Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings

Basal stem rot disease caused by Ganoderma spp. is a crucial disease of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and a major economic concern in Southeast Asian countries. The disease causes death of oil palm by slowly rotting the trunk base of oil palm. Fungicide or herbicide has long been the temporary...

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Main Author:	Md Paudzai, Farah Amira
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Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Trichoderma Microbial pesticides Oil palm - Diseases and pests
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spelling	my-upm-ir.829782022-01-11T04:26:10Z Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings 2018-03 Md Paudzai, Farah Amira Basal stem rot disease caused by Ganoderma spp. is a crucial disease of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and a major economic concern in Southeast Asian countries. The disease causes death of oil palm by slowly rotting the trunk base of oil palm. Fungicide or herbicide has long been the temporary solution for the disease control, however, planters prefer for natural solution using biological control agent such as endophytic microorganisms. Trichoderma is a well-known biological control agent (BCA) for plant disease and has shown to be effective against basal stem rot (BSR) infection. Trichoderma possesses control mechanism through mycoparatism, antibiosis, and also trigger induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plant. Trichoderma produces compounds and cell-wall degrading enzymes during the colonization of plant roots, thus, limiting the growth of pathogenic fungi. Thus, this study attempts to investigate endophytic Trichoderma ability as an antagonistic biocontrol against Ganoderma boninense and its ability to prime the immune system of the host through ISR. Two potential endophytic Trichoderma isolates 7b and 159c were identified using universal primer pairs TW81 and AB28. The amplification of internal transcribed (ITS) region produced a fragment 600bp. Sequence analysis of 7b and 159c isolates revealed that the isolates showed 99 % percent identical to Trichoderma virens strains available in Genbank database. Phylogenetic analysis showed that T. virens isolate7b and 159c are grouped in same clade with other T. virens and Hypocrea virens. The potential of both T. virens isolates 7b and 159c to be used as BCA were assessed through in vitro assays by percentage inhibition of radial growth (PIRG) and potential in dual culture (PIRG: 65.33% ± 1.42 and 67.20% ± 2.19) and poison agar assay (PIRG: 91.06% ± 9.63 and 58.82% ± 8.64). Observation using scanning electron microscope (SEM) detected severe mycelia deformation such as shriveling, clumping, and shrinking of Ganoderma boninese hyphae in the presence of T. virens isolate 7b and 159c. The zone of interaction between the pathogen and T. virens isolates 7b and 159c detected mycoparatism activity to which breaking and coiling of BSR pathogen by T,virens was observed. Oil palm seedlings inoculated with combination of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c have increased in vegetative parameters such as height, girth, frond count and chlorophyll content. However, disease suppression was significantly the highest in seedlings treated with T. virens isolate 159c having the disease severity of 16.98% when compared to other treatments. Seedlings inoculated with T. virens isolate 159c significantly reduced the disease development measured as the area under disease progression curve (AUDPC) with disease reduction of 64.04% (P<0.05). External and internal symptom of BSR development in oil palm seedlings were correlated each other. Production of peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, phenylalanine lyase, superoxide dismutase, chitinase, and β-1,3-glucanase were measured using enzymatic assay from leaf tissue upon inoculation of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c. Treatment of T. virens enhanced the levels of plant defense-related enzymes in oil palm seedlings. This study showed that the inoculation of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c triggered the induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings through induction of defense enzymes. Application of endophytic T. virens to oil palm seedlings is effective to control the development of BSR disease in oil palm. Trichoderma Microbial pesticides Oil palm - Diseases and pests 2018-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82978/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82978/1/FBSB%202018%2052%20ir.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Trichoderma Microbial pesticides Oil palm - Diseases and pests Yusof, Mohd Termizi
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
advisor	Yusof, Mohd Termizi
topic	Trichoderma Microbial pesticides Oil palm - Diseases and pests
spellingShingle	Trichoderma Microbial pesticides Oil palm - Diseases and pests Md Paudzai, Farah Amira Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
description	Basal stem rot disease caused by Ganoderma spp. is a crucial disease of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and a major economic concern in Southeast Asian countries. The disease causes death of oil palm by slowly rotting the trunk base of oil palm. Fungicide or herbicide has long been the temporary solution for the disease control, however, planters prefer for natural solution using biological control agent such as endophytic microorganisms. Trichoderma is a well-known biological control agent (BCA) for plant disease and has shown to be effective against basal stem rot (BSR) infection. Trichoderma possesses control mechanism through mycoparatism, antibiosis, and also trigger induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plant. Trichoderma produces compounds and cell-wall degrading enzymes during the colonization of plant roots, thus, limiting the growth of pathogenic fungi. Thus, this study attempts to investigate endophytic Trichoderma ability as an antagonistic biocontrol against Ganoderma boninense and its ability to prime the immune system of the host through ISR. Two potential endophytic Trichoderma isolates 7b and 159c were identified using universal primer pairs TW81 and AB28. The amplification of internal transcribed (ITS) region produced a fragment 600bp. Sequence analysis of 7b and 159c isolates revealed that the isolates showed 99 % percent identical to Trichoderma virens strains available in Genbank database. Phylogenetic analysis showed that T. virens isolate7b and 159c are grouped in same clade with other T. virens and Hypocrea virens. The potential of both T. virens isolates 7b and 159c to be used as BCA were assessed through in vitro assays by percentage inhibition of radial growth (PIRG) and potential in dual culture (PIRG: 65.33% ± 1.42 and 67.20% ± 2.19) and poison agar assay (PIRG: 91.06% ± 9.63 and 58.82% ± 8.64). Observation using scanning electron microscope (SEM) detected severe mycelia deformation such as shriveling, clumping, and shrinking of Ganoderma boninese hyphae in the presence of T. virens isolate 7b and 159c. The zone of interaction between the pathogen and T. virens isolates 7b and 159c detected mycoparatism activity to which breaking and coiling of BSR pathogen by T,virens was observed. Oil palm seedlings inoculated with combination of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c have increased in vegetative parameters such as height, girth, frond count and chlorophyll content. However, disease suppression was significantly the highest in seedlings treated with T. virens isolate 159c having the disease severity of 16.98% when compared to other treatments. Seedlings inoculated with T. virens isolate 159c significantly reduced the disease development measured as the area under disease progression curve (AUDPC) with disease reduction of 64.04% (P<0.05). External and internal symptom of BSR development in oil palm seedlings were correlated each other. Production of peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, phenylalanine lyase, superoxide dismutase, chitinase, and β-1,3-glucanase were measured using enzymatic assay from leaf tissue upon inoculation of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c. Treatment of T. virens enhanced the levels of plant defense-related enzymes in oil palm seedlings. This study showed that the inoculation of T. virens isolates 7b and 159c triggered the induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings through induction of defense enzymes. Application of endophytic T. virens to oil palm seedlings is effective to control the development of BSR disease in oil palm.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Md Paudzai, Farah Amira
author_facet	Md Paudzai, Farah Amira
author_sort	Md Paudzai, Farah Amira
title	Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
title_short	Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
title_full	Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
title_fullStr	Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
title_full_unstemmed	Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
title_sort	endophytic trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82978/1/FBSB%202018%2052%20ir.pdf
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Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings

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