Characterization of a protease produced by a Trichoderma harzianum isolate which controls cocoa plant witches' broom disease |
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Authors: | Janice L De Marco Carlos Roberto Felix |
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Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília., 70910-900, Brasília, Brazil
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Abstract: | Background Several Trichoderma strains have been reported to be effective in controlling plant diseases, and the action of fungal hydrolytic enzymes has been considered as the main mechanism involved in the antagonistic process. However, although Trichoderma strains were found to impair development of Crinipellis perniciosa, the causal agent of cocoa plant witches' broom disease, no fungal strain is available for effective control of this disease. We have then undertaken a program of construction of hydrolytic enzyme-overproducing Trichoderma strains aiming improvement of the fungal antagonistic capacity. The protease of an indian Trichoderma isolate showing antagonistic activity against C. perniciosa was purified to homogeneity and characterized for its kinetic properties and action on the phytopathogen cell wall. |
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