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ArticleScientific reports2023

Chitinase of Trichoderma longibrachiatum for control of Aphis gossypii in cotton plants.

Waheed Anwar, Huma Amin, Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan, Adnan Akhter, Uzma Bashir, Tehmina Anjum, Rabia Kalsoom, Muhammad Asim Javed, Karamat Ali Zohaib

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Waheed AnwarDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. waheedanwar.dpp@pu.edu.pk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2633-4263
Huma AminDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Hafiz Azhar Ali KhanDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Adnan AkhterDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Uzma BashirDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Tehmina AnjumDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rabia KalsoomDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Asim JavedDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Karamat Ali ZohaibDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
University of the Punjab · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitinase-producing fungi have now engrossed attention as one of the potential agents for the control of insect pests. Entomopathogenic fungi are used in different regions of the world to control economically important insects. However, the role of fungal chitinases are not well studied in their infection mechanism to insects. In this study, Chitinase of entomopathogenic fungi Trichoderma longibrachiatum was evaluated to control Aphis gossypii. For this purpose, fungal chitinase (Chit1) gene from the genomic DNA of T. longibrachiatum were isolated, amplified and characterised. Genomic analysis of the amplified Chit1 showed that this gene has homology to family 18 of glycosyl hydrolyses. Further, Chit1 was expressed in the cotton plant for transient expression through the Geminivirus-mediated gene silencing vector derived from Cotton Leaf Crumple Virus (CLCrV). Transformed cotton plants showed greater chitinase activity than control, and they were resistant against nymphs and adults of A. gossypii. About 38.75% and 21.67% mortality of both nymphs and adults, respectively, were observed by using Chit1 of T. longibrachiatum. It is concluded that T. longibrachiatum showed promising results in controlling aphids by producing fungal chitinase in cotton plants and could be used as an effective method in the future.

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AphidsChitinasesAnimalsGossypiumHypocrealesInsectaChitinases

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