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1. Exploring tomato Solanum pennellii introgression lines for residual biomass and enzymatic digestibility traits

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Caruso, G.; Gomez, L. D.; Ferriello, F.; Borgonuovo, C.; Evidente, A.; Simister, R.; McQueen-Mason, S. J.; Carputo, D.; Frusciante, L.; Ercolano, M. R.;     Show all 11 Authors
Source:
BMC genetics 2016 v.17 no.1 pp. 56
ISSN:
1471-2156
Subject:
Solanum pennellii; alkali treatment; arabinose; biomass production; cell walls; cellulose; crops; digestibility; enzymatic hydrolysis; ethanol; feedstocks; food availability; fruit yield; fuels; genes; genotype; hemicellulose; introgression; lignin; phenotypic variation; saccharification; screening; selection methods; tomatoes; xylose
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Residual biomass production for fuel conversion represents a unique opportunity to avoid concerns about compromising food supply by using dedicated feedstock crops. Developing tomato varieties suitable for both food consumption and fuel conversion requires the establishment of new selection methods. RESULTS: A tomato Solanum pennellii introgression population was assessed for fruit yie ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12863-016-0362-9
PubMed:
27044251
PubMed Central:
PMC4820949

2. Production of phytotoxic metabolites by pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae, the causal agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Ferrante, P.; Petriccione, M.; Cimmino, A.; Evidente, A.; Scortichini, M.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Journal of plant pathology 2014 v.96 no.1 pp. 169-176
ISSN:
1125-4653
Subject:
Actinidia chinensis; Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae; bacterial canker; culture filtrates; exopolysaccharides; extracts; financial economics; fruits; gas chromatography; glucose; hydrophilicity; kiwifruit; leaves; lemons; mass spectrometry; metabolites; molecular weight; pH; pathogens; phaseolotoxin; phytotoxicity; solvents; tobacco; virulence; Italy
Abstract:
... Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, the causal agent of bacterial canker of Actinidia chinensis and A. deliciosa, is currently causing severe economic losses worldwide. A study was conducted to verify if a highly virulent Psa strain, solated during the current outbreaks of bacterial canker of kiwifruit in Italy, produces phytotoxic metabolites in vitro. Culture filtrate, obtained from 14-day-old ...
DOI:
10.4454/JPP.V96I1.040

3. Residual biomass saccharification in processing tomato is affected by cultivar and nitrogen fertilization

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Ercolano, M.R.; Gomez, L.D.; Simister, R.; Troise, C.; Angelino, G.; Borrelli, C.; McQueen-Mason, S.J.; Evidente, A.; Frusciante, L.; Caruso, G.;     Show all 11 Authors
Source:
Biomass and bioenergy 2015 v.72 pp. 242-250
ISSN:
0961-9534
Subject:
alkali treatment; biomass production; cellulose; chemical composition; cultivars; ethanol; ethanol production; feedstocks; fertilizer rates; fruit yield; fucose; hemicellulose; hybrids; lignin; lignocellulose; nitrogen; pectins; saccharification; tomatoes; xylose
Abstract:
... Two processing tomato hybrids and five N fertilization rates were evaluated regarding their biomass, fruit yield, and saccharification potential. Although no difference was detected between the hybrids, both for fruit and residual biomass yield, 106 kg ha−1N fertilization rate showed the highest fruit mass and 186 kg ha−1 resulted in the highest residual biomass production.The biomass in the hybri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.10.030

4. Optimization of the production of herbicidal toxins by the fungus Ascochyta caulina

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Vurro, M.; Boari, A.; Zonno, M.C.; Caretto, S.; Avolio, F.; Evidente, A.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Biological control 2012 v.60 no.2 pp. 192-198
ISSN:
1049-9644
Subject:
Ascochyta; Chenopodium album; bioactive properties; biological control; conidia; fermentation; fermenters; fungi; habitats; herbicides; inoculum; metabolites; production costs; purification methods; toxins; weed control; weeds; yeast extract
Abstract:
... Safer and more environmentally friendly methods, including the use of natural substances, would be favorably considered for weed management, particularly in those habitats where the use of chemicals is restricted or banned. Ascochyta caulina, a proposed mycoherbicide for biocontrol of the weed Chenopodium album, produces in liquid culture three main metabolites proposed as possible natural herbici ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.10.005

5. Phytotoxins produced by the oak pathogen Discula quercina

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Maddau, L.; Perrone, C.; Spanu, E.; Linaldeddu, B.T.; Evidente, A.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Forest pathology 2011 v.41 no.2 pp. 85-89
ISSN:
1437-4781
Subject:
Discula; Quercus suber; fungi; keto acids; leaves; metabolites; pathogens; phytotoxicity; phytotoxins; Italy
Abstract:
... Two phytotoxic metabolites, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde and indol-3-aldehyde, were isolated and identified by spectroscopic methods from solid cultures of Discula quercina, an endophytic fungal pathogen frequently associated with oak decline in Italy. In addition, the fungus produced an unusual acyclic keto acid as a major metabolite, which was identified by spectroscopic and chemical methods as 5-oxo-6 ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00633.x

