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Montoya-Martínez AC, O'Donnell K, Busman M, Vaughan MM, McCormick SP, Santillán-Mendoza R, Pineda-Vaca D, Clapes-Garduño L, Fernández-Pavía SP, Ploetz RC, Benítez-Malvido J, Montero-Castro JC, Rodríguez-Alvarado G. Weeds Harbor Fusarium Species that Cause Malformation Disease of Economically Important Trees in Western Mexico. Plant Dis 2022; 106:612-622. [PMID: 34569826 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-21-1339-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mango malformation disease (MMD) caused by Fusarium spp. is an important limiting factor in most production areas worldwide. Fusarium mexicanum and F. pseudocircinatum have been reported as causing MMD in Mexico. These two pathogens also cause a similar disease in Swietenia macrophylla (big-leaf mahogany malformation disease) in central western Mexico, and F. pseudocircinatum was recently reported as causing malformation disease in Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet) in the same region. These studies suggest that additional plant species, including weeds, might be hosts of these pathogens. The role that weed hosts might have in the disease cycle is unknown. The objectives of this work were to recover Fusarium isolates from understory vegetation in mango orchards with MMD, identify the Fusarium isolates through DNA sequence data, and determine whether F. mexicanum is capable of inducing disease in the weedy legume Senna uniflora (oneleaf senna). Additional objectives in this work were to compare Fusarium isolates recovered from weeds and mango trees in the same orchards by characterizing their phylogenetic relationships, assessing in vitro production of mycotoxins, and identifying their mating type idiomorph. A total of 59 Fusarium isolates from five species complexes were recovered from apical and lateral buds from four weed species. Two of the species within the F. fujikuroi species complex are known to cause MMD in Mexico. Trichothecene production was detected in five isolates, including F. sulawense and F. irregulare in the F. incarnatum-equiseti species complex and F. boothii in the F. sambucinum species complex. Both mating types were present among mango and weed isolates. This is the first report of herbaceous hosts harboring Fusarium species that cause mango malformation in Mexico. The information provided should prove valuable for further study of the epidemiological role of weeds in MMD and help manage the disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amelia C Montoya-Martínez
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
- Campo Experimental Ixtacuaco, CIRGOC, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tlapacoyan, Veracruz, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL 33031-3314, U.S.A
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán 58190, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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Montoya-Martínez AC, O'Donnell K, Busman M, Vaughan MM, McCormick SP, Santillán-Mendoza R, Pineda-Vaca D, Fernández-Pavía SP, Ploetz RC, Benítez-Malvido J, Montero-Castro JC, Rodríguez-Alvarado G. Malformation Disease in Tabebuia rosea (Rosy Trumpet) Caused by Fusarium pseudocircinatum in Mexico. Plant Dis 2021; 105:2822-2829. [PMID: 33904328 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-20-1942-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet) is an economically important neotropical tree in Mexico that is highly valued for the quality of its wood, which is used for furniture, crafts, and packing, and for its use as an ornamental and shade tree in parks and gardens. During surveys conducted in the lower Balsas River Basin region in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, symptoms of floral malformation were detected in T. rosea trees. The main objectives of this study were to describe this new disease, to determine its causal agent, and to identify it using DNA sequence data. A second set of objectives was to analyze the phylogenetic relationship of the causal agent to Fusarium spp. associated with Swietenia macrophylla trees with malformation surveyed in the same region and to compare mycotoxin production and the mating type idiomorphs of fusaria recovered from T. rosea and S. macrophylla. Tabebuia rosea showed malformed inflorescences with multiple tightly curled shoots and shortened internodes. A total of 31 Fusarium isolates recovered from symptomatic T. rosea (n = 20) and S. macrophylla (n = 11) trees were identified by molecular analysis as Fusarium pseudocircinatum. Pathogenicity tests showed that isolates of F. pseudocircinatum recovered from T. rosea induced malformation in inoculated T. rosea seedlings. Eighteen F. pseudocircinatum isolates were tested for their ability to produce mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites. Moniliformin, fusaric acid, bikaverin, beauvericin, aurofusarin. and 8-O-methylbostrycoidin were produced by at least one strain of the 18 isolates tested. A multiplex PCR assay for mating type idiomorph revealed that 22 F. pseudocircinatum isolates were MAT1-1 and that 9 were MAT1-2. Here, we report a new disease of T. rosea in Mexico caused by F. pseudocircinatum.
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- Amelia C Montoya-Martínez
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria 61604, U.S.A
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
- Campo Experimental Ixtacuaco, Centro de Investigación Regional Golfo Centro (CIRGOC), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tlapacoyan, Veracruz 93600, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead 33031-3314, U.S.A
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, Michoacán 58190, México
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- Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán 58060, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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Geiser DM, Al-Hatmi AMS, Aoki T, Arie T, Balmas V, Barnes I, Bergstrom GC, Bhattacharyya MK, Blomquist CL, Bowden RL, Brankovics B, Brown DW, Burgess LW, Bushley K, Busman M, Cano-Lira JF, Carrillo JD, Chang HX, Chen CY, Chen W, Chilvers M, Chulze S, Coleman JJ, Cuomo CA, de Beer ZW, de Hoog GS, Del Castillo-Múnera J, Del Ponte EM, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Di Pietro A, Edel-Hermann V, Elmer WH, Epstein L, Eskalen A, Esposto MC, Everts KL, Fernández-Pavía SP, da Silva GF, Foroud NA, Fourie G, Frandsen RJN, Freeman S, Freitag M, Frenkel O, Fuller KK, Gagkaeva T, Gardiner DM, Glenn AE, Gold SE, Gordon TR, Gregory NF, Gryzenhout M, Guarro J, Gugino BK, Gutierrez S, Hammond-Kosack KE, Harris LJ, Homa M, Hong CF, Hornok L, Huang JW, Ilkit M, Jacobs A, Jacobs K, Jiang C, Jiménez-Gasco MDM, Kang S, Kasson MT, Kazan K, Kennell JC, Kim HS, Kistler HC, Kuldau GA, Kulik T, Kurzai O, Laraba I, Laurence MH, Lee T, Lee YW, Lee YH, Leslie JF, Liew ECY, Lofton LW, Logrieco AF, López-Berges MS, Luque AG, Lysøe E, Ma LJ, Marra RE, Martin FN, May SR, McCormick SP, McGee C, Meis JF, Migheli Q, Mohamed Nor NMI, Monod M, Moretti A, Mostert D, Mulè G, Munaut F, Munkvold GP, Nicholson P, Nucci M, O'Donnell K, Pasquali M, Pfenning LH, Prigitano A, Proctor RH, Ranque S, Rehner SA, Rep M, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Rose LJ, Roth MG, Ruiz-Roldán C, Saleh AA, Salleh B, Sang H, Scandiani MM, Scauflaire J, Schmale DG, Short DPG, Šišić A, Smith JA, Smyth CW, Son H, Spahr E, Stajich JE, Steenkamp E, Steinberg C, Subramaniam R, Suga H, Summerell BA, Susca A, Swett CL, Toomajian C, Torres-Cruz TJ, Tortorano AM, Urban M, Vaillancourt LJ, Vallad GE, van der Lee TAJ, Vanderpool D, van Diepeningen AD, Vaughan MM, Venter E, Vermeulen M, Verweij PE, Viljoen A, Waalwijk C, Wallace EC, Walther G, Wang J, Ward TJ, Wickes BL, Wiederhold NP, Wingfield MJ, Wood AKM, Xu JR, Yang XB, Yli-Mattila T, Yun SH, Zakaria L, Zhang H, Zhang N, Zhang SX, Zhang X. Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology 2021; 111:1064-1079. [PMID: 33200960 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-20-0330-le] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Scientific communication is facilitated by a data-driven, scientifically sound taxonomy that considers the end-user's needs and established successful practice. In 2013, the Fusarium community voiced near unanimous support for a concept of Fusarium that represented a clade comprising all agriculturally and clinically important Fusarium species, including the F. solani species complex (FSSC). Subsequently, this concept was challenged in 2015 by one research group who proposed dividing the genus Fusarium into seven genera, including the FSSC described as members of the genus Neocosmospora, with subsequent justification in 2018 based on claims that the 2013 concept of Fusarium is polyphyletic. Here, we test this claim and provide a phylogeny based on exonic nucleotide sequences of 19 orthologous protein-coding genes that strongly support the monophyly of Fusarium including the FSSC. We reassert the practical and scientific argument in support of a genus Fusarium that includes the FSSC and several other basal lineages, consistent with the longstanding use of this name among plant pathologists, medical mycologists, quarantine officials, regulatory agencies, students, and researchers with a stake in its taxonomy. In recognition of this monophyly, 40 species described as genus Neocosmospora were recombined in genus Fusarium, and nine others were renamed Fusarium. Here the global Fusarium community voices strong support for the inclusion of the FSSC in Fusarium, as it remains the best scientific, nomenclatural, and practical taxonomic option available.
