Paper · 1991 · PubMed

A Collagenolytic Fungus, Cunninghamella elegans, for Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes.

S Galper; E Cohn; Y Spiegel; et al.

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Abstract

The root-galling index of tomatoes inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica was decreased 70% when collagen was used as a soil amendment (0.1% w/w) and 90% when the amendment was supplemented with the collagenolytic fungus Cunninghamella elegans. The root-galling index was reduced 80% when the fungus was homogenized in collagen culture medium and added to soil without collagen supplement. Culture filtrates of the fungus C. elegans, grown on collagen as a single source of carbon and nitrogen, immobilized M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited egg hatch. Root galling was reduced when tomato plants were inoculated with filtrate-treated juveniles. Culture filtrates reduced the motility of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Xiphinema index, but they had less effect on Anguina tritici and almost no effect on Ditylenchus dipsaci. Cunninghamella elegans had collagenolytic, elastolytic, keratinolytic, and nonspecific proteolytic activities when grown on collagen media, but only chitinolytic activity when grown on chitin media.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Collagen soil amendment reduced tomato root galling by 70%.

Treatment
collagene0
Interactor
Meloidogyne javanicaMeloidogyne javanicae0pathogen
Outcome
root-galling indexe0
Direction
decreasede0
Value
70%e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The root-galling index of tomatoes inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica was decreased 70% when collagen was used as a soil amendment (0.1% w/w)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–143 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Collagen supplemented with Cunninghamella elegans reduced tomato root galling by 90%.

Treatment
the amendment was supplemented with the collagenolytic fungus Cunninghamella eleganse0
Interactor
Meloidogyne javanicaMeloidogyne javanicae0pathogen
Second interactor
Cunninghamella elegansCunninghamella eleganse0biocontrol_agent
Outcome
root-galling indexe0
Direction
decreasede0
Value
90%e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The root-galling index of tomatoes inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica was decreased 70% when collagen was used as a soil amendment (0.1% w/w) and 90% when the amendment was supplemented with the collagenolytic fungus Cunninghamella elegans.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Fungus homogenized in collagen culture medium reduced root galling by 80% without collagen soil supplement.

Treatment
the fungus was homogenized in collagen culture medium and added to soil without collagen supplemente1
Interactor
Meloidogyne javanicaMeloidogyne javanicae0pathogen
Outcome
root-galling indexe1
Direction
reducede1
Value
80%e1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Plant-parasitic Nematodes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–100 · show in text ↑
e0

“The root-galling index of tomatoes inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica”

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“The root-galling index was reduced 80% when the fungus was homogenized in collagen culture medium and added to soil without collagen supplement.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cunninghamella elegans culture filtrates immobilized M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited egg hatch.

Interactor
M. javanicaMeloidogyne javanicae1pathogen
Second interactor
C. elegansCunninghamella eleganse1biocontrol_agent
Outcome
immobilized M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited egg hatche1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomatoes inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica”

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e1

“Culture filtrates of the fungus C. elegans, grown on collagen as a single source of carbon and nitrogen, immobilized M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited egg hatch.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 388–564 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Filtrate-treated juveniles caused less tomato root galling.

Treatment
filtrate-treated juvenilese0
Outcome
Root gallinge0
Direction
reducede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“Root galling was reduced when tomato plants were inoculated with filtrate-treated juveniles.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Culture filtrates reduced Rotylenchulus reniformis motility.

Interactor
Rotylenchulus reniformisRotylenchulus reniformise1pathogen
Outcome
motility of Rotylenchulus reniformise1
Direction
reducede1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Rotylenchulus reniformis · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryScot Nelson · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomato plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 595–608 · show in text ↑
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“Culture filtrates reduced the motility of Rotylenchulus reniformis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 658–724 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Culture filtrates reduced Xiphinema index motility.

Interactor
Xiphinema indexXiphinema indexe1pathogen
Outcome
motility of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Xiphinema indexe1
Direction
reducede1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomato plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 595–608 · show in text ↑
e1

“Culture filtrates reduced the motility of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Xiphinema index”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 658–744 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Culture filtrates had less effect on Anguina tritici motility.

Interactor
Anguina triticiAnguina triticie1pathogen
Outcome
effect on Anguina triticie1
Direction
lesse1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Anguina tritici
Anguina tritici · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryIan Riley from Niğde, Turkey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomato plants”

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e1

“they had less effect on Anguina tritici”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Culture filtrates had almost no effect on Ditylenchus dipsaci motility.

Interactor
Ditylenchus dipsaciDitylenchus dipsacie1pathogen
Outcome
effect on Ditylenchus dipsacie1
Direction
almost no effecte1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Ditylenchus dipsaci
Ditylenchus dipsaci · InteractorLen Worthington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomato plants”

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“almost no effect on Ditylenchus dipsaci”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cunninghamella elegans exhibited collagenolytic, elastolytic, keratinolytic, and nonspecific proteolytic activity on collagen medium.

Interactor
Cunninghamella elegansCunninghamella eleganse1biocontrol_agent
Outcome
collagenolytic, elastolytic, keratinolytic, and nonspecific proteolytic activitiese1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“tomato plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 595–608 · show in text ↑
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“Cunninghamella elegans had collagenolytic, elastolytic, keratinolytic, and nonspecific proteolytic activities when grown on collagen media”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cunninghamella elegans showed only chitinolytic activity on chitin medium.

Interactor
Cunninghamella elegansCunninghamella eleganse1biocontrol_agent
Outcome
only chitinolytic activitye1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“tomato plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 595–608 · show in text ↑
e1

“Cunninghamella elegans had collagenolytic, elastolytic, keratinolytic, and nonspecific proteolytic activities when grown on collagen media, but only chitinolytic activity when grown on chitin media.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 835–1033 · show in text ↑

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