Claim · model-written summary
Alternaria alternata, Alternaria tenuissima and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides were isolated from symptomatic cactus pear cladodes.
- Organ / stage
- symptomatic cladodese2
- Interactor
- Alternaria alternata
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Alternaria alternatae2pathogen - Outcome
- fungal agentse2
- Qualifier
- Alternaria tenuissima, Colletotrichum gloeosporioidese2
OpuntiaNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
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Verbatim
e1“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”
e2“The study enabled the isolation and identification of several fungal agents from symptomatic cladodes, namely Alternaria alternata, Alternaria tenuissima, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Aspergillus tubingensis”
Title
Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Aspergillus tubingensis was isolated from symptomatic cactus pear cladodes.
- Association Alternaria alternata was the most aggressive of the isolated pathogens and was selected for antagonism assays.
- Intervention effect All antagonists showed significant inhibitory effects against Alternaria alternata in vitro.
- Association Bacterial isolates B. siamensis, B. halotolerans and P. peli, and Trichoderma harzianum, showed the highest antagonist efficacy.
- Observation The efficacy of the three most effective bacterial isolates was confirmed in vivo on one-year-old cladodes.
- Observation Trichoderma harzianum showed significant pathogenic potential on cladodes of O. ficus-indica and O. megacantha.
- Observation The three most effective bacterial isolates produced antifungal volatile organic compounds.
- Observation Amylase, chitinase and cellulase production differed among the three most effective isolates.
- Observation Protease production differed among the three most effective isolates.
- Observation Genes associated with antifungal lipopeptide biosynthesis were detected only in P. peli.