Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees
These days, most of our attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have often neglected what is happening in the environment. For instance, the bacterium <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> re-emerged as a plant pathogen of global importance in 2013 when it was first associated wi...
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| author | Alessia Catalano Jessica Ceramella Domenico Iacopetta Annaluisa Mariconda Elisabetta Scali Maria Grazia Bonomo Carmela Saturnino Pasquale Longo Stefano Aquaro Maria Stefania Sinicropi |
| author_facet | Alessia Catalano Jessica Ceramella Domenico Iacopetta Annaluisa Mariconda Elisabetta Scali Maria Grazia Bonomo Carmela Saturnino Pasquale Longo Stefano Aquaro Maria Stefania Sinicropi |
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| description | These days, most of our attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have often neglected what is happening in the environment. For instance, the bacterium <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> re-emerged as a plant pathogen of global importance in 2013 when it was first associated with an olive tree disease epidemic in Italy, called Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS), specifically caused by <i>X. fastidiosa</i> subspecies <i>pauca</i> ST53, which affects the Salento olive trees (Apulia, South-East Italy). This bacterium, transmitted by the insect <i>Philaenus spumarius,</i> is negatively reshaping the Salento landscape and has had a very high impact in the production of olives, leading to an increase of olive oil prices, thus new studies to curb this bacterium are urgently needed. Thidiazuron (TDZ), a diphenylurea (<i>N</i>-phenyl-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl urea), has gained considerable attention in recent decades due to its efficient role in plant cell and tissue culture, being the most suitable growth regulator for rapid and effective plant production in vitro. Its biological activity against bacteria, fungi and biofilms has also been described, and the use of this low-cost compound to fight OQDS may be an intriguing idea. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cb7df00dcd544d3b84ec866039136892023-11-30T22:41:37ZengMDPI AGAntibiotics2079-63822022-07-0111794710.3390/antibiotics11070947Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive TreesAlessia Catalano0Jessica Ceramella1Domenico Iacopetta2Annaluisa Mariconda3Elisabetta Scali4Maria Grazia Bonomo5Carmela Saturnino6Pasquale Longo7Stefano Aquaro8Maria Stefania Sinicropi9Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Science, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, ItalyDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, ItalyDepartment of Science, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, ItalyDepartment of Science, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyThese days, most of our attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have often neglected what is happening in the environment. For instance, the bacterium <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> re-emerged as a plant pathogen of global importance in 2013 when it was first associated with an olive tree disease epidemic in Italy, called Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS), specifically caused by <i>X. fastidiosa</i> subspecies <i>pauca</i> ST53, which affects the Salento olive trees (Apulia, South-East Italy). This bacterium, transmitted by the insect <i>Philaenus spumarius,</i> is negatively reshaping the Salento landscape and has had a very high impact in the production of olives, leading to an increase of olive oil prices, thus new studies to curb this bacterium are urgently needed. Thidiazuron (TDZ), a diphenylurea (<i>N</i>-phenyl-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl urea), has gained considerable attention in recent decades due to its efficient role in plant cell and tissue culture, being the most suitable growth regulator for rapid and effective plant production in vitro. Its biological activity against bacteria, fungi and biofilms has also been described, and the use of this low-cost compound to fight OQDS may be an intriguing idea.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/947antimicrobialsdiarylureabis-arylureacytokinin<i>Xylella fastidiosa</i>lavender |
| spellingShingle | Alessia Catalano Jessica Ceramella Domenico Iacopetta Annaluisa Mariconda Elisabetta Scali Maria Grazia Bonomo Carmela Saturnino Pasquale Longo Stefano Aquaro Maria Stefania Sinicropi Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees Antibiotics antimicrobials diarylurea bis-arylurea cytokinin <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> lavender |
| title | Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees |
| title_full | Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees |
| title_fullStr | Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees |
| title_short | Thidiazuron: New Trends and Future Perspectives to Fight <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Olive Trees |
| title_sort | thidiazuron new trends and future perspectives to fight i xylella fastidiosa i in olive trees |
| topic | antimicrobials diarylurea bis-arylurea cytokinin <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> lavender |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/947 |
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