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- David M Geiser
- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95832, U.S.A
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Mycology Unit and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili Medical School, Reus, Spain
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Wimauma, FL 33598, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Research Institute on Mycology and Mycotoxicology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, National University of Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Infectious Diseases, Center of Expertise in Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, Queenstown, MD 21658, U.S.A
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, U.S.A
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- Laboratory of Mycology and Phytopathology, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia
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- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA 30605, U.S.A
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- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA 30605, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, DE 19716, U.S.A
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- Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- MTA-SZTE Fungal Pathogenicity Mechanisms Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Çukurova, Sarıçam, Adana, Turkey
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- Biosystematics Unit, Plant Health and Protection, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Xianyang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, St. Lucia, Australia
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- Biology Department, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63101, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
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- German National Reference Center for Invasive Fungal Infections NRZMyk, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
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- Microbial Safety Team, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A
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- Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
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- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA 30605, U.S.A
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Research National Council, Bari, Italy
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- Departamento de Genética, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Centro de Referencia de Micología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Høgskoleveien, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, U.S.A
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- Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Salinas, CA 93905, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Infectious Diseases, Center of Expertise in Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Agraria and Nucleo Ricerca Desertificazione, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Laboratoire de Mycologie, Service de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Research National Council, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Research National Council, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Departamento de Genética, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Centro de Referencia de Micología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centre de Recherche et de Formation Agronomie, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut, Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A
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- Department of Ecological Plant Protection, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902, U.S.A
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Research National Council, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, U.S.A
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Wimauma, FL 33598, U.S.A
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
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- Department of Microbial Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Infectious Diseases, Center of Expertise in Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- German National Reference Center for Invasive Fungal Infections NRZMyk, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94702
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, U.S.A
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, U.S.A
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, U.S.A
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, U.S.A
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Xianyang, People's Republic of China
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Benítez-Malvido J, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Álvarez-Añorve M, Ávila-Cabadilla LD, del-Val E, Lira-Noriega A, Gregorio-Cipriano R. Antagonistic Interactions Between Fusaria Species and Their Host Plants Are Influenced by Host Taxonomic Distance: A Case Study From Mexico. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.615857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Interactions between cultivated and wild plants with their fungal pathogens have strong ecological, evolutionary and economic implications. Antagonistic interactions, however, have been scantily studied in an applied context by using ecological networks, phylogeny and spatial ecology concurrently. In this study, we describe for the first time, the topological structure of plant-fungi networks involving species of the genus Fusarium and their native and introduced (exotic) cultivated host plants in Mexico. For this, we based our study on a recent database describing the attack on 75 native and introduced plant species, including 35 species of the genus Fusarium. Host plant species varied in their degree of phylogenetical relatedness (Monocots and Dicots) and spatial geographical distribution. Therefore, we also tested whether or not plant-Fusarium networks are phylogenetically structured and highlighted the spatial correlation between pathogens and their host plants across the country. In general, the pathogen-plant network is more specialized and compartmentalized in closely related taxa. Closely related hosts are more likely to share the same pathogenic Fusarium species. Host plants are present in different ecosystems and climates, with regions having more cultivated plant species presenting the highest number of fusaria pathogens. From an economic standpoint, different species of the same taxonomic family may be more susceptible to being attacked by the same species of Fusarium, whereas from an ecological standpoint the movement of pathogens may expose wild and cultivated plants to new diseases. Our study highlights the relevance of interaction intimacy in structuring trophic relationships between plants and fusaria species in native and introduced species. Furthermore, we show that the analytical tools regarding host distribution and phylogeny could permit a rapid assessment of which plant species in a region are most likely to be attacked by a given fusaria.
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Santillán-Mendoza R, Montoya-Martínez AC, Pineda-Vaca D, Fernández-Pavía SP, Montero-Castro JC, Benítez-Malvido J, Ortega-Arreola R, Rodríguez-Alvarado G. Genetic diversity of Fusarium pseudocircinatum in the central western region of Mexico: the case of big-leaf mahogany malformation disease. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:6599-6609. [PMID: 32772344 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05711-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fusarium pseudocircinatum is the main causal agent of big-leaf mahogany malformation disease (BLMMD) of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in Mexico. Although, BLMMD is the most important disease for this high-value timber species, there is a lack of information on the genetic variation present in geographically diverse isolates of F. pseudocircinatum. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of populations of F. pseudocircinatum causing BLMMD in the central western region of Mexico. A total of 611 big-leaf mahogany trees were inspected at eight sites in four states (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco and Michoacán); of these, 42.7% showed malformation symptoms similar to those of BLMMD. Of 374 Fusarium isolates that were recovered, 277 were identified as F. pseudocircinatum, 56 were F. mexicanum, and 41 were Fusarium spp. An ISSR analysis of the F. pseudocircinatum isolates generated 51 bands of which 38 were polymorphic (76.8%) with a mean of 17 bands per primer. A total of 87 multilocus genotypes (MLGs) were identified. Nei's genetic diversity analysis showed that the isolates had a high genetic diversity average (0.147), with values ranging from 0.070 to 0.365 depending of the geographical location. An analysis of molecular variance revealed that the variation within the populations was low (27.36%), while the variation within MLGs was significant (72.64%), indicating genetic flow. Overall, the genetic variability of F. pseudocircinatum populations was high and the MLGs from Colima (Colima) and Gabriel Zamora (Michoacán) were placed centrally, which possibly is evidence of ancestry and indicates its dispersion routes in the central western region of Mexico.
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- Ricardo Santillán-Mendoza
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich., Mexico.,Campo Experimental Ixtacuaco, CIRGOC, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tlapacoyan, Ver., Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich., Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich., Mexico
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- Ecología del Hábitat Alterado, IIES, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mich., Mexico
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- Campo Experimental Tecomán, CIRPAC, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tecomán, Col., Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich., Mexico.
