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Use of marked strains of pathogenic (FOL8) and protective (FO47) Fusarium oxysporum to visualize their interactions with the tomato root in soil

2008

Several modes of action have been proposed to explain the biocontrol capacity of the Fusarium oxysporum protective strain Fo47, especially competition with the pathogen for root colonization. Confocal microscopy has been used to visualize the interactions between the ransformed strains and the tomato root in soil. A disinfested soil was infested by Fo47 GFP, Fol8 DsRed2, or both fungi together at several concentrations before transplanting tomato seedlings. The general pattern of soil and root colonization was similar for the two fungi, but the saprophytic development of Fo47 was faster than that of the pathogenic strain. Conidia, at the surface of soil particles, germinated as early as 18 …