Secondary Metabolites Produced by Neofusicoccum Species Associated with Plants: A Review

Maria Michela Salvatore, Artur Alves and Anna Andolfi
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Maria Michela Salvatore: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
Artur Alves: CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Anna Andolfi: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The genus Neofusicoccum is comprised of approximately 50 species with a worldwide distribution and is typically associated with plants. Neofusicoccum is well-known for the diseases it causes on economically and ecologically relevant host plants. In particular, members of this genus are responsible for grapevine diseases, such as leaf spots, fruit rots, shoot dieback, bud necrosis, vascular discoloration of the wood, and perennial cankers. Many secondary metabolites, including (−)-botryoisocoumarin A, botryosphaerones, cyclobotryoxide and isosclerone, were identified from species of Neofusicoccum and their structural variability and bioactivities might be associated with the role of these compounds in the fungal pathogenicity and virulence. In this review, we summarize the secondary metabolites from Neofusicoccum species focusing on the role of these compounds in the interaction between the fungus and host plant.

Keywords: Botryosphaeria; Botryosphaeriaceae; phytopathogens; plant–fungus interaction; Botryosphaeria dieback (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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