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Reyes-Tena A, Huguet-Tapia JC, Lamour KH, Goss EM, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Vázquez-Marrufo G, Santillán-Mendoza R, Fernández-Pavía SP. Genome Sequence Data of Six Isolates of Phytophthora capsici from Mexico. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2019; 32:1267-1269. [PMID: 31425006 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-19-0014-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phytophthora capsici is an oomycete plant pathogen with a wide host range. Worldwide, P. capsici is known for causing the principal disease of chili pepper crops. Our goal was to expand the available genome resources for this diverse pathogen by generating whole-genome sequences for six isolates of P. capsici from Mexico.
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- Alfredo Reyes-Tena
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, 58880, México
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, U.S.A
- Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, 58880, México
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- Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotecnología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, 58880, México
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Montoya-Martínez AC, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Proctor RH, Kim HS, O'Donnell K. Design and validation of a robust multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for MAT idiomorph within the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex. Mycologia 2019; 111:772-781. [PMID: 31487230 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2019.1649956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We discovered that published polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for determining mating type (MAT) idiomorph failed to genotype some of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) isolates recovered from Mangifera indica (mango), Swietenia macrophylla (big-leaf mahogany), Annona muricata (soursop), Bursera sp., and Tabebuia sp. in Mexico. Thus, the primary objective of this study was to design and validate a robust multiplex PCR-based diagnostic for typing MAT within the FFSC. To accomplish this objective, we mined the MAT1-1 or MAT1-2 locus from the genomes of 60 FFSC isolates, representing 56 phylospecies, and from four species in its sister group, the F. nisikadoi species complex (FNSC). Bioinformatic searches were facilitated by targeting DNA lyase (SLA2) and apurinic endonuclease (APN1), the genes that flank the MAT locus in Fusarium. As expected, three genes were identified within MAT1-1 (MAT1-1-1, MAT1-1-2, and MAT1-1-3) and two in MAT1-2 (MAT1-2-1 and MAT1-2-9), using the ab initio prediction tool AUGUSTUS. Of the three multiplex PCR assays we designed and tested, the one targeting MAT1-1-2 and MAT1-2-1 successfully genotyped the entire 71-isolate validation panel, which included 56 FFSC and 4 FNSC phylospecies. By contrast, the published PCR assays we tested produced positive genotypes for only 46.5-59% of the 71-isolate validation panel, but only when they were run as a uniplex assay. Although only one-fifth of the FFSC/FNSC are known to reproduce sexually, our results suggest that if they possess a sexual cycle, it is heterothallic (self-sterile).
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- Amelia C Montoya-Martínez
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo , Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880 , Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo , Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880 , Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo , Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880 , Mexico
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Peoria , Illinois 61604-3999
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Peoria , Illinois 61604-3999
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Peoria , Illinois 61604-3999
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Santillán-Mendoza R, Fernández-Pavía SP, O'Donnell K, Ploetz RC, Ortega-Arreola R, Vázquez-Marrufo G, Benítez-Malvido J, Montero-Castro JC, Soto-Plancarte A, Rodríguez-Alvarado G. A Novel Disease of Big-Leaf Mahogany Caused by Two Fusarium Species in Mexico. Plant Dis 2018; 102:1965-1972. [PMID: 30265221 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-18-0060-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is valued for its high-quality wood and use in urban landscapes in Mexico. During surveys of mango-producing areas in the central western region of Mexico, symptoms of malformation, the most important disease of mango in the area, were observed on big-leaf mahogany trees. The objectives of this research were to describe this new disease and determine its cause. Symptoms on big-leaf mahogany at four sites in Michoacán, Mexico resembled those of the vegetative phase of mango malformation, including compact, bunched growth of apical and lateral buds, with greatly shortened internodes and small leaves that curved back toward the supporting stem. Of 163 isolates that were recovered from symptomatic tissues, most were identified as Fusarium pseudocircinatum (n = 121) and F. mexicanum (n = 39) using molecular systematic data; two isolates represented unnamed phylospecies within the F. incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC 20-d and FIESC 37-a) and another was in the F. solani species complex (FSSC 25-m). However, only F. mexicanum and F. pseudocircinatum induced malformation symptoms on 14-day-old seedlings of big-leaf mahogany. The results indicate that F. mexicanum and F. pseudocircinatum, previously reported in Mexico as causal agents of mango malformation disease, also affect big-leaf mahogany. This is the first report of this new disease and the first time that F. mexicanum was shown to affect a host other than mango.
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- R Santillán-Mendoza
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, IIAF, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead 33031-3314
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- Campo Experimental Tecomán, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tecomán, Colima 28100, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, Michoacán 58190, Mexico
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- Facultad de Biología, UMSNH, Cd. Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán 58060, México
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Vazquez-Marrufo G, Morales-Gallardo S, Vázquez-Garcidueñas S, Fernández-Pavia SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G. Extracellular enzimatic activity and mycoparasitism of Mexican Trichoderma spp. strains. N Biotechnol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2016.06.1437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Castro-Rocha A, Shrestha S, Lyon B, Grimaldo-Pantoja GL, Flores-Marges JP, Valero-Galván J, Aguirre-Ramírez M, Osuna-Ávila P, Gómez-Dorantes N, Ávila-Quezada G, de Jesús Luna-Ruíz J, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Lamour K. An initial assessment of genetic diversity for Phytophthora capsici in northern and central Mexico. Mycol Prog 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-016-1157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Freeman S, Otero-Colina G, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía S, Maymon M, Ploetz RC, Aoki T, O'Donnell K. First Report of Mango Malformation Disease Caused by Fusarium pseudocircinatum in Mexico. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1583. [PMID: 30699805 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-14-0375-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Mango (Mangifera indica L.) malformation disease (MMD) is one of the most important diseases affecting this crop worldwide, causing severe economic loss due to reduction of yield. After the first report in India in 1891 (3), MMD has spread worldwide to most mango-growing regions. Several species of Fusarium cause the disease, including F. mangiferae in India, Israel, the USA (Florida), Egypt, South Africa, Oman, and elsewhere; F. sterilihyphosum in South Africa and Brazil; F. proliferatum in China; F. mexicanum in Mexico; and recently, F. tupiense in Brazil (1,2,3,4). Besides F. mexicanum, F. pseudocircinatum, not yet reported as a causal agent of MMD, was isolated in Mexico from affected inflorescences and vegetative malformed tissues (4). Symptoms of vegetative malformation caused by F. pseudocircinatum included hypertrophied, tightly bunched young shoots, with swollen apical and lateral buds producing misshapen terminals with shortened internodes and dwarfed leaves. Infected inflorescences of primary or secondary axes on affected panicles were shortened, thickened, and highly branched, while the peduncles became thick, remained green and fleshy, and branches profusely resembled a cauliflower in shape and size (3). Ten isolates of F. pseudocircinatum were recovered from cultivars Ataulfo, Criollo, Haden, and Tommy Atkins in Guerrero, Campeche, and Chiapas states and characterized. Isolates produced mostly 0-septate but occasionally 1- to 3-septate oval, obovoid, or elliptical aerial conidia (0-septate: 4 to 19 [avg. 8.7] × 1.5 to 4 [avg. 2.6] μm) in false heads in the dark and in short false chains under black light, unbranched or sympodially branched prostrate aerial conidiophores producing mono- and polyphialides, and sporodochia with straight or falcate conidia that were mostly 3- to 5-septate, but sometimes up to 7-septate (3-septate: 25 to 58 [avg. 41] × 2 to 3.3 [avg. 2.9] μm; 5-septate: 33.5 to 76.5 [avg. 56.7] × 2.5 to 6 [avg. 3.5] μm). Circinate sterile hyphae were rarely formed. Two representative isolates, NRRL 53570 and 53573, were subjected to multilocus molecular phylogenetic analyses of portions of five genes: nuclear large subunit 28S ribosomal RNA, β-tubulin, calmodulin, histone H3, and translation elongation factor (TEF)-1α (GenBank GU737456, GU737457, GU737290, GU737291, GU737371, GU737372, GU737425, GU737426, GU737398, and GU737399). Two pathogenicity tests were conducted with NRRL 53570 and 53573 on healthy 2-year-old nucellar seedlings of polyembryonic Criollo; 20 μl conidial suspensions (5 × 106 conidia/ml) of each isolate and water controls were inoculated separately on 15 buds on 3 different trees, as described previously (1). The following conditions were used in experiment 1: 24 to 27°C with light intensity of 16.2 to 19.8 •Mol m-2s-1 in the range of 400 to 700 nm, and photoperiods of 14 h light and 10 h dark. Typical vegetative disease symptoms were discernible in plants inoculated with NRRL 53570 (20%) and 53573 (7%) after 8 months. In experiment 2, after 3 months growth under the above conditions, seedlings were transferred to an outdoor nursery in Iguala, Guerrero. Typical vegetative symptoms of MMD were observed in 86.7 and 13.3% of the buds inoculated with F. pseudocircinatum NRRL 53570 and 53573, respectively, after 9 months. Isolates from typical symptomatic vegetative buds were confirmed as F. pseudocircinatum by sequencing a portion of their TEF-1α gene, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates. This is the first report of F. pseudocircinatum as a causal agent of MMD. References: (1) S. Freeman et al. Phytopathology 89:456, 1999. (2) C. S. Lima et al. Mycologia 104:1408, 2012. (3) W. F. O. Marasas et al. Phytopathology 96:667, 2006. (4) G. Otero-Colina et al. Phytopathology 100:1176, 2010.
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- S Freeman
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Montecillo, Texcoco, México
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- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 58880, México
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead 33031-3314
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- Genetic Resources Center (MAFF), National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan
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- Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, NCAUR-ARS-USDA, Peoria, IL 61604
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Fernández-Pavía SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Garay-Serrano E, Cárdenas-Navarro R. First Report of Xanthomonas fragariae Causing Angular Leaf Spot on Strawberry Plants in México. Plant Dis 2014; 98:682. [PMID: 30708566 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-13-0691-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The state of Michoacán is the most important strawberry producer in México. During January 2007, field-grown strawberry plants cv. Aromas showing vein necrosis were observed in 3 ha in Zamora County, in fruit production fields. The average disease incidence in the field was 80%. Infected plants presented water-soaked lesions limited by veins on the lower leaf surfaces, which enlarged to form angular spots (1). Additionally, most affected plants presented severe necrosis in the main veins and reddish to necrotic lesions on the upper leaf surfaces. Gram-negative bacteria were consistently isolated from leaves with water-soaked lesions. Isolated bacteria produced mucoid, yellow colonies on YDC, grew on tween and nutrient agar (NA), but not on SX media. Strains produced non-fluorescent colonies on King's B media, were positive starch hydrolysis, negative esculin hydrolysis; and produced acid from fructose but not from arabinose, galactose, celobiose, and trehalose. Growth was inhibited by 2% NaCl (3). Indirect ELISA analysis (NEOGEN, Lansing, MI) was conducted using antibodies specific for Xanthomonas fragariae. Conventional PCR assay using the primer pairs 241A/241B was performed (2). The ELISA test was positive. The expected 300- and 550-bp bands were observed in the PCR analysis. The bacteria was identified as X. fragariae Kennedy and King. Pathogenicity tests were conducted twice in a greenhouse (24 ± 4°C) on a total of five strawberry cv. Aromas plants. The main vein of each of three leaves per plant were punctured using sterile needles. Pathogen inoculum was obtained from 6- to 8-day-old NA cultures. Bacteria were applied onto the wounds with a sterile cotton swab dipped into the bacterial suspension (105 CFU/ml). Inoculated plants were covered with plastic bags for 48 h. Symptoms resembling those seen in the field developed on all inoculated plants after 9 days. X. fragariae was re-isolated from the necrotic lesions and identified by PCR. Control plants were similarly inoculated with water but did not develop symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first report of X. fragariae causing angular leaf spot in strawberry in Michoacán, México. References: (1) J. L. Maas, ed. Compendium of Strawberry Diseases. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 1998. (2) M. R. Pooler et al. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3121, 1996. (3) N. W. Schaad et al. Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 3rd ed. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 2001.
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- S P Fernández-Pavía
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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Gregorio-Cipriano MR, Fernández-Pavía SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Gómez-Dorantes N. First Report of Geranium Rust (Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis) in the State of Michoacán, México. Plant Dis 2013; 97:1660. [PMID: 30716833 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-13-0570-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Geranium is one of the most popular ornamental plants in México. In December 2012, rust symptoms were observed on leaves of common geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum L. H. Bailey) growing in pots in garden landscapes in Morelia, Michoacán. Dark brown pustules with chlorotic halos appeared on the lower leaf surface. A center pustule surrounded by one or more partial-to-complete concentric circles of smaller pustules was observed in each lesion. Urediniospores were globose or subglobose to ovoid, light brown, echinulated, thin-walled with two more or less conspicuous subequatorial pores, and 21 to 29 × 18 to 24 μm (25.5 × 22.8 μm average). Teliospores were not observed. Based on these characters, the rust was identified as Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge (1,2). Pathogenicity tests were conducted on three healthy P. × hortorum plants that were sprayed with water droplets containing urediniospores. The inoculated plants were covered with a plastic bag and placed in a screened house. The bags were removed after 24 h. Afterwards, the plants were maintained outside the screened house in full sun at ambient temperature (24 to 30°C in the day and 5 to 10°C at night). Initial symptoms were observed 15 to 17 days post inoculation. Symptoms appeared as small light yellow spots on the upper surface of mature leaves. Urediniospores production on the lower surface of the leaves was evident 22 to 25 days post inoculation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. pelargonii-zonalis in the state of Michoacán, México. Geranium rust has been previously reported only in the state of Guanajuato (2). References: (1) E. M. Doidge. Bothalia 2:1, 1926. (2) H. L. Gallegos and G. B. Cummings. Uredinales (royas) de México. Vol. 1. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México, SARH, 1981.
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- M R Gregorio-Cipriano
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacán, México 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacán, México 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacán, México 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacán, México 58880
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Otero-Colina G, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía S, Maymon M, Ploetz RC, Aoki T, O'Donnell K, Freeman S. Identification and characterization of a novel etiological agent of mango malformation disease in Mexico, Fusarium mexicanum sp. nov. Phytopathology 2010; 100:1176-84. [PMID: 20932166 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-10-0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The primary objective of this study was to characterize Fusarium spp. associated with the economically devastating mango malformation disease (MMD) in Mexico. In all, 142 Fusarium strains were isolated from symptomatic mango inflorescences and vegetative tissues in eight geographically diverse Mexican states from 2002 through 2007. Initially, all the Mexican isolates were screened for genetic diversity using appolymerase chain reaction and random amplified polymorphic DNA markers and were grouped into seven distinct genotypes. Based on results of these analyses, evolutionary relationships and species limits of the genetically diverse MMD-associated Fusarium spp. were investigated using multilocus DNA sequence data and phylogenetic species recognition. Maximum parsimony analyses of a five-locus data set comprising 5.8 kb of aligned DNA sequence data indicated that at least nine phylogenetically distinct Fusarium spp. within the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex are associated with MMD, including one species within the African clade (Fusarium pseudocircinatum), two species within the Asian clade (F. mangiferae and F. proliferatum), and at least six species within the American clade (F. sterilihyphosum and five undescribed Fusarium spp.). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that a novel genealogically exclusive lineage within the American clade was the predominant MMD associate in Mexico. This new Fusarium sp. caused MMD and could be distinguished from all other known species morphologically by the production of mostly sterile, coiled hyphae which are typically associated with sporodochial conidiophores together with unbranched or sparsely branched aerial conidiophores. Koch's postulates were completed for isolates of the new species on nucellar seedlings of mango cv. Ataulfo. This pathogen is formally described herein as F. mexicanum.
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Rodríguez-Fernández R, Soto-Plancarte A, Fernández-Pavía SP. First Report of Powdery Mildew on Carrot Caused by Erysiphe heraclei in Michoacan, Mexico. Plant Dis 2010; 94:483. [PMID: 30754489 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-94-4-0483b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Carrot (Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.) is planted as a home-grown vegetable in the central region of Michoacan, Mexico. Powdery mildew was observed on carrot plants cv. Nantesa at several locations near Morelia, Michoacan during March 2009. Affected plants had abundant, white, superficial conidia and mycelium on leaves and stems. All plants at each of five locations surveyed had powdery mildew symptoms with percent foliage coverage ranging from 50 to 80%. Mycelial growth was amphigenous, mainly on the upper leaf surface, covering the whole leaf and with irregular patches on inflorescences and stems. Hyphae were ectophytic with lobed appressoria. Conidiophores presented foot cells 22.5 to 35 (30) × 5.75 to 7 (6.3) μm followed by two cells, one shorter and one longer than the foot cell. Conidia were produced singly, most subcylindric to cylindric, lacked fibrosin bodies, and measured 31.2 to 42 (36.2) × 8.7 to 11.2 (10.5) μm. The teleomorph was not observed. Genomic DNA was extracted from infected leaves; sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) inclusive of 5.8S rDNA were amplified using previously described primers specific for Erysiphales (3). The ITS sequences shared 100% homology to Erysiphe heraclei specimen VPRI41227 from carrot in Australia (GenBank Accession No. EU371725). On the basis of the morphological characteristics observed and the ITS rDNA sequences, the pathogen was identified as E. heraclei DC. The ITS sequence was deposited in NCBI as Accession No. GU252368. Pathogenicity tests were conducted twice on a total of 10 healthy 8-week-old carrot plants cv. Nantesa. Infected plants were placed in close proximity to healthy plants and maintained in a greenhouse at 27 ± 5°C. Initial signs and symptoms were observed 3 weeks after inoculation and appeared as small, white colonies, which later coalesced and covered most of the foliage. Microscopic examination of the conidia and mycelial morphology matched the originally described pathogen, E. heraclei. Powdery mildew caused by this pathogen has been extensively reported on diverse species and genera of the Apiaceae in Europe and remains one of the most important diseases of carrot (2). The appearance of E. heraclei in diverse regions on a variety of umbelliferous crops indicates that formae speciales have spread, infecting different and specific hosts (1-3). Recently, E. heraclei has been reported on parsley in Puebla, Mexico (4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. heraclei causing powdery mildew on carrot in Michoacan, Mexico. This pathogen should be considered as a threat to commercial carrot crops in Mexico. Other crops in the Apiaceae may not be at risk in this area if this powdery mildew is specific for carrots. References: (1) B. J. Aegerter. Page 22 in: Compendium of Umbelliferous Crop Diseases. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 2002. (2) U. Braun. The Powdery Mildew (Erysiphales) of Europe. Gustav Fischer-Verlag. Jena, Germany, 1995. (3) J. H. Cunnington et al. Australas. Plant Pathol. 32:421, 2003. (4) M. J. Yáñez-Morales et al. Schlechtendalia 19:47, 2009.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Laboratorio de Patologia Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patologia Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patologia Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 58880
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- Laboratorio de Patologia Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 58880
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Pérez-Cáliz MI, Caudillo-Ruiz KB, Garay-Serrano E, Rodríguez-Fernández R, Fernández-Pavía SP. Root Rot of Hydroponically Grown Lettuce Caused by Phytophthora drechsleri in Mexico. Plant Dis 2009; 93:1077. [PMID: 30754351 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-93-10-1077b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During March of 2008, bibb lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) plants with severe wilting and root rot were observed in a commercial liquid-hydroponic greenhouse in Guanajuato, Mexico. By July of that year, the disease affected most plants in the facility. A Phytophthora sp. was consistently isolated from diseased roots on potato carrot agar. Several Phytophthora isolates were morphologically characterized. Sporulation was achieved by placing colonized disks of clarified V8 juice agar (V8A) into nonautoclaved soil extract (10 g avocado soil/1,000 ml distilled water, stirred for 3 h, and filtered). Sporangia were persistent, nonpapillate, and 40 to 58 μm long × 30 to 40 μm wide. External and internal proliferation was observed. Hyphal swellings were predominantly rounded. Oospores were not observed. The isolates grew on V8A at 35°C. Pathogenicity tests were conducted twice by utilizing a representative isolate (AC1) on bibb lettuce seedlings (10 replicates per experiment). Seeds were placed on sterile, water-soaked paper in petri dishes. After 10 days, each lettuce seedling was placed into a tube containing approximately 2 ml of sterile distilled water and 2,000 zoospores. Control plants were placed in tubes with water only. Plants were incubated for 7 days in a moist chamber at 25°C. Symptoms of wilting and root necrosis were observed 2 to 3 days after inoculation. All plants were dead 5 to 7 days after inoculation. A Phytophthora sp. was always isolated from the roots of inoculated plants. Control plants remained healthy. The pathogen was identified as Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker according to morphological characteristics. To confirm the identity of the pathogen, sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) were obtained from three representative isolates. The ITS sequences that were obtained shared 100% homology to several strains of P. dreschleri, including isolates from cucurbits (GenBank Accession No. AF228097). The ITS sequence was deposited in NCBI as Accession No. FJ790770. P. cryptogea and P. dreschleri have been reported as causing root rot on lettuce grown hydroponically in the United States and Korea (1,2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. drechsleri causing root rot on lettuce in Mexico. References: (1) H. J. Jee et al. Plant Pathol. J. 17:311, 2001. (2) A. R. Linde et al. Plant Dis. 74:1037, 1990.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal (LabPV), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), IIAF, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico 58880
