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Xu X, Shen G, Teng H, Zhao J, Xiao J, Guo L, Gao Y, Chen J, Wang X, Xiang W, Zhao J. Unravelling Species Diversity and Pathogenicity of Fusarium spp. Associated with Soybean Leaf and Root in Heilongjiang Province, China. PLANT DISEASE 2024; 108:852-856. [PMID: 37858971 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-23-1476-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max L.) holds significant global importance and is extensively cultivated in Heilongjiang Province, China. Soybean can be infected by Fusarium species, causing root rot, seed decay, stem rot, and leaf blight. In 2021 to 2022, a field survey of soybean diseases was carried out in 11 regions of Heilongjiang Province, and 186 soybean leaves with leaf blight symptoms and 123 soybean roots with root rot symptoms were collected. Unexpectedly, a considerable number of Fusarium isolates were obtained not only from root samples but also from leaf samples. A total of 584 Fusarium isolates (416 from leaves and 168 from roots) were obtained and identified as 18 Fusarium species based on morphological features and multilocus phylogenetic analyses with tef1 and rpb2 sequences. Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium sp. 1 in FOSC were the dominant species within soybean leaf and root samples, respectively. Pathogenicity tests were conducted for all Fusarium isolates on both soybean leaves and roots. Results showed that F. graminearum, F. ipomoeae, F. citri, F. compactum, F. flagelliforme, F. acuminatum, and F. sporotrichioides were pathogenic to both soybean leaves and roots. F. solani, F. avenaceum, F. pentaseptatum, F. serpentinum, F. annulatum, and Fusarium sp. 1 in FOSC were pathogenic to soybean roots, not to leaves. To our knowledge, this is the first study to thoroughly investigate soybean-associated Fusarium populations in leaves and roots in Heilongjiang Province.
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- Xi Xu
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Heilongjiang Seed Industry Technical Service Center, Harbin 150008, P.R. China
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- School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A and F University, Hangzhou, 311300, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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Engalycheva I, Kozar E, Frolova S, Vetrova S, Tikhonova T, Dzhos E, Engalychev M, Chizhik V, Martynov V, Shingaliev A, Dudnikova K, Dudnikov M, Kostanchuk Y. Fusarium Species Causing Pepper Wilt in Russia: Molecular Identification and Pathogenicity. Microorganisms 2024; 12:343. [PMID: 38399747 PMCID: PMC10893445 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12020343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Fusarium wilt pathogens represent an ongoing threat to pepper production worldwide. This is the first report providing data on the molecular identification of Fusarium fungi that cause wilt in pepper in the southern regions of Russia. Monitoring of the Fusarium infection on pepper was carried out in 2019-2022 in two economically important regions of this culture production: the Krasnodar Krai and Crimea. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the translation elongation factor (EF1a) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), as well as the macro- and micromorphological characteristics of the fungi, the causative agents of Fusarium wilt have been identified. The causative agents identified as representatives of the Fusarium species composition included: F. clavus, F. solani, F. oxysporum, F. verticillioides, F. commune, F. torulosum, and F. sporotrichioides. Depending on the region, the specifics of biodiversity and the ratio of these species in pathocomplexes were noted. In Crimea, wilting could be attributed to all of the identified species; in the Krasnodar Krai, F. verticillioides and F. clavus were found to contribute to wilting. The pathogenicity test showed that the pathogens of pepper wilting in Russia, in addition to the already known F. oxysporum and F. solani, are the species F. clavus and F. verticillioides. This is the first report on the ability of these species to cause Fusarium wilt in pepper cultures. The obtained data will be of practical value for the development of biological control measures for fungi of the genus Fusarium, which cause pepper wilt in areas of industrial production and seed production. In addition, data on species composition and aggressive isolates will be used in a pepper breeding program for resistance to Fusarium wilt.
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- Irina Engalycheva
- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Scientific Vegetable Center (FSBSI FSVC), 143072 Vniissok, Russia; (E.K.); (S.F.); (S.V.); (T.T.); (E.D.); (M.E.); (V.C.)
- State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal, All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (FSBSI ARRIAB), 127550 Moscow, Russia; (V.M.); (A.S.); (K.D.); (M.D.)
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- State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal, All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (FSBSI ARRIAB), 127550 Moscow, Russia; (V.M.); (A.S.); (K.D.); (M.D.)
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- State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal, All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (FSBSI ARRIAB), 127550 Moscow, Russia; (V.M.); (A.S.); (K.D.); (M.D.)
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- State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal, All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (FSBSI ARRIAB), 127550 Moscow, Russia; (V.M.); (A.S.); (K.D.); (M.D.)
- Federal Research Center of Biological Plant Protection, 350039 Krasnodar, Russia
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- State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal, All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (FSBSI ARRIAB), 127550 Moscow, Russia; (V.M.); (A.S.); (K.D.); (M.D.)
