Tasks

This project has six tasks:

  1. Isolation of fungal endophytes from olive cultivars with different susceptibilities to C. acutatum and V. dahliae;
  2. Evaluation of fungal endophytes diversity in olive cultivars with different susceptibilities to C. acutatum and V. dahliae;
  3. Selection of endophytes with antagonist potential against C. acutatum and V. dahliae;
  4. Micropropagation of endophytic-free olive plantlets cvs Galega and Picual;
  5. Evaluation of plant tissue infection capacity of endophytes and phytopathogens;
  6. In planta screening of endophytes for C. acutatum and V. dahliae biological control.

The relationship/collaborations among institutions to fulfill these tasks are depicted in the following figure:

tasks

Legend: OA – Olive anthracnose; VW - verticillium wilt