6. Production of Phytotoxins by Phoma exigua var. exigua, a Potential Mycoherbicide against Perennial Thistles

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Cimmino, A.; Berestetskiy, A.; Evidente, A.;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2008 v.56 no.15 pp. 6304-6309
ISSN:
0021-8561
Subject:
Sonchus arvensis; Cirsium arvense; broadleaf weeds; weed control; Phoma exigua; mycoherbicides; plant pathogenic fungi; mycotoxins; biological control agents; biological control; virulence; metabolites; leaves; chemotaxonomy; strains; strain differences
Abstract:
... The potential of the different Phoma exigua var. exigua strains for the biocontrol of the perennial weeds Sonchus arvensis and Cirsium arvense, occurring throughout temperate regions of the world, has been evaluated in previous studies. The majority of the above strains produced ascosonchine, a newly discovered enol tautomer of 4- pyridylpyruvic acid, whereas strains C-177 and S-9, though virulent ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf8004178
PubMed:
18598037

7. A New Flow Cytometry Technique to Identify Phaeomoniella chlamydospora Exopolysaccharides and Study Mechanisms of Esca Grapevine Foliar Symptoms

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Cimmino, A.; Evidente, A.; Iannaccone, M.; Capparelli, R.; Mugnai, L.; Surico, G.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Plant disease 2009 v.93 no.7 pp. 680-684
ISSN:
0191-2917
Subject:
Deuteromycotina; plant pathogenic fungi; fungal diseases of plants; mycotoxins; exotoxins; polysaccharides; flow cytometry; signs and symptoms (plants); Vitis vinifera; grapes; fruit crops; foliar diseases; leaves; antibodies; phytotoxicity; Botryosphaeriaceae; disease course
Abstract:
... A flow cytometry technique that unequivocally identifies some of the toxic metabolites produced by Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, one of the main fungal pathogens causing esca disease of grapevine (Vitis vinifera), was developed. Antibodies raised against exopolysaccharides (EPS)--metabolites produced by Pa. chlamydospora that have been reported to be phytotoxic--were used as antigen to immunize rat ...
DOI:
10.1094/PDIS-93-7-0680

8. Biscopyran, a phytotoxic hexasubstituted pyranopyran produced by Biscogniauxia mediterranea, a fungus pathogen of cork oak

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Maddau, L.; Franceschini, A.; Marras, F.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Journal of natural products 2005 v.68 no.4 pp. 568-571
ISSN:
0163-3864
Subject:
Ascomycota; plant pathogenic fungi; pyrans; phenylacetic acid; phytotoxicity; chemical structure; spectral analysis; Quercus suber; host plants; Sardinia
DOI:
10.1021/np049621m
PubMed:
15844950

9. Metabolites inhibiting germination of Orobanche ramosa seeds produced by Myrothecium verrucaria and Fusarium compactum

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Boari, A.; Evidente, A.; Vurro, M.;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2005 v.53 no.5 pp. 1598-1603
ISSN:
0021-8561
Subject:
herbicidal properties; seed germination; Fusarium compactum; weed control; Myrothecium verrucaria; biological control agents; trichothecenes; Orobanche ramosa; metabolites; biological control
Abstract:
... Myrothecium verrucaria and Fusarium compactum were isolated from diseased Orobanche ramosa plants collected in southern Italy to find potential biocontrol agents of this parasitic weed. Both fungi grown in liquid culture produced metabolites that inhibited the germination of O. ramosa seeds at 1-10 micromolar. Eight metabolites were isolated from M. verrucaria culture extracts. The main metabolite ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf048339i

10. Citrantifidiene and Citrantifidiol: Bioactive Metabolites Produced by Trichoderma citrinoviride with Potential Antifeedant Activity toward Aphids

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Ricciardiello, G.; Sabatini, M.A.; Ganassi, S.; Altomare, C.; Favilla, M.; Melck, D.;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2008 v.56 no.10 pp. 3569-3573
ISSN:
0021-8561
Subject:
Hypocrea schweinitzii; metabolites; bioreactors; ribosomal DNA; internal transcribed spacers; chromatography; extracts; Schizaphis graminum; insect pests; plant pests; antifeeding activity; chemical structure; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; feeding preferences
Abstract:
... Two novel metabolites with potential antifeedant activity were isolated from cultures of the fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride strain ITEM 4484 grown in solid-state fermentation on sterile rice kernels. The producing strain was identified at species level by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer regions ITS-1 and ITS-2 of the nuclear rDNA and a fragment of the translation elongation ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf073541h
PubMed:
18435538