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- Federal State Budget Scientific Institution, Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea, 295034 Simferopol, Russia;
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Steyn C, Jacobs A, Summerell B, Venter E. Fusarium diversity from the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1149853. [PMID: 37125158 PMCID: PMC10133521 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1149853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Members from the genus Fusarium can infect a broad range of plants and threaten agricultural and horticultural production. Studies on the diversity of Fusarium occurring in natural ecosystems have received less attention than the better known phytopathogenic members of the genus. This study identified Fusarium species from soils with low anthropogenic disturbance found in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park (GGHNP), a part of the Drakensberg system in South Africa. Selective techniques were implemented to obtain 257 individual isolates from the selected soil samples for which the translation elongation factor 1α (tef-1α) gene region was sequenced and compared against the Fusarium MLST and FUSARIUM-ID databases. Phylogenetic analyses, based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference, were used to determine species diversity in relation to reference isolates. Species level identifications were made within three of the seven species complexes and identified F. brachygibbosum, F. sporotrichioides, F. andiyazi, and F. gaditjirri based on the FUSARIUM-ID database, with F. transvaalense and F. lyarnte identified against the Fusarium MLST database. This indicated highly diverse populations of Fusarium from soils with low anthropogenic disturbance from the Afromontane grassland region found in mountain ranges.
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- Carla Steyn
- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
- ARC-Plant Health and Protection, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Xu X, Guo L, Yang C, Teng H, Shen G, Wang S, Zhao J, Yang X, Zhang L, Wang X, Zhao J, Xiang W. Diversity and Pathogenicity of Fungi Associated with Fruit Rot of Winter Jujube in Shandong Province, China. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:794-801. [PMID: 35947009 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-22-1254-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Winter jujube originated from China and had an extremely high nutritional value. In 2021, symptomatic winter jujube fruits were collected from eight locations in Zhanhua District of Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In total, 108 fungal isolates were obtained and grouped into 11 species based on morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic analysis, including Nothophoma quercina (43.52%), Fusarium lateritium (20.37%), Alternaria alternata (12.03%), F. proliferatum (7.41%), F. graminearum (4.63%), Botryosphaeria dothidea (3.70%), Fusarium sp. (2.78%), A. tenuissima (2.78%), Diaporthe eres (1.85%), Nigrospora oryzae (0.93%), and Cercospora nicotianae (0.93%). All fungal isolates obtained in this study showed aggressiveness on detached winter jujube fruits except N. oryzae and C. nicotianae isolates, of which F. proliferatum was the most virulent, while A. alternata isolates, which have been considered the major pathogen of winter jujube fruit rot, showed a relatively low-level virulence in this study. Furthermore, D. eres, F. graminearum, F. lateritium, and an unclassified Fusarium species were first reported as causal agents of winter jujube fruit rot. The typical symptoms of winter jujube fruit rot observed in this study could be distinguished into two types. N. quercina, A. alternata, A. tenuissima, Fusarium sp., D. nobilis, and F. lateritium isolates caused reddish brown to dark gray lesions on the peel, while B. dothidea, F. graminearum, and F. proliferatum isolates caused peel and pulp decay, resulting in red to reddish brown and water-soaked lesions. In addition, haplotype analysis of N. quercina isolates obtained in this study and validly published articles showed that there were 11 haplotypes worldwide; the isolates obtained in the current study were grouped into three haplotypes (Hap 1, Hap 2, and Hap 11), and two of them (Hap 2 and Hap 11) were confirmed as new haplotypes.
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- Xi Xu
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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Zhao TD, Yang XQ, Zhou J, Yang YB, Ding ZT. Antibiotic Guanacastane Diterpenoids with Two New Skeletons from Psathyrella candolleana Uncovered by Semisolid and Liquid Media. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:2006-2013. [PMID: 36656976 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c08176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The culture of Psathyrella candolleana in host Dioscorea opposite medium produced seven new guanacastane diterpenoids, psayamin (1) as an unprecedented 5/7/6/6/6/6/7/5-fused octacyclic spiro scaffold both under liquid and semisolid conditions, psathins A-C (4-6) with a 5/7/6 tricyclic backbone by liquid medium, psathins D-E (7-8) as the same unprecedented skeletons of 5/6/7/6-fused tetracyclic or 6/7/6 tricyclic structures, and psathin F (9) with a 5/7/5/6 tetracyclic backbone by semisolid medium. The structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analyses and those of 1 and 7 were determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The semisolid culture led to four structure types of the guanacastane diterpenoid. Compound 5 showed antifungal activity against phytopathogen Fusarium incarnatum with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 8 μg/mL, while compound 4 showed significant antifungal activity against Alternaria sp. with an MIC of 2 μg/mL. Compounds 1 and 8 also showed antifeedant activities against the silkworms with the feeding deterrence indices of 50%, at the concentrations of 50 μg/cm2. Compound 1 showed significant cytotoxicity with IC50 at 10.87 ± 0.24-15.96 ± 0.30 μM and anti-acetylcholinesterase activity with IC50 at 37.3 μM. Also, compound 1 remarkably induced apoptosis of HL-60 at 10, 20 μM in a concentration-dependent manner. The spiral ring of 1 was vital in cytotoxicity and anti-acetylcholinesterase activity. The different media fermented by P. candolleana resulted in the chemical diversity of bioactive guanacastane diterpenoids and potential applications in the agricultural and food functions.
