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Potential of local hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica for biological control of chestnut blight

dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Maria Eugénia
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Valentim
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Maria do Loreto
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-16T09:53:43Z
dc.date.available2011-05-16T09:53:43Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractCryphonectria parasitica, introduced in the NE of Portugal since 1989, is now an important and widespread pathogen of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) which causes losses in chestnut fruit production and led to decline and death of many chestnut trees. Hypovirulence, a virus mediated attenuation of fungal pathogenesis, has not been frequent until now in Portugal but recently some cases of healing cankers were reported by chestnut growers. We assessed these sites and one of them, where healing cankers were clustered, was intensively surveyed. From all the trees with healing cankers, white and orange phenotypes of C. parasitica were isolated, which are both of the same vc type (EU-11). White isolates of C. parasitica showed reduced pigmentation in colony colour which was not completely stable, suppressed conidiation, reduction of phenol oxidase but no significant differences in lesion length and sporulation on chestnut twigs on dormant chestnut trees. Hypovirulent strains have dsRNA virus in the cytoplasm which is the typical element that reduces virulence in C. parasitica. Bands of dsRNA were identified in all of the white isolates and some variation in band dimension and number of bands was detected. The L-dsRNA (12 kbp), which is the diagnostic fragment of C. parasitica infection, was detected. The presence of white phenotypes of infected C. parasitica (CHV) and the fact that spreads occur in natural conditions is promising for its development as a biological control agent of Chestnut Blight.por
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dc.identifier.citationGouveia, Eugénia; Coelho, Valentim; Monteiro, Loreto (2010) – Potential of local hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica for biological control of chestnut blight. 1st European Congress on Chestnut - Castanea. Acta Horticulturae. ISSN 0567-7572. 866, p. 443-448por
dc.identifier.doi10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.866.59
dc.identifier.issn0567-7572
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/4291
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherISHSpor
dc.subjectHypovirulencepor
dc.subjectBiological controlpor
dc.subjectCastanea sativapor
dc.titlePotential of local hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica for biological control of chestnut blightpor
dc.typeconference paper
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oaire.citation.endPage448por
oaire.citation.startPage443por
oaire.citation.titleActa Horticulturae, 866por
person.familyNameGouveia
person.familyNameCoelho
person.givenNameMaria Eugénia
person.givenNameValentim
person.identifier.ciencia-id0618-49BC-EACE
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2550-9108
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5829-7669
person.identifier.scopus-author-id26533798200
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