The Burrowing Nematode of Banana: Strategies for Controlling the Uncontrollable

Felde, A. zum; Mendoza, A.; Cabrera, J.A.; Kurtz, Andreas; Schouten, Alexander; Pocasangre, L. E.; Sikora, R. A.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2009.828.9

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“…Resistant crop plant varieties are rarely available and have their limitations, and crop rotation is not always feasible because of economic considerations or the wide host range of some nematode species (16). Additional nematode control strategies through the application of endophytes could support the development of more sustainable agricultural practices (168). Entomopathogenic nematodes are parasites of insects and therefore operate at a higher trophic level when compared with plant-parasitic nematodes.…”

Section: Plant-parasitic and Entomopathogenic Nematodesmentioning

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Mechanisms Involved in Nematode Control by Endophytic Fungi

Schouten

2016

Annu. Rev. Phytopathol.

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Colonization of plants by particular endophytic fungi can provide plants with improved defenses toward nematodes. Evidently, such endophytes can be important in developing more sustainable agricultural practices. The mechanisms playing a role in this quantitative antagonism are poorly understood but most likely multifactorial. This knowledge gap obstructs the progress regarding the development of endophytes or endophyte-derived constituents into biocontrol agents. In part, this may be caused by the fact that endophytic fungi form a rather heterogeneous group. By combining the knowledge of the currently characterized antagonistic endophytic fungi and their effects on nematode behavior and biology with the knowledge of microbial competition and induced plant defenses, the various mechanisms by which this nematode antagonism operates or may operate are discussed. Now that new technologies are becoming available and more accessible, the currently unresolved mechanisms can be studied in greater detail than ever before.

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Section: Plant-parasitic and Entomopathogenic Nematodesmentioning

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Mechanisms Involved in Nematode Control by Endophytic Fungi

Schouten

2016

Annu. Rev. Phytopathol.

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“…Analysis of data from experimental applications of nematicides across a range of African countries has demonstrated the considerable impact of nematodes on Musa across the continent 16 , such as yield responses of 71 ± 16% over three years after nematicide application 17 . However, access to suitable, high quality nematicides is often not reliable for smallholder producers in Africa, while many of the products traditionally used have since been withdrawn from use due to their high toxicity and environmental unacceptability 18 19 . A second approach of crop rotation is not often possible for farmers with insufficient land to accept the associated yield loss, because plantains out-produce all other staple crops in conditions that favour them.…”

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Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security

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Plant parasitic nematodes impose losses of up to 70% on plantains and cooking bananas in Africa. Application of nematicides is inappropriate and resistant cultivars are unavailable. Where grown, demand for plantain is more than for other staple crops. Confined field testing demonstrated that transgenic expression of a biosafe, anti-feedant cysteine proteinase inhibitor and an anti-root invasion, non-lethal synthetic peptide confers resistance to plantain against the key nematode pests Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicinctus. The best peptide transgenic line showed improved agronomic performance relative to non-transgenic controls and provided about 99% nematode resistance at harvest of the mother crop. Its yield was about 186% in comparison with the nematode challenged control non-transgenic plants based on larger bunches and diminished plant toppling in storms, due to less root damage. This is strong evidence for utilizing this resistance to support the future food security of 70 million, mainly poor Africans that depend upon plantain as a staple food.

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“…The use of biofertilizers or microbial inoculants that are capable of promoting the plants' growth and increasing their productivity is internationally accepted as an alternative to chemical fertilization. It is an environmentally correct practice that can confer sustainability to banana farming by reducing the use of agricultural inputs (ZUM FELDE et al, 2009). In Brazil, few studies have been conducted with the use of endophytic bacteria and rhizobacteria as bioinoculants (bacterial inoculants) in the banana crop.…”

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Endophytic Bacteria Used as Bioinoculants in Micropropagated Banana Seedlings

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The use of bio-fertilizers and microbial inoculants that promote plant growth and increased yield has been accepted as an alternative to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of plant growth promoting bacteria inoculation on growth and quality of micropropagated banana seedlings ‘Prata Anã’. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications and the treatments consisted of 24 isolates of endophytic bacteria. The isolates EB-50 (Bacillus sp.) and EB-133 (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) characterized as diazotrophic, the EB-51 (Bacillus pumilus) indicate for inorganic phosphate solubilization and EB-55(Bacillus subtilis) and EB-40 (Bacillus sp.) indole-3-acetic acid producers have provided significant increases for length, pseudostem diameter, fresh masses and dry masses in ‘Prata Anã’ micropropagated banana seedlings.

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The Burrowing Nematode of Banana: Strategies for Controlling the Uncontrollable

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Mechanisms Involved in Nematode Control by Endophytic Fungi

Mechanisms Involved in Nematode Control by Endophytic Fungi

Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security

Endophytic Bacteria Used as Bioinoculants in Micropropagated Banana Seedlings

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