Microbial and Plant Phytotoxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2021) | Viewed by 23298
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds; spectroscopy
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Interests: natural bioactive substances; spectroscopy; isolation; structure determination; structure–activity relationships; mode of action
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phytotoxins are generally considered secondary metabolites produced by phytopathogenic fungi and/or bacteria that play an important role in the disease induction on the host plant. They are frequently produced as a mixture of low molecular weight metabolites belonging to several class of natural compounds. The toxins are produced in vivo but also in vitro, and frequently, the latter reproduce similar symptoms to those observed in vivo. Microbial phytotoxins are able to cause serious diseases to agrarian, ornamental, and forest plants with consequently heavy economic losses in food quality and production and environmental heritage. Pasture and greenhouses are also affected by this problem. Rarely, the phytotoxins are host-specific but frequently possess different biological activities with potential application in different fields such as agriculture and medicine. When microbial phytotoxins are produced by microbes that are pathogenic for weeds, including parasitic plants, they represent an important tool to develop biohebicides. This strategy represents a green-friendly alternative to the massive use of chemicals, which are one of the main causes of environmental pollution and risk for human and animal health. Allelopathic plants also produce phytotoxic metabolites that can be used in different fields. In particular, in agriculture, they could be used to find new potential bioherbicides to combat weeds, including parasitic plants, through seed inhibition or stimulation and suppression of radical growth.
Thus, this Special Issue of Toxins will report articles describing both microbial and plant phytotoxins, focusing on their biological properties and their potential practical application in different fields.
Dr. Marco Masi
Prof. Dr. Antonio Evidente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytotoxins
- fungi and bacteria
- plants
- secondary metabolites
- biological activity
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