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- Tong-De Zhao
- Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming650091, People's Republic of China
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- Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming650091, People's Republic of China
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- Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming650091, People's Republic of China
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- Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming650091, People's Republic of China
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- Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming650091, People's Republic of China
- Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming650500, People's Republic of China
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Bollmann-Giolai A, Malone JG, Arora S. Diversity, detection and exploitation: linking soil fungi and plant disease. Curr Opin Microbiol 2022; 70:102199. [PMID: 36108394 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Plant-associated fungi are incredibly diverse, comprising over a million species of mycorrhiza, endophytes, saprophytes and pathogens worldwide. This diverse fungal community is highly important for plant health. Many fungi are effective biocontrol agents that can kill or suppress fungal pathogens, with pathogen biocontrol found for both individual microorganisms and plant-associated fungal consortia. Meanwhile, increased plant community diversity aboveground corresponds to an increase in below-ground fungal community diversity, which contributes in turn to improved rhizosphere soil health and pathogen suppression. In this review, we discuss the role of fungal diversity in soil health and plant disease suppression and the various mechanisms by which mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi combat plant pathogenic fungi. We also discuss the array of diagnostic tools, both well-established and newly developed, which are revolutionising fungal pathogen detection and rhizosphere community analysis.
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- Anita Bollmann-Giolai
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK; School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Xu X, Zhang L, Yang X, Shen G, Wang S, Teng H, Yang C, Liu X, Wang X, Zhao J, Xiang W. Fusarium Species Associated with Maize Leaf Blight in Heilongjiang Province, China. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:1170. [PMID: 36354937 PMCID: PMC9698036 DOI: 10.3390/jof8111170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Fusarium spp. are among the most important plant pathogens in the world. A survey on maize leaf blight was carried out in Heilongjiang province from 2019 to 2021. Based on morphological characteristics and a phylogenetic analysis on translation elongation factor (tef1) and second-largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb2) genes, 146 Fusarium isolates were obtained and grouped into 14 Fusarium species, including F. ipomoeae (20.5%), F. compactum (17.1%), F. sporotrichioides (9.59%), F. graminearum (9.59%), F. citri (8.9%), F. asiaticum (6.85%), F. verticillioides (6.85%), F. acuminatum (5.48%), F. glycines (5.48%), F. temperatum (2.74%), F. armeniacum (2.74%), Fusarium sp. (2.05%), F. flagelliforme (1.4%), and F. annulatum (0.68%). The Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC, including F. ipomoeae, F. compactum, F. citri, and F. flagelliforme) was the most prevalent, indicating an evolving occurrence of the Fusarium species causing maize leaf blight. The typical symptoms observed on the maize leaves were oval to long strip lesions, with a gray to dark gray or brownish red coloration in the center and a chlorotic area at the edges. Based on the tef1 gene, seven haplotypes of FIESC were identified in Heilongjiang province, suggesting a population expansion. This is the first report of F. ipomoeae, F. compactum, F. flagelliforme, F. citri, F. sporotrichioides, F. graminearum, F. asiaticum, F. acuminatum, F. glycines, F. temperatum, F. armeniacum, Fusarium sp., and F. annulatum causing maize leaf blight in Heilongjiang province, China. The current research is informative for managing disease, exploring the phylogenetic relationship among Fusarium species, and clarifying the diversity of Fusarium species associated with maize leaf blight.
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- Xi Xu
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Head Blight Disease Causing Fungus Fusarium graminearum in Northern Wheat Belt of India. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8080820. [PMID: 36012808 PMCID: PMC9409692 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Head blight or scab caused by Fusarium graminearum (FG), once ranked as a minor disease in wheat, is now emerging as one of the economically important diseases in India. The present study represents the first in-depth population genetic analysis of the FG from the northern wheat belt of India. In this study, multiple conserved gene sequences comprised of β-tubulin (TUB), translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF), and histone-3 (HIS) regions were used for multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of 123 geographically distinct F. graminearum isolates collected from four different states (Haryana (HR), Punjab (PB), Rajasthan (RJ) and West Bengal (WB)) of India. The phylogenetic and haplotype analysis showed the presence of thirty haplotypes in all the analyzed populations. The haplotypic diversity in the RJ population (Hd = 0.981) was higher than in the HR (Hd = 0.972), PB (Hd = 0.965) and WB population (Hd = 0.962). Recombination events (Rm = 12) and mutation events (485) were also detected. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated that genetic diversity was exclusively due to the differences within populations. The haplotype network was widely dispersed and not associated with specific populations, as a single common haplotype was not detected. The PB population contained both unique (H9, H10 and H11) and shared haplotypes (27 haplotypes) in a higher number in comparison to other geographical locations. Except for haplotype H22 (contains highly aggressive isolates), there was no specific linkage noticed between the isolate aggressiveness and haplotype. The concatenated sequences of all the three genes demonstrated a low level of genetic differentiation (Fst = −0.014 to 0.02) in the analyzed population. Positive values for the neutrality tests in PB, HR and RJ reveal a balancing selection mechanism behind the FG population structure. The WB population showed both positive and negative values of neutrality indices, indicating the role of both population expansion as well as balancing selection in structuring the FG population.