11. Fenugreek root exudates show species-specific stimulation of Orobanche seed germination

Author:
ANDOLFI, A.,   et al.   ; FERNÁNDEZ-APARICIO, M.; EVIDENTE, A.; PÉREZ-DE-LUQUE, A.; RUBIALES, D.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Weed research 2008 v.48 no.2 pp. 163-168
ISSN:
0043-1737
Subject:
Orobanche crenata; Orobanche ramosa; crops; fenugreek; fractionation; host plants; hydroponics; metabolites; parasitic plants; root exudates; seed germination; seedlings; seeds; soil; thin layer chromatography; weeds
Abstract:
... Various Orobanche species are weedy and cause severe reduction in the yields of many important crops. The seeds of these parasitic weeds may remain dormant in the soil for many years until germination is stimulated by the release of a chemical signal from a host plant. In order to determine the effects of fenugreek root exudate on the induction of Orobanche crenata, Orobanche ramosa and Orobanche ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00609.x

12. Phyllostictines A-D, oxazatricycloalkenones produced by Phyllosticta cirsii, a potential mycoherbicide for Cirsium arvense biocontrol

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Cimmino, A.; Vurro, M.; Zonno, M.C.; Cantrell, C.L.; Motta, A.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Tetrahedron 2008 v.64 no.8 pp. 1612
Subject:
Phyllosticta; plant pathogenic fungi; biological control agents; mycoherbicides; mycotoxins; chemical structure; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; phytotoxicity; structure-activity relationships; biological control; Cirsium arvense; weeds
Abstract:
... Phyllosticta cirsii, a fungal pathogen isolated from Cirsium arvense and proposed as biocontrol agent of this noxious perennial weed, produces in liquid cultures different phytotoxic metabolites with potential herbicidal activity. Four new oxazatricycloalkenones, named phyllostictines A-D, were isolated and characterized using essentially spectroscopic and chemical methods. Tested by leaf-puncture ...
Handle:
10113/10966
DOI:
10.1016/j.tet.2007.12.010

13. Phyllostoxin and Phyllostin, Bioactive Metabolites Produced by Phyllosticta cirsii, a Potential Mycoherbicide for Cirsium arvense Biocontrol

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Cimmino, A.; Vurro, M.; Zonno, M.C.; Motta, A.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2008 v.56 no.3 pp. 884-888
ISSN:
0021-8561
Subject:
fungi; bioactive properties; metabolites; Phyllosticta; mycoherbicides; plant pathogenic fungi; biological control; biological control agents; Cirsium arvense; noxious weeds; herbicidal properties; phytotoxicity
Abstract:
... Phyllosticta cirsii, a fungal pathogen isolated from diseased Cirsium arvense leaves and evaluated as a biocontrol agent of this noxious perennial weed, produces different phytotoxic metabolites with potential herbicidal activity when grown in liquid cultures. Phyllostictines A-D, four novel oxazatricycloalkenones, were recently isolated from this pathogen and chemically and biologically character ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf0731301
PubMed:
18197625

14. Nonenolides and cytochalasins with phytotoxic activity against Cirsium arvense and Sonchus arvensis: A structure-activity relationships study

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Berestetskiy, A.; Dmitriev, A.; Mitina, G.; Lisker, I.; Evidente, A.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Phytochemistry 2008 v.69 no.4 pp. 953-960
ISSN:
0031-9422
Subject:
Stagonospora; Phoma; Ascochyta; plant pathogenic fungi; cytochalasins; mycotoxins; phytotoxicity; weed control; Cirsium arvense; Sonchus arvensis; perennial weeds; structure-activity relationships
Abstract:
... A structure-activity relationships study was conducted assaying 15 natural analogues and derivatives belonging to two groups of organic compounds, nonenolides and cytochalasins, for their toxicity against the composite perennial weeds Cirsium arvense and Sonchus arvensis occurring through the temperate region of world. The toxic nonenolides (stagonolide, putaminoxin, pinolidoxin) and cytochalasins ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.11.003
PubMed:
18155260

15. Stagonolides B-F, Nonenolides Produced by Stagonospora cirsii, a Potential Mycoherbicide of Cirsium arvense

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Cimmino, A.; Berestetskiy, A.; Mitina, G.; Motta, A.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Journal of natural products 2008 v.71 no.1 pp. 31-34
ISSN:
0163-3864
Subject:
weed control; lactones; phytotoxicity; Colpoda steinii; Stagonospora; Cirsium arvense; plant pathogenic fungi; structure-activity relationships; spectral analysis; mycoherbicides; noxious weeds; Sonchus arvensis
DOI:
10.1021/np0703038
PubMed:
18088096

16. Trigoxazonane, a monosubstituted trioxazonane from Trigonella foenum-graecum root exudate, inhibits Orobanche crenata seed germination