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, García-López J, Rodríguez-Fernández R, Fernández-Pavía SP, Garay-Serrano E. First Report of Powdery Mildew on Greenhouse Tomatoes Caused by Oidium neolycopersici in Michoacan, Mexico. Plant Dis 2007; 91:1684. [PMID: 30780632 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-91-12-1684c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During June and July of 2007, powdery mildew-infected tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. cv. Reserve) plants were observed in a commercial greenhouse with an open hydroponic system in Morelia County. Disease incidence increased from 0.5% to more than 90% in 1 month. Infected plants showed leaves with irregular areas of dense, white mycelium covering most of the upper surface. Microscopic analysis showed hyaline, septate hyphae with lobed appressoria. Conidia were ellipsoid to ovoid and 30 to 45 (38) μm × 15 to 20 (16) μm. Conidiophores were erect, 80 to 120 (103) μm, consisted of a foot cell 42 to 67 (56) μm, and two to three short cells. Conidia were produced singly. On the basis of the observed morphological characteristics, the fungus was identified as Oidium neolycopersici L. Kiss (1). Pathogenicity tests were conducted on fourth true-leaf tomato seedlings cv. Reserve under greenhouse conditions (22 ± 5°C). Inoculation was performed by transferring conidia from infected leaves to the leaves of uninfected tomato seedlings with a single-edged razor blade. Powdery mildew symptoms began to develop 7 days after inoculation. Symptoms and morphological characteristics were similar to those observed in the commercial greenhouse. Noninoculated plants remained healthy throughout the experiments. To our knowledge, this is the first report of O. neolycopersici causing powdery mildew on tomato in Michoacan, Mexico. This disease has been reported from Canada, Europe, Japan, the United States (2), and Venezuela (3) on greenhouse and field tomato crops. The observed high incidence and severe infection indicates that this disease may become an important problem in greenhouse tomatoes in Mexico. References: (1) L. Kiss et al. Mycol. Res. 105:684, 2001. (2) L. Kiss et al. Plant Dis. 89:491, 2005. (3) J. O. Montilla et al. Plant Dis. 91:910, 2007.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, 58262, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, 58262, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, 58262, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, 58262, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, IIAF, Morelia, Michoacan, 58262, Mexico
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Garay-Serrano E, Fernández-Pavía SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Flier WG, Lozoya-Saldaña H, Rojas-Martínez RI, Goss EM, Grünwald NJ. First Report of Haplotype I-b of Phytophthora infestans in Central Mexico. Plant Dis 2007; 91:909. [PMID: 30780417 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-91-7-0909b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Central Mexico is considered a center of genetic diversity for Phytophthora infestans on the basis of a range of genotypic and phenotypic characteristics (3). Surprisingly, while mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes I-a, II-a, and II-b have been reported from central Mexico, haplotype I-b has not been found in central Mexico (1). Therefore, a more extensive search for haplotypes was conducted in areas where sexual reproduction occurs. During the summer of 2003, leaflets of cvs. Rosita and Tollocan with a single lesion of late blight were collected in the area of Villarreal, located in Terrenate County in Tlaxcala, Mexico (170 km northeast of Mexico City). Fourteen P. infestans isolates were characterized for mtDNA haplotype, isozyme genotype (glucose 6- phosphate isomerase [Gpi] and peptidase [Pep]), and mating type. Isolation, mating type, and isozyme genotype were characterized following reported protocols (1,4). MtDNA haplotype was determined by amplifying and digesting the P2 and P4 regions and comparing amplicons to those of reference strains of known haplotype (1,2). Twelve isolates were mtDNA haplotype I-a and two were I-b. While the mtDNA I-b has been associated with the US-1 lineage (mating type: A1, Gpi: 86/100, Pep: 92/100), the genotypes for the Mexican isolates were A2, 86/100 Gpi, 100/100 Pep from cv. Rosita and A2, 86/100 Gpi, 92/100 Pep from cv. Tollocan. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the I-b mtDNA haplotype of P. infestans from central Mexico and it is now clear that all four haplotypes exist in Mexico. This finding therefore, stresses the importance of including a representative regional sampling of Mexican and Andean isolates in studies inferring the origin of this species. References: (1) W. G. Flier et al. Phytopathology 93:382, 2003. (2) G. W. Griffith and D. S. Shaw. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:4007, 1998. (3) N. J. Grünwald and W. G. Flier. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 43:171, 2005. (4) N. J. Grünwald et al. Phytopathology 91:882, 2001.
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- E Garay-Serrano
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, UMSNH, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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- Plant Research International, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Chapingo, México
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS, Corvallis, OR
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS, Corvallis, OR
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Fernández-Pavía SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, López-Ordaz A, Fernández-Pavía YL. First Report of Phytophthora capsici Causing Wilt on Hydropronically Grown Cucumber in Mexico. Plant Dis 2006; 90:1552. [PMID: 30780983 DOI: 10.1094/pd-90-1552c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During August 2005, wilted cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. Tasty Green) plants were observed in a commercial greenhouse with a closed hydroponic system in the state of Mexico. Disease incidence was 50%. Diseased plants were detected 15 days after transplanting, when plants were overwatered. Yield was severely reduced when disease affected mature plants. Wilted plants showed basal stem lesions and root rot. Phytophthora capsici was consistently isolated from diseased tissue on corn meal agar (CMA) with tartaric acid. Oomycete identification was based on sporangial and gametangial characteristics (2). Sporangia produced on blocks of CMA at 25°C were spherical, broadly ellipsoid or obovoid with one papillae, and deciduous with a long pedicel (1). The isolates were heterothallic, and oogonia with amphigynous antheridia were observed in pairings with an A1 isolate of P. capsici, therefore, the isolates were determined to be an A2. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on 2-month-old cucumber seedlings under controlled conditions (25°C). Inoculation was performed by placing small pieces of agar with mycelium of 5- to 7-day-old cultures on the stem base and wrapping with Parafilm. Control plants were inoculated with CMA agar. No symptoms were observed on the control. Plants inoculated with the P. capsici isolated from the diseased cucumbers showed a basal stem lesion, followed by wilting and death 7 to 14 days after inoculation. The isolate was also pathogenic on tomato and eggplant that were grown at the same time in the commercial greenhouse sharing the nutrient solution. P. capsici sporangia were observed on the roots of both hosts. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. capsici affecting cucumber in a hydroponics system in Mexico. References: (1) M. Aragaki and J. Y. Uchida. Mycologia 93:137, 2001. (2) D. C. Erwin and O. K. Ribeiro. Phytophthora Diseases Worldwide. The American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul MN, 1996.
