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Identification of fungi in Tunisian olive orchards: characterization and biological control potential.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Olive production is the main agricultural activity in Tunisia. The diversity of fungi was explored in two different olive groves located in two distant geographical zones in Sfax (Tunisia) with different management practices. RESULTS:Fungal isolation was made from soil and the major olive tree pests, namely the Olive fly, Bactrocera oleae Gmelin (Diptera: Tephritidae), and the Olive psyllid, Euphyllura olivina Costa (Homoptera: Psyllidae). A total of 34 fungal isolates were identified according to their phenotypic, genotypic, biochemical and biological activities. Twenty fungal species were identified belonging to six different genera (Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Lecanicillium and Penicillium) by the analysis of their ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ribosomal DNA region. Different bioassays performed in this work revealed that 25/34 (73.5%) of the identified fungal isolates showed an entomopathogenic and/or antagonistic activity, 9/34 (26.5%) of them displayed phytopathogenic features. CONCLUSIONS:Fungal species that showed entomopathogenic and/or antagonistic potentialities and that are non-phytopathogenic, (17/34; 50%) of our fungal isolates, could be explored for olive protection against fungal diseases and pests, and might have a future application as biocontrol agents.

SUBMITTER: Gharsallah H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552492 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of fungi in Tunisian olive orchards: characterization and biological control potential.

Gharsallah Houda H Ksentini Ines I Naayma Sourour S Hadj Taieb Karama K Abdelhedi Nour N Schuster Christina C Triki Mohamed Ali MA Ksantini Mohieddine M Leclerque Andreas A

BMC microbiology 20201012 1

<h4>Background</h4>Olive production is the main agricultural activity in Tunisia. The diversity of fungi was explored in two different olive groves located in two distant geographical zones in Sfax (Tunisia) with different management practices.<h4>Results</h4>Fungal isolation was made from soil and the major olive tree pests, namely the Olive fly, Bactrocera oleae Gmelin (Diptera: Tephritidae), and the Olive psyllid, Euphyllura olivina Costa (Homoptera: Psyllidae). A total of 34 fungal isolates ...[more]

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