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Caldwell DL, da Silva CR, McCoy AG, Avila H, Bonkowski JC, Chilvers MI, Helm M, Telenko DEP, Iyer-Pascuzzi AS. Uncovering the Infection Strategy of Phyllachora maydis During Maize Colonization: A Comprehensive Analysis. Phytopathology 2024:PHYTO08230298KC. [PMID: 38079374 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-23-0298-kc] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Tar spot, a disease caused by the ascomycete fungal pathogen Phyllachora maydis, is considered one of the most significant yield-limiting diseases of maize (Zea mays) within the United States. P. maydis may also be found in association with other fungi, forming a disease complex that is thought to result in the characteristic fisheye lesions. Understanding how P. maydis colonizes maize leaf cells is essential for developing effective disease control strategies. Here, we used histological approaches to elucidate how P. maydis infects and multiplies within susceptible maize leaves. We collected tar spot-infected maize leaf samples from four different fields in northern Indiana at three different time points during the growing season. Samples were chemically fixed and paraffin-embedded for high-resolution light and scanning electron microscopy. We observed a consistent pattern of disease progression in independent leaf samples collected across different geographical regions. Each stroma contained a central pycnidium that produced asexual spores. Perithecia with sexual spores developed in the stomatal chambers adjacent to the pycnidium, and a cap of spores formed over the stroma. P. maydis reproductive structures formed around but not within the vasculature. We observed P. maydis associated with two additional fungi, one of which is likely a member of the Paraphaeosphaeria genus; the other is an unknown fungi. Our data provide fundamental insights into how this pathogen colonizes and spreads within maize leaves. This knowledge can inform new approaches to managing tar spot, which could help mitigate the significant economic losses caused by this disease.
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- Denise L Caldwell
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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McCoy AG, Jacobs JL, Chilvers MI. Host range characterization of Phytophthora sansomeana across corn, soybean, wheat, winter cereal rye, dry bean and oats, and an in vitro assessment of seed treatment sensitivity. Plant Dis 2024. [PMID: 38600772 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-23-2303-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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Formally described in 2009, Phytophthora sansomeana is a pathogen of increasing interest in native, agricultural, and horticulturally important plant species. The objective of this study was to elucidate the symptomatic and asymptomatic host range of P. sansomeana on six agricultural crop species commonly used in field crop rotations in Michigan. In addition, sensitivity to oomicides commonly used in seed treatments including, oxathiapiprolin, mefenoxam, ethaboxam, and pyraclostrobin was performed to aid in disease management recommendations. Plant biomass, quantity of P. sansomeana DNA in roots, and reisolations were used to assess pathogenicity and virulence of eighteen isolates of P. sansomeana on each plant species using an inoculated seedling growth chamber assay. Isolates displayed varying levels of virulence to the hosts tested. Reisolations were completed for each plant species tested, and varying quantities of P. sansomeana DNA were found within all plant species root samples. Corn, wheat, soybean, dry bean, and winter cereal rye plants were symptomatic hosts with significant reduction observed in total plant biomass. No significant reduction in total plant biomass was observed in oats, and oat roots harbored the least amount of P. sansomeana DNA. No P. sansomeana isolates were insensitive to the oomicide compounds tested with mean absolute EC50 values of 7.8 x 10-2 µg/ml for mefenoxam, 1.13 x 10-1 µg/ml for ethaboxam, 2.6 x 10-2 µg/ml for oxathiapiprolin, and 3.04 x 10-1 µg/ml for pyraclostrobin. These results suggest that common crop rotations in Michigan may not be a viable option to reduce soilborne inoculum accumulation and oomicide seed treatments should be considered for early season management of P. sansomeana.
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- Austin Glenn McCoy
- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, Rm. 104, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS, 48824, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS bldg, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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Ma J, Park SW, Kim G, Kim CS, Chang HX, Chilvers MI, Sang H. Characterization of SsHog1 and Shk1 Using Efficient Gene Knockout Systems through Repeated Protoplasting and CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Approaches in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:4237-4245. [PMID: 38374637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08093] [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: 02/21/2024]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is the causal agent of sclerotinia stem rot in over 400 plant species. In a previous study, the group III histidine kinase gene of S. sclerotiorum (Shk1) revealed its involvement in iprodione and fludioxonil sensitivity and osmotic stress. To further investigate the fungicide sensitivity associated with the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway, we functionally characterized SsHog1, which is the downstream kinase of Shk1. To generate knockout mutants, split marker transformation combined with a newly developed repeated protoplasting method and CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) delivery approach were used. The pure SsHog1 and Shk1 knockout mutants showed reduced sensitivity to fungicides and increased sensitivity to osmotic stress. In addition, the SsHog1 knockout mutants demonstrated reduced virulence compared to Shk1 knockout mutants and wild-type. Our results indicate that the repeated protoplasting method and RNP approach can generate genetically pure homokaryotic mutants and SsHog1 is involved in osmotic adaptation, fungicide sensitivity, and virulence in S. sclerotiorum.
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- Jihyeon Ma
- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
- Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Synthetic Biology for Carbon Neutralization, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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Check JC, Harkness R, Heger L, Chilvers MI, Mahaffee WF, Sakalidis ML, Miles TD. It's a trap! Exploring the application of rotating-arm impaction samplers in plant pathology. Plant Dis 2024. [PMID: 38411610 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-23-2096-fe] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Although improved knowledge on the movement of airborne plant pathogens is likely to benefit plant health management, generating this knowledge is often far more complicated than anticipated. This complexity is driven by the dynamic nature of environmental variables, diversity among pathosystems that are targeted, and the unique needs of each research group. When using a rotating-arm impaction sampler, particle collection is dependent on the pathogen, environment, research objectives and limitations (monetary, environmental, or labor). Consequently, no design will result in 100% collection efficiency. Fortunately, it is likely that multiple approaches can succeed despite these constraints. Choices made during design and implementation of samplers can influence the results and recognizing this influence is crucial for researchers. This article is for beginners in the art and science of using rotating-arm impaction samplers; it provides a foundation for designing a project, from planning the experiment to processing samples. We present a relatively non-technical discussion of the factors influencing pathogen dispersal and how placement of the rotating-arm air samplers alters propagule capture. We include a discussion of applications of rotating-arm air samplers to demonstrate their versatility and potential in plant pathology research as well as their limitations.
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- Jill C Check
- Michigan State University, 3078, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48823
- Michigan State University, United States;
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- Michigan State University, 3078, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, United States;
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- Michigan State University, 3078, Dept. of Plant, Soils, and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, Room #105 CIPS, Center For Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS bldg, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- USDA - ARS, Horticulture Crops Research Unit, 3420 NW Orchard Avenue, Corvallis, Oregon, United States, 97330;
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- Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Dept. of Forestry, 612 Wilson Rd. Rm. 34, EAST LANSING, Michigan, United States, 48824-6406;
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- Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 105 CIPS, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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Lin F, Salman M, Zhang Z, McCoy AG, Li W, Magar RT, Mitchell D, Zhao M, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D. Identification and molecular mapping of a major gene conferring resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana in soybean 'Colfax'. Theor Appl Genet 2024; 137:55. [PMID: 38386094 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04556-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE The first single dominant resistance gene contributing major resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sansomeana was identified and mapped from soybean 'Colfax'. Phytophthora root rot (PRR) is one of the most important diseases in soybean (Glycine max). PRR is well known to be caused by Phytophthora sojae, but recent studies showed that P. sansomeana also causes extensive root rot of soybean. Depending upon the isolate, it might produce aggressive symptoms, especially in seeds and seedlings. Unlike P. sojae which can be effectively managed by Rps genes, no known major resistance genes have yet been reported for P. sansomeana. Our previous study screened 470 soybean germplasm lines for resistance to P. sansomeana and found that soybean 'Colfax' (PI 573008) carries major resistance to the pathogen. In this study, we crossed 'Colfax' with a susceptible parent, 'Senaki', and developed three mapping populations with a total of 234 F2:3 families. Inheritance pattern analysis indicated a 1:2:1 ratio for resistant: segregating: susceptible lines among all the three populations, indicating a single dominant gene conferring the resistance in 'Colfax' (designated as Rpsan1). Linkage analysis using extreme phenotypes anchored Rpsan1 to a 30 Mb region on chromosome 3. By selecting nine polymorphic SNP markers within the region, Rpsan1 was genetically delimited into a 21.3 cM region between Gm03_4487138_A_C and Gm03_5451606_A_C, which corresponds to a 1.06 Mb genomic region containing nine NBS-LRR genes based on Gmax2.0 assembly. The mapping results were then validated using two breeding populations derived from 'E12076T-03' × 'Colfax' and 'E16099' × 'Colfax'. Marker-assisted resistance spectrum analyses with 9 additional isolates of P. sansomeana indicated that Rpsan1 may be effective towards a broader range of P. sansomeana isolates and has strong merit in protecting soybean to this pathogen in the future.
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- Feng Lin
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA.
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
- Northeast Agricultural University, National Soybean Engineering Research Center, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- North China Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources of Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Lekai South Street 2596, Baoding, 071001, Hebei Province, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA.
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Chen JY, Sang H, Chilvers MI, Wu CH, Chang HX. Characterization of soybean chitinase genes induced by rhizobacteria involved in the defense against Fusarium oxysporum. Front Plant Sci 2024; 15:1341181. [PMID: 38405589 PMCID: PMC10884886 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1341181] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Rhizobacteria are capable of inducing defense responses via the expression of pathogenesis-related proteins (PR-proteins) such as chitinases, and many studies have validated the functions of plant chitinases in defense responses. Soybean (Glycine max) is an economically important crop worldwide, but the functional validation of soybean chitinase in defense responses remains limited. In this study, genome-wide characterization of soybean chitinases was conducted, and the defense contribution of three chitinases (GmChi01, GmChi02, or GmChi16) was validated in Arabidopsis transgenic lines against the soil-borne pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. Compared to the Arabidopsis Col-0 and empty vector controls, the transgenic lines with GmChi02 or GmChi16 exhibited fewer chlorosis symptoms and wilting. While GmChi02 and GmChi16 enhanced defense to F. oxysporum, GmChi02 was the only one significantly induced by Burkholderia ambifaria. The observation indicated that plant chitinases may be induced by different rhizobacteria for defense responses. The survey of 37 soybean chitinase gene expressions in response to six rhizobacteria observed diverse inducibility, where only 10 genes were significantly upregulated by at least one rhizobacterium and 9 genes did not respond to any of the rhizobacteria. Motif analysis on soybean promoters further identified not only consensus but also rhizobacterium-specific transcription factor-binding sites for the inducible chitinase genes. Collectively, these results confirmed the involvement of GmChi02 and GmChi16 in defense enhancement and highlighted the diverse inducibility of 37 soybean chitinases encountering F. oxysporum and six rhizobacteria.
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- Jheng-Yan Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Master Program of Plant Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Bissonnette KM, Barizon J, Adee EA, Ames KA, Becker TM, Biggs M, Bradley C, Brown MT, Byamukama E, Chilvers MI, Faske TR, Harbach CJ, Jackson-Ziems TA, Kandel YR, Kleczewski NM, Koehler AM, Markell SG, Mueller DS, Sjarpe D, Smith DL, Telenko DEP, Tenuta A. Management of soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome with nematode-protectant seed treatments across multiple environments in soybean. Plant Dis 2024. [PMID: 38199961 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-23-0292-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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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As soybean (Glycine max) production continues to expand in the U.S. and Canada, so do pathogens and pests which directly threaten soybean yield potential and economic returns for farmers. One such pathogen is the soybean cyst nematode (SCN; Heterodera glycines). SCN has traditionally been managed using SCN-resistant cultivars and rotation with non-host crops, but the interaction of SCN with sudden death syndrome (SDS; caused by Fusarium virguliforme) in the field makes management more difficult. Nematode-protectant seed treatments have become options for SCN and SDS management. The objectives of this study were to evaluate nematode-protectant seed treatments for their effects on: (i) early and full season SCN reproduction, (ii) foliar symptoms and root-rot caused by SDS, and (iii) soybean yield across environments accounting for the above factors. Using a standard protocol, field trials were implemented in 13 U.S. States and 1 Canadian Province from 2019 to 2021 constituting 51 site-years. Six nematode-protectant seed treatment products were compared to a fungicide + insecticide base treatment and a non-treated check. Initial (at soybean planting) and final (at soybean harvest) SCN egg populations were enumerated and SCN females were extracted from roots and counted at 30 to 35 days post-planting. Foliar disease index (FDX) and root rot caused by the SDS pathogen were evaluated, and yield data were collected for each plot. No seed treatment offered significant nematode control versus the non-treated check for in-season and full season nematode response, no matter the initial SCN population or FDX level. Of all treatments, ILEVO (fluopyram) and Saltro (pydiflumetofen) provided more consistent increases in yield over the non-treated check in a broader range of SCN environments, even when FDX level was high.
