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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

LIST OF SOME<br />

FUNGAL DISEASES<br />

(contd)<br />

Many more<br />

biocontrol products<br />

available overseas<br />

(Agrios 2005)<br />

Mycoherbicides<br />

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HOST RANGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

BENEFICIAL FUNGI<br />

FOOD<br />

French black truffle Tuber melanosporum Truffles grow on roots of<br />

hazel <strong>and</strong> oak trees in Tas in<br />

a mycorrhizal symbiosis<br />

Cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus Grow on organic matter<br />

PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS<br />

Pencillin antibiotics Penicillium spp. Bacterial diseases in humans<br />

<strong>and</strong> animals<br />

MYCORRHIZAS<br />

Beneficial association between fungi from all groups <strong>and</strong> the roots of most plants.<br />

Symbiosis<br />

Boletus spp., Endogone spp.<br />

Glomus spp.<br />

Many more species<br />

Make certain nutrients more<br />

available to the plant, see also<br />

truffles above<br />

ENDOPHYTES<br />

An endophyte is a fungus or bacterium that grows within a plant in a mutually<br />

beneficial relationship; it may protect the plant from insects, disease, heat or drought.<br />

Endophyte fungi Acremonium lolii in perennial Protects perennial ryegrass<br />

ryegrass<br />

from Argentine stem weevil<br />

BIO-CONTROL OF INSECTS<br />

Greenguard <br />

BioCane <br />

Other fungi<br />

Metarhizium spp.<br />

Metarhizium spp.<br />

Beauvaria bassiana<br />

Australian plague locust<br />

Greyback canegrub<br />

Thrips, aphids, whiteflies,<br />

mealybugs, etc<br />

Various insects<br />

Green peach aphid<br />

Entomophthora spp.<br />

Verticillium lecanii<br />

BI0-CONTROL OF SOIL FUNGI<br />

Trich-A-Soil Trichoderma spp. Suppresses soilborne fungal<br />

diseases, eg Phytophthora,<br />

Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia;<br />

in NZ possibly Botrytis on kiwi<br />

fruit<br />

Nutri-Life<br />

TrichoShield TM<br />

Others (possibility of<br />

commercialization)<br />

BIO-CONTROL OF WEEDS<br />

Fungi (Trichoderma spp.,<br />

Gliocladium) <strong>and</strong> a<br />

bacterium (Bacillus subtilis)<br />

Clonostachys rosea<br />

Coniothyrium mintans<br />

Disease suppressant for seeds,<br />

seedlings, transplants, bulbs,<br />

cuttings, grafts <strong>and</strong> established<br />

crops<br />

Seed <strong>and</strong> soilborne diseases<br />

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum<br />

Potential Mycoherbicide Alternaria zinniae Noogoora burr complex<br />

Possibility Mycoherbicide (NZ) Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Ranunculus acris in pastures<br />

Rust s Blackberry rust Phragmidium violacearum Blackberry<br />

Rust<br />

Puccinia myrsiphylli Bridal creeper<br />

Prospodium tuberculatum Lantana<br />

OTHERS<br />

Kombuchea fungus A yeast fungus Kombacha is a symbiotic<br />

relationship of a number of<br />

Saprophytic fungi<br />

(decomposers)<br />

Fungi (also bacteria,<br />

nematodes, insects, mites, etc)<br />

bacterial <strong>and</strong> yeast cultures<br />

Plant residues, releasing<br />

nutrients for plants, etc<br />

Nitrogen-fixing nodules Actinorhizae (bacteria) Mycorrhizal roots Proteoid roots form on most<br />

(bacteria) on legumes, eg on Alnus. (fungus roots). Proteaceae, eg banksia, grevillea.<br />

clovers<br />

Fig. 179. Beneficial structures on roots of plants greatly improve plant<br />

growth by increasing the absorbing surface of the root system. Mycorrhizal <strong>and</strong><br />

proteoid roots exploit nutrients especially in soils low in phosphorus.<br />

Fungal diseases - Biology, identification <strong>and</strong> classification 323

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