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Hafez M, Gourlie R, Telfer M, Schatz N, Turkington TK, Beres B, Aboukhaddour R. Diversity of Fusarium spp. Associated with Wheat Node and Grain in Representative Sites Across the Western Canadian Prairies. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:1003-1015. [PMID: 34818906 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-21-0241-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) and Fusarium crown and root rot (FCRR) are major wheat diseases. Populations of FHB and FCRR pathogens are highly dynamic, and shifts in these populations in different regions is reported. Analyzing fungal populations associated with wheat node and grain tissues collected from different regions can provide useful information and predict diseases that might affect subsequent crops and effective disease management practices. In this study, wheat node and grain samples were collected from four representative sites across the western Canadian prairies in the 2018 growing season to characterize the major Fusarium spp. and other mycobiota associated with wheat in these regions. In total, 994 fungal isolates were recovered, and based on culture and molecular diagnostic methods, three genera constituted over 90% of all fungal isolates, namely Alternaria (39.6%), Fusarium (27.8%), and Parastagonospora (23.9%). A quantitative PCR (qPCR) diagnostic toolkit was developed to quantify the most frequently isolated Fusarium spp. in infected wheat tissues: Fusarium avenaceum, F. culmorum, F. graminearum, and F. poae. This qPCR specificity was validated in silico, in vitro, and in planta and proved specific to the target species. The qPCR results showed that F. graminearum was not detected frequently from wheat node and grain samples collected from four locations in this study. F. poae was the most abundant Fusarium species in grain samples in all tested locations. However, in node samples, F. culmorum (Beaverlodge and Scott) and F. avenaceum (Lacombe and Lethbridge) were the most abundant species. Trichothecene genotyping showed that the 3ADON is the most dominant trichothecene genotype (68%), followed by type-A trichothecenes (29.5%), whereas the 15ADON trichothecene genotype was least dominant (2.5%) and the NIV genotype was not detected. Moreover, a total of 129 translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1α) sequences from nine Fusarium spp. were compared at the haplotype level to evaluate genetic variability and distribution. F. avenaceum and F. poae exhibited higher diversity as reflected by higher number of haplotypes present in these two species compared with the rest.
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- Mohamed Hafez
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research and Development Center, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1V7, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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Schuerger AC, Amaradasa BS, Dufault NS, Hummerick ME, Richards JT, Khodadad CL, Smith TM, Massa GD. Fusarium oxysporum as an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen on Zinnia hybrida Plants Grown on board the International Space Station. ASTROBIOLOGY 2021; 21:1029-1048. [PMID: 33926205 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A plant production system called Veggie was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. In late 2015, during the growth of Zinnia hybrida cv. 'Profusion' in the Veggie hardware, plants developed chlorosis, leaf curling, fungal growth that damaged leaves and stems, and eventually necrosis. The development of symptoms was correlated to reduced air flow leading to a significant buildup of water enveloping the leaves and stems in microgravity. Symptomatic tissues were returned to Earth on 18 May 2016 and were immediately processed to determine the primary causal agent of the disease. The presumptive pathogen was identified as Fusarium oxysporum by morphological features of microconidia and conidiophores on symptomatic tissues; that is, by epifluorescent microscopy (EFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), metabolic microarrays, and ITS sequencing. Both EFM and SEM imaging of infected tissues showed that germinating conidia were capable of stomatal penetration and thus acted as the primary method for infecting host tissues. A series of ground-based pathogenicity assays were conducted with healthy Z. hybrida plants that were exposed to reduced-airflow and high-water stress (i.e., encased in sealed bags) or were kept in an unstressed configuration. Koch's postulates were successfully completed with Z. hybrida plants in the lab, but symptoms only matched ISS-flown symptomatic tissues when the plants were stressed with high-water exposure. Unstressed plants grown under similar lab conditions failed to develop the symptoms observed with plants on board the ISS. The overall results of the pathogenicity tests imply that F. oxysporum acted as an opportunistic pathogen on severely high-water stressed plants. The source of the opportunistic pathogen is not known, but virulent strains of F. oxysporum were not recovered from unused materials in the Veggie plant pillow growth units assayed after the flight.