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- Kaitlyn M Bissonnette
- Cotton Inc, 2296, Cary, North Carolina, United States
- University of Missouri, 14716, Division of Plant Science and Technology, Columbia, Missouri, United States;
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- University of Missouri, 14716, Division of Plant Science and Technology, Columbia, Missouri, United States;
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- Kansas State University, Kansas River Valley Experiment Field, Agronomy, 6347 NW 17th St., Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66618;
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- University of Illinois, Crop Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, United States;
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 14589, Department of Crop Science, Urbana, Illinois, United States;
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- University of Missouri, 14716, Division of Plant Science and Technology, Columbia, Missouri, United States;
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- University of Kentucky, Plant Pathology, UKREC, 1205 Hopkinsville St., PO Box 469, Princeton, Kentucky, United States, 42445;
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- Purdue Univeristy, Botany and Plant Pathology, 3171 Pheasant Run Drive Apt 112, lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47909;
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- USDA, 1097, Division of Plant Systems-Protection, Washington, District of Columbia, United States;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS bldg, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- University of Arkansas, Department of Plant Pathology, Lonoke Extension Center, 2001 Hwy 70 E., Lonoke, Arkansas, United States, 72086;
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- Iowa State University, 1177, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Ames, Iowa, United States;
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- Univ. of Nebraska, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 406 Plant Sciences Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68583
- 85056 506th AveEwing, Nebraska, United States, 68735;
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- Iowa State University , Plant Pathology and Microbiology, 351 Bessey Hall, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States, 50011
- 2310 Mortensen PKWYUnit # 16Ames, Iowa, United States, 5014;
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- University of Illinois, Crop Sciences, 065 National Soybean Research Building, Champaign, United States, 61820;
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- University of Delaware, 5972, Plant and Soil Sciences , 16483 County Seat Hwy, Georgetown, Delaware, United States, 19947;
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- North Dakota State Universtiy, Plant Pathology, NDSU Dept 7660, Box 6050, Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58108-6050;
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- Iowa State University, Plant Pathology, 351 Bessey Hall, Ames, Iowa, United States, 50011;
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- University of Missouri, 14716, Division of Plant Science and Technology, Columbia, Missouri, United States;
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- University of Wisconsin, Plant Pathology, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53706;
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- Purdue Univeristy, Botany and Plant Pathology, 914 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907;
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, P.O. Box 400, 120 Main St. East, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada, N0P2C0
- Canada;
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Lamichhane JR, Barbetti MJ, Chilvers MI, Pandey AK, Steinberg C. Exploiting root exudates to manage soil-borne disease complexes in a changing climate. Trends Microbiol 2024; 32:27-37. [PMID: 37598008 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.07.011] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
Abstract
Ongoing climate change will both profoundly impact land-use (e.g., changes in crop species or cultivar and cropping practices) and abiotic factors (e.g., moisture and temperature), which will in turn alter plant-microorganism interactions in soils, including soil-borne pathogens (i.e., plant pathogenic bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, viruses, and nematodes). These pathogens often cause soil-borne disease complexes, which, due to their complexity, frequently remain undiagnosed and unmanaged, leading to chronic yield and quality losses. Root exudates are a complex group of organic substances released in the rhizosphere with potential to recruit, repel, stimulate, inhibit, or kill other organisms, including the detrimental ones. An improved understanding of how root exudates affect interspecies and/or interkingdom interactions in the rhizosphere under ongoing climate change is a prerequisite to effectively manage plant-associated microbes, including those causing diseases.
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- Jay Ram Lamichhane
- INRAE, Université Fédérale de Toulouse, UMR AGIR, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France.
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- School of Agriculture and Environment and the UWA Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Mycology & Microbiology, Tea Research Association, North Bengal Regional R & D Center, Nagrakata 735225, West Bengal, India
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- Agroécologie, INRAE Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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Hamilton R, Jacobs JL, McCoy AG, Kelly HM, Bradley C, Malvick D, Rojas JA, Chilvers MI. Multistate sensitivity monitoring of Fusarium virguliforme to the SDHI fungicides fluopyram and pydiflumetofen in the United States. Plant Dis 2023. [PMID: 38127633 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-23-2465-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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Sudden death syndrome (SDS), caused by Fusarium virguliforme, is an important yield-limiting disease of soybean (Glycine max). From 1996 to 2022, cumulative yield losses attributed to SDS in North America totaled over 25 million metric tons, valued at over $7.8 billion USD. Seed treatments are widely used to manage SDS by reducing early season soybean root infection by F. virguliforme. Fluopyram (SDHI - FRAC 7), a fungicide seed treatment for SDS management, has been registered for use on soybean in the U.S. since 2014. A baseline sensitivity study conducted in 2014 evaluated 130 F. virguliforme isolates collected from five U.S. states to fluopyram in a mycelial growth inhibition assay and reported a mean EC50 of 3.35 mg/L. This baseline study provided the foundation for the objectives of this research: to detect any statistically significant change in fluopyram sensitivity over time and geographical regions within the U.S. and to investigate sensitivity to the fungicide pydiflumetofen. We repeated fluopyram sensitivity testing on a panel of 80 historical F. virguliforme isolates collected from 2006-2013 (76 of which were used in the baseline study) and conducted testing on 123 contemporary isolates collected from 2016-2022 from eleven U.S. states. This study estimated a mean absolute EC50 of 3.95 mg/L in isolates collected from 2006-2013 and a mean absolute EC50 of 4.19 mg/L in those collected in 2016-2022. There was no significant change in fluopyram sensitivity (P = 0.1) identified between the historical and contemporary isolates. A subset of 23 isolates, tested against pydiflumetofen under the same conditions, estimated an mean absolute EC50 of 0.11 mg/L. Moderate correlation was detected between fluopyram and pydiflumetofen sensitivity estimates (R = 0.53, P < 0.001). These findings enable future fluopyram and pydiflumetofen resistance monitoring and inform current soybean SDS management strategies in a regional and national context.
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- Ryan Hamilton
- Michigan State University, 3078, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Rd, CIPS 104, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824
- Michigan State University;
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- Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS, 48824, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, Rm. 104, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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- University of, TennesseeEntomology & Plant Pathology, 605 Airways Blvd., 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, Tennessee, United States, 38301;
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- University of Kentucky, Plant Pathology, UKREC, 1205 Hopkinsville St., PO Box 469, Princeton, Kentucky, United States, 42445;
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- University of Minnesota, Plant Pathology, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, 495 Borlaug Hall, St. Paul, United States, 55108;
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- Michigan State University, 3078, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, 1066 Bogue Street, PSSB 260, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824-1312;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, 578 Wilson Road, 104 CIPS bldg, East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824;
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Webster RW, Nicolli C, Allen TW, Bish MD, Bissonnette K, Check JC, Chilvers MI, Duffeck MR, Kleczewski N, Luis JM, Mueller BD, Paul PA, Price PP, Robertson AE, Ross TJ, Schmidt C, Schmidt R, Schmidt T, Shim S, Telenko DEP, Wise K, Smith DL. Uncovering the environmental conditions required for Phyllachora maydis infection and tar spot development on corn in the United States for use as predictive models for future epidemics. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17064. [PMID: 37816924 PMCID: PMC10564858 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44338-6] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Phyllachora maydis is a fungal pathogen causing tar spot of corn (Zea mays L.), a new and emerging, yield-limiting disease in the United States. Since being first reported in Illinois and Indiana in 2015, P. maydis can now be found across much of the corn growing regions of the United States. Knowledge of the epidemiology of P. maydis is limited but could be useful in developing tar spot prediction tools. The research presented here aims to elucidate the environmental conditions necessary for the development of tar spot in the field and the creation of predictive models to anticipate future tar spot epidemics. Extended periods (30-day windowpanes) of moderate mean ambient temperature (18-23 °C) were most significant for explaining the development of tar spot. Shorter periods (14- to 21-day windowpanes) of moisture (relative humidity, dew point, number of hours with predicted leaf wetness) were negatively correlated with tar spot development. These weather variables were used to develop multiple logistic regression models, an ensembled model, and two machine learning models for the prediction of tar spot development. This work has improved the understanding of P. maydis epidemiology and provided the foundation for the development of a predictive tool for anticipating future tar spot epidemics.
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- Richard W Webster
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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- Macon Ridge Research Station, LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA, 71295, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY, 42445, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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McCoy AG, Belanger RR, Bradley CA, Cerritos-Garcia DG, Garnica VC, Giesler LJ, Grijalba PE, Guillin E, Henriquez MA, Kim YM, Malvick DK, Matthiesen RL, Mideros SX, Noel ZA, Robertson AE, Roth MG, Schmidt CL, Smith DL, Sparks AH, Telenko DEP, Tremblay V, Wally O, Chilvers MI. A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6043. [PMID: 37758723 PMCID: PMC10533513 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41321-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Plant disease resistance genes are widely used in agriculture to reduce disease outbreaks and epidemics and ensure global food security. In soybean, Rps (Resistance to Phytophthora sojae) genes are used to manage Phytophthora sojae, a major oomycete pathogen that causes Phytophthora stem and root rot (PRR) worldwide. This study aims to identify temporal changes in P. sojae pathotype complexity, diversity, and Rps gene efficacy. Pathotype data was collected from 5121 isolates of P. sojae, derived from 29 surveys conducted between 1990 and 2019 across the United States, Argentina, Canada, and China. This systematic review shows a loss of efficacy of specific Rps genes utilized for disease management and a significant increase in the pathotype diversity of isolates over time. This study finds that the most widely deployed Rps genes used to manage PRR globally, Rps1a, Rps1c and Rps1k, are no longer effective for PRR management in the United States, Argentina, and Canada. This systematic review emphasizes the need to widely introduce new sources of resistance to P. sojae, such as Rps3a, Rps6, or Rps11, into commercial cultivars to effectively manage PRR going forward.
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Perth, WA, Australia
- University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, ON, Canada
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Nieto-Lopez EH, Miorini TJJ, Wulkop-Gil CA, I Chilvers M, Giesler LJ, Jackson-Ziems TA, Kabbage M, Mueller DS, Smith DL, Tovar-Pedraza JM, Willbur JF, Everhart SE. Fungicide Sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from U.S. Soybean and Dry Bean, Compared to Different Regions and Climates. Plant Dis 2023; 107:2395-2406. [PMID: 36691269 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-22-1707-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: 06/17/2023]
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Fungicide use is integral to reduce yield loss from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on dry bean and soybean. Increasing fungicide use against this fungus may lead to resistance to the most common fungicides. Resistance has been reported in Brazil (Glycine max) and China (Brassica napus subsp. napus), however, few studies have investigated fungicide sensitivity of S. sclerotiorum in the United States. This work was conducted to determine if there was a difference in fungicide sensitivity of S. sclerotiorum isolates in the United States from: (i) dry bean versus soybean and (ii) fields with different frequencies of fungicide application. We further hypothesized that isolates with fungicide applications of a single active ingredient from tropical Brazil and subtropical Mexico were less sensitive than temperate U.S. isolates due to different management practices and climates. The EC50(D) fungicide sensitivity of 512 S. sclerotiorum isolates from the United States (443), Brazil (36), and Mexico (33) was determined using a discriminatory concentration (DC) previously identified for tetraconazole (2.0 ppm; EC50(D) range of 0.197 to 2.27 ppm), boscalid (0.2; 0.042 to 0.222), picoxystrobin (0.01; 0.006 to 0.027), and thiophanate-methyl, which had a qualitative DC of 10 ppm. Among the 10 least sensitive isolates to boscalid and picoxystrobin, 2 presented mutations known to confer resistance in the SdhB (qualitative) and SdhC (quantitative) genes; however, no strong resistance was found. This study established novel DCs that can be used for further resistance monitoring and baseline sensitivity of S. sclerotiorum to tetraconazole worldwide plus baseline sensitivity to boscalid in the United States.
