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Colletotrichum on coffee trees in south of Minas Gerais - Brazil: physiological, molecular and pathogenic description
(Editora UFLA, 2016-10) Armesto, Cecilia; Maia, Fernanda Gonçalves Martins; Monteiro, Fernando Pereira; Abreu, Mário Sobral de
Fungi of the genus Colletotrichum spp. are cosmopolitan and are responsible for disease in many plants of agronomic importance. In coffee crops, three species have been described: Colletotrichum acutatum, Colletotrichum kahawae and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. In Brazil were only reported the species C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides, which symptoms are attributed as antracnoses, dieback and blister spot. This study evaluates the population of Colletotrichum spp. through morpho-physiological, genetic and pathogenic characteristics, in several coffee plantations in the southern of Minas Gerais. All isolates showed similar morphological and physiological characteristics, being identified as C. gloeosporioides. The best medium for mycelial growth was agar-malt extract with pH 5.5 and for spore production oat-agar medium with pH 6.5. When inoculated on berries, all isolates were pathogenic with variable levels of aggressiveness, but only 57% of these were pathogenic for hypocotyls. Three isolates, I-9, I-24 and I-26, were identified featuring the highest rates of aggressiveness in berries and hypocotyls.
Exoenzymes as a pathogenicity factor for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides associated with coffee plants
(Grupo Paulista de Fitopatologia, 2019) Armesto, Cecilia; Maia, Fernanda Gonçalves Martins; Monteiro, Fernando Pereira; Abreu, Mário Sobral de
Phytopathogenic fungi during the penetration and colonization process are capable of secreting several enzymes, which enable infection of the host live tissue, acting on the degradation of wax, cuticle and cell walls. The ability of a pathogenic agent to produce enzymes or not can determine the severity degree of a disease. In this study, 33 isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides related to anthracnose and blister spot on coffee trees were evaluated for their ability to produce hydrolytic enzymes (amylase, lipase, protease, laccase, pectinase and cellulase) and specific cell wall degrading enzymes “CWDEs” (polygalacturonase, polymethylgalacturonase and pectin-lyase), as well as their relationship with the pathogenicity/aggressiveness of isolates. For all isolates of C. gloeosporioides, extracellular enzymes could be detected, except cellulases. Isolates I-9 and I-24 produced the highest levels of extracellular enzymes, as well as CWDEs. They also had the highest disease intensity indexes, suggesting a relationship between enzymes and aggressiveness of the isolates.
GFP-fluorescent protein on the study of blister spot in coffee plants
(Grupo Paulista de Fitopatologia, 2015) Armesto, Cecilia; Martins-Maia, Fernanda Gonçalves; Monteiro, Fernando Pereira; Abreu, Mário Sobral de
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides no Brasil está associado a um complexo de sintomas na cultura do café. Apesar da observação e da identificação da patogenicidade deste, o patógeno ainda tem sua importância questionada, devido às várias formas endofíticas do mesmo, levantando dúvidas sobre a real importância do patossistema. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo demonstrar por meio da utilização de um isolado transformado com o gene gfp a capacidade de infecção e colonização de C. gloeosporioides em plântulas de café. Pode-se observar após o quarto dia da inoculação a exteriorização de sintomas como necrose pontuais as quais progrediram durante o período de avaliação, culminando na morte das plântulas. Por meio de microscopia de epifluorescencia pode-se confirmar a presença do patógeno nas plântulas, assim como visualizar a colonização interna do tecido, a formação de acérvulos e produção de conídios, confirmando que o mesmo foi o responsável pelos sintomas observados.