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- Andrew C Schuerger
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Exploration Park, Merritt Island, Florida, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- NASA Exploration Research and Technology Programs, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
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- NASA Exploration Research and Technology Programs, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
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Rampersad SN. Spatial pattern of genetic diversity in field populations of Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:9010-9020. [PMID: 34257941 PMCID: PMC8258202 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fusarium is associated with a number of wilt, blight, scab, and rot diseases in a range of economically important staple food crops worldwide. An assessment of the genetic structure and population stratification of Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC) pathogen populations is important to understand the evolutionary potential of such populations in adapting to environmental change. Based on intersimple sequence repeat polymerase chain reaction (ISSR-PCR), it was found that the pathogen population was structured into three genetic clusters for which genetic differentiation was higher within than among populations. There was high intrapopulation genetic diversity for population 1 (94.63%) which consisted largely of isolates collected from North Trinidad. Populations 2 and 3 had a low level of admixture among the populations based on overall population differentiation. Population 1 accounted for the highest amount of genetic variation (95.82%) followed by populations 2 and 3. Population stratification was reflected in the dendrogram topology, which consisted of three main genetic clusters and which coincided with the outcome of Bayesian and PCoA analyses. The populations were isolated by distance, and Voronoi tessellations indicated physical or structural barriers to gene flow which contributed to restricted admixture between two of three populations. These findings suggest a high evolutionary potential for this FIESC pathogen population, the implications of which directly affect disease management strategies.
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- Sephra N. Rampersad
- Dept. of Life SciencesFaculty of Science and TechnologyThe University of the West IndiesSt. AugustineTrinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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Liu Y, Tang J, Zhou Y. Identification and Description of a New Pathogen Causing Flower Dry Rot on Passiflora edulis in China. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:1967-1975. [PMID: 33289411 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-20-2130-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Passiflora edulis Sims (passion fruit) is an economically important fruit crop. However, a new flower dry rot has occurred in orchards located in Zhanjiang, China, and has led to serious production loss. Its disease incidence is approximately 30 to 40%. A total of 221 isolates of Fusarium sp. were obtained from samples of three types of symptomatic flowers. Three representative single-spore isolates (PaB-1, PaB-2, and PaB-3) from each type were used for pathogenicity tests, multilocus phylogenetic analyses, and morphological descriptions. Pathogenicity tests of buds of 5-month-old P. edulis plants showed symptoms similar to those observed in nature, and Koch's postulates were achieved. By comparing 36 typical species from the FUSARIUM-ID database, multilocus phylogenetic analyses showed that the sequences of TEF1, RPB2, and ITS of these isolates belong to the Incarnatum clade of the F. incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC-17-a) with an independent branch. Therefore, the pathogenic isolates were identified as F. pernambucanum (FIESC-17-a). Moreover, in this study, the conidial anastomosis tubes were first observed in the FIESC. This is the first report of flower dry rot on P. edulis caused by F. pernambucanum. Further studies should be performed to determine effective disease management strategies.
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- Yuelian Liu
- Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524088, China
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- Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524088, China
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- Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524088, China
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Fulton JC, Amaradasa BS, Ertek TS, Iriarte FB, Sanchez T, Ji P, Paret ML, Hudson O, Ali ME, Dufault NS. Phylogenetic and phenotypic characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum isolates from Florida-grown watermelon. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248364. [PMID: 33764995 PMCID: PMC7993609 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fusarium wilt of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon), has become an increasing concern of farmers in the southeastern USA, especially in Florida. Management of this disease, most often through the use of resistant cultivars and crop rotation, requires an accurate understanding of an area’s pathogen population structure and phenotypic characteristics. This study improved the understanding of the state’s pathogen population by completing multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of two housekeeping genes (BT and TEF) and two loci (ITS and IGS), aggressiveness and race-determining bioassays on 72 isolates collected between 2011 and 2015 from major watermelon production areas in North, Central, and South Florida. Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) failed to group race 3 isolates into a single large clade; moreover, clade membership was not apparently correlated with aggressiveness (which varied both within and between clades), and only slightly with sampling location. The failure of multilocus sequence analysis using four highly conserved housekeeping genes and loci to clearly group and delineate known Fon races provides justification for future whole genome sequencing efforts whose more robust genomic comparisons will provide higher resolution of intra-species genetic distinctions. Consequently, these results suggest that identification of Fon isolates by race determination alone may fail to detect economically important phenotypic characteristics such as aggressiveness leading to inaccurate risk assessment.
