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Sugarcane multitrophic interactions: Integrating belowground and aboveground organisms

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Author(s):
Diego Z. Gallan [1] ; Augusto B. Penteriche [2] ; Maressa O. Henrique [3] ; Marcio C. Silva-Filho [4]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Genética - Brasil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Genética - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Genética - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. Departamento de Genética - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; v. 46, n. 1 2022-12-09.
Abstract

Abstract Sugarcane is a crop of major importance used mainly for sugar and biofuel production, and many additional applications of its byproducts are being developed. Sugarcane cultivation is plagued by many insect pests and pathogens that reduce sugarcane yields overall. Recently emerging studies have shown complex multitrophic interactions in cultivated areas, such as the induction of sugarcane defense-related proteins by insect herbivory that function against fungal pathogens that commonly appear after mechanical damage. Fungi and viruses infecting sugarcane also modulate insect behavior, for example, by causing changes in volatile compounds responsible for insect attraction or repelling natural vector enemies via a mechanism that increases pathogen dissemination from infected plants to healthy ones. Interestingly, the fungus Fusarium verticillioides is capable of being vertically transmitted to insect offspring, ensuring its persistence in the field. Understanding multitrophic complexes is important to develop better strategies for controlling pathosystems affecting sugarcane and other important crops and highlights the importance of not only studying binary interactions but also adding as many variables as possible to effectively translate laboratory research to real-life conditions. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/15488-5 - Integrated pest and disease control systems in Agriculture: study of plant proteins with antifungal activity
Grantee:Márcio de Castro Silva Filho
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 21/06565-6 - Deciphering the molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction sugarcane, Diatraea saccharalis, Colletotrichum falcatum and Fusarium verticillioides
Grantee:Diego Zanardo Gallan
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate