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Moreno-Fernández D, Rubio-Cuadrado Á, Oliveira N, Mateo LH, Alberdi I, Adame P, Cañellas I. Divergent spatio-temporal tree growth trends in Pinus pinaster Ait. in South-Western European forests. Sci Total Environ 2024; 935:173465. [PMID: 38788934 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173465] [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] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Climate change influences forest ecosystems in several ways, such as modifying forest growth or ecosystem functionality. To fully understand the impact of changing climatic conditions on forest growth it is necessary to undertake long-term spatiotemporal analyses. The main purpose of this work is to describe the major trends in tree growth of Pinus pinaster in Spain over the last 70 years, differentiating homogeneous ecological units using an unsupervised classification algorithm and additive modelling techniques. We also aim to relate these growth trends with temporal series for precipitation and temperature, as well as forest variables. We leverage information from a large data set of tree cores (around 2200) extracted during the field campaign of the Fourth Spanish National Forest Inventory. The unsupervised algorithm classified the plots into five classes, which were consistent in ecological terms. We also found a general decline in growth in three of the five ecoregions since the 1970s, concomitant with an increase in temperature and a reduction in precipitation. However, this tree growth decline has not been observed in the Atlantic influenced ecoregion, where the cooler, more humid climatic conditions are more stable. Certain stand features, such as low basal area through forest management practices, may have alleviated the impact of harsh climatic conditions on some areas of inner Spain, while denser stands display a more pronounced decline in tree growth. We concluded that Southern populations show some degrees of growth decline and low growth trends while Northern populations did not exhibit growth decline and have the largest growth rates. Under a forecasted increment of temperatures, the growth decline can be expanded.
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- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Sciences (INIA, CSIC), Crta. de A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Sciences (INIA, CSIC), Crta. de A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Sciences (INIA, CSIC), Crta. de A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Sciences (INIA, CSIC), Crta. de A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Sciences (INIA, CSIC), Crta. de A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Krupalini V, Janardhana GR. Diaporthe phaseolorum causing dieback disease on Melia dubia cav. in Karnataka state (India). Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:92. [PMID: 38319486 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03821-4] [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: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Melia dubia is an important tree species grown worldwide for its medicinal and timber values. It is widely used in timber and pulp industry and also as an organic pesticide, fertilisers, agro-forestry and herbal formulations. During 2019-2022, a dieback disease in plantations of M. dubia was recorded in Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Tumkur districts of Karnataka state (India) with disease incidence of 26.25%. The associated pathogen was isolated on PDA medium and its morpho-cultural characteristics were studied. The genomic DNA of the pathogen was isolated, and rDNA was amplified and sequenced using universal primers. Based on the microscopic, morpho-cultural, sequence data and phylogenetic analysis, the pathogen was identified as Diaporthe phaseolorum (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Koch's postulates were performed both in vitro and in vivo and the typical symptoms of dieback disease were recorded on post-inoculated saplings. The dieback disease is responsible for the poor growth of Melia species in the region, and hence, there is an urgent need to manage the disease in plantations using integrated management practices. This is the first report of the occurrence of D. phaseolorum on M. dubia plantations in India.
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- V Krupalini
- Molecular Phytodiagnostic Laboratory, Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India, 570 006
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- Molecular Phytodiagnostic Laboratory, Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India, 570 006.
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Alderotti F, Sillo F, Brilli L, Bussotti F, Centritto M, Ferrini F, Gori A, Inghes R, Pasquini D, Pollastrini M, Saurer M, Cherubini P, Balestrini R, Brunetti C. Quercus ilex L. dieback is genetically determined: Evidence provided by dendrochronology, δ 13C and SSR genotyping. Sci Total Environ 2023; 904:166809. [PMID: 37690750 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166809] [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] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Quercus ilex L. dieback has been reported in several Mediterranean forests, revealing different degree of crown damages even in close sites, as observed in two Q. ilex forest stands in southern Tuscany (IT). In this work, we applied a novel approach combining dendrochronological, tree-ring δ13C and genetic analysis to test the hypothesis that different damage levels observed in a declining (D) and non-declining (ND) Q. ilex stands are connected to population features linked to distinct response to drought. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of two major drought events (2012 and 2017), that occurred in the last fifteen years in central Italy, on Q. ilex growth and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi). Overall, Q. ilex showed slightly different ring-width patterns between the two stands, suggesting a lower responsiveness to seasonal climatic variations for trees at D stand, while Q. ilex at ND stand showed changes in the relationship between climatic parameters and growth across time. The strong divergence in δ13C signals between the two stands suggested a more conservative use of water for Q. ilex at ND compared to D stand that may be genetically driven. Q. ilex at ND resulted more resilient to drought compared to trees at D, probably thanks to its safer water strategy. Genotyping analysis based on simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers revealed the presence of different Q. ilex populations at D and ND stands. Our study shows intraspecific variations in drought response among trees grown in close. In addition, it highlights the potential of combining tree-ring δ13C data with SSR genotyping for the selection of seed-bearing genotypes aimed to preserve Mediterranean holm oak ecosystem and improve its forest management.
