A5027109961- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Microbial Metabolism and Applications
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Biochemical and Structural Characterization
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Nematode management and characterization studies
University of Padua
2016-2021
Universität Hamburg
2019
Hydrophobins (HPs) are small secreted fungal proteins possibly involved in several processes such as formation of aerial structures, attachment to hydrophobic surfaces, interaction with the environment and protection against host defense system. The genome necrotrophic plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum contains five genes encoding for HPs (FgHyd1-5). Single triple FgHyd mutants were produced characterized. A reduced growth was observed when ΔFghyd2 three including deletion FgHyd2 grown...
Eco-friendly analogs of Trichogin GA IV, a short peptaibol produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum, were assayed against Pyricularia oryzae, the causal agent rice blast disease. In vitro and in vivo screenings allowed us to identify six peptides able reduce about 70% symptoms. One most active was selected for further studies. Microscopy analyses highlighted that treated fungal spores could not germinate fluorescein-labeled peptide localized on spore cell wall agglutinated cytoplasm....