with single strains. Disease severity, fungal biomass, and the concentration of the oxylipin 9-hydroxy octadecadienoic acid, a signaling molecule involved in plant defense, were monitored and correlated to volatile profiles. Our results demonstrate that in simultaneous infections of hybrid and dwarf maize, the most competitive fungal strains had the largest influence on the volatile profile of infected ears. In both concurrent and single inoculations, volatile profiles reflected disease severity. Additionally, the data further indicate that dwarf maize and hybrid maize might emit common (i.e., sesquiterpenoids) and specific markers upon fungal infection. Overall this suggests that volatile profiles might be a good proxy for disease severity regardless of the fungal competition taking place in maize ears. With the appropriate sensitivity and reliability, volatile sensing thus appears as a promising tool for detecting fungal infection of maize ears under field conditions"
Keywords:Fusarium spp.Zea mays fungal pathogens maize oxylipins sesquiterpenoids volatile organic compounds;
Notes:"PubMed-not-MEDLINESherif, Mohammed Becker, Eva-Maria Herrfurth, Cornelia Feussner, Ivo Karlovsky, Petr Splivallo, Richard eng Switzerland 2016/10/13 Front Plant Sci. 2016 Sep 27; 7:1460. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01460. eCollection 2016"

 
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