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- Francesca Alderotti
- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy; National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- CNR-IBE, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for the BioEconomy, Via Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy; National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (www.nfbc.it), Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy; National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (www.nfbc.it), Italy
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- WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; University of British Columbia, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Viale delle idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy; National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy.
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Heydari M, Cheraghi J, Omidipour R, Rostaminia M, Kooch Y, Valkó O, Carcaillet C. Tree dieback, woody plant diversity, and ecosystem driven by topography in semi-arid mountain forests: Implication for ecosystem management. J Environ Manage 2023; 339:117892. [PMID: 37075630 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117892] [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] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Mountain landscapes are highly heterogeneous due to topography, notably positions along slope and slope shapes, which control ecosystem mechanisms. We hypothesized that tree dieback is controlled by topography, selecting productive and less diverse communities in lower slopes, and stress-resistant and more diverse communities on upper slopes. Understanding how this heterogeneity drives vegetation patterns should provide benchmarks for ecosystem management of mountain forest dominated by Quercus brantii. Woody communities were sampled along convex vs concave topography (i.e., ridge vs talweg), and with measurements of tree dieback severity, environmental variables (litter depth, soil quality, rock outcrop), stand structure (canopy cover, mistletoe infestation, tree diameter and height, diameter and height differentiations, oaks' number from sprout-clumps or seed-origin), and biodiversity. Slope position was the most significant driver that affected all variables, excepted evenness. Dieback severity was higher on slope shoulders and summits, and lower in lower slopes where trees were the most productive: taller, larger, more homogeneous, and mostly seed-origin. Catena shape affected the diversity and dieback severity, both higher in talwegs, but had no effect on environmental variables and little on stand structure. Outputs indicate that the higher diversity of woody plants is on upper slopes supporting stress-resistant community associated with more severe dieback and mistletoe infection probably because frugivore birds attracted by the shrubs' fruits. Semi-arid forest management must consider the shaped-slope ecosystem heterogeneity by preserving ridges that are more susceptible to tree dieback, and naturally support biodiversity. Restoration measures on lower fertile slopes could be carried out by oak planting or seedlings under the cover of shrubs to counter dieback effects and environmental stresses. In addition, forestry measures can be taken in lower positions for the conversion of coppice to high oak forest to potentially consider a moderate forestry.
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- Mehdi Heydari
- Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
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- Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
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- Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shahrekord University, 8818634141 , Shahrekord, Iran.
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- Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
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- Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, 46417-76489, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran.
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- 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, 2-4 Alkotmány Str., H-2163, Vácrátót, Hungary.
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- Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris Sciences & Lettres Université (EPHE-PSL), F-75014, Paris, France; Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE (UMR 5023 LEHNA), F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Corcobado T, Cech TL, Daxer A, Ďatková H, Janoušek J, Patra S, Jahn D, Hüttler C, Milenković I, Tomšovský M, Jung MH, Jung T. Phytophthora, Nothophytophthora and Halophytophthora diversity in rivers, streams and riparian alder ecosystems of Central Europe. Mycol Prog 2023; 22:50. [PMID: 37323627 PMCID: PMC10264269 DOI: 10.1007/s11557-023-01898-1] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Waterways are ideal pathways for Phytophthora dispersal and potential introduction to terrestrial ecosystems. While many Phytophthora species from phylogenetic clades 6, 9 and 10 are predominant oomycetes in watercourses due to their adaptation to a lifestyle as saprotrophs and opportunistic pathogens of riparian plants, species from clades 2, 7 and 8 are predominantly soil- or airborne using aquatic habitats as temporal niches for spreading and invading terrestrial sites along the watercourses. In contrast to forest ecosystems, knowledge of Phytophthora diversity in watercourses in Central Europe is limited. Between 2014 and 2019 extensive surveys of streams and rivers were undertaken across Austria, in South Moravia, Czech Republic and Žilina province, Slovakia to unveil the diversity and distribution of Phytophthora and related oomycetes. In addition, in Austria riparian forests of black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and grey alder (A. incana) in lowlands and in the Alps were examined. A variety of Phytophthora species from clades 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were isolated, with clade 6 species showing the widest distribution and abundance. Furthermore, interspecific clade 6 hybrids and other oomycetes such as Halophytophthora fluviatilis and undescribed Nothophytophthora spp. were also obtained. In riparian alders, symptoms of Phytophthora infections were associated with species from the P. × alni complex and P. plurivora. Phytophthora plurivora was most common in alder stands whereas P. uniformis was the oomycete species occurring at the highest altitude in alpine riparian areas. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11557-023-01898-1.
