Fatty Acids Produced by Neofusicoccum vitifusiforme and N. parvum, Fungi Associated with Grapevine Botryosphaeria Dieback

Maria Michela Salvatore, Selene Giambra, Daniele Naviglio, Marina DellaGreca, Francesco Salvatore, Santella Burruano and Anna Andolfi
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Maria Michela Salvatore: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80126 Naples, Italy
Selene Giambra: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Daniele Naviglio: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80126 Naples, Italy
Marina DellaGreca: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80126 Naples, Italy
Francesco Salvatore: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80126 Naples, Italy
Santella Burruano: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Anna Andolfi: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80126 Naples, Italy

Agriculture, 2018, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-9

Abstract: There is evidence that secondary metabolites are involved in the fungal pathogenicity and virulence of Neofusicoccum spp. Fatty acids may also influence the plant–pathogen interaction but, so far, no information is available on their production by species of Neofusicoccum associated with Botryosphaeria dieback, which is a well-known syndrome of several plants with a complex etiology. In the present paper, the production of fatty acids in liquid medium, by strains of N. vitifusiforme and N. parvum associated with declining Sicilian vine plants, was evaluated. Data, acquired via gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS), show the presence of linoleic acid as the most abundant fatty acid produced by both examined strains. In addition, the pathogenicity of N. vitifusiforme was tested on 2-year-old grapevine plants of cv. Inzolia.

Keywords: Botryosphaeriaceae; grapevine trunk diseases; GC/MS; azelaic acid; linoleic acid (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: 2018
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