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- James C. Fulton
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United State of America
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- The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Danville, Virginia, United State of America
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- Zirai Mücadele Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü, Ankara, Turkey
- North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy, Florida, United State of America
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- North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy, Florida, United State of America
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- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Alachua County, Florida, United State of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, United State of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United State of America
- North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy, Florida, United State of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, United State of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, United State of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United State of America
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Tralamazza SM, Piacentini KC, Savi GD, Carnielli-Queiroz L, de Carvalho Fontes L, Martins CS, Corrêa B, Rocha LO. Wild rice (O. latifolia) from natural ecosystems in the Pantanal region of Brazil: Host to Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex and highly contaminated by zearalenone. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 345:109127. [PMID: 33689972 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We assessed the mycobiota diversity and mycotoxin levels present in wild rice (Oryza latifolia) from the Pantanal region of Brazil; fundamental aspects of which are severely understudied as an edible plant from a natural ecosystem. We found multiple fungal species contaminating the rice samples; the most frequent genera being Fusarium, Nigrospora and Cladosporium (35.9%, 26.1% and 15%, respectively). Within the Fusarium genus, the wild rice samples were mostly contaminated by the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC) (80%) along with Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (20%). Phylogenetic analysis supported multiple FIESC species and gave support to the presence of two putative new groups within the complex (LN1 and LN2). Deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) chemical analysis showed that most of the isolates were DON/ZEN producers and some were defined as high ZEN producers, displaying abundant ZEN levels over DON (over 19 times more). Suggesting that ZEN likely has a key adaptive role for FIESC in wild rice (O. latifolia). Mycotoxin determination in the rice samples revealed high frequency of ZEN, and 85% of rice samples had levels >100 μg/kg; the recommended limit set by regulatory agencies. DON was only detected in 5.2% of the samples. Our data shows that FIESC species are the main source of ZEN contamination in wild rice and the excessive levels of ZEN found in the rice samples raises considerable safety concerns regarding wild rice consumption by humans and animals.
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- Sabina Moser Tralamazza
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Scientific and Technological Park, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science, Food Engineering Faculty, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
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Piombo E, Abdelfattah A, Droby S, Wisniewski M, Spadaro D, Schena L. Metagenomics Approaches for the Detection and Surveillance of Emerging and Recurrent Plant Pathogens. Microorganisms 2021; 9:188. [PMID: 33467169 PMCID: PMC7830299 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Globalization has a dramatic effect on the trade and movement of seeds, fruits and vegetables, with a corresponding increase in economic losses caused by the introduction of transboundary plant pathogens. Current diagnostic techniques provide a useful and precise tool to enact surveillance protocols regarding specific organisms, but this approach is strictly targeted, while metabarcoding and shotgun metagenomics could be used to simultaneously detect all known pathogens and potentially new ones. This review aims to present the current status of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) diagnostics of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens, discuss the challenges that need to be addressed, and provide direction for the development of methods for the detection of a restricted number of related taxa (specific surveillance) or all of the microorganisms present in a sample (general surveillance). HTS techniques, particularly metabarcoding, could be useful for the surveillance of soilborne, seedborne and airborne pathogens, as well as for identifying new pathogens and determining the origin of outbreaks. Metabarcoding and shotgun metagenomics still suffer from low precision, but this issue can be limited by carefully choosing primers and bioinformatic algorithms. Advances in bioinformatics will greatly accelerate the use of metagenomics to address critical aspects related to the detection and surveillance of plant pathogens in plant material and foodstuffs.
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- Edoardo Piombo
- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy;
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala Biocenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7026, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, Graz 8010, Austria;
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, University of Stockholm, Svante Arrhenius väg 20A, Stockholm 11418, Sweden
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel;
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Kearneysville, WV 25430, USA;
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Technical University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy;
- AGROINNOVA—Centre of Competence for the Innovation in the Agroenvironmental Sector, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Università Mediterranea, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy;
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Fusarium species associated with leaf spots of mango in China. Microb Pathog 2021; 150:104736. [PMID: 33453315 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mango is one of the important commercially cultivated fruit crops in southern China. In continuing research on foliar diseases of mango in south of China during 2016-2017, leaf spot disease was common at all mango orchards investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate Fusarium species associated with leaf spots of mango in the main production areas of China, and to identify them to species. Twenty-two Fusarium isolates were obtained from diseased leaves from seven provinces (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan and Yunnan), and then identified using morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis. These isolates were from seven species: F. concentricum, F. hainanense, F. mangiferae, F. pernambucanum, F. proliferatum, F. sulawesiense, and F. verticillioides. We found all 22 isolates to be capable of causing leaf spot symptoms on artificially wounded leaves. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. concentricum, F. hainanense, F. mangiferae, F. pernambucanum, F. sulawesiense and F. verticillioides associated with leaf spots on mango in China, and the first for F. concentricum, F. hainanense, F. pernambucanum, F. sulawesiense from mango worldwide. This is one of the few reports on Fusarium species as potential causal agents of mango leaf spots.