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- S P Fernández-Pavía
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán México 58880
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán México 58880
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- Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad Especialidad de Fruticultura, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, México 56230
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Valenzuela-Vázquez M, Loya-Ramírez JG. First Report of Gladiolus Rust Caused by Uromyces transversalis in Michoacán, México. Plant Dis 2006; 90:687. [PMID: 30781170 DOI: 10.1094/pd-90-0687b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During October 2005, rust lesions were observed on leaves of gladiolus (Gladiolus sp.) plants being grown for flower production in a 20-ha field in eastern Michoacán, México. Disease incidence was near 100% in the field. Five symptomatic plants were collected on 11 and 25 October 2005, from each of 10 farms for further examination. Uredinia were scattered, orange, elliptical to irregular, and arranged transversely across the leaf. The sori were covered by the epidermis initially and later were erumpent and pulverulent. Urediniospores were bright yellow gold, ovate to oblong, and measured 15 × 19 μm (average). The urediniospore wall was hyaline and minutely echinulate. Telia were scattered, dark brown, elliptical, arranged transversely across the leaf, and were covered by the epidermis. Teliospores were irregularly pyriform, ovate, irregular or angular, light to dark brown with a conical or truncate apex and measured 17 × 23 μm (average). The teliospore wall measured 1 μm (average) thick at the sides and 3 μm (average) thick at the apex. Pedicels were light yellow and measured as much as 60 × 3 μm (average). On the basis of these characters, the rust was identified as Uromyces transversalis (Thüm.) G. Winter (1). To our knowledge this is the first report of U. transversalis causing gladiolus rust in Michoacán, México. Originally reported from Africa, the disease has been reported from Argentina, Brazil, southern Europe, and Oceania (1). Gladiolus rust caused by Uromyces transversalis is a quarantine disease for Europe and the United States. There have been unpublished reports of interceptions of this rust on cut flowers of gladiolus going from México into the United States (1). References: (1) J. R. Hernández. Invasive Fungi. Gladiolus Rust. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Online publication. ARS, USDA, 2004.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58262, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58262, México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B. C. S. 23080, México
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Badillo-Ponce G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Grünwald NJ, Garay-Serrano E, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Lozoya-Saldaña H. First Report of Blight on Ipomoea purpurea Caused by Phytophthora ipomoeae. Plant Dis 2004; 88:1283. [PMID: 30795328 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2004.88.11.1283c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Several wild species of Ipomoea grow in the central highlands of Mexico. During the summer of 1999, in Metepec, Mexico, blighted leaves and petioles of Ipomoea purpurea were collected from diseased plants and placed in a moist chamber to induce sporulation. Sporangia that formed on the lesions were transferred with a piece of agar to selective rye agar medium (2). Phytophthora ipomoeae was consistently isolated. Species identification was based on sporangial and gametangial characteristics of five cultures grown on rye agar. Sporangia were mainly ellipsoid but occasionally ovoid, semipapillated, and deciduous with a short pedicel. All isolates were homothallic with smooth-walled and aplerotic oospores. Genotypic analysis for the allozymes Peptidase (Pep) and Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (Gpi) indicated that all five isolates belonged to one genotype with alleles 78/78 (Pep) and 108/108 (Gpi). Morphological characteristics and the allozyme genotype correspond to the new, recently described species P. ipomoeae Flier & Grünwald (1) isolated from I. orizabensis (Pelletan) Ledeb. ex Steud. (I. tyrianthina) Lindl. and I. longepedunculata (Mart. & Gal.) Hemsl. Pathogenicity tests were carried out with leaves from greenhouse-grown I. purpurea plants. Detached leaves were inoculated with a suspension of 103 sporangia per ml and kept in a moist chamber at room temperature (17 ± 3°C). Lesions were observed between 7 and 15 days after inoculation and were characteristic of those observed in the field. The pathogen was reisolated from inoculated symptomatic tissue. To our knowledge, this is the first report of blight on I. purpurea caused by P. ipomoeae. References: (1) W. Flier et al. Mycol. Res. 106:848, 2002. (2) N. J. Grünwald et al. Phytopathology 91:882, 2001.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Mexico, 58880
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- USDA ARS, 3420 NW Orchard Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330
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- IFIT, Col. de Postgraduados, Km. 35. carr. Mexico-Texcoco. Montecillo, Mexico 56230
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Mexico, 58880
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico 56230
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Fernández-Pavía SP, Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Sánchez-Yañez JM. Buckeye Rot of Tomato Caused by Phytophthora capsici in Michoacan, Mexico. Plant Dis 2003; 87:872. [PMID: 30812903 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.7.872c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The state of Michoacan is one of the main fresh pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) producers in Mexico. During the last 5 years, pepper-producing areas in the state have become unproductive due to root-rotting pathogens, mainly Phytophthora capsici Leonian. Growers trying to overcome losses have increased tomato production in areas previously used for pepper production. Field-grown tomato plants with diseased green tomato fruits were observed in Tacambaro, Michoacan, during August 2002. Initially, brown-to-black lesions developed on fruits in contact with soil, followed by infection of the upper fruits in the raceme. Lesions enlarged and dark zonate "buckeye" bands were formed in the affected area. Diseased fruit turned mushy. Symptoms observed were similar to those described for buckeye rot of tomato (1). Diseased fruit were surface disinfested with 70% ethanol, cut into 0.5-cm slices, and incubated in a moist chamber to induce mycelial colonization. Isolation from mycelial tufts growing through the tomato slice was performed 3 days later, and mycelia was transferred to PARP selective medium (corn meal agar (CMA) plus ampicillin, pimaricin, rifampicin, and pentachloronitrobenzene). P. capsici was consistently isolated from diseased tomato fruits. Oomycete identification was based on sporangial and gametangial characteristics of cultures grown on CMA (1). Sporangia microscopically observed were spherical, broadly ellipsoid or obovoid with one papilla (occasionally two papillae), and deciduous with a long pedicel. Chlamydospores were not present (2). The isolates were heterothallic, and oogonia with amphigynous antheridia were observed in pairings with A1 and A2 isolates of P. capsici. Three isolates were A1 and two isolates were A2. To confirm pathogenicity, two experiments were performed using 20 healthy unwounded green tomatoes. One isolate of each mating type was tested. Isolates were grown for 5 days on CMA, and fruits were inoculated by placing P. capsici in contact with the fruit. Inoculated fruits were kept in a moist chamber at room temperature (17 to 20°C). Initial symptoms in the form of brown-to-black lesions appeared 24 h after inoculation. One week after inoculation, symptoms were similar to those observed in field-grown plants, and P. capsici was recovered from the margins of the diseased tissue. All inoculated fruits rotted. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. capsici causing buckeye rot on tomato in Michoacan and of the presence of both mating types in the area. Reference: (1) D. C. Erwin and O. K. Ribeiro. Phytophthora Diseases Worldwide. The American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul MN, 1996. (2) M. Aragaki and J. Y. Uchida. Mycologia 93:137, 2001.
