Mycoparasitism as a mechanism of Trichoderma-mediated suppression of plant diseases

PK Mukherjee, A Mendoza-Mendoza, S Zeilinger… - Fungal Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Trichoderma spp. are widely used as plant disease biocontrol agents in agriculture.
Mycoparasitism, which is an ancestral trait of Trichoderma, is one of the most important …

Molecular dialogues between Trichoderma and roots: role of the fungal secretome

A Mendoza-Mendoza, R Zaid, R Lawry… - Fungal Biology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Trichoderma species are opportunistic fungi residing primarily in soil, tree bark and on wild
mushrooms. Trichoderma is capable of killing other fungi and penetrating plant roots, and is …

The genomes of three uneven siblings: footprints of the lifestyles of three Trichoderma species

M Schmoll, C Dattenböck… - Microbiology and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genus Trichoderma contains fungi with high relevance for humans, with applications in
enzyme production for plant cell wall degradation and use in biocontrol. Here, we provide a …

Necrotrophic mycoparasites and their genomes

M Karlsson, L Atanasova, DF Jensen… - Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycoparasitism is a lifestyle where one fungus establishes parasitic interactions with other
fungi. Species of the genus Trichoderma together with Clonostachys rosea are among the …

The riddles of Trichoderma induced plant immunity

R Salwan, A Sharma, R Kaur, R Sharma, V Sharma - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the initial finding of Trichoderma as a biocontrol agent, efforts have been largely
focused on understanding the role of glycosyl hydrolases and antibiotics in mycoparasitism …

Cell wall–associated effectors of plant-colonizing fungi

S Tanaka, R Kahmann - Mycologia, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Plant-colonizing fungi secrete a cocktail of effector proteins during colonization. After
secretion, some of these effectors are delivered into plant cells to directly dampen the plant …

Bacterial expansins and related proteins from the world of microbes

N Georgelis, N Nikolaidis, DJ Cosgrove - Applied microbiology and …, 2015 - Springer
The discovery of microbial expansins emerged from studies of the mechanism of plant cell
growth and the molecular basis of plant cell wall extensibility. Expansins are wall-loosening …

The Cerato-Platanin protein Epl-1 from Trichoderma harzianum is involved in mycoparasitism, plant resistance induction and self cell wall protection

EV Gomes, MN Costa, RG de Paula… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Trichoderma harzianum species are well known as biocontrol agents against important
fungal phytopathogens. Mycoparasitism is one of the strategies used by this fungus in the …

Metabolic potential of halophilic filamentous fungi—current perspective

W Śliżewska, K Struszczyk-Świta… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salty environments are widely known to be inhospitable to most microorganisms. For
centuries salt has been used as a food preservative, while highly saline environments were …

Genome and secretome analysis of the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen, Moniliophthora roreri, which causes frosty pod rot disease of cacao: mechanisms of the …

LW Meinhardt, GGL Costa, DPT Thomazella… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background The basidiomycete Moniliophthora roreri is the causal agent of Frosty
pod rot (FPR) disease of cacao (Theobroma cacao), the source of chocolate, and FPR is one …