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Special Issue "Plant-Associated Fungi"

A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2023 | Viewed by 1820

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Xiaohui Pang

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Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: fungal detection and diversity in medicinal herbs

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Plants are associated with a diverse range of fungi. Plant-associated fungi can be beneficial, neutral, or harmful. Beneficial fungi confer fitness advantages on the host, including nutrient acquisition, growth promotion, pathogen resistance, and stress tolerance. For example, some endophytic fungi colonizing within plant tissues can produce bioactive chemicals that promote host growth and resistance to environmental stress. Rhizosphere fungi colonizing soil can increase nutrient availability and combat pathogens. There are also some harmful species, for instance, toxigenic fungi, which can produce toxic metabolites called mycotoxins. Studies on microbiomes are essential to improving plant productivity and health as well as the quality and safety of medicinal herbs. For this Special Issue, we invite submissions advancing the current knowledge on fungi affecting plants. Research and review papers on fungal occurrence, detection and diversity, plant–microbiome interactions, and the prevention of toxigenic fungi are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Xiaohui Pang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • microbiome
  • fungal occurrence
  • fungal detection
  • fungal diversity
  • plant-microbiome interactions
  • prevention of toxigenic fungi

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A Novel Effector FlSp1 Inhibits the Colonization of Endophytic Fusarium lateritium and Increases the Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in Tobacco
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Jianming Huang
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Zhangjiang He
,
Jiankang Wang
,
Xingping Zha
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Qing Xiao
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Guihua Liu
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Yongjie Li
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Jichuan Kang
J. Fungi 2023, 9(5), 519; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9050519 - 27 Apr 2023
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Effectors are crucial for the interaction between endophytes and their host plants. However, limited attention has been paid to endophyte effectors, with only a few reports published. This work focuses on an effector of Fusarium lateritium, namely FlSp1 (Fusarium-lateritium-Secreted-Protein), a typical unknown secreted [...] Read more.
Effectors are crucial for the interaction between endophytes and their host plants. However, limited attention has been paid to endophyte effectors, with only a few reports published. This work focuses on an effector of Fusarium lateritium, namely FlSp1 (Fusarium-lateritium-Secreted-Protein), a typical unknown secreted protein. The transcription of FlSp1 was up-regulated after 48 h following fungal inoculation in the host plant, i.e., tobacco. The inactivation of FlSp1 with the inhibition rate decreasing by 18% (p < 0.01) resulted in a remarkable increase in the tolerance of F. lateritium to oxidative stress. The transient expression of FlSp1 stimulated the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) without causing plant necrosis. In comparison with the wild type of F. lateritium (WT), the FlSp1 mutant of the F. lateritium plant (ΔFlSp1) reduced the ROS accumulation and weakened the plant immune response, which resulted in significantly higher colonization in the host plants. Meanwhile, the resistance of the ΔFlSp1 plant to the pathogenic Ralstonia solanacearum, which causes bacterial wilt, was increased. These results suggest that the novel secreted protein FlSp1 might act as an immune-triggering effector to limit fungal proliferation by stimulating the plant immune system through ROS accumulation and thus balance the interaction between the endophytic fungi and their host plants. Full article
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Assessing the Importance of Native Mycorrhizal Fungi to Improve Tree Establishment after Wildfires
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Cristian Atala
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Sebastián A. Reyes
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Marco A. Molina-Montenegro
J. Fungi 2023, 9(4), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9040421 - 29 Mar 2023
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The Chilean matorral is a heavily threatened Mediterranean-type ecosystem due to human-related activities such as anthropogenic fires. Mycorrhizal fungi may be the key microorganisms to help plants cope with environmental stress and improve the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, the application of mycorrhizal [...] Read more.
The Chilean matorral is a heavily threatened Mediterranean-type ecosystem due to human-related activities such as anthropogenic fires. Mycorrhizal fungi may be the key microorganisms to help plants cope with environmental stress and improve the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, the application of mycorrhizal fungi in the restoration of the Chilean matorral is limited because of insufficient local information. Consequently, we assessed the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on the survival and photosynthesis at set intervals for two years after a fire event in four native woody plant species, namely: Peumus boldus, Quillaja saponaria, Cryptocarya alba, and Kageneckia oblonga, all dominant species of the matorral. Additionally, we assessed the enzymatic activity of three enzymes and macronutrient in the soil in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants. The results showed that mycorrhizal inoculation increased survival in all studied species after a fire and increased photosynthesis in all, but not in P. boldus. Additionally, the soil associated with mycorrhizal plants had higher enzymatic activity and macronutrient levels in all species except in Q. saponaria, in which there was no significant mycorrhization effect. The results suggest that mycorrhizal fungi could increase the fitness of plants used in restoration initiatives after severe disturbances such as fires and, consequently, should be considered for restoration programs of native species in threatened Mediterranean ecosystems. Full article
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