Protective role of silicon in the banana-Cylindrocladium spathiphylli pathosystem

Vermeire, Marie-Liesse; Kablan, Lucie A.; Dorel, Marc; Delvaux, Bruno; Risède, Jean-Michel; Legrève, Anne

doi:10.1007/s10658-011-9835-x

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“…There have been a few reports of Si-induced resistance against bacterial pathogens, with the most notable report being Si-induced resistance in tomatoes against Ralstonia solanacearum (Diogo & Wydra, 2007;Kurabachew & Wydra, 2014). The beneficial role of Si application for banana has been demonstrated only against fungal diseases such as black sigatoka and root-rot caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis and Cylindrocladium spathiphylli, respectively (Vermeire et al, 2011;Kablan et al, 2012). In addition, Fortunato et al (2012) showed that supplying Si to banana plants had a great potential to reduce the intensity of fusarium wilt.…”

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Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana

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Silicon (Si) has been reported to be a beneficial element and shown to enhance disease resistance in many crops, although it is not regarded to be critical for plant growth and development. In this study, the potential effect of Si supplementation on resistance to banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease was evaluated using various banana cultivars. Si application at a concentration of 200 mg per plant per week was found to be optimal in enhancing resistance to BXW without any detrimental effects on plant growth. The effect of varying the duration of Si application showed continuous supply of Si before and after pathogen inoculation led to a significantly higher level of resistance to BXW in all the banana cultivars tested in comparison to non-Si-treated inoculated plants. Banana plants treated with Si before pathogen inoculation only, also exhibited high protection against BXW similar to plants treated continuously with Si. The total Si content in leaves increased significantly in Si-treated plants in comparison to non-Si-treated control plants. The amount of Si accumulation was directly correlated to the duration of application; plants treated with Si continuously showed significantly higher amounts of Si accumulation in leaves than plants where Si application was terminated following bacterial inoculation or when Si application started immediately after pathogen inoculation. The Si-treated plants also showed higher activity of the peroxidase enzyme in comparison to non-Si-treated control plants. This study confirms that application of Si enhances resistance to BXW and may provide an alternative disease management strategy.

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Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana

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“…For black sigatoka, caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, disease progress was faster and the symptoms were more severe in plants grown in the absence of Si, and high Si concentration in the leaves of plants resulted in reduced disease symptoms (27). In the roots of banana plants grown on a ferralsol amended with 2 mM Si, Si produced a reduction of ≈50% of the necrosis caused by Cylindrocladium spathiphylli, in addition to improving the plant growth (53).…”

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Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of the Resistance of Banana Plants to Fusarium Wilt Potentiated by Silicon

Fortunato¹,

Rodrigues²,

Nascimento³

2012

Phytopathology®

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Silicon amendments to soil have resulted in a decrease of diseases caused by several soilborne pathogens affecting a wide number of crops. This study evaluated the physiological and biochemical mechanisms that may have increased resistance of banana to Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, after treatment with silicon (Si) amendment. Plants from the Grand Nain (resistant to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense) and "Maçã" (susceptible to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense) were grown in plastic pots amended with Si at 0 or 0.39 g/kg of soil (-Si or +Si, respectively) and inoculated with race 1 of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Relative lesion length (RLL) and asymptomatic fungal colonization in tissue (AFCT) were evaluated at 40 days after inoculation. Root samples were collected at different times after inoculation with F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense to determine the level of lipid peroxidation, expressed as equivalents of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, and carotenoids), total soluble phenolics (TSP), and lignin-thioglycolic acid (LTGA) derivatives; the activities of the enzymes phenylalanine ammonia-lyases glucanases (PALs), peroxidases (POXs), polyphenoloxidases (PPOs), β-1,3-glucanases (GLUs), and chitinases (CHIs); and Si concentration in roots. Root Si concentration was significantly increased by 35.3% for the +Si treatment compared with the -Si treatment. For Grand Nain, the root Si concentration was significantly increased by 12.8% compared with "Maçã." Plants from Grand Nain and "Maçã" in the +Si treatment showed significant reductions of 40.0 and 57.2%, respectively, for RLL compared with the -Si treatment. For the AFCT, there was a significant reduction of 18.5% in the +Si treatment compared with the -Si treatment. The concentration of MDA significantly decreased for plants from Grand Nain and "Maçã" supplied with Si compared with the -Si treatment while the concentrations of H(2)O(2) on roots and pigments on leaves significantly increased. The concentrations of TSP and LTGA derivatives as well as the PALs, PPOs, POXs, GLUs, and CHIs activities significantly increased on roots of plants from Grand Nain and "Maçã" from the +Si treatment compared with the -Si treatment. Results of this study suggest that the symptoms of Fusarium wilt on roots of banana plants supplied with Si decreased due to an increase in the concentrations of H(2)O(2), TSP, and LTGA derivatives and greater activities of PALs, PPOs, POXs, GLUs, and CHIs.

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“…Using the image analysis program WinRHIZO, Vermeire et al (2011) exhibited that root-rot fungi Cylindrocladium spathiphylli infection in banana could be mitigated. The Si amendment also alleviated growth reduction caused by the pathogen.…”

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Role of Silicon on Enhancing Disease Resistance in Tropical Fruits and Vegetables: A Review

Weerahewa

Somapala

2016

OUSL Jnl

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Silicon (Si) has proven to enhance disease resistance in a wide range of tropical fruits and vegetables. It has been used in controlling various diseases: mildews, rots, moulds, wilt, blight, anthracnose and leaf spots. However, the highest number of records was available on reducing diseases of powdery mildews on fruits and vegetables belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Siliconmediated defense responses in plant pathosystems are mainly attributed to the physical resistance, which involves reduced penetrability and/or increased hardness and abrasiveness of plant tissues because of silica deposition. The main mechanism is the chemical resistance, which involves chemical defenses to pathogen attack through the enhanced production of defensive enzymes and the production of antifungal compounds such as phenolic metabolism products, phytoalexins and pathogenesis related proteins. Silicon has been applied as soluble silicates to the substrate or to soilless media at pre-harvest level on reducing disease susceptibility. Post-harvest dips of fresh produce in silicate solutions and use of Si combined with a biocontrol agent are other aspects of silicon application in controlling diseases in fruits and vegetables.

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Protective role of silicon in the banana-Cylindrocladium spathiphylli pathosystem

Cited by 36 publications

References 29 publications

Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana

Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana

Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of the Resistance of Banana Plants to Fusarium Wilt Potentiated by Silicon

Role of Silicon on Enhancing Disease Resistance in Tropical Fruits and Vegetables: A Review

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