Pingzhong Yu

Pingzhong Yu


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 December 2016 in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
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PYPingzhong Yu
Pingzhong Yu
CJChunhong Jia
Chunhong Jia
EZErcheng Zhao
Ercheng Zhao
LCLi Chen
Li Chen
HHHongju He
Hongju He
MHMin He
Min He

1 June 2018 in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
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WSWencheng Song
Wencheng Song
CJChunhong Jia
Chunhong Jia
JJJunjie Jing
Junjie Jing
EZErcheng Zhao
Ercheng Zhao
MHMin He
Min He
PYPingzhong Yu
Pingzhong Yu

17 May 2023 in Genes
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QSqianlong sun
qianlong sun
XZXin Zhang
Xin Zhang
YOYing OuYang
Ying OuYang
PYPingzhong Yu
Pingzhong Yu
CMCésar Man
César Man
XTXinQiu Tan
XinQiu Tan
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from black solider flies (Hermetia illucens, BSF) exhibiting broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity are the most promising green substitutes for preventing the infection of phytopathogenic fungi; therefore, AMPs have been a focal topic of research. Recently, many studies have focused on the antibacterial activities of BSF AMPs against animal pathogens; however, currently, their antifungal activities against phytopathogenic fungi remain unclear. In this study, 7 AMPs selected from 34 predicted AMPs based on BSF metagenomics were artificially synthesized. When conidia from the hemibiotrophic phytopathogenic fungi Magnaporthe oryzae and Colletotrichum acutatum were treated with the selected AMPs, three selected AMPs—CAD1, CAD5, and CAD7—showed high appressorium formation inhibited by lengthened germ tubes. Additionally, the MIC50 concentrations of the inhibited appressorium formations were 40 μM, 43 μM, and 43 μM for M. oryzae, while 51 μM, 49 μM, and 44 μM were observed for C. acutatum, respectively. A tandem hybrid AMP named CAD-Con comprising CAD1, CAD5, and CAD7 significantly enhanced antifungal activities, and the MIC50 concentrations against M. oryzae and C. acutatum were 15 μM and 22 μM, respectively. In comparison with the wild type, they were both significantly reduced in terms of virulence when infection assays were performed using the treated conidia of M. oryzae or C. acutatum by CAD1, CAD5, CAD7, or CAD-Con. Meanwhile, their expression levels of CAD1, CAD5, and CAD7 could also be activated and significantly increased after the BSF larvae were treated with the conidia of M. oryzae or C. acutatum, respectively. To our knowledge, the antifungal activities of BSF AMPs against plant pathogenic fungi, which help us to seek potential AMPs with antifungal activities, provide proof of the effectiveness of green control strategies for crop production.