Metabolomics of plant pathogenic fungi of the Ceratocystis fimbriata complex by mass spectrometry techniques

• Grant number: 15/18454-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: September 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Nogueira Eberlin
• Grantee: Raquel Lopes Vieira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Fungi of Ceratocystis fimbriata complex are responsible for causing the Ceratocystis wilting disease in plants such as cocoa, mango, eucalyptus, among others, generating economic losses to agriculture. There is not complete genome, transcriptome, proteome or metabolome data of C. fimbriata complex species that could allow a thorough knowledge of Ceratocystis wilting disease. Thus, the objective of this project is to study the metabolome of two fungi of this complex: C. cacaofunesta, which is specific of cocoa, and C. fimbriata, which infects other plants. The study will be performed using mass spectrometry techniques ESI-Q-TOF (electrospray ionization quadrupole/time-of-flight) and MALDI-TOF IMS (matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight imaging mass spectrometry).

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ARAUJO, F. D. S.; VIEIRA, R. L.; MOLANO, E. P. L.; MAXIMO, H. J.; DALIO, R. J. D.; VENDRAMINI, P. H.; ARAUJO, W. L.; EBERLIN, M. N.. Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging reveals chemical defense of Burkholderia seminalis against cacao pathogens. RSC ADVANCES, v. 7, n. 48, p. 29953-29958, 2017. (13/24860-9, 15/18454-3)