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Protection of Vine Plants against Esca Disease by Breathable Electrospun Antifungal Nonwovens
Author(s) -
Buchholz Viola,
Molnar Melanie,
Wang Hui,
Reich Steffen,
Agarwal Seema,
Fischer Michael,
Greiner Andreas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.201600118
Subject(s) - vine , antifungal , fungal pathogen , materials science , chemistry , botany , biology , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology
The harmful Esca disease in vine plants caused by wood‐inhabiting fungi including Phaeomoniella chlamydospora ( Pch ) is spreading all across the world. This disease leads to poor vine crops and a slow decline or to a sudden dieback of the vine plants. The pruning wounds of vine plants are the main entry point for Pch . While model experiments with aerosol particles recommend electrospun nonwovens as a suitable barrier to block Pch , tests with living spores show clearly that only electrospun fibrous nonwovens do not prevent Pch invasion. However it is found, that with antifungal additives electrospun nonwovens could be applied successfully for blocking of Pch to infect the substrate. Thereby, a highly useful concept for the protection of vine plants against Esca disease is provided which could also serve as a concept for related plant diseases.