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Fernández-Aparicio, M.; Rubiales, D.; Motta, A.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Phytochemistry 2007 v.68 no.19 pp. 2487-2492
ISSN:
0031-9422
Subject:
Trigonella foenum-graecum; legumes; medicinal plants; root exudates; allelochemicals; chemical structure; spectral analysis; Orobanche crenata; parasitic plants; seed germination; Pisum sativum
Abstract:
... Orobanche crenata is a major threat to grain legume production. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual legume that has been shown to effectively reduce O. crenata infection when intercropped with grain legumes. In this paper, we point that this can be attributed to allelopathy, through inhibition of the germination of O. crenata by fenugreek root exudates. The main inhibitory metabolit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.05.016
PubMed:
17604061

17. Interaction between Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi and Pantoea agglomerans in olive knots

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Marchi, G.; Sisto, A.; Cimmino, A.; Cipriani, M.G.; Evidente, A.; Surico, G.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Plant pathology 2006 v.55 no.5 pp. 614-624
ISSN:
0032-0862
Subject:
Olea europaea; olives; Pseudomonas syringae pv. savastanoi; Pantoea agglomerans; plant pathogenic bacteria; bacterial diseases of plants; mixed infection; pathogenicity; microbial competition; microbial colonization; indole acetic acid; cytokinins; disease severity; Italy
Abstract:
... Results of a survey of olive knot disease in central Italy in 2002 and 2003 showed that Pantoea agglomerans was found associated with the pathogen Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (Ps. savastanoi) in 70% of the olive knots examined. Pathogenicity tests in which these two bacteria were co-inoculated on the stems of 1-year-old olive plants at ratios of 1:1, 1:100 and 100:1 showed that the growt ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01449.x

18. Ophiobolin E and 8-epi-ophiobolin J produced by Drechslera gigantea, a potential mycoherbicide of weedy grasses

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Cimmino, A.; Vurro, M.; Fracchiolla, M.; Charudattan, R.; Motta, A.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Phytochemistry 2006 v.67 no.20 pp. 2281-2287
ISSN:
0031-9422
Subject:
Drechslera; Hyphomycetes; plant pathogenic fungi; mycoherbicides; weed control; phytotoxicity; terpenoids; chemical structure; spectral analysis; Digitaria sanguinalis; grasses
Abstract:
... Drechslera gigantea, a fungal pathogen isolated from large crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) and proposed as a potential mycoherbicide of grass weeds, produces phytotoxic metabolites in liquid and solid cultures. Ophiobolin A and three minor ophiobolins i.e., 6-epi-ophiobolin A, 3-anhydro-6-epi-ophiobolin A and ophiobolin I were obtained from the liquid culture broths. Interestingly and unexpected ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.07.016
PubMed:
16962149

19. Viridenepoxydiol, a New Pentasubstituted Oxiranyldecene Produced by Trichoderma viride

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Cabras, A.; Maddau, L.; Marras, F.; Melck, D.; Motta, A.;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2006 v.54 no.18 pp. 6588-6592
ISSN:
0021-8561
Subject:
Hypocrea jecorina; metabolites; chemical structure; fungal antagonists; antifungal properties; Corticium rolfsii; bioassays; biological control agents
Abstract:
... A new pentasubstituted oxiranyldecene, named viridenepoxydiol, has been isolated (0.9 mg/L) from the culture filtrate of a strain of Trichoderma viride showing in vitro and in vivo antagonistic activity against Sclerotium rolfsii, which is the causal agent of crown and stem rot of artichoke. Viridenepoxydiol was characterized as 3,5,9-trimethyl-2-oxiranyl-dec-8-ene-2,5-diol (3) using spectroscopic ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf060713m

20. Relation between In Vitro production of ascosonchine and virulence of strains of the potential mycoherbicide Ascochyta sonchi: a method for its quantification in complex samples

Author:
Andolfi, A.,   et al.   ; Evidente, A.; Berestetskiy, A.; Zonno, M.C.; Cimmino, A.; Vurro, M.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Phytochemical analysis 2006 v.17 no.5 pp. 357-364
ISSN:
0958-0344
Subject:
Ascochyta; plant pathogenic fungi; mycoherbicides; biological control agents; pyridines; pyruvic acid; perennial weeds; Sonchus arvensis; Cirsium arvense; weed control
Abstract:
... The potential of the fungus Ascochyta sonchi as a mycoherbicide for the biocontrol of the perennial weeds Sonchus arvensis and Cirsium arvense that occur throughout temperate regions of the world is under evaluation. Ascosonchine, a newly discovered enol tautomer of 4-pyridylpyruvic acid with potential herbicidal properties, is the main phytotoxin produced by this fungus. A simple and sensitive me ...
DOI:
10.1002/pca.926
PubMed:
17019938