Powderycare (Ampelomyces quisqualis)

Substrate Competition for space and Nutrients:Ampelomyces quisqualiscompetes with the pathogens by colonizing a large area of the target site and competes for the plant substrates and nutrients thereby causing the pathogens to starve - Domino effect.

Mycoparasitism:Ampelomyces quisqualisbeing a hyper parasite penetrates the pathogen and infects it by forming pycnidia (fruiting bodies) within powdery mildew hyphae, conidiophores (specialised spore-producing hyphae) and cleistothecia (closed fruiting bodies of powdery mildews). It derives nutrition from the target pathogenic fungus protoplasm and Powderycarespores multiply inside target pathogenic fungus body and eventually kill the mildew colony.

Enzyme production:Ampelomyces quisqualisproduces certain enzymes which dissolve the host cell wall and penetrate and inactivate the host defense mechanism.

Substrate Competition for space and Nutrients:Ampelomyces quisqualiscompetes with the pathogens by colonizing a large area of the target site and competes for the plant substrates and nutrients thereby causing the pathogens to starve - Domino effect.

Mycoparasitism:Ampelomyces quisqualisbeing a hyper parasite penetrates the pathogen and infects it by forming pycnidia (fruiting bodies) within powdery mildew hyphae, conidiophores (specialised spore-producing hyphae) and cleistothecia (closed fruiting bodies of powdery mildews). It derives nutrition from the target pathogenic fungus protoplasm and Powderycarespores multiply inside target pathogenic fungus body and eventually kill the mildew colony.

Enzyme production:Ampelomyces quisqualisproduces certain enzymes which dissolve the host cell wall and penetrate and inactivate the host defense mechanism.