A basic serine protease from Paecilomyces lilacinus with biological activity against Meloidogyne hapla eggs.

Scanning electron micrographs of the nematode-egg-parasitic fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus infecting eggs of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. suggested the involvement of lytic enzymes. When grown on a liquid mineral salts medium, supplemented with different substrates as the sole N- and C-source, the fungus produced an extracellular protease.

Control of Terpenoid Metabolism in the Potato Phytophthora infestans Interaction.

Inoculation of tubers with fungi non-pathogenic to potato suppresses glycoalkaloid accumulation and elicits accumulation of norsequi and sesquiterpenoids. Inoculation with compatible races of the pathogen Phytophthora infestans suppresses accumulation of terpenoids. Suppressors and elicitors of terpenoid accumulation were isolated from P.