Inhibitors of Sporangia Formation of Phytophthora capsici from Polygonum capitatum
Inhibitors of Sporangia Formation of Phytophthora capsici from Polygonum capitatum
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DOI:
10.26538/tjnpr/v2i7.10
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2018-07
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通讯作者:
J. Qi;U. Farooq;Lihong Cheng;Hui Zhang;Qian Wang;Yuanchao Wang;H. Kawagishi
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作者:
J. Qi;U. Farooq;Lihong Cheng;Hui Zhang;Qian Wang;Yuanchao Wang;H. Kawagishi
The genus Phytophthora, known as “plant destroyer,” consists of approximately 120 pathogenic species. These species could bring serious effects on agriculture, environment, and related industries. Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is economically the most important and most destructive potato and tomato disease worldwide. The disease causes annual losses of several billion dollars and globally threatens the potato market. In the middle of the 19th century, P. infestans destroyed a significant part of potato crop plantations in the USA and Europe; this pathogen is widely known as the cause of the Irish potato famine in 1845, resulting in the death of more than a million people. Various preventive control strategies are used to prevent Phytophthora infection. Metalaxyl, is the most effective and commonly used fungicide against Phytophthora. However, the long-term use of this fungicide led to serious resistance and environmental issues. Therefore, development of new methods to control Phytophthora is a very urgent task for researchers. The life cycle of Phytophthora can be separated into asexual and sexual cycles. To control the sexual reproduction of Phytophthora, we previously determined the chemical structures of two signaling molecules, namely, hormones α1 and α2, which stimulate sexual reproduction in heterothallic species. The asexual cycle is the driving force of rapid polycyclic epidemics in crops and forest trees during the