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Adhikari TB, Ingram T, Halterman D, Louws FJ. Gene Genealogies Reveal High Nucleotide Diversity and Admixture Haplotypes Within Three Alternaria Species Associated with Tomato and Potato. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:1449-1464. [PMID: 32202481 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-19-0487-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Early blight (EB) and leaf blight are two destructive diseases of tomato in North Carolina (NC), caused by Alternaria linariae and A. alternata, respectively. During the last decade, EB caused by A. solani has increased in potato-producing areas in Wisconsin (WI). We collected 152 isolates of three Alternaria spp. associated with tomato and potato in NC and WI and used the gene genealogical approach to compare the genetic relationships among them. Two nuclear genes: the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH), RNA polymerase second largest subunit (RPB2), and the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of these isolates were sequenced. Besides, sequences of the GPDH locus from international isolates described in previous studies were included for comparison purposes. A set of single nucleotide polymorphisms was assembled to identify locus-specific and species-specific haplotypes. Nucleotide diversity varied among gene sequences and species analyzed. For example, the estimates of nucleotide diversity and Watterson's theta were higher in A. alternata than in A. linariae and A. solani. There was little or no polymorphisms in the ITS sequences and thus restricted haplotype placement. The RPB2 sequences were less informative to detect haplotype diversity in A. linariae and A. solani, yet six haplotypes were detected in A. alternata. The GPDH sequences enabled strongly supported phylogenetic inferences with the highest haplotype diversity and belonged to five haplotypes (AaH1 to AaH5), which consisted of only A. alternata from NC. However, 13 haplotypes were identified within and among A. linariae and A. solani sequences. Among them, six (AsAlH1 to AsAlH6) were identical to previously reported haplotypes in global samples and the remaining were new haplotypes. The most divergent haplotypes were AaH1, AsAlH2/AsAlH3, and AsAlH4 and consisted exclusively of A. alternata, A. linariae, and A. solani, respectively. Neutrality tests suggested an excess of mutations and population expansion, and selection may play an important role in nucleotide diversity of Alternaria spp.
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- Tika B Adhikari
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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Midot F, Lau SYL, Wong WC, Tung HJ, Yap ML, Lo ML, Jee MS, Dom SP, Melling L. Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Ganoderma boninense in Oil Palm Plantations of Sarawak, Malaysia Inferred from ITS Regions. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7100464. [PMID: 31623251 PMCID: PMC6843275 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7100464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ganoderma boninense causes basal stem rot (BSR) and is responsible for substantial economic losses to Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry. Sarawak, a major producer in Malaysia, is also affected by this disease. Emergence of BSR in oil palm planted on peat throughout Sarawak is alarming as the soil type was previously regarded as non-conducive. Phylogenetic analysis indicated a single species, G. boninense as the cause of BSR in Sarawak. Information on evolutionary and demographic history for G. boninense in Sarawak inferred through informative genes is lacking. Hence, a haplotype study on single nucleotide polymorphisms in internal transcribed spacers (SNPs-ITS) of G. boninense was carried out. Sequence variations were analysed for population structure, phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships. The internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region of 117 isolates from four populations in eight locations across Sarawak coastal areas revealed seven haplotypes. A major haplotype, designated GbHap1 (81.2%), was found throughout all sampling locations. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were observed mainly in the ITS1 region. The genetic structure was not detected, and genetic distance did not correlate with geographical distance. Haplotype network analysis suggested evidence of recent demographic expansion. Low genetic differences among populations also suggested that these isolates belong to a single G. boninense founder population adapting to oil palm as the host.
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- Frazer Midot
- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd. (AAR) - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) Biotechnology Research Centre, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd. (AAR) - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) Biotechnology Research Centre, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd. (AAR) - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) Biotechnology Research Centre, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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The fungal genus Fusarium is one of the most important groups of plant-pathogenic fungi and affects a huge diversity of crops in all climatic zones across the globe. In addition, it is also a human pathogen and produces several extremely important mycotoxins in food products that have deleterious effects on livestock and humans. These fungi have been plagued over the past century by different perspectives of what constitutes the genus Fusarium and how many species occur within the genus. Currently, there are conflicting views on the generic boundaries and what defines a species that impact disease diagnosis, management, and biosecurity legislation. An approach to defining and identifying Fusarium that places the needs of the community of users (especially, in this case, phytopathologists) to the forefront is presented in this review.