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- Edgar H Nieto-Lopez
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, U.S.A
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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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 Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Coordinación Regional Culiacán, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Culiacán, Sinaloa 80110, Mexico
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, U.S.A
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4067, U.S.A
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MacCready JS, Roggenkamp EM, Gdanetz K, Chilvers MI. Elucidating the Obligate Nature and Biological Capacity of an Invasive Fungal Corn Pathogen. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2023; 36:411-424. [PMID: 36853195 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-22-0213-r] [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: 06/18/2023]
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Tar spot is a devasting corn disease caused by the obligate fungal pathogen Phyllachora maydis. Since its initial identification in the United States in 2015, P. maydis has become an increasing threat to corn production. Despite this, P. maydis has remained largely understudied at the molecular level, due to difficulties surrounding its obligate lifestyle. Here, we generated a significantly improved P. maydis nuclear and mitochondrial genome, using a combination of long- and short-read technologies, and also provide the first transcriptomic analysis of primary tar spot lesions. Our results show that P. maydis is deficient in inorganic nitrogen utilization, is likely heterothallic, and encodes for significantly more protein-coding genes, including secreted enzymes and effectors, than previous determined. Furthermore, our expression analysis suggests that, following primary tar spot lesion formation, P. maydis might reroute carbon flux away from DNA replication and cell division pathways and towards pathways previously implicated in having significant roles in pathogenicity, such as autophagy and secretion. Together, our results identified several highly expressed unique secreted factors that likely contribute to host recognition and subsequent infection, greatly increasing our knowledge of the biological capacity of P. maydis, which have much broader implications for mitigating tar spot of corn. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Joshua S MacCready
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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Ortiz V, Chang HX, Sang H, Jacobs J, Malvick DK, Baird R, Mathew FM, Estévez de Jensen C, Wise KA, Mosquera GM, Chilvers MI. Population genomic analysis reveals geographic structure and climatic diversification for Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from soybean and dry bean across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Front Genet 2023; 14:1103969. [PMID: 37351341 PMCID: PMC10282554 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1103969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Macrophomina phaseolina causes charcoal rot, which can significantly reduce yield and seed quality of soybean and dry bean resulting from primarily environmental stressors. Although charcoal rot has been recognized as a warm climate-driven disease of increasing concern under global climate change, knowledge regarding population genetics and climatic variables contributing to the genetic diversity of M. phaseolina is limited. This study conducted genome sequencing for 95 M. phaseolina isolates from soybean and dry bean across the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Inference on the population structure using 76,981 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed that the isolates exhibited a discrete genetic clustering at the continental level and a continuous genetic differentiation regionally. A majority of isolates from the United States (96%) grouped in a clade with a predominantly clonal genetic structure, while 88% of Puerto Rican and Colombian isolates from dry bean were assigned to a separate clade with higher genetic diversity. A redundancy analysis (RDA) was used to estimate the contributions of climate and spatial structure to genomic variation (11,421 unlinked SNPs). Climate significantly contributed to genomic variation at a continental level with temperature seasonality explaining the most variation while precipitation of warmest quarter explaining the most when spatial structure was accounted for. The loci significantly associated with multivariate climate were found closely to the genes related to fungal stress responses, including transmembrane transport, glycoside hydrolase activity and a heat-shock protein, which may mediate climatic adaptation for M. phaseolina. On the contrary, limited genome-wide differentiation among populations by hosts was observed. These findings highlight the importance of population genetics and identify candidate genes of M. phaseolina that can be used to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underly climatic adaptation to the changing climate.
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- Viviana Ortiz
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- BCH-EPP Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY, United States
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- Plant Pathology, Crops for Nutrition and Health, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), The Americas Hub, Palmira, Colombia
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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Kandel YR, Lawson MN, Brown MT, Chilvers MI, Kleczewski NM, Telenko DEP, Tenuta AU, Smith DL, Mueller DS. Field and Greenhouse Assessment of Seed Treatment Fungicides for Management of Sudden Death Syndrome and Yield Response of Soybean. Plant Dis 2023; 107:1131-1138. [PMID: 36190301 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-22-0527-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: 06/16/2023]
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Seed treatments for the management of sudden death syndrome (SDS) caused by Fusarium virguliforme are available in the United States and Canada; however, side-by-side comparisons of these seed treatments are lacking. Sixteen field experiments were established in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin, United States, and Ontario, Canada, in 2019 and 2020 to evaluate seed treatment combinations. Treatments included a nontreated check (NTC), fungicide and insecticide base seed treatments (base), fluopyram, base + fluopyram, base + saponin extracts from Chenopodium quinoa, base + fluopyram + heat-killed Burkholderia rinojenses, base + pydiflumetofen, base + thiabendazole + heat-killed B. rinojenses, and base + thiabendazole + C. quinoa extracts + heat-killed B. rinojenses. Treatments were tested on SDS moderately resistant and susceptible soybean cultivars at each location. Overall, NTC and base had the most root rot, most foliar disease index (FDX), and lowest yield. Base + fluopyram and base + pydiflumetofen were most effective for managing SDS. Moderately resistant cultivars reduced FDX in both years but visual root rot was greater on the moderately resistant than the susceptible cultivars in 2020. Yield response to cultivar was also inconsistent between the 2 years. In 2020, the susceptible cultivar provided significantly more yield than the moderately resistant cultivar. Treatment effect for root rot and FDX was similar in field and greenhouse evaluations. These results reinforce the need to include root rot evaluations in addition to foliar disease evaluations in the breeding process for resistance to F. virguliforme and highlights the importance of an integrated SDS management plan because not a single management tactic alone provides adequate control of the disease.
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- Yuba R Kandel
- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ridgetown, Ontario N0P2C0, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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Lin F, Li W, McCoy AG, Wang K, Jacobs J, Zhang N, Huo X, Wani SH, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D. Identification and characterization of pleiotropic and epistatic QDRL conferring partial resistance to Pythium irregulare and P. sylvaticum in soybean. Theor Appl Genet 2022; 135:3571-3582. [PMID: 36087141 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pleiotropic and epistatic quantitative disease resistance loci (QDRL) were identified for soybean partial resistance to different isolates of Pythium irregulare and Pythium sylvaticum. Pythium root rot is an important seedling disease of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], a crop grown worldwide for protein and oil content. Pythium irregulare and P. sylvaticum are two of the most prevalent and aggressive Pythium species in soybean producing regions in the North Central U.S. Few studies have been conducted to identify soybean resistance for management against these two pathogens. In this study, a mapping population (derived from E13390 x E13901) with 228 F4:5 recombinant inbred lines were screened against P. irregulare isolate MISO 11-6 and P. sylvaticum isolate C-MISO2-2-30 for QDRL mapping. Correlation analysis indicated significant positive correlations between soybean responses to the two pathogens, and a pleiotropic QDRL (qPirr16.1) was identified. Further investigation found that the qPirr16.1 imparts dominant resistance against P. irregulare, but recessive resistance against P. sylvaticum. In addition, two QDRL, qPsyl15.1, and qPsyl18.1 were identified for partial resistance to P. sylvaticum. Further analysis revealed epistatic interactions between qPirr16.1 and qPsyl15.1 for RRW and DRX, whereas qPsyl18.1 contributed resistance to RSE. Marker-assisted resistance spectrum analysis using F6:7 progeny lines verified the resistance of qPirr16.1 against four additional P. irregulare isolates. Intriguingly, although the epistatic interaction of qPirr16.1 and qPsyl15.1 can be confirmed using two additional isolates of P. sylvaticum, the interaction appears to be suppressed for the other two P. sylvaticum isolates. An 'epistatic gene-for-gene' model was proposed to explain the isolate-specific epistatic interactions. The integration of the QDRL into elite soybean lines containing all the desirable alleles has been initiated.
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- Feng Lin
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
- North China Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources of Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Lekai South Street 2596, Baoding, 071001, Hebei Province, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- North China Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources of Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Lekai South Street 2596, Baoding, 071001, Hebei Province, China
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Khudwani, Anantnag, 192101, J&K, India
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA.
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Choi S, Son D, Chilvers MI, Kim HJ, Sang H. First report of Diaporthe eres causing leaf spot disease on Machilus thunbergii in Korea. Plant Dis 2022; 107:1225. [PMID: 36131501 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-22-1243-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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Machilus thunbergii (Japanese bay tree) is native to warm temperate and subtropical regions in East Asia such as China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam (Wu et al., 2006). This tree is used for landscape trees, windbreaks, and furniture because the wood is hard and dense (Hong et al., 2016). In May 2020, a leaf spot disease was observed on M. thunbergii in an arboretum on Wando Island, Korea. Among 25 trees surveyed in the arboretum, 7 trees showed 5 to 30% leaf spot disease. Symptoms consisted of gray and dry leaf spots up to approximately one to two centimeters in diameter, surrounded by a deep black margin. Leaf samples containing lesions were collected from the seven diseased trees. Pieces of leaf tissue (5mm × 5mm) were cut from the lesion margins and surface disinfected with 1% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) for 1 min and rinsed with sterile distilled water three times, patted dry on sterile paper towel and placed on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) in Petri dishes. From the cultures, ten fungal isolates were obtained and two representative isolates (CMML20-5 and CMML20-6) were stored at the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. Colony morphology of the two isolates on PDA was observed after 7 days at 25°C in the dark. Conidiomata were induced after 7days in a 14h-10h light-dark condition using sufficiently grown mycelium in PDA, and both alpha and beta conidia were observed. Alpha conidia were 7.6 ± 0.9 × 2.8 ± 0.4 μm (n = 30), fusiform, aseptate, and hyaline. Beta conidia were 28.1 ± 3.6 × 2.7 ± 0.4 μm (n = 30), aseptate, hyaline, linear to hooked. Genomic DNA of the two isolates was extracted using the CTAB DNA extraction method (Cubero et al., 1999), followed by PCR using primer sets of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1/ITS4) (White et al., 1990), elongation factor 1-α (EF1-728F/EF1-986R), calmodulin (CAL228F/CAL737R) (Carbone and Kohn, 1999), and TUB2 (Bt2a/Bt2b) (Glass and Donaldson 1995). PCR products were sequenced and analyzed to confirm species identity. The obtained sequences were deposited in GenBank (accession numbers OM049469, OM049470 for ITS, OM069429, OM069430 for EF1-α, OP130141, OP130142 for CAL, and OP130139, OP130140 for TUB2). BLASTn search analyses for ITS, EF1-α, CAL, and TUB2 sequences of two isolates selected resulted in near identical match (>97% for ITS, 100% for EF1-α, >99% for CAL, and >96% for TUB2) to sequences of Diaporthe eres strain AR4346 (=Phomopsis fukushii) (JQ807429 for ITS, JQ807355 for EF1-α, KJ435003 for CAL, and KJ420823 for TUB2). Phylogenetic analysis using maximum likelihood indicated that the two isolates grouped with reference strains (AR4346, AR4349, and AR4363) of D. eres with 76% bootstrap support. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, the two isolates characterized in this study are members of the Diaporthe eres species complex as described by Udayanga et at. 2014. Pathogenicity tests were conducted using both detached leaf and whole plant assays. Mycelial PDA plugs (5-mm in diameter) or 10μl of 106 conidia suspensions were inoculated on detached leaves of M. thunbergii from 2-year-old trees and placed in 90 mm Petri-dishes containing wet filter papers or water agar medium. Mock inoculated controls used water in place of conidial suspensions. The plates were sealed with Parafilm and incubated at 25°C in the dark. Two year old M. thunbergii trees were inoculated with wet mycelia (1.5g) that was ground with a homogenizer and mixed with 50ml of sterile water and sprayed onto wounded leaves and stems with a needle. Mock inoculated controls were sprayed with water only. The inoculated seedlings were placed in plastic containers at 25 to 30°C to maintain high humidity. The pathogenicity tests were repeated three times with three replications. In detached leaves, symptoms of black spots were observed 6 days after mycelial plug inoculation and 20 days after conidia inoculation. In whole plants, typical symptoms were observed 9 days after inoculation. Symptoms were not observed on the control leaves and plants. Diaporthe eres was re-isolated from the inoculated leaf and whole plants and morphologically identified, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Diaporthe eres has been reported to cause a leaf spot on Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin' in China (Song et al. 2019). To our knowledge, this is the first report of leaf spot disease caused by Diaporthe eres on Japanese bay tree (Machilus thunbergii) in Korea. It is expected that use of this tree will expand given its utility, however infection with D. eres can cause serious diseases to the leaves and stems. Therefore, further studies on disease management are needed.
