Alternaria alternata Pathogen from Cuscuta japonica Could Serve as a Potential Bioherbicide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Diseased Sample Collection and Pathogen Enrichment Culture
2.2. Pathogen Isolation and Pathogenicity Determination
2.3. Determination of Differences in the Pathogenicity of Dodder Pathogens
2.4. Physiological Characterization of Dodder Pathogens
2.5. Determination of the Pathogenic Range of Dodder Pathogens
2.6. Determination of the Efficacy of the Pathogen against Dodder in the Field
2.7. Identification of Dodder Pathogens
2.8. Data Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Dodder Pathogen Enrichment Culture
3.2. Pathogens of Dodder and Their Pathogenicity
3.3. Differences in the Pathogenicity of Dodder Pathogens
3.4. Physiological Characterization of Dodder Pathogens
3.5. Pathogenic Range of Dodder Pathogens
3.6. Efficacy of Pathogens against Dodder in the Field
3.7. Identification of Dodder Pathogens
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, Y.; Ahmed, A.; Munir, S.; Chen, L.; He, P.; He, Y.; Tang, P.; Kong, B.; Wu, Y.; He, P. Alternaria alternata Pathogen from Cuscuta japonica Could Serve as a Potential Bioherbicide. J. Fungi 2024, 10, 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10070494
Liu Y, Ahmed A, Munir S, Chen L, He P, He Y, Tang P, Kong B, Wu Y, He P. Alternaria alternata Pathogen from Cuscuta japonica Could Serve as a Potential Bioherbicide. Journal of Fungi. 2024; 10(7):494. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10070494
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Yinglong, Ayesha Ahmed, Shahzad Munir, Lei Chen, Pengfei He, Yueqiu He, Ping Tang, Baohua Kong, Yixin Wu, and Pengbo He. 2024. "Alternaria alternata Pathogen from Cuscuta japonica Could Serve as a Potential Bioherbicide" Journal of Fungi 10, no. 7: 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10070494