Ecotoxicological characterisation of a mycoherbicide mixture isolated from the fungus Ascochyta caulina

Pest Management Science

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 850-856

  Fumagalli, Pietro ^a   Andolfi, Anna ^b   Avolio, Fabiana ^b   Boari, Angela ^c   Cimmino, Alessio ^b   Finizio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascochyta caulina; Ecotoxicology; Natural herbicides; Phytotoxins; Weed biocontrol

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; MYCOTOXIN;

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FUNGUS; HERBICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST; TOXIN; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISHES; HERBICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MYCOTOXINS; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

ALGAE; ASCOCHYTA CAULINA; DANIO RERIO; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 84879072994     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3447     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Thakore Y, The new biopesticide market. BCC Research Report CHM029B (2006).
2. Zhang WJ, Jiang FB and Ou JF, Global pesticide consumption and pollution: with China as a focus. Proc Int Acad Ecol Environ Sci 1(2):125-144 (2011).
3. Gullino ML and Kuijpers LAM, Social and political implications of managing plant diseases with restricted fungicides in Europe. Annu Rev Phytopathol 32:559-579 (1994).
4. Ragsdale NN and Sisler HD, Social and political implications of managing plant diseases with decreased availability of fungicides in the United States. Annu Rev Phytopathol 32:545-557 (1994).
5. Bhadury P and Wright PC, Exploitation of marine algae: biogenic compounds for potential antifouling applications. Planta 219:561-578 (2004).
6. Russell KH and Susan MB, Research initiatives in the art and science of biopesticide formulations. Soil Biol Biochem 38:845-849 (2006).
7. Regulating Pesticides. What are Biopesticides? [Online]. US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Washington, DC (2008). Available: URL:http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/whatarebiopesticides.htm [4 May 2012].
8. Zonno MC, van Der Zweerde W, Scheepens PC and Vurro M, Potential use of phytotoxic culture filtrates of Ascochyta caulina in integrated control of Chenopodium album. Proc VI Int Mycological Congr, Jerusalem, Israel (1998).
9. Netland J, Dutton LC, Greaves MB, Baldwin M, Vurro M, Evidente A et al., Biological control of Chenopodium album L. in Europe. BioControl 46:211-228 (2001).
10. Upadhyay RK, Kenfield D, Strobel GA and Hess WM, Ascochyta cypericola sp. nov. causing leaf blight of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus). Can J Bot 69:797-802 (1991).
11. Evidente A, Capasso R, Cutignano A, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Vurro M, Zonno MC et al., Ascaulitoxin, a phytotoxic bis-amino acid N-glucoside from Ascochyta caulina. Phytochemistry 48:1131-1137 (1998).
12. Evidente A, Andolfi A, Vurro M, Zonno MC and Motta A, Trans-4-aminoproline, a phytotoxic metabolite with herbicidal activity produced by Ascochyta caulina. Phytochemistry 53:231-237 (2000).
13. Evidente A, Andolfi A, Vurro M and Zonno MC, Determination of Ascochyta caulina phytotoxins by high performance anion exchange chromatography and pulsed amperometric detection. Phytochem Anal 12:383-387 (2001).
14. Bassarello C, Bifulco G, Evidente A, Riccio R and Gomez-Paloma L, Stereochemical studies on ascaulitoxin: extension of the J-based NMR configurational analysis of a nitrogen substituted system. Tetrahedron Lett 42:8611-8613 (2001).
15. Evidente A and Abouzeid MA, Characterization of phytotoxins from phytopathogenic fungi and their potential use as herbicides in integrated crop management, in Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management, ed. by Singh HP, Batish DR and Kohli RK. The Haworth Press, Inc., New York, NY (2006).
16. Allard R, Genetic systems associated with colonizing ability in predominantly self-pollinated species, in The Genetics of Colonizing Species, ed. by Baker H and Stebins G. Academic Press, New York, NY (1965).
17. Andreasen C, Streibig JC and Haas H, Soil properties affecting the distribution of 37 weed species in Danish fields. Weed Res 31:181-187 (1991).
18. Holm LG, Plunkett DL, Pancho JV and Herberger J P, The World's Worst Weeds: Distribution and Biology. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI, USA (1977).
19. Myers MG and Harvey RG, Triazine-resistant common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) control in field corn (Zea mays L.). Weed Technol 7:884-889 (1993).
20. Vurro M, Zonno MC, Evidente A, Andolfi A and Montemurro P, Enhancement of efficacy of Ascochyta caulina to control Chenopodium album by use of phytotoxins and reduced rates of herbicides. Biol Control 21:182-190 (2001).
21. Pinkerton F and Strobel GA, Serinol as an activator of toxin production in attenuated cultures of Helminthosporium sacchari. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 73:4007-4011 (1976).
22. Vurro M, Andolfi A, Boari A, Zonno MC, Caretto S, Avolio F et al., Optimization of the production of herbicidal toxins by the fungus Ascochyta caulina. Biol Control 60:192-198 (2012).
23. Avolio F, Andolfi A, Zonno MC, Boari A, Vurro M and Evidente A, Process for the large scale production and purification of Ascochyta caulina phytotoxins, potential herbicides: a new method for toxins analysis. Chromatographia 74(7/8):633-638 (2011).
24. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 201, Freshwater alga and cyanobacteria, growth inhibition test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2006).
25. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 202, Daphnia sp., acute immobilisation test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2004).
26. Elendt BP and Bias WR, Trace nutrient deficiency in Daphnia magna cultured in standard medium for toxicity testing: effects of the optimization of culture conditions on life history parameters of Daphnia magna. Wat Res 24:1157-1167 (1990).
27. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 211, Daphnia magna reproduction test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (1998).
28. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 203, Fish acute toxicity test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (1992).
29. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 215, Fish juvenile growth test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2000).
30. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 207, Earthworm acute toxicity test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (1984).
31. Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals, No. 222, Earthworm reproduction test. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2004).
32. Cavoski I, Caboni P and Miano T, Natural pesticides and future perspectives, in Pesticides in the Modern World - Pesticides Use and Management, ed. by Stoytcheva M. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 169-190 (2011).
33. Sunley R and van Opstal N, EPPO workshop on comparative assessment in the framework of substitution. 1: A summary of the conclusions and recommendations. Bull OEPP/EPPO Bull 40:101-104 (2010).
34. Finizio A and Villa S, Environmental risk assessment for pesticides: a tool for decision-making. Environ Risk Assess Rev 22:235-248 (2002).
35. The pesticide properties database (PPDB), Agriculture and Environment Research Unit (AERU), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts, UK (2009).
36. Ahlers J, Riedhammer C, Vogliano M, Ebert RU, Kühne R and Schüürmann G, Acute to chronic ratios in aquatic toxicity - variation across trophic levels and relationship with chemical structure. Environ Toxicol Chem 25(11):2937-2945 (2008).