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- Sungyu Choi
- Chonnam National University, Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea (the Republic of);
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- Chonnam National University, Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea (the Republic of);
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, United States;
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- Chonnam National University, Department of Forest Resources, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea (the Republic of);
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- Chonnam National University, Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, 77, Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, Korea (the Republic of), 61186;
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Pimentel MF, Arnao E, Warner AJ, Rocha LF, Subedi A, Elsharif N, Chilvers MI, Matthiesen R, Robertson AE, Bradley CA, Neves DL, Pedersen DK, Reuter-Carlson U, Lacey JV, Bond JP, Fakhoury AM. Reduction of Pythium Damping-Off in Soybean by Biocontrol Seed Treatment. Plant Dis 2022; 106:2403-2414. [PMID: 35171634 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-21-1313-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/14/2023]
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Pythium spp. is one of the major groups of pathogens that cause seedling diseases on soybean, leading to both preemergence and postemergence damping-off and root rot. More than 100 species have been identified within this genus, with Pythium irregulare, P. sylvaticum, P. ultimum var ultimum, and P. torulosum being particularly important for soybean production given their aggressiveness, prevalence, and abundance in production fields. This study investigated the antagonistic activity of potential biological control agents (BCAs) native to the U.S. Midwest against Pythium spp. First, in vitro screening identified BCAs that inhibit P. ultimum var. ultimum growth. Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated evidence of mycoparasitism of all potential biocontrol isolates against P. ultimum var. ultimum and P. torulosum, with the formation of appressorium-like structures, short hyphal branches around host hyphae, hook-shaped structures, coiling, and parallel growth of the mycoparasite along the host hyphae. Based on these promising results, selected BCAs were tested under field conditions against six different Pythium spp. Trichoderma afroharzianum 26 used alone and a mix of T. hamatum 16 + T. afroharzianum 19 used as seed treatments protected soybean seedlings from Pythium spp. infection, as BCA-treated plots had on average 15 to 20% greater plant stand and vigor than control plots. Our results also indicate that some of these potential BCAs could be added with a fungicide seed treatment with minimum inhibition occurring, depending on the fungicide active ingredient. This research highlights the need to develop tools incorporating biological control as a facet of soybean seedling disease management programs. The harnessing of native BCAs could be integrated with other management strategies to provide efficient control of seedling diseases.
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- Mirian F Pimentel
- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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- College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, IA 50010
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, IA 50010
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY 42445
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY 42445
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY 42445
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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Pimentel MF, Srour AY, Warner AJ, Bond JP, Bradley CA, Rupe J, Chilvers MI, Rojas JA, Jacobs JL, Little CR, Robertson AE, Giesler LJ, Malvick D, Wise K, Tenuta A, Fakhoury AM. Ecology and diversity of culturable fungal species associated with soybean seedling diseases in the Midwestern United States. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 132:3797-3811. [PMID: 35226387 PMCID: PMC9311804 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15507] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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AIMS To isolate and characterize fungi associated with diseased soybean seedlings in Midwestern soybean production fields and to determine the influence of environmental and edaphic factors on their incidence. METHODS AND RESULTS Seedlings were collected from fields with seedling disease history in 2012 and 2013 for fungal isolation. Environmental and edaphic data associated with each field was collected. 3036 fungal isolates were obtained and assigned to 76 species. The most abundant genera recovered were Fusarium (73%) and Trichoderma (11.2%). Other genera included Mortierella, Clonostachys, Rhizoctonia, Alternaria, Mucor, Phoma, Macrophomina and Phomopsis. Most recovered species are known soybean pathogens. However, non-pathogenic organisms were also isolated. Crop history, soil density, water source, precipitation and temperature were the main factors influencing the abundance of fungal species. CONCLUSION Key fungal species associated with soybean seedling diseases occurring in several US production regions were characterized. This work also identified major environment and edaphic factors affecting the abundance and occurrence of these species. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The identification and characterization of the main pathogens associated with seedling diseases across major soybean-producing areas could help manage those pathogens, and devise more effective and sustainable practices to reduce the damage they cause.
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- Mirian F. Pimentel
- Department of Agricultural SciencesSouthern Illinois UniversityCarbondaleIllinoisUSA
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- USDA, ARS, New England Plant, Soil, and Water LaboratoryOronoMaineUSA
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- Department of Agricultural SciencesSouthern Illinois UniversityCarbondaleIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of Kentucky Research and Educational CenterPrincetonKentuckyUSA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant PathologyUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleArkansasUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIowaUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of Nebraska‐LincolnLincolnNebraskaUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Botany and Plant PathologyPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIndianaUSA
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- Ontario Ministry of AgricultureFood and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)RidgetownOntarioUSA
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- Department of Agricultural SciencesSouthern Illinois UniversityCarbondaleIllinoisUSA
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Webster RW, Roth MG, Mueller BD, Mueller DS, Chilvers MI, Willbur JF, Mourtzinis S, Conley SP, Smith DL. Integration of Row Spacing, Seeding Rates, and Fungicide Applications for Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Glycine max. Plant Dis 2022; 106:1183-1191. [PMID: 34813712 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-21-1931-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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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Soybean (Glycine max) farmers in the Upper Midwest region of the United States often experience severe yield losses due to Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR). Previous studies have revealed benefits of individual management practices for SSR. This study examined the integration of multiple control practices on the development of SSR, yield, and the economic implications of these practices. Combinations of row spacings, seeding rates, and fungicide applications were examined in multisite field trials across the Upper Midwest from 2017 to 2019. These trials revealed that wide row spacing and low seeding rates individually reduced SSR levels but also reduced yields. Yields were similar across the three highest seeding rates examined. However, site-years where SSR developed showed the highest partial profits at the intermediate seeding rates. This finding indicates that partial profits in diseased fields were reduced by high seeding rates, but this trend was not observed when SSR did not develop. Fungicides strongly reduced the development of SSR while also increasing yields. However, there was a reduction in partial profits due to their use at a low soybean sale price, but at higher sale prices fungicide use was similar to not treating. Additionally, the production of new inoculum was predicted from disease incidence, serving as an indicator of increased risk for SSR development in future years. Overall, this study suggests using wide rows and low seeding rates in fields with a history of SSR while reserving narrow rows and higher seeding rates for fields without a history of SSR.
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- Richard W Webster
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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Identifying the pathotype structure of a Phytophthora sojae population is crucial for the effective management of Phytophthora stem and root rot of soybean (PRR). P. sojae has been successfully managed with major resistance genes, partial resistance, and fungicide seed treatments. However, prolonged use of resistance genes or fungicides can cause pathogen populations to adapt over time, rendering resistance genes or fungicides ineffective. A statewide survey was conducted to characterize this pathotype structure and fungicide sensitivity of P. sojae within Michigan. Soil samples were collected from 69 fields with a history of PRR and fields having consistent plant stand establishment issues. Eighty-three isolates of P. sojae were obtained, and hypocotyl inoculations were performed on 14 differential soybean cultivars, all of which carry a single Rps gene or no resistance gene. The survey identified a loss of effectiveness of Rps genes 1b, 1k, 3b, and 6, compared with a previous survey conducted in Michigan from 1993 to 1997. Three effective resistance genes were identified for P. sojae management in Michigan; Rps 3a, 3c, and 4. Additionally, the effective concentration of common seed treatment fungicides to inhibit mycelial growth by 50% (EC50) was determined. No P. sojae isolates were insensitive to the tested chemistries with mean EC50 values of 2.60 × 10-2 μg/ml for ethaboxam, 3.03 × 10-2 μg/ml for mefenoxam, 2.88 × 10-4 μg/ml for oxathiapiprolin, and 5.08 × 10-2 μg/ml for pyraclostrobin. Results suggest that while there has been a significant shift in Rps gene effectiveness, seed treatments are still effective for early season management of this disease.
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- Austin G McCoy
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Sang H, Chang HX, Choi S, Son D, Lee G, Chilvers MI. Genome-wide transcriptional response of the causal soybean sudden death syndrome pathogen Fusarium virguliforme to a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fluopyram. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:530-540. [PMID: 34561937 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) have been widely used to manage plant diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi. Although attention to and use of SDHI fungicides has recently increased, molecular responses of fungal pathogens to SDHIs have often not been investigated. A SDHI fungicide, fluopyram, has been used as a soybean seed treatment and has displayed effective control of Fusarium virguliforme, one of the causal agents of soybean sudden death syndrome. To examine genome-wide gene expression of F. virguliforme to fluopyram, RNA-seq analysis was conducted on two field strains of F. virguliforme with differing SDHI fungicide sensitivity in the absence and presence of fluopyram. RESULTS The analysis indicated that several xenobiotic detoxification-related genes, such as those of deoxygenase, transferases and transporters, were highly induced by fluopyram. Among the genes, four ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters were characterized by the yeast expression system. The results revealed that expression of three ABCG transporters was associated with reduced sensitivity to multiple fungicides including fluopyram. In addition, heterologous expression of a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter that was highly expressed in the fluopyram-insensitive F. virguliforme strain in the yeast system conferred decreased sensitivity to fluopyram. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that xenobiotic detoxification-related genes were highly upregulated in response to fluopyram, and expression of ABC or MFS transporter genes was associated with reduced sensitivity to the SDHI fungicide. This is the first transcriptomic analysis of the fungal species response to fluopyram and the finding will help elucidate the molecular mechanisms of SDHI resistance. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Hyunkyu Sang
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Check J, Aime MC, Byrne J, Chilvers MI. First Report of Southern Rust (Puccinia polysora) on Corn (Zea mays) in Michigan. Plant Dis 2022; 106:2262. [PMID: 35077232 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-21-2569-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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In Michigan, corn (Zea mays) is grown on 2.35 million acres with an annual production valued at $1.36 billion dollars (USDA-NASS). Southern rust is caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Puccinia polysora Underw. and is often ranked in the top five most destructive corn diseases in the southern U.S. (Mueller et al. 2020). Yield losses due to southern rust in the northern U.S. have been considerable and estimated to be 231 million bushels from 2016 to 2019. In 2020 and 2021, corn leaf samples exhibiting signs typical of infection by P. polysora were collected from commercial production fields across Michigan. In 2020, samples were collected from two counties, Branch and Hillsdale. In 2021, samples were collected from 10 additional counties, Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Kent, Montcalm, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Van Buren. Uredinia of P. polysora were observed aggregated primarily on the upper leaf surface, light cinnamon brown to bright orange, ovular, and surrounded by yellow halos. Urediniospores were yellow to gold in the center, hyaline along the outer membrane, ellipsoid to obovoid, with short echinulations on the surface when viewed at 40x magnification under a light microscope. Urediniospores (n=180) measured 17 to 28 x 26 to 38 µm. No telia were observed. To confirm identification, the large subunit (28S) rDNA was amplified and sequenced with rust specific primers as described in Aime (2006) and Aime et al. (2018) on a sample collected from Shiawassee County in 2021. The resulting DNA sequence (GenBank Accession No. OL468037) shared 99.79% identity (932/934 bp) with P. polysora voucher BPI 863756 (GenBank Accession No. GU058024; Dixon et al. 2010). This report serves as the first documentation of southern rust in Michigan and an initial survey of its distribution throughout the state. Because of the ability of P. polysora spores to travel long distances via wind (Cammack 1959), it is likely that disease was present but not detected in additional counties not included in this report. Although widespread yield losses due to southern rust have not been documented in Michigan, there have been anecdotal reports of 30 bushels per acre losses in grain corn and 30% loss of tonnage from silage fields. Understanding the distribution of southern rust can help inform future disease management and corn breeding research. Furthermore, the distribution of southern rust is projected to move poleward by 15° by 2100 due to increasing global temperatures (Ramirez-Cabral et al. 2017), and the movement of southern rust into northern corn growing regions should be documented. Additional Michigan counties with confirmations of southern rust will continue to be reported via the corn IPMpipe https://corn.ipmpipe.org/.
