Evaluation of λ-carrageenan, CpG-ODN, glycine betaine, Spirulina platensis and ergosterol as elicitors for the control of Zymoseptoria tritici in wheat
Résumé
Wheat crops are constantly challenged by the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici responsible for Septoria tritici Blotch (STB) disease. The present study reports the identification of five biocontrol compounds (λ-carrageenan, CpG-ODN, glycine betaine, Spirulina platensis and ergosterol) for the protection of wheat against STB in order to offer new alternative tools to farmers for sustainable crop protection. Screening of elicitors of wheat defenses was carried out through a succession of experiments: biocidal in vitro tests enabled to check for any fungicidal activities; glasshouse experiments allowed to determine the efficacy of a given compound in protecting wheat against STB; qRT-PCR biomolecular tests investigated the relative expression of 23 defense genes in treated versus untreated plants. We therefore demonstrated that λ-carrageenan, CpG-ODN, glycine betaine, Spirulina platensis and ergosterol are potential elicitors of wheat defenses. Foliar treatments with these compounds conferred protection of wheat by up to approximately 70 % against Z. tritici under semi-controlled conditions and induced both SA- and/or JA-dependent signaling pathways in the plant. These findings contribute to extend the narrow list of potential elicitors of wheat defenses against Z. tritici.
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