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O cancro do castanheiro é provocado pelo fungo Cryphonectria parasitica é considerado a principal causa do declínio dos castanheiros na Europa. C. parasitica é um ascomiceta (Diaporthales) nativo do continente asiático. A infeção do castanheiro manifesta-se pelo aparecimento de necroses extensas na casca dos ramos e troncos, que resulta na morte dos
castanheiros. A hipovirulência é um método seletivo de controlo biológico do Cancro do Castanheiro, trata-se de uma infeção do fungo C. parasitica com Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1), um vírus de dsRNA não encapsulado do género Hypovirus. O controlo biológico com estirpes hipovirulentas é considerado um método eficaz no controlo da doença e promove a recuperação dos castanheiros. A aplicação necessita da produção em laboratório de estirpes hipovirulentas compatíveis com a estirpe virulenta presente no campo e a sua introdução na margem de cancros ativos. Neste estudo pretendeu-se detetar, identificar e caracterizar o hipovirus CHV1 com potencial para integrar programas de controlo biológico do Cancro do castanheiro em Portugal. Com a utilização de métodos moleculares foram identificados e caracterizados 11 hipovirus em isolados brancos de C. parasitica obtidos em cancros no nordeste de Portugal.
The chestnut blight caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica is considered a major cause of the decline and disappearance of chestnut trees across Europe. C. parasitica is an ascomycete fungus (Diaporthales) that is native to eastern Asia. Infection of chestnut plants with this fungus is typically associated with extensive necrosis (cankers) of the bark on stems and branches, resulting in the subsequent death of the tree. Hypovirulence is a specific method for biological control of Chestnut Blight, it is an infection of C. parasitica with Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1), a unencapsidate dsRNA virus of the genus Hypovirus. Biological control with hypovirulent strains is considered an efficient method to control the disease and improve the host plant recovery. The field application needs laboratorial production of compatible hypovirulent strain and introduction by inoculation at the margin of active cankers. In this work it was intended to identify and characterize the hypovirus with potential ability to integrate biological control programmes against Chestnut Blight. Using molecular techniques 11 hypovirus with hypovirulence potential were identified on white isolates of C. parasitica isolated on cankers from northeast of Portugal.
The chestnut blight caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica is considered a major cause of the decline and disappearance of chestnut trees across Europe. C. parasitica is an ascomycete fungus (Diaporthales) that is native to eastern Asia. Infection of chestnut plants with this fungus is typically associated with extensive necrosis (cankers) of the bark on stems and branches, resulting in the subsequent death of the tree. Hypovirulence is a specific method for biological control of Chestnut Blight, it is an infection of C. parasitica with Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1), a unencapsidate dsRNA virus of the genus Hypovirus. Biological control with hypovirulent strains is considered an efficient method to control the disease and improve the host plant recovery. The field application needs laboratorial production of compatible hypovirulent strain and introduction by inoculation at the margin of active cankers. In this work it was intended to identify and characterize the hypovirus with potential ability to integrate biological control programmes against Chestnut Blight. Using molecular techniques 11 hypovirus with hypovirulence potential were identified on white isolates of C. parasitica isolated on cankers from northeast of Portugal.
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Cryphonectria parasitica Castanea sativa dsRNA Hypovirulence CHV1
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Pereira, Eric; Rigling, Daniel; Prospero, Simone; Gouveia, Eugénia (2015). Controlo biológico do cancro do castanheiro. Deteção, identificação e caracterização do Hypovirus - CHV1 = Biological control of chestnut blight. Detection, identification and characterization of the Hypovirus - CHV1. Revista de Ciências Agrárias. ISSN 0871-018X. 38:2, p. 258-263