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- Jill Check
- Michigan State University, 3078, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, United States;
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- Purdue Univ., Botany and Plant Pathology, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States;
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- Michigan State University, Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, United States;
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- Michigan State University, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, United States;
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Noel ZA, Longley R, Benucci GMN, Trail F, Chilvers MI, Bonito G. Non-target impacts of fungicide disturbance on phyllosphere yeasts in conventional and no-till management. ISME Commun 2022; 2:19. [PMID: 36404932 PMCID: PMC9674006 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-022-00103-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Fungicides reduce fungal pathogen populations and are essential to food security. Understanding the impacts of fungicides on crop microbiomes is vital to minimizing unintended consequences while maintaining their use for plant protection. However, fungicide disturbance of plant microbiomes has received limited attention, and has not been examined in different agricultural management systems. We used amplicon sequencing of fungi and prokaryotes in maize and soybean microbiomes before and after foliar fungicide application in leaves and roots from plots under long-term no-till and conventional tillage management. We examined fungicide disturbance and resilience, which revealed consistent non-target effects and greater resiliency under no-till management. Fungicides lowered pathogen abundance in maize and soybean and decreased the abundance of Tremellomycetes yeasts, especially Bulleribasidiaceae, including core microbiome members. Fungicide application reduced network complexity in the soybean phyllosphere, which revealed altered co-occurrence patterns between yeast species of Bulleribasidiaceae, and Sphingomonas and Hymenobacter in fungicide treated plots. Results indicate that foliar fungicides lower pathogen and non-target fungal abundance and may impact prokaryotes indirectly. Treatment effects were confined to the phyllosphere and did not impact belowground microbial communities. Overall, these results demonstrate the resilience of no-till management to fungicide disturbance, a potential novel ecosystem service provided by no-till agriculture.
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- Zachary A. Noel
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Present Address: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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Baetsen-Young AM, Araldi Da Silva G, Kandel YR, Jacobs JL, Byrne AM, Mueller DS, Smith DL, Tenuta AU, Wise KA, Day B, Chilvers MI. Influence of Fusarium virguliforme Temporal Colonization of Corn, Tillage, and Residue Management on Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Soybean Yield. Plant Dis 2021; 105:3250-3260. [PMID: 33406860 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-20-1964-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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The asymptomatic host range of Fusarium virguliforme includes corn, a common crop rotated with soybean that we hypothesize may alter F. virguliforme population dynamics and disease management. A field-based approach explored the temporal dynamics of F. virguliforme colonization of corn and soybean roots under different tillage and residue managements. Experiments were conducted in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, United States and Ontario, Canada from 2016 to 2018. Corn and soybean roots were sampled at consecutive timepoints between 1 and 16 weeks after planting. DNA was extracted from all roots and analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR for F. virguliforme quantification. Trials were rotated between corn and soybean, containing a two-by-two factorial of tillage (no-tilled or tilled) and corn residue (with or without) in several experimental designs. In 2016, low amounts (approximately 100 fg per 10 mg of root tissue) of F. virguliforme were detected in the inoculated Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan locations and noninoculated Wisconsin corn fields. However, in 2017, greater levels of F. virguliforme DNA were detected in Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan across sampling timepoints. Tillage practices showed inconsistent effects on F. virguliforme root colonization and sudden death syndrome (SDS) foliar symptoms among trials and locations. However, residue management did not alter root colonization of corn or soybean by F. virguliforme. Plots with corn residue had greater SDS foliar disease index in Iowa in 2016. However, this trend was not observed across the site-years, indicating that corn residue may occasionally increase SDS foliar symptoms depending on the disease level and soil and weather factors.
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- Amy M Baetsen-Young
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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 Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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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 Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N0P2C0, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY 43445, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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Staveness D, Breunig M, Ortiz V, Sang H, Collins JL, McAtee RC, Chilvers MI, Stephenson CR. Photochemically derived 1-aminonorbornanes provide structurally unique succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors with in vitro and in planta activity. Cell Rep Phys Sci 2021; 2:100548. [PMID: 34604820 PMCID: PMC8486155 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Agrochemical fungicidal leads have been prepared from photochemically derived 1-aminonorbornane building blocks. The unique 1-aminonorbornane core is generated via direct excitation of a Schiff base precursor, leveraging the N-centered radical character of the excited state species to facilitate a series of radical reactions that construct the norbornane core. This process requires no exogenous reagents, only solvent and photons; thus, it represents an exceptionally simple and efficient means of generating the key building blocks. These (hetero) arene-fused 1-aminonorbornanes are unprecedented in both the agrochemical and pharmaceutical discovery literature; therefore, photochemical advances have provided the unique opportunity to explore the functional utility of novel chemical space. Toward this end, the 1-aminonorbornanes were used to generate next-generation succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors. In vitro fungicidal activity is demonstrated against three fungal plant pathogens affecting field crops, specifically: Fusarium graminearum, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Macrophomina phaseolina. The in vitro performance against F. graminearum was shown to translate into a greenhouse setting. The discovery of in planta fungicidal activity illustrates the interdisciplinary value available via photochemical innovation.
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- Daryl Staveness
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience, and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Correspondence: (M.I.C.), (C.R.J.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Lead contact
- Correspondence: (M.I.C.), (C.R.J.S.)
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Paul NC, Park SW, Liu H, Choi S, Ma J, MacCready JS, Chilvers MI, Sang H. Plant and Fungal Genome Editing to Enhance Plant Disease Resistance Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:700925. [PMID: 34447401 PMCID: PMC8382960 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.700925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Crop production has been substantially reduced by devastating fungal and oomycete pathogens, and these pathogens continue to threaten global food security. Although chemical and cultural controls have been used for crop protection, these involve continuous costs and time and fungicide resistance among plant pathogens has been increasingly reported. The most efficient way to protect crops from plant pathogens is cultivation of disease-resistant cultivars. However, traditional breeding approaches are laborious and time intensive. Recently, the CRISPR/Cas9 system has been utilized to enhance disease resistance among different crops such as rice, cacao, wheat, tomato, and grape. This system allows for precise genome editing of various organisms via RNA-guided DNA endonuclease activity. Beyond genome editing in crops, editing the genomes of fungal and oomycete pathogens can also provide new strategies for plant disease management. This review focuses on the recent studies of plant disease resistance against fungal and oomycete pathogens using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. For long-term plant disease management, the targeting of multiple plant disease resistance mechanisms with CRISPR/Cas9 and insights gained by probing fungal and oomycete genomes with this system will be powerful approaches.
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- Narayan Chandra Paul
- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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Webster RW, Roth MG, Reed H, Mueller B, Groves CL, McCaghey M, Chilvers MI, Mueller DS, Kabbage M, Smith DL. Identification of Soybean ( Glycine max) Check Lines for Evaluating Genetic Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot. Plant Dis 2021; 105:2189-2195. [PMID: 33231521 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-20-2193-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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]
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Soybean production in the upper midwestern United States is affected by Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Genetic resistance is an important management strategy for this disease; however, assessing genetic resistance to S. sclerotiorum is challenging because a standardized method of examining resistance across genotypes is lacking. Using a panel of nine diverse S. sclerotiorum isolates, four soybean lines were assessed for reproducible responses to S. sclerotiorum infection. Significant differences in SSR severity were found across isolates (P < 0.01) and soybean lines (P < 0.01), including one susceptible, two moderately resistant, and one highly resistant line. These four validated lines were used to screen 11 other soybean genotypes to evaluate their resistance levels, and significant differences were found across genotypes (P < 0.01). Among these 11 genotypes, five commercial and public cultivars displayed high resistance and were assessed during field studies across the upper midwestern United States growing region to determine their response to SSR and yield. These five cultivars resulted in low disease levels (P < 0.01) in the field that were consistent with greenhouse experiment results. The yields were significantly different in fields with disease present (P < 0.01) and disease absent (P < 0.01), and the order of cultivar performance was consistent between environments where disease was present or absent, suggesting that resistance prevented yield loss to disease. This study suggests that the use of a soybean check panel can accurately assess SSR resistance in soybean germplasm and aid in breeding and commercial soybean development.
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- Richard W Webster
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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Lin F, Li W, McCoy AG, Gao X, Collins PJ, Zhang N, Wen Z, Cao S, Wani SH, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D. Molecular mapping of quantitative disease resistance loci for soybean partial resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana. Theor Appl Genet 2021; 134:1977-1987. [PMID: 33721030 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03799-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Two soybean QDRL were identified with additive interaction to P. sansomeana isolate MPS17-22. Further analyses uncovered four interaction patterns between the two QDRL and seven additional P. sansomeana isolates. Phytophthora sansomeana is a recently recognized species that contributes to root rot in soybean. Previous studies indicated that P. sansomeana is widely distributed among soybean growing regions and has a much wider host range than P. sojae, a well-known pathogen of soybean. Unlike P. sojae, no known disease resistance genes have been documented that can effectively control P. sansomeana. Therefore, it is important to identify resistance that can be quickly integrated into future soybean varieties. E13901 is an improved soybean line that confers partial resistance to P. sansomeana. A mapping population of 228 F4:5 families was developed from a cross between E13901 and a susceptible improved soybean variety E13390. Using a composite interval mapping method, two quantitative disease resistance loci (QDRL) were identified on Chromosomes 5 (designated qPsan5.1) and 16 (designated qPsan16.1), respectively. qPsan5.1 was mapped at 54.71 cM between Gm05_32565157_T_C and Gm05_32327497_T_C. qPsan5.1 was contributed by E13390 and explained about 6% of the disease resistance variation. qPsan16.1 was located at 39.01 cM between Gm16_35700223_G_T and Gm16_35933600/ Gm16_35816475. qPsan16.1 was from E13901 and could explain 5.5% of partial disease resistance. Further analysis indicated an additive interaction of qPsan5.1 and qPsan16.1 against P. sansomeana isolate MPS17-22. Marker assisted resistance spectrum analysis and progeny tests verified the two QDRL and their interaction patterns with other P. sansomeana isolates. Both QDRL can be quickly integrated into soybean varieties using marker assisted selection.
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- Feng Lin
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
- Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, Hebei Province, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Khudwani, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, 192 101, India
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St., Rm. A384-E, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA.
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Petrović K, Skaltsas D, Castlebury LA, Kontz B, Allen TW, Chilvers MI, Gregory N, Kelly HM, Koehler AM, Kleczewski NM, Mueller DS, Price PP, Smith DL, Mathew FM. Diaporthe Seed Decay of Soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Is Endemic in the United States, But New Fungi Are Involved. Plant Dis 2021; 105:1621-1629. [PMID: 33231523 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0604-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/11/2023]
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Diaporthe seed decay can compromise seed quality in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in the warm and humid production areas of the United States during crop maturation. In the current study, 45 isolates of Diaporthe were recovered from seed sampled from soybean fields affected by Diaporthe-associated diseases in eight U.S. states in 2017. The isolates obtained belonged to 10 species of Diaporthe based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer, partial translation elongation factor 1-α, and β-tubulin gene sequences. The associated species included D. aspalathi, D. caulivora, D. kongii, D. longicolla, D. sojae, D. ueckerae, D. unshiuensis, and three novel fungi, D. bacilloides, D. flavescens, and D. insulistroma. One isolate each of the 10 species was examined for pathogenicity on seed of cultivar Sava under controlled conditions. Seven days postinoculation, significant differences in the percentages of decayed seeds and seedling necrosis were observed among the isolates and the noninoculated control (P < 0.0001). While the isolates of D. bacilloides, D. longicolla, and D. ueckerae caused a significantly greater percentage of decayed seeds (P < 0.0001), the isolate of D. aspalathi caused the greatest seedling necrosis (P < 0.0001). The observation of new fungi causing Diaporthe seed decay suggests the need for a more comprehensive survey in U.S. soybean producing areas since members of the genus Diaporthe appear to form a complex that causes seed decay.
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- Kristina Petrović
- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, U.S.A
- Department of Soybean, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
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- Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, U.S.A
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, 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 and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE 19947, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, U.S.A
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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 Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA 71295, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, U.S.A
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Chang HX, Noel ZA, Chilvers MI. A β-lactamase gene of Fusarium oxysporum alters the rhizosphere microbiota of soybean. Plant J 2021; 106:1588-1604. [PMID: 33788336 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rhizosphere is a multitrophic environment, and for soilborne pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum, microbial competition in the rhizosphere is inevitable before reaching and infecting roots. This study established a tritrophic interaction among the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Burkholderia ambifaria, F. oxysporum and Glycine max (soybean) to study the effects of F. oxysporum genes on shaping the soybean microbiota. Although B. ambifaria inhibited mycelial growth and increased bacterial propagation in the presence of F. oxysporum, F. oxysporum still managed to infect soybean in the presence of B. ambifaria. RNA-Seq identified a putative F. oxysporum secretory β-lactamase-coding gene, FOXG_18438 (abbreviated as Fo18438), that is upregulated during soybean infection in the presence of B. ambifaria. The ∆Fo18438 mutants displayed reduced mycelial growth towards B. ambifaria, and the complementation of full Fo18438 and the Fo18438 β-lactamase domain restored mycelial growth. Using the F. oxysporum wild type, ∆Fo18438 mutants and complemented strains with full Fo18438, Fo18438 β-lactamase domain or Fo18438 RTA1-like domain for soil inoculation, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed that the abundance of a Burkholderia operational taxonomic unit (OTU) was increased in the rhizosphere microbiota infested by the strains with Fo18438 β-lactamase domain. Non-metric multidimensional scaling and PICRUSt2 functional analysis revealed differential abundance for the bacterial β-lactam-related functions when contrasting the genotypes of F. oxysporum. These results indicated that the Fo18438 β-lactamase domain provides F. oxysporum with the advantage of growing into the soybean rhizosphere, where β-lactam antibiosis is involved in microbial competition. Accordingly, this study highlights the capability of an F. oxysporum gene for altering the soybean rhizosphere and taproot microbiota.
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- Hao-Xun Chang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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Kandel YR, Hunt C, Ames K, Arneson N, Bradley CA, Byamukama E, Byrne A, Chilvers MI, Giesler LJ, Halvorson J, Hooker DC, Kleczewski NM, Malvick DK, Markell S, Potter B, Pedersen W, Smith DL, Tenuta AU, Telenko DEP, Wise KA, Mueller DS. Meta-Analysis of Soybean Yield Response to Foliar Fungicides Evaluated from 2005 to 2018 in the United States and Canada. Plant Dis 2021; 105:1382-1389. [PMID: 33245257 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-20-1578-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 05/27/2023]
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Random-effect meta-analyses were performed on data from 240 field trials conducted between 2005 and 2018 across nine U.S. states and Ontario, Canada, to quantify the yield response of soybean after application of foliar fungicides at beginning pod (R3) stage. Meta-analysis showed that the overall mean yield response when fungicide was used compared with not applying a fungicide was 2.7% (110 kg/ha). Moderator variables were also investigated and included fungicide group, growing season, planting date, and base yield, which all significantly influenced the yield response. There was also evidence that precipitation from the time of planting to the R3 growth stage influenced yield when fungicide was used (P = 0.059). Fungicides containing a premix of active ingredients from multiple groups (either two or three ingredients) increased the yield by 3.0% over not applying a fungicide. The highest and lowest yield responses were observed in 2005 and 2007, respectively. Better yield response to fungicides (a 3.0% increase) occurred when soybean crops were planted not later than 21 May and when total precipitation between planting and the R3 application date was above historic averages. Temperatures during the season did not influence the yield response. Yield response to fungicide was higher (a 4.7% increase) in average yield category (no spray control yield 2,878 to 3,758 kg/ha) and then gradually decreased with increasing base yield. Partial economic analyses indicated that use of foliar fungicides is less likely to be profitable when foliar diseases are absent or at low levels.
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- Yuba R Kandel
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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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 Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY 42445, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, U.S.A
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- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ridgetown, ON N0P2C0, Canada
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY 42445, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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Noel ZA, McDuffee D, Chilvers MI. Influence of Soybean Tissue and Oomicide Seed Treatments on Oomycete Isolation. Plant Dis 2021; 105:1281-1288. [PMID: 32931390 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0642-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: 06/11/2023]
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Soybean seedlings are vulnerable to different oomycete pathogens. Seed treatments containing the two antioomycete (oomicide) chemicals, metalaxyl-M (mefenoxam) and ethaboxam, are used for protection against oomycete pathogens. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of these two oomicides on isolation probability of oomycetes from soybean taproot or lateral root sections. Soybean plants were collected between the first and third trifoliate growth stages from five Midwest field locations in 2016 and four of the same fields in 2017. Oomycetes were isolated from taproot and lateral root. In 2016, 369 isolation attempts were completed, resulting in 121 isolates from the taproot and 154 isolates from the lateral root. In 2017, 468 isolation attempts were completed, with 44 isolates from the taproot and 120 isolates from the lateral roots. In three of nine site-years, the probability of isolating an oomycete from a taproot or lateral root section was significantly different. Seed treatments containing a mixture of ethaboxam and metalaxyl significantly reduced the probability of oomycete isolation from lateral roots in Illinois in 2016 and 2017, but not in other locations, which may have been related to the heavy soil type (clay loam). Among the 439 isolates collected from the two years sampled, 24 oomycete species were identified, and community compositions differed depending on location and year. The five most abundant species were Pythium sylvaticum (28.9%), P. heterothallicum (14.3%), P. ultimum var. ultimum (11.8%), P. attrantheridium (7.9%), and P. irregulare (6.6%), which accounted for 61.7% of the isolates collected. Oomicide sensitivity to ethaboxam and mefenoxam was assessed for >300 isolates. There were large differences in ethaboxam sensitivity among oomycete species, with effective concentrations to reduce optical density at 600 nm by 50% compared with the nonamended control (EC50 values) ranging from <0.01 to >100 μg/ml and a median of 0.65 μg/ml. Isolates with insensitivity to ethaboxam (>12 μg/ml) belonged to the species P. torulosum and P. rostratifingens but were sensitive to mefenoxam. Oomicide sensitivity to mefenoxam ranged from <0.01 to 0.62 μg/ml with a median of 0.03 μg/ml. The mean EC50 value of the five most abundant species to ethaboxam ranged from 0.35 to 0.97 μg/ml of ethaboxam and from 0.02 to 0.04 μg/ml of mefenoxam. No shift in sensitivity to mefenoxam or ethaboxam was observed as a result of soybean seed treatment or year relative to the nontreated seed controls. In summary, this study contributed to the understanding of the composition of oomycete populations from different soybean root tissues, locations, years, and seed treatments. Finally, seed treatments containing mefenoxam or metalaxyl plus ethaboxam can be effective in reducing the probability of oomycete isolation from soybean roots.
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- Zachary A Noel
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Baetsen-Young AM, Swinton SM, Chilvers MI. Economic Impact of Fluopyram-Amended Seed Treatments to Reduce Soybean Yield Loss Associated with Sudden Death Syndrome. Plant Dis 2021; 105:78-86. [PMID: 33201784 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-20-0792-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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]
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Soybean (Glycine max) sudden death syndrome (SDS), caused by Fusarium virguliforme, is a key limitation in reaching soybean yield potential, stemming from incomplete disease management through cultural practices and partial host resistance. A fungicidal seed treatment was released in 2014 with the active ingredient fluopyram and was the first chemical management strategy to reduce soybean yield loss stemming from SDS. Although farm level studies have found fluopyram profitable, we were curious to discover whether fluopyram would be beneficial nationally if targeted to soybean fields at risk for SDS yield loss. To estimate economic benefits of fluopyram adoption in SDS at-risk acres, in the light of U.S. public research and outreach from a privately developed product, we applied an economic surplus approach, calculating ex ante net benefits from 2018 to 2032. Through this framework of logistic adoption of fluopyram for alleviation of SDS-associated yield losses, we projected a net benefit of $5.8 billion over 15 years, considering the costs of public seed treatment research and future extension communication. Although the sensitivity analysis indicates that overall net benefits from fluopyram adoption on SDS at-risk acres are highly dependent upon the market price of soybean, the incidence of SDS, the adoption path, and ceiling of this seed treatment, the net benefits still exceeded $407 million in the worst-case scenario.
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- Amy M Baetsen-Young
- Plant Resilience Institute, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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Haus MJ, Wang W, Jacobs JL, Peplinski H, Chilvers MI, Buell CR, Cichy K. Root Crown Response to Fungal Root Rot in Phaseolus vulgaris Middle American × Andean Lines. Plant Dis 2020; 104:3135-3142. [PMID: 33079631 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-20-0956-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: 06/11/2023]
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Fusarium root rot (FRR) is a global limiter of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production. In common bean and other legumes, resistance to FRR is related to both root development and root architecture, providing a breeding strategy for FRR resistance. Here, we describe the relationships between root traits and FRR disease symptoms. Using "shovelomics" techniques, a subset of recombinant inbred lines was phenotyped for root architecture traits and disease symptoms across three Michigan fields, including one field with artificially increased Fusarium brasiliense disease pressure. At the early growth stages, stem diameter, basal root number, and distribution of hypocotyl-borne adventitious roots were all significantly related to FRR disease scores. These results demonstrate that root architecture is a component of resistance to FRR in the field at early growth stages (first expanded trifoliate) complementing previous studies that evaluated root traits at later developmental stages (flowering, pod fill, etc.). Correlation matrices of root traits indicate that resistant and susceptible lines have statistically different root systems and show that basal root number is a key feature in resistant root systems while adventitious root distribution is an important feature in susceptible root systems. Based on the results of this study, selection for increased basal root number, increased adventitious root number, and even distribution of adventitious roots in early growth stages (first expanded trifoliate) would positively impact resistance to FRR.
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- Miranda J Haus
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- USDA-ARS, Sugarbeet and Bean Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Valle-Torres J, Ross TJ, Plewa D, Avellaneda MC, Check J, Chilvers MI, Cruz AP, Dalla Lana F, Groves C, Gongora-Canul C, Henriquez-Dole L, Jamann T, Kleczewski N, Lipps S, Malvick D, McCoy AG, Mueller DS, Paul PA, Puerto C, Schloemer C, Raid RN, Robertson A, Roggenkamp EM, Smith DL, Telenko DEP, Cruz CD. Tar Spot: An Understudied Disease Threatening Corn Production in the Americas. Plant Dis 2020; 104:2541-2550. [PMID: 32762502 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-20-0449-fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 05/22/2023]
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Tar spot of corn has been a major foliar disease in several Latin American countries since 1904. In 2015, tar spot was first documented in the United States and has led to significant yield losses of approximately 4.5 million t. Tar spot is caused by an obligate pathogen, Phyllachora maydis, and thus requires a living host to grow and reproduce. Due to its obligate nature, biological and epidemiological studies are limited and impact of disease in corn production has been understudied. Here we present the current literature and gaps in knowledge of tar spot of corn in the Americas, its etiology, distribution, impact and known management strategies as a resource for understanding the pathosystem. This will in tern guide current and future research and aid in the development of effective management strategies for this disease.
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- J Valle-Torres
- Zamorano University, San Antonio de Oriente, Fco. Morazán, Honduras
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Zamorano University, San Antonio de Oriente, Fco. Morazán, Honduras
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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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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Zamorano University, San Antonio de Oriente, Fco. Morazán, Honduras
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A
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- Zamorano University, San Antonio de Oriente, Fco. Morazán, Honduras
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Belle Glade, FL 33430, U.S.A
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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 Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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Longley R, Noel ZA, Benucci GMN, Chilvers MI, Trail F, Bonito G. Crop Management Impacts the Soybean ( Glycine max) Microbiome. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1116. [PMID: 32582080 PMCID: PMC7283522 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Soybean (Glycine max) is an important leguminous crop that is grown throughout the United States and around the world. In 2016, soybean was valued at $41 billion USD in the United States alone. Increasingly, soybean farmers are adopting alternative management strategies to improve the sustainability and profitability of their crop. Various benefits have been demonstrated for alternative management systems, but their effects on soybean-associated microbial communities are not well-understood. In order to better understand the impact of crop management systems on the soybean-associated microbiome, we employed DNA amplicon sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and 16S rRNA genes to analyze fungal and prokaryotic communities associated with soil, roots, stems, and leaves. Soybean plants were sampled from replicated fields under long-term conventional, no-till, and organic management systems at three time points throughout the growing season. Results indicated that sample origin was the main driver of beta diversity in soybean-associated microbial communities, but management regime and plant growth stage were also significant factors. Similarly, differences in alpha diversity are driven by compartment and sample origin. Overall, the organic management system had lower fungal and bacterial Shannon diversity. In prokaryotic communities, aboveground tissues were dominated by Sphingomonas and Methylobacterium while belowground samples were dominated by Bradyrhizobium and Sphingomonas. Aboveground fungal communities were dominated by Davidiella across all management systems, while belowground samples were dominated by Fusarium and Mortierella. Specific taxa including potential plant beneficials such as Mortierella were indicator species of the conventional and organic management systems. No-till management increased the abundance of groups known to contain plant beneficial organisms such as Bradyrhizobium and Glomeromycotina. Network analyses show different highly connected hub taxa were present in each management system. Overall, this research demonstrates how specific long-term cropping management systems alter microbial communities and how those communities change throughout the growth of soybean.
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- Reid Longley
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Genetics and Genomic Sciences Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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Kandel YR, Bradley CA, Chilvers MI, Mathew FM, Tenuta AU, Smith DL, Wise KA, Mueller DS. Relationship Between Sudden Death Syndrome caused by Fusarium virguliforme and Soybean Yield: A Meta-Analysis. Plant Dis 2020; 104:1736-1743. [PMID: 32289247 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-19-2441-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: 05/12/2023]
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In total, 52 uniform field experiments were conducted in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, and Wisconsin in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2013 to 2017 comparing crop protection products against sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean. Data were analyzed using meta-analytic models to summarize the relationship between foliar disease index (FDX) and yield. For each study, correlation and regression analyses were performed separately to determine three effect sizes: Fisher's transformation of correlation coefficients (Z r ), intercept (β0), and slope (β1). Random- and mixed-effect meta-analyses were used to summarize the effect sizes. Study- and location-specific moderator variables FDX (low < 10% and high ≥ 10%), date of planting (early = prior to 7 May, conventional = 7 to 21 May, and late = after 21 May) cultivar (susceptible and partially resistant to SDS), study location, and growing season were used as fixed effects. The overall mean effect sizes of transformed correlation coefficient [Formula: see text] r was -0.41 and different from zero (P < 0.001), indicating that yield was negatively correlated with FDX. The [Formula: see text] r was affected by disease level (P < 0.01) and cultivar (P = 0.02), with a greater effect at higher disease levels and with susceptible cultivars. The mean [Formula: see text] 0 was 4,121 kg/ha and mean [Formula: see text] 1 was -21 kg/ha/% FDX and were different from zero (P < 0.01). Results from these data indicate that, for every unit of FDX increase, yield was decreased by 0.5%. Study locations and year affected the [Formula: see text] 0 , whereas none of the moderator variables significantly affected [Formula: see text] 1.
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- Yuba R Kandel
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton 42445, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007, U.S.A
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ridgetown, ON N0P2C0, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton 42445, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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Roth MG, Jacobs JL, Napieralski S, Byrne AM, Stouffer-Hopkins A, Warner F, Chilvers MI. Fluopyram Suppresses Population Densities of Heterodera glycines in Field and Greenhouse Studies in Michigan. Plant Dis 2020; 104:1305-1311. [PMID: 32155114 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-19-0874-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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The soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, causes significant damage to soybean production annually. Fluopyram is a fungicide commonly used in soybean seed treatments intended to control soilborne fungal pathogens; however, recent studies have also suggested inhibitory effects on SCN. We examined the effects of a fluopyram seed treatment, ILeVO, on SCN reproduction, sudden death syndrome (SDS) development, and yield in a 3-year field study. Overall, fluopyram had a significant effect on yield (P = 0.046) and end-of-season SCN eggs and second-stage juveniles (Pf, P = 0.033) but no significant effect on SCN reproduction (Rf) or SDS disease index (P > 0.05). Post hoc tests indicated that fluopyram increased yield and suppressed SCN quantities. However, Rf was consistently greater than 1 whether or not the seed was treated with fluopyram, indicating that SCN populations were still increasing in the presence of fluopyram. A follow-up greenhouse study indicated that fluopyram reduced SCN relative to nontreated controls, as observed in the field, but only reduced SCN DNA within roots of a susceptible cultivar. These results indicate that fluopyram can suppress SCN quantities relative to nontreated seed but may not successfully reduce nematode populations without the use of additional management strategies.
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- M G Roth
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
- Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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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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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
- Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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Chang HX, Wen Z, Tan R, Dong H, Wickland DP, Wang D, Chilvers MI. Linkage Mapping for Foliar Necrosis of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome. Phytopathology 2020; 110:907-915. [PMID: 31821112 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-19-0330-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Sudden death syndrome (SDS) foliar symptoms consist of foliar chlorosis, foliar necrosis, leaf marginal curling, and premature defoliation, but resistance screening has been evaluated mostly based on the overall SDS foliar severity rather than on a specific foliar symptom. This study generated an F2 population derived from crossing the susceptible variety Sloan and the resistant germplasm line PI 243518, which exhibits resistance to both foliar chlorosis and necrosis. A total of 400 F2 lines were evaluated for foliar chlorosis, foliar necrosis, and overall SDS foliar symptoms, separately. Genotyping-by-sequencing was applied to obtain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the F2 population, and linkage mapping using 135 F2 lines with 969 high-quality SNPs identified a locus on chromosome 13 for foliar necrosis and SDS foliar symptoms. The locus partially overlaps with loci previously reported for SDS on chromosome 13, which is the third time the region from 15.98 to 21.00 Mbp has been reproduced independently and therefore qualifies this locus for a new nomenclature proposed as Rfv13-02. In summary, this study generated a new biparental population that enables not only the discovery of a locus for foliar necrosis and SDS foliar symptoms on chromosome 13 but also the potential for advanced exploration of SDS foliar resistance derived from the germplasm line PI 243518.
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- Hao-Xun Chang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, U.S.A
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, U.S.A
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, U.S.A
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Roth MG, Oudman KA, Griffin A, Jacobs JL, Sang H, Chilvers MI. Diagnostic qPCR Assay to Detect Fusarium brasiliense, a Causal Agent of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Root Rot of Dry Bean. Plant Dis 2020; 104:246-254. [PMID: 31644390 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-19-0016-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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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Species within clade 2 of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) are significant pathogens of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and soybean (Glycine max), causing root rot and/or sudden death syndrome (SDS). These species are morphologically difficult to distinguish and often require molecular tools for proper diagnosis to a species level. Here, a TaqMan probe-based quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was developed to distinguish Fusarium brasiliense from other closely related species within clade 2 of the FSSC. The assay displays high specificity against close relatives and high sensitivity, with a detection limit of 100 fg. This assay was able to detect F. brasiliense from purified mycelia, infected dry bean roots, and soil samples throughout Michigan. When multiplexed with an existing qPCR assay specific to Fusarium virguliforme, accurate quantification of both F. brasiliense and F. virguliforme was obtained, which can facilitate accurate diagnoses and identify coinfections with a single reaction. The assay is compatible with multiple qPCR thermal cycling platforms and will be helpful in providing accurate detection of F. brasiliense. Management of root rot and SDS pathogens in clade 2 of the FSSC is challenging and must be done proactively, because no midseason management strategies currently exist. However, accurate detection can facilitate management decisions for subsequent growing seasons to successfully manage these pathogens.
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- Mitchell G Roth
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Noel ZA, Sang H, Roth MG, Chilvers MI. Convergent Evolution of C239S Mutation in Pythium spp. β-Tubulin Coincides with Inherent Insensitivity to Ethaboxam and Implications for Other Peronosporalean Oomycetes. Phytopathology 2019; 109:2087-2095. [PMID: 31070989 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-19-0022-r] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Ethaboxam is a benzamide antioomycete chemical (oomicide) used in corn and soybean seed treatments. Benzamides are hypothesized to bind to β-tubulin, thus disrupting microtubule assembly. Recently, there have been reports of corn- and soybean-associated oomycetes that are insensitive to ethaboxam despite never having been exposed. Here, we investigate the evolutionary history and molecular mechanism of ethaboxam insensitivity. We tested the sensitivity of 194 isolates representing 83 species across four oomycete genera in the Peronosporalean lineage that were never exposed to ethaboxam. In all, 84% of isolates were sensitive to ethaboxam (effective concentration to reduce optical density at 600 nm by 50% when compared with the nonamended control [EC50] < 5 μg ml-1), whereas 16% were insensitive (EC50 > 11 μg ml-1). Of the insensitive isolates, two different transversion mutations were present in the 239th codon in β-tubulin within three monophyletic groups of Pythium spp. The transversion mutations lead to the same amino acid change from an ancestral cysteine to serine (C239S), which coincides with ethaboxam insensitivity. In a treated soybean seed virulence assay, disease severity was not reduced on ethaboxam-treated seed for an isolate of Pythium aphanidermatum containing a S239 but was reduced for an isolate of P. irregulare containing a C239. We queried publicly available β-tubulin sequences from other oomycetes in the Peronosporalean lineage to search for C239S mutations from other species not represented in our collection. This search resulted in other taxa that were either homozygous or heterozygous for C239S, including all available species within the genus Peronospora. Evidence presented herein supports the hypothesis that the convergent evolution of C239S within Peronosporalean oomycetes occurred without selection from ethaboxam yet confers insensitivity. We propose several evolutionary hypotheses for the repeated evolution of the C239S mutation.
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- Zachary A Noel
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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Strock CF, Schneider HM, Galindo-Castañeda T, Hall BT, Van Gansbeke B, Mather DE, Roth MG, Chilvers MI, Guo X, Brown K, Lynch JP. Laser ablation tomography for visualization of root colonization by edaphic organisms. J Exp Bot 2019; 70:5327-5342. [PMID: 31199461 PMCID: PMC6793448 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Soil biota have important effects on crop productivity, but can be difficult to study in situ. Laser ablation tomography (LAT) is a novel method that allows for rapid, three-dimensional quantitative and qualitative analysis of root anatomy, providing new opportunities to investigate interactions between roots and edaphic organisms. LAT was used for analysis of maize roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, maize roots herbivorized by western corn rootworm, barley roots parasitized by cereal cyst nematode, and common bean roots damaged by Fusarium. UV excitation of root tissues affected by edaphic organisms resulted in differential autofluorescence emission, facilitating the classification of tissues and anatomical features. Samples were spatially resolved in three dimensions, enabling quantification of the volume and distribution of fungal colonization, western corn rootworm damage, nematode feeding sites, tissue compromised by Fusarium, and as well as root anatomical phenotypes. Owing to its capability for high-throughput sample imaging, LAT serves as an excellent tool to conduct large, quantitative screens to characterize genetic control of root anatomy and interactions with edaphic organisms. Additionally, this technology improves interpretation of root-organism interactions in relatively large, opaque root segments, providing opportunities for novel research investigating the effects of root anatomical phenes on associations with edaphic organisms.
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- Christopher F Strock
- Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Lasers for Innovative Solutions, LLC, State College, PA, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, PMB, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, PMB, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Roth MG, Noel ZA, Wang J, Warner F, Byrne AM, Chilvers MI. Predicting Soybean Yield and Sudden Death Syndrome Development Using At-Planting Risk Factors. Phytopathology 2019; 109:1710-1719. [PMID: 31090498 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-19-0040-r] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the United States, sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean is caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium virguliforme and is responsible for important yield losses each year. Understanding the risk of SDS development and subsequent yield loss could provide growers with valuable information for management of this challenging disease. Current management strategies for F. virguliforme use partially resistant cultivars, fungicide seed treatments, and extended crop rotations with diverse crops. The aim of this study was to develop models to predict SDS severity and soybean yield loss using at-planting risk factors to integrate with current SDS management strategies. In 2014 and 2015, field studies were conducted in adjacent fields in Decatur, MI, which were intensively monitored for F. virguliforme and nematode quantities at-planting, plant health throughout the growing season, end-of-season SDS severity, and yield using an unbiased grid sampling scheme. In both years, F. virguliforme and soybean cyst nematode (SCN) quantities were unevenly distributed throughout the field. The distribution of F. virguliforme at-planting had a significant correlation with end-of-season SDS severity in 2015, and a significant correlation to yield in 2014 (P < 0.05). SCN distributions at-planting were significantly correlated with end-of-season SDS severity and yield in 2015 (P < 0.05). Prediction models developed through multiple linear regression showed that F. virguliforme abundance (P < 0.001), SCN egg quantity (P < 0.001), and year (P < 0.01) explained the most variation in end-of-season SDS (R2 = 0.32), whereas end-of-season SDS (P < 0.001) and end-of-season root dry weight (P < 0.001) explained the most variation in soybean yield (R2 = 0.53). Further, multivariate analyses support a synergistic relationship between F. virguliforme and SCN, enhancing the severity of foliar SDS. These models indicate that it is possible to predict patches of SDS severity using at-planting risk factors. Verifying these models and incorporating additional data types may help improve SDS management and forecast soybean markets in response to SDS threats.
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- Mitchell G Roth
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Mourtzinis S, Krupke CH, Esker PD, Varenhorst A, Arneson NJ, Bradley CA, Byrne AM, Chilvers MI, Giesler LJ, Herbert A, Kandel YR, Kazula MJ, Hunt C, Lindsey LE, Malone S, Mueller DS, Naeve S, Nafziger E, Reisig DD, Ross WJ, Rossman DR, Taylor S, Conley SP. Neonicotinoid seed treatments of soybean provide negligible benefits to US farmers. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11207. [PMID: 31501463 PMCID: PMC6733863 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47442-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides worldwide and are typically deployed as seed treatments (hereafter NST) in many grain and oilseed crops, including soybeans. However, there is a surprising dearth of information regarding NST effectiveness in increasing soybean seed yield, and most published data suggest weak, or inconsistent yield benefit. The US is the key soybean-producing nation worldwide and this work includes soybean yield data from 194 randomized and replicated field studies conducted specifically to evaluate the effect of NSTs on soybean seed yield at sites within 14 states from 2006 through 2017. Here we show that across the principal soybean-growing region of the country, there are negligible and management-specific yield benefits attributed to NSTs. Across the entire region, the maximum observed yield benefits due to fungicide (FST = fungicide seed treatment) + neonicotinoid use (FST + NST) reached 0.13 Mg/ha. Across the entire region, combinations of management practices affected the effectiveness of FST + NST to increase yield but benefits were minimal ranging between 0.01 to 0.22 Mg/ha. Despite widespread use, this practice appears to have little benefit for most of soybean producers; across the entire region, a partial economic analysis further showed inconsistent evidence of a break-even cost of FST or FST + NST. These results demonstrate that the current widespread prophylactic use of NST in the key soybean-producing areas of the US should be re-evaluated by producers and regulators alike.
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- Spyridon Mourtzinis
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States.
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD, 57007, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, Princeton, KY, 42445, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA, 23437, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA, 23437, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC, 27962, United States
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, 72204, United States
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Suffolk, VA, 23437, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Noel ZA, Rojas AJ, Jacobs JL, Chilvers MI. A High-Throughput Microtiter-Based Fungicide Sensitivity Assay for Oomycetes Using Z'-Factor Statistic. Phytopathology 2019; 109:1628-1637. [PMID: 31017530 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-19-0018-r] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Current methods to quantitatively assess fungicide sensitivity for a diverse range of oomycetes are slow and labor intensive. Microtiter-based assays can be used to increase throughput. However, many factors can affect their quality and reproducibility. Therefore, efficient and reliable methods for detection of assay quality are desirable. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a robust high-throughput fungicide phenotyping assay based on spectrophotometric quantification of mycelial growth in liquid culture and implementation of quality control with Z' factor and growth curves. Z' factor was used to ensure that each isolate grew enough in the absence of fungicides compared with the negative control, and growth curves were used to ensure active growth at the time of concentration of a fungicide that reduces growth by 50% (EC50) estimation. EC50 and relative growth values were correlated in a side-by-side comparison with values obtained using the amended medium (gold standard) assay. Concordance correlation indicated that the high-throughput assay is accurate but may not be as precise as the amended medium assay. To demonstrate the utility of the high-throughput assay, the sensitivity of 216 oomycete isolates representing four genera and 81 species to mefenoxam and ethaboxam was tested. The assay developed herein will enable high-throughput fungicide phenotyping at a population or community level.
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- Zachary A Noel
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Kandel YR, Bradley CA, Chilvers MI, Mathew FM, Tenuta AU, Smith DL, Wise KA, Mueller DS. Effect of Seed Treatment and Foliar Crop Protection Products on Sudden Death Syndrome and Yield of Soybean. Plant Dis 2019; 103:1712-1720. [PMID: 31059383 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-18-2199-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Sudden death syndrome (SDS), caused by Fusarium virguliforme, is an important soilborne disease of soybean. Risk of SDS increases when cool and wet conditions occur soon after planting. Recently, multiple seed treatment and foliar products have been registered and advertised for management of SDS but not all have been tested side by side in the same field experiment at multiple field locations. In 2015 and 2016, seed treatment fungicides fluopyram and thiabendazole; seed treatment biochemical pesticides citric acid and saponins extract of Chenopodium quinoa; foliar fungicides fluoxastrobin + flutriafol; and an herbicide, lactofen, were evaluated in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Ontario for SDS management. Treatments were tested on SDS-resistant and -susceptible cultivars at each location. Overall, fluopyram provided the highest level of control of root rot and foliar symptoms of SDS among all the treatments. Foliar application of lactofen reduced foliar symptoms in some cases but produced the lowest yield. In 2015, fluopyram reduced the foliar disease index (FDX) by over 50% in both resistant and susceptible cultivars and provided 8.9% yield benefit in susceptible cultivars and 3.5% yield benefit in resistant cultivars compared with the base seed treatment (control). In 2016, fluopyram reduced FDX in both cultivars by over 40% compared with the base seed treatment. For yield in 2016, treatment effect was not significant in the susceptible cultivar while, in the resistant cultivar, fluopyram provided 3.5% greater yield than the base seed treatment. In this study, planting resistant cultivars and using fluopyram seed treatment were the most effective tools for SDS management. However, plant resistance provided an overall better yield-advantage than using fluopyram seed treatment alone. Effective seed treatments can be an economically viable consideration to complement resistant cultivars for managing SDS.
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- Yuba R Kandel
- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton 42445, U.S.A
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- 3 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, U.S.A
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- 4 Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007, U.S.A
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- 5 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ridgetown, ON N0P2C0, Canada
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- 6 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, U.S.A
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton 42445, U.S.A
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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Willbur JF, Mitchell PD, Fall ML, Byrne AM, Chapman SA, Floyd CM, Bradley CA, Ames KA, Chilvers MI, Kleczewski NM, Malvick DK, Mueller BD, Mueller DS, Kabbage M, Conley SP, Smith DL. Meta-Analytic and Economic Approaches for Evaluation of Pesticide Impact on Sclerotinia Stem Rot Control and Soybean Yield in the North Central United States. Phytopathology 2019; 109:1157-1170. [PMID: 30860431 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-18-0124-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 06/09/2023]
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As complete host resistance in soybean has not been achieved, Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum continues to be of major economic concern for farmers. Thus, chemical control remains a prevalent disease management strategy. Pesticide evaluations were conducted in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin from 2009 to 2016, for a total of 25 site-years (n = 2,057 plot-level data points). These studies were used in network meta-analyses to evaluate the impact of 10 popular pesticide active ingredients, and seven common application timings on SSR control and yield benefit, compared with not treating with a pesticide. Boscalid and picoxystrobin frequently offered the best reductions in disease severity and best yield benefit (P < 0.0001). Pesticide applications (one- or two-spray programs) made during the bloom period provided significant reductions in disease severity index (DIX) (P < 0.0001) and led to significant yield benefits (P = 0.0009). Data from these studies were also used in nonlinear regression analyses to determine the effect of DIX on soybean yield. A three-parameter logistic model was found to best describe soybean yield loss (pseudo-R2 = 0.309). In modern soybean cultivars, yield loss due to SSR does not occur until 20 to 25% DIX, and considerable yield loss (-697 kg ha-1 or -10 bu acre-1) is observed at 68% DIX. Further analyses identified several pesticides and programs that resulted in greater than 60% probability for return on investment under high disease levels.
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- Jaime F Willbur
- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- 4 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- 2 Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- 3 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
- 4 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- 4 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- 5 Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- 6 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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- 7 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY
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- 8 Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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- 4 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- 6 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- 10 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Integrated Pest Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- 11 Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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Chang HX, Tan R, Hartman GL, Wen Z, Sang H, Domier LL, Whitham SA, Wang D, Chilvers MI. Characterization of Soybean STAY-GREEN Genes in Susceptibility to Foliar Chlorosis of Sudden Death Syndrome. Plant Physiol 2019; 180:711-717. [PMID: 30952683 PMCID: PMC6548243 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00046] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Genetic mappings for soybean sudden death syndrome foliar chlorosis suggested that STAY-GREEN genes with loss-of-susceptibility mechanism may have different breeding merits for disease resistance.
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- Hao-Xun Chang
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Wang J, Sang H, Jacobs JL, Oudman KA, Hanson LE, Chilvers MI. Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome Causal Agent Fusarium brasiliense Present in Michigan. Plant Dis 2019; 103:1234-1243. [PMID: 30932735 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-18-1332-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Sudden death syndrome (SDS), caused by members of Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) clade 2, is a major and economically important disease in soybean worldwide. The primary causal agent of SDS isolated to date in North America has been F. virguliforme. In 2014 and 2016, SDS symptoms were found in two soybean fields located on the same farm in Michigan. Seventy Fusarium strains were isolated from roots of the SDS-symptomatic soybeans in two fields. Phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of elongation factor-1α, the nuclear ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer region, and the RNA polymerase II beta subunit revealed that the primary FSSC species isolated was F. brasiliense (58 and 36% in each field) and the remaining Fusarium strains were identified as F. cuneirostrum, F. phaseoli, an undescribed Fusarium sp. from FSSC clade 2, and strains in FSSC clade 5 and FSSC clade 11. Molecular identification was supported with morphological analysis and a pathogenicity assay. The soybean seedling pathogenicity assay indicated that F. brasiliense was capable of causing typical foliar SDS symptoms. Both root rot and foliar disease severity were variable by strain, just as they are in F. virguliforme. Both FSSC 5 and FSSC 11 strains were also capable of causing root rot, but SDS foliar symptoms were not detected. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. brasiliense causing SDS in soybean in the United States and the first report of F. cuneirostrum, F. phaseoli, an as-yet-unnamed Fusarium sp., and strains in FSSC clade 5 and FSSC clade 11 associated with or causing root rot of soybean in Michigan.
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- Jie Wang
- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
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- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
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- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
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- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
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- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
- 2 Sugar Beet and Bean Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- 1 Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; and
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