Corrigendum: Transcriptional Reprogramming of Arabidopsis thaliana Defence Pathways by the Entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana Correlates With Resistance Against a Fungal Pathogen but Not Against Insects

Raad, Maya; Glare, Travis R.; Brochero, Helena; Müller, Caroline; Rostás, Michael

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01481

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“…To the best of our knowledge, there have been few reports on the biocontrol effects against soil-borne diseases and their causal agents induced by endophytic colonization of EPF; only Metarhizium spp. and B. bassiana have been mentioned for the control of Fusarium culmorum , Rhizoctonia spp., and S. sclerotiorum in the literature ( Jaber, 2018 ; Raad et al, 2019 ; Tomilova et al, 2020 ; Deb et al, 2023 ). Here, we found that A. nomiae strain AnS1Gzl-1 has great potential for sclerotinia disease control, although its mechanism of resistance requires further investigation.…”

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First record of Aspergillus nomiae as a broad-spectrum entomopathogenic fungus that provides resistance against phytopathogens and insect pests by colonization of plants

Zhang,

Tian,

Sui

et al. 2024

Front. Microbiol.

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IntroductionAspergillus nomiae is known as a pathogenic fungus that infects humans and plants but has never been reported as an entomophagous fungus (EPF) that can provide other functions as an endotype.MethodsA strain of EPF was isolated and identified from diseased larvae of Spodoptera litura in a soybean field and designated AnS1Gzl-1. Pathogenicity of the strain toward various insect pests was evaluated, especially the ability to colonize plants and induce resistance against phytopathogens and insect pests.ResultsThe isolated EPF strain AnS1Gzl-1 was identified as A. nomiae; it showed strong pathogenicity toward five insect pests belonging to Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. Furthermore, the strain inhibited the growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in vitro, a causal agent of soil-borne plant disease. It colonized plants as an endophyte via root irrigation with a high colonization rate of 90%, thereby inducing plant resistance against phytopathogen infection, and disrupting the feeding selectivity of S. litura larvae.DiscussionThis is the first record of a natural infection of A. nomiae on insects. A. nomiae has the potential to be used as a dual biocontrol EPF because of its ability to not only kill a broad spectrum of insect pests directly but also induce resistance against phytopathogens via plant colonization.

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