1. Induction of Defense Responses and Protection of Almond Plants Against Xylella fastidiosa by Endotherapy with a Bifunctional Peptide
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Luís Moll, Aina Baró, Laura Montesinos, Esther Badosa, Anna Bonaterra, Emilio Montesinos, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, and Agencia Estatal de Investigación
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Peptide antibiotics ,Xylella fastidiosa ,Defense pathways ,Almond leaf scorch ,Transcriptomic response ,Bacterial diseases of plants ,Antibiòtics pèptids ,food and beverages ,Plantes -- Malalties bacterianes ,Plant Science ,Synthetic antimicrobial peptides ,Prunus dulcis ,Almond -- Diseases and pests -- Control ,Ametller -- Malalties i plagues -- Control ,Plant immune responses ,Bacterial pathogens ,Agronomy and Crop Science - Abstract
Beyond Xylella, Integrated Management Strategies for Mitigating Xylella fastidiosa Impact in Europe (BeXyl) (Grant Agreement 101060593). Partner/Coordinador principal: Blanca B. Landa del Castillo, Investigadora Científica del Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC)., Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogenic bacterium that has been introduced in the European Union (EU), causing significant yield losses in economically important Mediterranean crops. Almond leaf scorch (ALS) is currently one of the most relevant diseases observed in Spain, and no cure has been found to be effective for this disease. In previous reports, the peptide BP178 has shown a strong bactericidal activity in vitro against X. fastidiosa and to other plant pathogens, and to trigger defense responses in tomato plants. In the present work, BP178 was applied by endotherapy to almond plants of cultivar Avijor using preventive and curative strategies. The capacity of BP178 to reduce the population levels of X. fastidiosa and to decrease disease symptoms and its persistence over time were demonstrated under greenhouse conditions. The most effective treatment consisted of a combination of preventive and curative applications, and the peptide was detected in the stem up to 60 days posttreatment. Priming plants with BP178 induced defense responses mainly through the salicylic acid pathway, but also overexpressed some genes of the jasmonic acid and ethylene pathways. It is concluded that the bifunctional peptide is a promising candidate to be further developed to manage ALS caused by X. fastidiosa.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license., This work was supported by grants from Spain Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCIU)/AEI and EU FEDER (RTI2018-099410-B-C21, and FPU19/01434 to L. Moll) and from the European Commission XF-ACTORS (grant 727987) and BeXyL (grant 101060593). A. Bar o was recipient of a research grantfrom the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca, Departament d'Innovaci o, Universitatsi Empresa, Generalitat de Catalunya (grant 2018 FI B00334).
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- 2022
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