Microbially induced defense related proteins against postharvest anthracnose infection in mango

Metschnikowia pulcherrima strain MACH1 outcompetes Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria alternata and Penicillium expansum in apples through iron depletion

“…Biological control using microbial antagonists (Janisiewicz and Korsten, 2002;Spadaro and Gullino, 2004) has emerged as one of the most promising alternatives, either alone or as part of an integrated pest management to reduce pesticide use. During the past 30 years, several biocontrol agents have been exploited and widely investigated against different postharvest fungal pathogens (Lima et al, 1997;Zahavi et al, 2000;Vivekananthan et al, 2004;Calvo et al, 2007). Among the different biocontrol agents, yeasts deserve particular attention, as their activity does not generally depend on the production of toxic metabolites, which could have a negative environmental or toxicological impact.…”

Bacterial antagonists and hexanal-induced systemic resistance of mango fruits against Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing stem-end rot

“…Saravanan et al (2003) reported that P. fluorescens induced twofold increases in PPO in banana roots against Fusarium wilt disease. Vivekananthan et al (2004b) reported that the PPO isoforms PPO1, PPO2 and PPO3 were induced in fruits dipped with the P. fluorescens (FP7) + Chitin amendmentbased bio-inoculants treatments. In our study, PPO induction by both enzyme level and isoforms were higher in mango fruits treated with combined application of P. fluorescens and least concentration of hexanal.…”

New Bacterial Agents to Limit <i>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</i> Development on Mango

“…Contrarily to fungal biocontrol agents, bacteria selected to biocontrol mango anthracnose come from a wide range of environments: plant isolate collections [35], soil [36], green banana surface [37] or mango leaf [38] [39]. The spore-forming bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus pumilus [36], Bacillus licheniformis [40] [41] and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens [37] produce antifungal metabolites which mediate a direct in vitro inhibition of phytopathogen growth, whereas Pseudomonas fluorescens induces plant defences, especially by production of fungal cell wall lytic enzymes [35].…”