• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.441-445
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• 2015

Carrot (Dacus carota var. sativus) is one of the top-ten most economically important vegetable crops produced worldwide, and the root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., are one of the most important pests in the carrot. In Korea, M. hapla and M. incognita are presumed to be the major root-knot nematodes distributing mostly in open carrot fields and greenhouses, respectively. In our study, currently-developed and commercial carrot cultivars and the parental lines were examined for their pathological responses to M. incognita and M. hapla 7 weeks after inoculation with about 1,000 second-stage juveniles (J2) of the nematodes. All the carrot cultivars and lines showed susceptible responses to both nematodes with the gall index (GI) of 2.4-4.4, which were always higher on the carrot plants infected with M. incognita than M. hapla. Gall sizes were remarkably larger with more serious reduction of the root growths in the plants infected with M. incognita than M. hapla, suggesting the carrot lines examined in our study were more susceptible to the former than the latter. In the infection sites of the root tissues, giant cells were more extensively formed, occupying larger stellar regions with the prominent destruction of adjacent xylem vessels by M. incognita than M. hapla. All of these results suggest M. incognita affect more seriously on the carrot plants that are grown in greenhouses, compared to M. hapla that has a major distribution in open carrot fields, which would be used for determining cropping systems based on target nematode species, their damage and pathological characteristics.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.583-592
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• 2022

Root-knot nematode disease is a widespread and catastrophic disease of tobacco. However, little is known about the relationship between rhizosphere bacterial community and root-knot nematode disease. This study used 16S rRNA gene sequencing and PICRUSt to assess bacterial community structure and function changes in rhizosphere soil from Meloidogyne incognita-infected tobacco plants. We studied the rhizosphere bacterial community structure of M. incognita-infected and uninfected tobacco plants through a paired comparison design in two regions of tobacco planting area, Yuxi and Jiuxiang of Yunnan Province, southwest China. According to the findings, M. incognita infection can alter the bacterial population in the soil. Uninfested soil has more operational taxonomic unit numbers and richness than infested soil. Principal Coordinate Analysis revealed clear separations between bacterial communities from infested and uninfested soil, indicating that different infection conditions resulted in significantly different bacterial community structures in soils. Firmicutes was prevalent in infested soil, but Chloroflexi and Acidobacteria were prevalent in uninfested soil. Sphingomonas, Streptomyces, and Bradyrhizobium were the dominant bacteria genera, and their abundance were higher in infested soil. By PICRUSt analysis, some metabolism-related functions and signal transduction functions of the rhizosphere bacterial community in the M. incognita infection-tobacco plants had a higher relative abundance than those uninfected. As a result, rhizosphere soils from tobacco plants infected with M. incognita showed considerable bacterial community structure and function alterations.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2013

The nematicidal, antifungal and antioxidant activities of methanol extracts from six Vietnamese native medicinal plants were evaluated by various assays in vitro. Of the plant extracts tested, Terminalia nigrovenulosa was found to possess the highest activity when compared to the others. The leaves and bark of T. nigrovenulosa showed strong inhibitory activity against Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium solani. The DPPH (1,1-Diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl) radical scavenging, reducing power and total antioxidant activities of T. nigrovenulosa bark were higher than that of the remainder plant extracts. Chitinase activity of these plants was also investigated using SDS-PAGE. The results obtained in the present study indicate that T. nigrovenulosa leaf extracts are the greatest potential source as nematicides and fungicides for the control of M. incognita and F. solani. In particularly, T. nigrovenulosa bark extracts could be used as a potential source of commercially viable levels of natural antioxidant.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제50권
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• pp.163-168
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• 2023

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.]) is a globally important root crop cultivated for food and industrial processes. The crop is susceptible to the root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita, a major plant-parasitic RKN that reduces the yield and quality of sweetpotato. Previous transcriptomic and proteomic analyses identified several genes that displayed differential expression patterns in susceptible and resistant cultivars in response to M. incognita infection. Among these, several sporamin genes were identified for RKN resilience. Sporamin is a storage protein primarily found in sweetpotato and morning glory (Ipomoea nil). In this study, transcriptional analysis was employed to investigate the role of sporamin genes in the defense response of sweetpotato against RKN infection in three susceptible and three resistant cultivars. Twenty-three sporamin genes were identified in sweetpotato and classified as group A or group B sporamin genes based on comparisons with characterized sweetpotato and Japanese morning glory sporamins. Two group A sporamin genes showed significantly elevated levels of expression in resistant but not in susceptible cultivars. These results suggest that the elevated expression of specific sporamin genes may play a crucial role in protecting sweetpotato roots from RKN infection.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제66권
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• pp.388-393
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• 2023

This study evaluated the in vitro nematicidal activity of Glycyrrhiza uralensis root extracts (GuRE) on Meloidogyne incognita eggs and juveniles. The results showed that treatment of M. incognita eggs with 2.0 mg/mL GuRE for 5 and 10 d resulted in 64.0 and 68.1% hatch inhibition, respectively. Furthermore, the relative mortality of J2 was 96.2% after treatment with 2.0 mg/mL GuRE for 48 h. Changes in the shape of the eggs and juveniles were determined after incubation with 2.0 mg/mL GuRE for 5 d and 48 h, respectively. These preliminary results suggest that GuRE can be used as an environment-friendly bio-nematicide to control root-knot nematodes. In the future, in vivo assays should be conducted using GuRE to ascertain its potential for widespread application as a nematicide.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.679-684
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• 1994

For a biological control of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) in tomato, efficiency of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. indiana strain TH109 (BtTH109) on the nematode control was investigated. After the mixture of strain BtTH109 and wheat bran was treated into rhizosphere of the tomato plants with nematode eggs, the stem height and root growth of plants increased. And the juveniles and eggs of nematode are not found in both roots of tomatoes and pot soil after cultured broth of the strain BtTH109 treated 4 times at 3 day-interval into rhizosphere of the infected tomatoes.

• Mycobiology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.197-198
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• 2004

A new technique for single spore isolation was developed for predacious fungi forming constricting rings directly on the spores using Dactylaria brochopaga and Arthrobotrys dactyloides. Constricting rings were induced directly on the spores by transferring the spores in 25 ppm solution of DL-Valine in sterile distilled water. Freshly hatched and thoroughly washed second stage juveniles of Meloidogyne incognita were transferred into cavity blocks containing induced rings for trapping and killing of nematodes. The killed nematodes were surface sterilized with streptomycin and inoculated into petri dishes containing maize meal agar media with 100 ppm streptomycin. The petri dishes were incubated at $29{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ for few days which yielded axenic culture of these fungi.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.544-554
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• 2018

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) production in Ghana is limited by the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita, and yield losses over 70% have been experienced in farmer fields. Major management strategies of the root-knot nematode (RKN), such as rotation and nematicide application, and crop rotation are either little efficient and harmful to environments, with high control cost, respectively. Therefore, this study aims to examine morphometric variations of RKN populations in Ghana, using principal component analysis (PCA), of which the information can be utilized for the development of tomato cultivars resistant to RKN. Ninety (90) second-stage juveniles (J2) and 16 adult males of M. incognita were morphometrically characterized. Six and five morphometric variables were measured for adult males and second-stage juveniles (J2) respectively. Morphological measurements showed differences among the adult males and second-stage juveniles (J2). A plot of PC1 and PC2 for M. incognita male populations showed clustering into three main groups. Populations from Asuosu and Afrancho (Group I) were more closely related compared to populations from Tuobodom and Vea (Group II). There was however a single nematode from Afrancho (AF4) that fell into Group III. Biplots for male populations indicate, body length, DEGO, greatest body width, and gubernaculum length serving as variables distinguishing Group 1 and Group 2 populations. These same groupings from the PCA were reflected in the dendogram generated using Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC). This study provides the first report on morphometric characterisation of M. incognita male and juvenile populations in Ghana showing significant morphological variation.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2014

2012년 충남 부여에서 뿌리혹선충(Meloidogyne incognita, M. arenaria 및 M. javanica)에 대한 저항성 유전자 Mi를 가지고 있는 토마토 '유니콘' 품종에서 뿌리혹선충병이 크게 발생하였다. 이로부터 분리한 뿌리혹선충은 종 특이적 프라이머 2개에 의한 분석한 결과, M. incognita로 동정되었다. 이 선충에 의한 감수성 1개와 저항성 3개 토마토 품종의 뿌리혹선충병 발생을 조사하였는데, 실험한 모든 온도 조건에서 실험한 품종 모두는 높은 감수성을 보였다. 그리고 시판 중인 토마토 33개 품종(뿌리혹선충 저항성 25개와 감수성 8개)의 이 선충에 대한 저항성 정도를 조사한 결과, 실험한 모든 품종들은 각 품종의 뿌리혹선충 저항성과 관계없이 유사한 정도의 높은 감수성을 나타냈다. 본 논문은 우리나라에서 Mi 저항성 토마토 품종에 뿌리혹선충병을 일으키는 M. incognita 발생을 처음으로 보고하는 것이다. 한편, 새로운 저항성 육종 소재를 찾기 위한 효율적인 저항성 검정 방법을 확립하기 위하여, 이 선충의 접종 농도, 토마토 생육 시기 및 이식 시기 등의 다양한 발병 조건에 따른 토마토 4개 품종의 뿌리혹선충병 발생을 조사하였다. 접종원의 접종 농도가 증가할수록 토마토의 뿌리혹선충병 발생은 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다. 하지만 토마토의 생육 시기 및 이식 시기에 따른 토마토의 뿌리혹선충병 발생은 유의성 있는 차이가 없었다. 이들 결과들을 바탕으로 Mi-virulent M. incognita에 대한 토마토의 저항성 정도를 검정하기 위한 효율적인 방법을 제안하는 바이다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 1998

지중가온시설을 이용한 고구마뿌리혹선충(Meloidogyne incognita Chitwood) 방제를 위하여 지하 20cm 깊이의 최저지온을 각각 30. 40, $50^{\circ}C$ 가온구 및 관행의 무지중가온구로 설정하고 담수구와 무담수구로 나누어 8월 1일부터 8월 5일까지 5일간 가온한 결과, 담수구의 경우 지온 4$0^{\circ}C$에서 5일간, 무담수구의경우 지온 $50^{\circ}C$에 5일간 지중가온처리한 구에서 생존한 유충이 발견되지 않아 선충밀도를 경제적 피해수준 이하로 유지할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다. 지중가온으로 토양내 OM. P$_2$ $O_{5}$, Ca, Mg함량과 EC는 시험전 토양에 비하여 감소하였는데, 특히 담수처리에서 EC가 현저히 저하하였다.