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- Brett A Summerell
- Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia;
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Santos ACDS, Trindade JVC, Lima CS, Barbosa RDN, da Costa AF, Tiago PV, de Oliveira NT. Morphology, phylogeny, and sexual stage of Fusarium caatingaense and Fusarium pernambucanum, new species of the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex associated with insects in Brazil. Mycologia 2019; 111:244-259. [PMID: 30924728 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2019.1573047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic markers and the fertility of sexual crosses, two novel species of Fusarium associated with Dactylopius opuntiae (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and Aleurocanthus woglumi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from northeastern Brazil are described as Fusarium caatingaense and F. pernambucanum. Partial sequences of five loci were generated for 29 entomopathogenic Fusarium isolates. Multilocus phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that F. caatingaense and F. pernambucanum belong to the Incarnatum clade of the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC). These species displayed common morphological characters such as the production of various types of aerial conidia formed on monophialides and polyphialides and differ from each other mainly in the dimensions and morphology of their sporodochial conidia. Mating type polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed 17 MAT1-1 isolates and 12 MAT1-2 isolates, all of them heterothallic. Fertile perithecia were produced in 4.2% of infraspecific crosses of F. caatingaense and in 13.3% of infraspecific crosses of F. pernambucanum after 2-3 wk. Crosses between F. caatingaense and F. pernambucanum did not result in fertile perithecia. We demonstrate the existence of a sexual stage in species of the Incarnatum clade and describe the morphological characters of these sexual morphs for the first time. These results suggest that previously unknown sexual cycles contribute to the high genetic diversity within FIESC.
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- Ana Carla da Silva Santos
- a Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego 1235 , Cidade Universitária , Recife , Pernambuco , 50670-901 , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego 1235 , Cidade Universitária , Recife , Pernambuco , 50670-901 , Brazil
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- b Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará , Av. Mister Hull 2977, Presidente Kennedy , Fortaleza , Ceará , 60356-001 , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego 1235 , Cidade Universitária , Recife , Pernambuco , 50670-901 , Brazil
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- c Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco , Av. General San Martin 1371, Bongi, Recife , Pernambuco , 50761-000 , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego 1235 , Cidade Universitária , Recife , Pernambuco , 50670-901 , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego 1235 , Cidade Universitária , Recife , Pernambuco , 50670-901 , Brazil
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Akbar A, Hussain S, Ullah K, Fahim M, Ali GS. Detection, virulence and genetic diversity of Fusarium species infecting tomato in Northern Pakistan. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203613. [PMID: 30235252 PMCID: PMC6147440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In addition to the well-known Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, several other Fusarium species are known to cause extensive worldwide crop losses in tomatoes. Prevalence and identities of Fusarium species infecting tomatoes in Northwest Pakistan is currently not known. In this study, we surveyed and characterized Fusarium species associated with symptomatic tomatoes in Northwest Pakistan using morphological and molecular analyses. Pathogenicity tests revealed varying degrees of virulence with some Fusarium sp. causing severe disease symptoms whereas others displaying mild symptoms. Molecular identification based on Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and TEF-1α gene sequencing classified all isolates into four major species with a majority (68.9%) belonging to Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC), followed by F. graminearum (20.7%), F. acuminatum (6.8%), and F. solani (6.8%). ISSR analyses revealed substantial genetic variability among all the Fusarium population infecting tomatoes. Genetic distance between populations from the central region and the type strain F.o. f.sp. lycopersici from Florida was the highest (0.3662), whereas between the south and central region was the lowest (0.0298), which showed that genetic exchange is negatively effected by distance. High genetic variability suggests that these Fusarium species have the potential to become a major production constraint for tomato growers. Findings in this report would greatly facilitate identification of Fusarium species in developing countries and would provide groundwork for devising and implementing disease management measures for minimizing losses caused by Fusarium species in tomatoes.
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- Asma Akbar
- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Apopka, FL, United States of America
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Apopka, FL, United States of America
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Jagadeesh D, Prasanna Kumar M, Chandrakanth R, Devaki N. Molecular diversity of internal transcribed spacer among the monoconidial isolates of Magnaporthe oryzae isolated from rice in Southern Karnataka, India. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2018; 16:631-638. [PMID: 30733782 PMCID: PMC6353761 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Blast disease of rice plant is caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae). This disease is recognized to be one of the most serious diseases of rice crop around the world. A total of 72 monoconidial isolates of M. oryzae obtained from blast disease samples collected around Southern Karnataka were characterized using internal transcribed spacers of the ribosomal DNA sequences. These were analyzed by comparing with already deposited sequences in GenBank database. It helped in diagnosing the invasive pathogen in all locations. Variability of rDNA sequences was found to be highly polymorphic with 0.068962 nucleotide diversity showing 6 distinct clades. 33 haplotype groups were identified with haplotype diversity of 0.8881 and Tajima's neutrality test with a D value of −1.96827 with P < 0.05 showing the presence of variations among the sequences of pathogen isolates. The Tajima’s D value of less than one indicates the presence of a high number of rare alleles. Our study indicates that the pathogen might have undergone recent selection pressure because of the exposure to a large number of cultivars resulting in the evolution of rare alleles. This shows the importance of characterizing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) to know pathogen diversity and its fitness which has potential to contribute to the field of breeding for blast disease resistance.
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- D. Jagadeesh
- Department of Molecular Biology, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570005, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, GKVK, University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore 560065, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570005, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570005, India
- Corresponding author.
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