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Chaetomium globosum: a potential biocontrol agent for root rot of date palm seedlings

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The date palm has economic importance in the world, especially in the Middle East. In this investigation, the effect of three different Chaetomium species on infected date palm plants with different fungal pathogens i.e., Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum, F. chlamydosporum, and F. solani was studied. Pathogenicity tests of root rot pathogens on date palm seedlings were carried out, F. oxysporum was the most virulent isolate which gave the highest percentage of diseases incidence after 45 days (55.5%) while the least virulent isolate was F. solani 1 and F. verticillioides which gave (11.7 %). Nine isolates of Chaetomium spp. suppressed the radial growth of root rot pathogens. The mode of action of Chaetomium isolates towards pathogens varied, some isolates suppressed the growth of the pathogens while others showed moderate inhibition of the mycelial growth of pathogens. C. globosum isolate No. 2 was chosen depending on the antagonism test that gave a highly significant growth reduction of the pathogen. C. globosum isolate No. 2 was the best isolate in controlling root rot disease incidence. Biochemical changes in the treated plants, phenol, indol acetic acid and polyphenol oxidase enzyme (PPO) activity were decreased in infected plants with the tested fungal pathogens, however, were increased in plants treated with C. globosum and in plants treated with a mixture of fungi and C. globosum compared with control and fungicide treatments. Chlorophyll a and b were increased in plants treated with a mixture of the tested fungi and C. globosum compared with all, while carotenoids were increased in infected plants with F. solani, R. solani, and F. oxysporum, respectively compared with other treatments. CAT enzyme activity was increased in infected plants with any of F. solani, F. oxysporum and R. solani. 

DOI

10.21608/ejp.2024.353068

Keywords

Chaetomium globosum, date palm root rot, Biocontrol

Authors

First Name

Loay

Last Name

Lewaa

MiddleName

Mansour

Affiliation

Dept. of Date Palm Pests and Diseases, Central Lab. for Date Palm, Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt.

Email

loaylewaa@agr.asu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-9392-3765

First Name

Huda

Last Name

zakaria

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dept. of Mycology Research and Disease Survey, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agric.Res. Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

huda_zoher@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0009-0002-2714-5106

Volume

51

Article Issue

2

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42664

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-12-24

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

114

Page End

128

Print ISSN

1110-0230

Online ISSN

2090-2522

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https://ejp.journals.ekb.eg/article_353068.html

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1,256

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Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology

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https://ejp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Chaetomium globosum: a potential biocontrol agent for root rot of date palm seedlings

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25 Dec 2024