scholarly journals Influence of Groundnut Waste as Substrate and Host Plant on Inoculum Production of Endophytic Mycorrhiza for Large Scale Agricultural Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 686-693
Author(s):  
Ashish KUMAR ◽  
Ashok AGGARWAL ◽  
Navnita SHARMA ◽  
Anil GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Application ◽  
Inoculum Production

scholarly journals Large-scale transcriptomics to dissect 2 years of the life of a fungal phytopathogen interacting with its host plant

BMC Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise J. Gay ◽  
Jessica L. Soyer ◽  
Nicolas Lapalu ◽  
Juliette Linglin ◽  
Isabelle Fudal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Plant Infection ◽  
Effector Genes ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
Niche Adaptation ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Fungal Genes

Abstract Background The fungus Leptosphaeria maculans has an exceptionally long and complex relationship with its host plant, Brassica napus, during which it switches between different lifestyles, including asymptomatic, biotrophic, necrotrophic, and saprotrophic stages. The fungus is also exemplary of “two-speed” genome organisms in the genome of which gene-rich and repeat-rich regions alternate. Except for a few stages of plant infection under controlled conditions, nothing is known about the genes mobilized by the fungus throughout its life cycle, which may last several years in the field. Results We performed RNA-seq on samples corresponding to all stages of the interaction of L. maculans with its host plant, either alive or dead (stem residues after harvest) in controlled conditions or in field experiments under natural inoculum pressure, over periods of time ranging from a few days to months or years. A total of 102 biological samples corresponding to 37 sets of conditions were analyzed. We show here that about 9% of the genes of this fungus are highly expressed during its interactions with its host plant. These genes are distributed into eight well-defined expression clusters, corresponding to specific infection lifestyles or to tissue-specific genes. All expression clusters are enriched in effector genes, and one cluster is specific to the saprophytic lifestyle on plant residues. One cluster, including genes known to be involved in the first phase of asymptomatic fungal growth in leaves, is re-used at each asymptomatic growth stage, regardless of the type of organ infected. The expression of the genes of this cluster is repeatedly turned on and off during infection. Whatever their expression profile, the genes of these clusters are enriched in heterochromatin regions associated with H3K9me3 or H3K27me3 repressive marks. These findings provide support for the hypothesis that part of the fungal genes involved in niche adaptation is located in heterochromatic regions of the genome, conferring an extreme plasticity of expression. Conclusion This work opens up new avenues for plant disease control, by identifying stage-specific effectors that could be used as targets for the identification of novel durable disease resistance genes, or for the in-depth analysis of chromatin remodeling during plant infection, which could be manipulated to interfere with the global expression of effector genes at crucial stages of plant infection.

scholarly journals Effect of Host Plants and Potting Mixture on Growth of Sandalwood Seedlings at Nursery Stage

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 545-549
Author(s):  
Shubhashree Sahu V. Maheswarappa ◽  
Ramakrishna Hegde N. Kencharaddi ◽  
B. N. Sathish
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Santalum Album ◽  
Planting Stock ◽  
Parasite Relationship ◽  
Aromatic Species ◽  
Collar Diameter ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Santalum Album L

Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is one of the most valuable commercially cultivated aromatic species throughout the world. However, the availability of quality planting stock isthe current bottleneck in its establishment on large scale. The major problems, noticed during quality planting stock production in nurseries are scarce knowledge about host-parasite relationship and use of appropriate potting mixture apart from its seed germination. In this regard two experiments were carried out at the College of Forestry, Ponnampet during 2020-2021 to identify suitable host plant and potting mixture. Growth parameters were recorded after 90, 180 and 270 days of transplanting sandal seedlings into treatments. After 270 days of transplanting, the host plant A. lebbeck recorded higher survival of sandal seedlings (81.89 %) and the host plant C. junghuhniana had higher height growth (10.40 cm) with collar diameter 2.33mm. Potting mixture sand, soil, vermicompost, G. intraradices with C. Junghuhninana found effective for height (18.25 cm) and collar diameter (2.58 mm).

scholarly journals Synthesis and Investigation of Antimicrobial Activity of Cu2O Nanoparticles/Zeolite

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Duy Du ◽  
Dang Van Phu ◽  
Le Anh Quoc ◽  
Nguyen Quoc Hien
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cuprous Oxide ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Copper Ions ◽  
Zeolite A ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Agricultural Application ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Cu2o Nanoparticles

Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanoparticles in zeolite A were synthesized by two steps: (i) ion-exchange of copper ions into the zeolite and (ii) reduction of copper ions in cages of the zeolite by hydrazine hydrate in base medium. The Cu2O nanoparticles/zeolite product was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The particle size of Cu2O nanoparticles was of 40 nm. The antibacterial activity of the as-synthesized Cu2O nanoparticles/zeolite against Escherichia coli was also investigated. Cu2O NPs/zeolite product can be favorably produced on large scale for water treatment and agricultural application as antimicrobial agent.

scholarly journals Phase-dependent outbreak dynamics of geometrid moth linked to host plant phenology

2009 ◽  
Vol 276 (1676) ◽  
pp. 4119-4128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane U. Jepsen ◽  
Snorre B. Hagen ◽  
Stein-Rune Karlsen ◽  
Rolf A. Ims
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Birch Forest ◽  
Moran Effect ◽  
Spatial Synchrony ◽  
Spring Phenology ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Spread Model

Climatically driven Moran effects have often been invoked as the most likely cause of regionally synchronized outbreaks of insect herbivores without identifying the exact mechanism. However, the degree of match between host plant and larval phenology is crucial for the growth and survival of many spring-feeding pest insects, suggesting that a phenological match/mismatch-driven Moran effect may act as a synchronizing agent. We analyse the phase-dependent spatial dynamics of defoliation caused by cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths in northern boreal birch forest in Fennoscandia through the most recent massive outbreak (2000–2008). We use satellite-derived time series of the prevalence of moth defoliation and the onset of the growing season for the entire region to investigate the link between the patterns of defoliation and outbreak spread. In addition, we examine whether a phase-dependent coherence in the pattern of spatial synchrony exists between defoliation and onset of the growing season, in order to evaluate if the degree of matching phenology between the moth and their host plant could be the mechanism behind a Moran effect. The strength of regional spatial synchrony in defoliation and the pattern of defoliation spread were both highly phase-dependent. The incipient phase of the outbreak was characterized by high regional synchrony in defoliation and long spread distances, compared with the epidemic and crash phase. Defoliation spread was best described using a two-scale stratified spread model, suggesting that defoliation spread is governed by two processes operating at different spatial scale. The pattern of phase-dependent spatial synchrony was coherent in both defoliation and onset of the growing season. This suggests that the timing of spring phenology plays a role in the large-scale synchronization of birch forest moth outbreaks.

scholarly journals Large-Scale Ontology Development and Agricultural Application Based on Knowledge Domain Framework

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 808-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-xue MENG ◽  
Jing LI ◽  
Xiao-lu SU ◽  
Hai-yan HU ◽  
Yi-qian WANG
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Ontology Development ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Agricultural Application

scholarly journals A Fog-Irrigated Soil Substrate System Unifies and Optimizes Cyanobacterial Biocrust Inoculum Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Nelson ◽  
Ana Giraldo-Silva ◽  
Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Disturbance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Inoculation ◽  
Widespread Implementation ◽  
Inoculum Production ◽  
Dryland Ecosystems ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Multiple Services ◽  
Soil Substrates ◽  
Mixed Community

ABSTRACT Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are globally important microbial communities inhabiting the top layer of soils. They provide multiple services to dryland ecosystems but are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance from which they naturally recover only slowly. Assisted inoculation with cyanobacteria is held as a promising approach to promote biocrust regeneration. Two different methodologies have been developed for this purpose: mass cultivation of biocrust pioneer species (such as the cyanobacteria Microcoleus spp.) on cellulose supports, and polymicrobial cultivation of biocrusts in soils within greenhouse settings. Here, we aimed to test a novel method to grow cyanobacterial biocrust inoculum based on fog irrigation of soil substrates (FISS) that can be used with either culture-based or mixed-community approaches. We found that the FISS system presents clear advantages over previous inoculum production methodologies; overall, FISS eliminates the need for specialized facilities and decreases user effort. Specifically, there were increased microbial yields and simplification of design compared to those of the culture-based and mixed-community approaches, respectively. Its testing also allows us to make recommendations on underexplored aspects of biocrust restoration: (i) field inoculation levels should be equal to or greater than the biomass found in the substrate and (ii) practices regarding evaluation of cyanobacterial biomass should, under certain circumstances, include proxies additional to chlorophyll a. IMPORTANCE Biocrust inoculum production for use in dryland rehabilitation is a powerful tool in combating the degradation of dryland ecosystems. However, the facilities and effort required to produce high-quality inoculum are often a barrier to effective large-scale implementation by land managers. By unifying and optimizing the two foremost methods for cyanobacterial biocrust inoculum production, our work improves on the ease and cost with which biocrust restoration technology can be translated to practical widespread implementation.

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