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Background  Microorganisms capable of utilizing vegetable tissues for multiplication in soil were isolated, cultivated in liquid medium prepared from the same vegetable tissues, and tested for ability to activate resistance in pepper leaves against Phytophthora blight caused by  Phytophthora capsici .    Results  Among the 121 microorganisms isolated, a fungus  Humicola phialophoroides  showed distinct ability to produce substances capable of activating resistance. The resistance-activating substances produced by  H. phialophoroides  were mostly retained in the mycelium, and were readily extracted from the mycelium powder with polar solvents. The extract was not inhibitory to zoospore germination or germ tube growth of  P. capsici . In pepper leaves, the extract took only about 12 h to activate resistance against  P. capsici . After activation, washing treated leaf surface with water did not have much effect on the resistance expression. In addition to being able to move from the upper leaf surface to lower leaf surface, the resistance-activating substances were capable of moving 5 mm acropetally and 10 mm basipetally in pepper leaves, Chromatography of the extract on silica gel column suggests that there are probably more than three components in the extract with resistance-activating ability. The resistance-activating activity of the mycelium extract was not affected by treatment with either cation or anion exchange resins, indicating that none of the active components have positive or negative charges on their molecules.    Conclusion  Results show that  H. phialophoroides  is capable of producing multiple resistance-activating substances which are mostly retained in the mycelium. The study also indicates that none of the active components have positive or negative charges on their molecules.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1999-3110-55-40) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Multiple resistance-activating substances produced by Humicola phialophoroides isolated from soil for control of Phytophthora blight of pepper