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AMF-induced biocontrol against plant parasitic nematodes in Musa sp.: a systemic effect

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Although mycorrhizal colonization provides a bioprotectional effect against a broad range of soil-borne pathogens, including plant parasitic nematodes, the commercial use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as biocontrol agents is still in its infancy. One of the main reasons is the poor understanding of the modes of action. Most AMF mode of action studies focused on AMF-bacterial/fungal pathogens. Only few studies so far examined AMF–plant parasitic nematode interactions. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine whether the AMF Glomus intraradices was able to incite systemic resistance in banana plants towards Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus coffeae, two plant parasitic nematodes using a split-root compartmental set-up. The AMF reduced both nematode species by more than 50%, even when the AMF and the plant parasitic nematodes were spatially separated. The results obtained demonstrate for the first time that AMF have the ability to induce systemic resistance against plant parasitic nematodes in a root system.

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This study was supported by a VLIR-UDC grant from the Belgian government to D. Gervacio and by a Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) to A. Elsen.

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Elsen, A., Gervacio, D., Swennen, R. et al. AMF-induced biocontrol against plant parasitic nematodes in Musa sp.: a systemic effect. Mycorrhiza 18, 251–256 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-008-0173-6

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