Role of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tolerance response against Armillaria mellea in lavender
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Fecha de publicación
2015-08-28ISSN
1695-971X
Resumen
Lavender species form the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and are at the same time highly susceptible to white root rot. In an attempt to evaluate the response of mycorrhizal Lavandula angustifolia L. to Armillaria mellea (Vahl:Fr) P. Kumm in a greenhouse experiment, plants were previously inoculated with an isolate of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (former Glomus intraradices BEG 72) and the influence of the pH growing medium on the plant-symbiont-pathogen interaction was tested
in gnotobiotic autotrophic growth systems in which mycorrhizal inoculum was obtained from root organ cultures. After ten months growth dual-inoculated lavender plants grown in containers with a pasteurized substrate mixture produced a similar number of spikes than healthy plants and achieved equivalent plant diameter coverage. When the growing medium in the autotrophic systems was supplemented with calcium carbonate, the inoculation of lavender plantlets with R. irregularis at higher pH (7.0 and 8.5) media caused a significant decrease of A. mellea presence in plant roots, as detected by qPCR. Moreover, the observation of internal root mycorrhizal infection showed that the extent of mycorrhizal colonization increased in plant roots grown at higher pH, indicating that tolerance to white root rot in lavender plants inoculated with R. irregularis could be associated to mycorrhizal establishment.
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English
Materias (CDU)
632 - Enfermedades y protección de las plantas
Páginas
8
Publicado por
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Publicado en
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
Citación
Calvet, Cinta, Francesc Garcia-Figueres, Paulo Lovato, and Amelia Camprubi. 2015. "Role Of The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis In Tolerance Response Against Armillaria Mellea In Lavender". Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research 13 (3): e1008. doi:10.5424/sjar/2015133-7677.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
MICINN/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/AGL2010-15017/ES/DESAROLLO BIOTECNOLOGICO DE LOS PROCESOS DE MICORRIZACION Y DE TRAZABILIDAD PARA LA GESTION SOSTENIBLE DE EXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS Y DE ENTORNOS PAISAJISTICOS/
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Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
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