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- S P Fernández-Pavía
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58240, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58240, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58030, México
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernandez-Pavia S, Creamer R, Liddell C. Pepper mottle virus Causing Disease in Chile Peppers in Southern New Mexico. Plant Dis 2002; 86:603-605. [PMID: 30823231 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.6.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The primary pepper producing areas of southern New Mexico were surveyed to identify the viruses causing severe disease in chile peppers over a 2-year period. The survey included weeds commonly found in and around pepper fields. Using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Pepper mottle virus (PepMoV) was associated with plants showing mosaic and distortion of foliage and fruit deformation. PepMoV and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) were determined based on ELISA to be infecting chile peppers and weeds singly or in combination. Four perennial plant species were infected with PepMoV and CMV, including Solanum elaeagnifolium (silverleaf nightshade), Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed), and Chamysuraces sp. (small groundcherry), which had not previously been identified as hosts for PepMoV. Some peppers and weeds surveyed were also infected at a lower level by several other plant viruses.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Holguín-Peña J, Ochoa-Álvarez N, Fernández-Pavía SP, Geraldo-Verdugo JA. Pseudomonas corrugata Causing Pith Necrosis on Tomato Plants in Baja California Sur, México. Plant Dis 2002; 86:563. [PMID: 30818699 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.5.563b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Fresh market tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars are grown in field and greenhouse areas in Baja California Sur from October to June for international markets. During March and April 2001, field-grown tomato plants showing external necrotic stem lesions and hollowed necrotic pith were observed in a 50-ha field 30 km south of La Paz. The average disease incidence in the field was 3%. Most infected plants presented necrotic lesions in the main stem 20 to 30 cm above the soil line. A few plants also presented necrotic lesions in lateral branches. Transversally cut sections in the necrotic stem area showed rotting of the vascular system with hollow cavities, typical symptom of pith necrosis. To isolate the pathogen, 5-cm-long transverse portions of diseased stems were excised, washed with soap and brushed, and rinsed with tap water. The stem portions were soaked in 10% bleach for 2 min, blotted dry on sterile paper, and 1-cm2 sections were cut to include the margins of the necrotic pith. These sections were plated on nutrient agar and incubated at 28 to 30°C. Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria were consistently isolated from stems with pith necrosis. They were identified as Pseudomonas corrugata using Biolog analysis (carbon source utilization at 37°C), with a similarity index of 1.0. To confirm pathogenicity, experiments were conducted twice in a screenhouse on a total of 24 2-month-old tomato cv. Rutgers plants (50 to 60 cm tall). Bacteria were injected with a syringe into the stems above the point of lateral branching at two different sites, using 0.25 to 0.5 ml of a bacterial suspension (105 CFU/ml). Injection points were sealed after inoculation with a small amount of petroleum jelly. Necrotic lesions surrounding the point of injection were observed 10 days after inoculation. Four weeks after inoculation, plants showed necrotic pith symptoms similar to those observed on field-grown plants, and P. corrugata was recovered from the margins of areas with necrotic pith. Control plants, which were injected with water, remained healthy throughout the experiments. P. corrugata has been reported to cause pith necrosis in tomato plants in California (3), Florida (2), and the northern part of the Baja California peninsula (1). This report confirms the presence of P. corrugata in the Baja California peninsula, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of P. corrugata causing pith necrosis in tomato plants in the southern state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. References: (1) N. B. Carroll et al. N.C. Agric. Res. Serv. Tech. Bull. No. 300, 1992. (2) J. B. Jones et al. Plant Dis. 67:425, 1983. (3) M. Lai et al. Plant Dis. 67:110, 1983.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Michoacán 58240, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, BCS 23090, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, BCS 23090, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IIAF), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Michoacán 58240, México
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Landa-Hernández L. First Report of Pythium aphanidermatum Causing Crown and Stem Rot on Opuntia ficus-indica. Plant Dis 2001; 85:231. [PMID: 30831960 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2001.85.2.231b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. (prickly pear cactus) is grown in semiarid regions of Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico for human consumption and forage. Most of the produce is sold at local markets as a vegetable; however, there is an increasing demand from international markets. O. ficus-indica is propagated using individual cladodes, which are planted with half of the cladode covered with soil. Collapsed plants were observed in a commercial orchard near La Paz, BCS, during March 2000, and in an experimental plot at CIBNOR during August 2000. Disease incidence was 12% in the orchard and 27% at CIBNOR. The initial symptoms were soft, dark brown lesions on the cladode at the soil line. As the disease advanced, the lesions progressed along the soil line and to the upper part of the cladode. In some plants the infection reached upward to the next cladode. Root rot was observed in those cladode areas that were already rotting. Depending of the advance of the rot in the base cladode and the size of the plants, larger plants collapsed more rapidly than smaller plants, but eventually all plants with rot lesions collapsed. The organism consistently isolated from diseased cladodes of several varieties of O. ficus-indica produced inflated sporangia, intercalary antheridia, and oospores described for Pythium aphanidermatum Edson (Fitzp.) (2). To isolate the pathogen, cladodes with lesions were washed with detergent and brush, rinsed with tap water, and then the epidermis was covered with 95% ethanol and the ethanol burned. The epidermis was peeled away from the edge of the lesion and 1 square cm sections were aseptically removed. Tissue sections were plated out on potato-dextrose agar (PDA) plates. Pathogenicity studies were made twice in a greenhouse on a total of 16 potted O. ficus-indica plants with only one cladode. Inoculum was obtained from colonies growing on V8 agar for 7 days producing abundant oospores. Thirty milliliters of an oospore suspension (240 oospores per ml) and V8 agar plugs containing mycelia and oospores were applied next to the crown of the Opuntia plants. Initial symptoms were observed 2 days after inoculation and were similar to those observed on field-grown plants. All inoculated plants were dead 5 to 10 days after inoculation. P. aphanidermatum was re-isolated from diseased cladodes. Water-inoculated plants remained healthy throughout the experiments. P. aphanidermatum has been reported causing root rot in Opuntia sp. (1). This is the first report of P. aphanidermatum on O. ficus-indica. References: (1) S. A. Alfieri Jr. et al. Fl. Dept. Agric. Cons. Serv. Div. Plant Ind. Bull. 11 (rev.), 1984. (2) A. J. Van der Plaats-Niterink. Monograph of the genus Pythium. Studies Mycol. 21:1, 1981.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz 23090, Mexico
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Rodríguez-Alvarado G, Fernández-Pavía SP, Galindo-Alonso J. First Report of Verticillium dahliae Causing Wilt on Solanum cardiophyllum and Solanum ehrenbergii. Plant Dis 2000; 84:808. [PMID: 30832121 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2000.84.7.808c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl and Solanum ehrenbergii (Bitt) Rydb are wild edible potato plants found throughout central Mexico (2). These plants are not cultivated, but farmers collect tubers for their own consumption and to sell at local markets (2). Wilted plants were observed in experimental plots of these wild potatoes established near Chapingo, Mexico, during spring 1983. Initial symptoms included wilting and dark yellowing of lower leaves. As the disease advanced, all of the foliage became chlorotic and the plants wilted and eventually died. Disease incidence was 13.4% for S. ehrenbergii and 0.2% for S. cardiophyllum. Verticillium dahliae Kleb. was consistently isolated from the roots and lower stems of diseased plants of both Solanum species. The isolating procedure consisted of thoroughly rinsing roots and lower stems with tap water and cutting roots and stems into 3- to 6-cm sections that were placed in 10% bleach for 3 to 5 min. Bleach excess was removed with sterile paper, and the tissue sections were cut into smaller pieces (0.5 cm) and placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates. Cultures of Verticillium produced numerous dark microsclerotia of various shapes and sizes (0.05 to 0.1 mm); erect, slender, hyaline, and branched conidiophores; and elliptical and hyaline, single-celled conidia characteristic of V. dahliae (1). Pathogenicity studies were conducted in a greenhouse on 2-month-old S. cardiophyllum and S. ehrenbergii plants grown from tubers. Inoculum was obtained from colonies growing on PDA for 10 days producing abundant conidia. Conidial suspensions were obtained by flooding the plate cultures with sterile distilled water, filtering the suspension with two layers of cheesecloth, and adjusting the inoculum to 1.0 × 106 conidia/ml (3). Ten ml of the conidial suspension were applied to each of four holes 5 cm deep and 3 to 5 cm next to the crown of each plant. Symptoms similar to those observed on field-grown plants were observed 15 days after inoculation, and V. dahliae was re-isolated from lower stems and roots. All inoculated plants were dead 4 weeks after inoculation. Water-inoculated plants remained healthy throughout the experiments. This is the first report of V. dahliae on S. cardiophyllum and S. ehrenbergii. References: (1) G. R. Dixon. Vegetable Crop Diseases. Avi Publishing, Westport, Connecticut. 1981. (2) J. Galindo. Naturaleza 13:175, 1982. (3) H. A. Melouk and C. E. Horner. Phytopathology 65:767, 1975.
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- G Rodríguez-Alvarado
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz 23090, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo 56230, México
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