Role of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tolerance response against Armillaria mellea in lavender

  • Cinta Calvet Institute of Agro-Food Research and Technology (IRTA). Ctra. de Cabrils s/n, 08348 Cabrils, Barcelona
  • Francesc Garcia-Figueres Agrofood Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Action, Generalitat de Catalunya. 08348 Barcelona
  • Paulo Lovato Agricultural Sciences (CCA), Federal University of Santa Catarina. 88040-970 Florianopolis, SC
  • Amelia Camprubi Institute of Agro-Food Research and Technology (IRTA). Ctra. de Cabrils s/n, 08348 Cabrils, Barcelona
Keywords: white root rot, control strategies, Glomus intraradices, Lavandula angustifolia, pH, Rhizophagus irregularis

Abstract

Lavender species form the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and are at the same time highly susceptible to white root rot. In an attempt to evaluate the response of mycorrhizal Lavandula angustifolia L. to Armillaria mellea (Vahl:Fr) P. Kumm in a greenhouse experiment, plants were previously inoculated with an isolate of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (former Glomus intraradices BEG 72) and the influence of the pH growing medium on the plant-symbiont-pathogen interaction was tested in gnotobiotic autotrophic growth systems in which mycorrhizal inoculum was obtained from root organ cultures. After ten months growth dual-inoculated lavender plants grown in containers with a pasteurized substrate mixture produced a similar number of spikes than healthy plants and achieved equivalent plant diameter coverage. When the growing medium in the autotrophic systems was supplemented with calcium carbonate, the inoculation of lavender plantlets with R. irregularis at higher pH (7.0 and 8.5) media caused a significant decrease of A. mellea presence in plant roots, as detected by qPCR. Moreover, the observation of internal root mycorrhizal infection showed that the extent of mycorrhizal colonization increasedin plant rootsgrown at higher pH, indicating that tolerance to white root rot in lavender plants inoculated with R. irregularis could be associated to mycorrhizal establishment.

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Published
2015-08-28
How to Cite
Calvet, C., Garcia-Figueres, F., Lovato, P., & Camprubi, A. (2015). Role of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tolerance response against Armillaria mellea in lavender. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 13(3), e1008. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2015133-7677
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Plant protection