Degradation of Cercosporin by laccase

a technology of laccase and cercosporin, which is applied in the direction of biocide, animal husbandry, peptide/protein ingredients, etc., can solve the problems of severe blighting of leaf tissue, cell death, and rupture of plant plasma membranes, and achieve the effect of preventing or minimizing damage to plants

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-11
LARTEY ROBERT T +1
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[0010] We have now discovered that disease in plants caused by infection with cercosporin producing strains of Cercospora may be controlled by application of laccase. When applied to the locus of the plant, or parts or seed thereof, the cercosporin toxin produced by this pathogen is degraded by the enzyme, thereby preventing or minimizing damage to the plant. The laccase may be applied alone, or in combination with one or more laccase-producing microorganisms.
[0011] In accordance with this discovery, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved process for controlling the development of disease in plants by cercosporin producing strains of Cercospora.
[0012] A further object of this invention is to provide an improved process for protecting a variety of agronomically important plants, including sugar beets, against disease by cercosporin producing strains of Cercospora.
[0014] Yet another object of this invention is to provide an improved process for protecting plants against infection by cercosporin-producing species of Cercospora which does not require the use of fungicides.

Problems solved by technology

The fungal mycelium then kills leaf cells, causing severe blighting of the leaf tissue.
Indeed, cercosporin has been reported to cause peroxidation of membrane fatty acids that leads to rupture of a plant plasma membranes and cell death.

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Microorganisms and Culture Conditions

[0115]Cercospora beticola Sacc. isolate C2 (Whitney et al., 1976, Phytopathology, 66:1158-1160) was provided by John J. Weiland, USDA, Fargo, N.Dak. and isolate S2 was isolated from sugar beet fields at Sidney, Mont., and was provided by Anthony J. Caesar, USDA, Sidney, Mont. Both isolates of C. beticola were cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA, DIFCO Laboratories), at 23° C. with a 5 hr photoperiod (light source was fluorescent light with an intensity of 45 μmol m−2s−1) for maximum production of cercosporin. Three week-old cultures were used for extraction of cercosporin.

Cercosporin Extraction

[0116] Cercosporin is visible as a red pigment on the underside of cultures growing on agar medium. Cercosporin was extracted following a modified procedure of Daub (1982, ibid). Briefly, the agar containing the fungal mycelia was removed and placed on plastic screens in a laminar flow hood to allow them to dry for 2-3 days. Dried...

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Abstract

Disease in plants caused by infection with cercosporin producing strains of Cercospora may be controlled by application of laccase. When applied to the locus of the plant, or parts or seed thereof, the cercosporin toxin produced by this pathogen is degraded by the enzyme, thereby preventing or minimizing damage to the plant. The laccase may be applied alone, or in combination with one or more laccase-producing microorganisms.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a process for controlling disease in plants due to infection with cercosporin-producing strains of Cercospora. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] Species of the fungus genus Cercospora are widespread, airborne pathogens afflicting a wide variety of agronomically important plants and crops. Spores of Cercospora which have landed on a plant germinate on the leaf surface and ultimately enter the leaf. The fungal mycelium then kills leaf cells, causing severe blighting of the leaf tissue. [0005] Toxin production, particularly the production of cercosporin, plays an essential role in the pathogenicity of Cercospora. At least two types of toxin, beticolin and cercosporin, are produced by Cercospora beticola. Beticolin was reported to be produced by C. beticola (Schlösser, 1961, Phytopathol. Zeitschrift., 44:295-312) and presents a broad spectrum of cytotoxic effects (Goudet et al., 199...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01N43/64A01N63/50A61K38/44
CPCA01N63/04A01N63/02A01N63/50A01N63/20A01N63/30
Inventor LARTEY, ROBERT T.CAESAR, THECAN
Owner LARTEY ROBERT T
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