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- Tamara Corcobado
- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Natural Hazards and Landscape, Unit of Phytopathology, Department of Forest Protection, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
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- Natural Hazards and Landscape, Unit of Phytopathology, Department of Forest Protection, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
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- Natural Hazards and Landscape, Unit of Phytopathology, Department of Forest Protection, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Belidla 986/4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Natural Hazards and Landscape, Unit of Phytopathology, Department of Forest Protection, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
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- Natural Hazards and Landscape, Unit of Phytopathology, Department of Forest Protection, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, Am Rain 9, 83131 Nußdorf, Germany
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, Am Rain 9, 83131 Nußdorf, Germany
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Andres SE, Emery NJ, Rymer PD, Powell JR. Soil chemistry and fungal communities are associated with dieback in an Endangered Australian shrub. Plant Soil 2023; 483:47-70. [PMID: 36211803 PMCID: PMC9525234 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-022-05724-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Field surveys across known populations of the Endangered Persoonia hirsuta (Proteaceae) in 2019 suggested the soil environment may be associated with dieback in this species. To explore how characteristics of the soil environment (e.g., pathogens, nutrients, soil microbes) relate to dieback, a soil bioassay (Experiment 1) was conducted using field soils from two dieback effected P. hirsuta populations. Additionally, a nitrogen addition experiment (Experiment 2) was conducted to explore how the addition of soil nitrogen impacts dieback. METHODS The field soils were baited for pathogens, and soil physiochemical and microbial community characteristics were assessed and related to dieback among plants in the field and nursery-grown plants inoculated with the same field soils. Roots from inoculated plants were harvested to confirm the presence of soil pathogens and root-associated endophytes. Using these isolates, a dual culture antagonism assay was performed to examine competition among these microbes and identify candidate pathogens or pathogen antagonists. RESULTS Dieback among plants in the field and Experiment 1 was associated with soil physiochemical properties (nitrogen and potassium), and soil microbes were identified as significant indicators of healthy and dieback-affected plants. Plants in Experiment 2 exhibited greater dieback when treated with elevated nitrogen. Additionally, post-harvest culturing identified fungi and other soil pathogens, some of which exhibited antagonistic behavior. CONCLUSION This study identified candidate fungi and soil physiochemical properties associated with observed dieback and dieback resistance in an Endangered shrub and provides groundwork for further exploring what drives dieback and how it can be managed to promote the conservation of wild populations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11104-022-05724-7.
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- Samantha E. Andres
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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- The Australian PlantBank, Australian Botanic Garden, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Mount Annan, New South Wales 2567 Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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Otoya-Martinez N, Leite LG, Harakava R, Touray M, Hazir S, Chacon-Orozco J, Bueno CJ. Disease caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in pruning wounds of grapevine shoots and its control by Trichoderma spp. and Xenorhabdus szentirmaii. Fungal Biol 2023; 127:865-871. [PMID: 36746558 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2022.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Neofusicoccum parvum, is a fungal pathogen and one of the etiological agents of dieback disease in grapevines. The fungus causes deterioration of vines due to vascular colonization and/or production of toxins. We report herein the inhibitory effects of Trichoderma spp. isolates and the antifungal effects of cell-free supernatants (CFS) from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacteria against N. parvum in agar plates. We also evaluated the effects of the most effective fungi and bacteria against the pathogen in pruning wounds of vine shoots. All isolates of Trichoderma exhibited antifungal activity ranging between 82 and 97.5% at 14 days of post-treatment. All Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus CFS at 10 and 33% concentrations inhibited mycelial growth with X. szentirmaii PAM 11 and PAM 25 causing the highest inhibition (>74%). In the shoot experiments, T. asperellum IB 01/13 and T. asperellum Quality®, X. szentirmaii PAM 11 (undiluted growth culture and CFS) suppressed the fungus by ≥ 93%. Our study highlights the potential of Trichoderma and X. szentirmaii PAM 11 for use as biofungicides in the management of N. parvum in grapevines. Further studies should be conducted to develop formulations of Trichoderma and Xenorhabdus that enhance stability in shelf-life and increase the efficacy of N. parvum control in grapevines under field conditions.
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- Nathalie Otoya-Martinez
- Centro Avançado de Pesquisas em Proteção Plantas e Saúde Animal, Instituto Biológico, Alameda dos Vidoeiros, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Centro Avançado de Pesquisas em Proteção Plantas e Saúde Animal, Instituto Biológico, Alameda dos Vidoeiros, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto Biológico, Avenida Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
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- Centro Avançado de Pesquisas em Proteção Plantas e Saúde Animal, Instituto Biológico, Alameda dos Vidoeiros, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro Avançado de Pesquisas em Proteção Plantas e Saúde Animal, Instituto Biológico, Alameda dos Vidoeiros, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Andronis CE, Jacques S, Lipscombe R, Tan KC. Comparative sub-cellular proteome analyses reveals metabolic differentiation and production of effector-like molecules in the dieback phytopathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. J Proteomics 2022; 269:104725. [PMID: 36096432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104725] [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: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Phytopathogenic oomycetes pose a significant threat to global biodiversity and food security. The proteomes of these oomycetes likely contain important factors that contribute to their pathogenic success, making their discovery crucial for elucidating pathogenicity. Phytophthora cinnamomi is a root pathogen that causes dieback in a wide variety of crops and native vegetation world-wide. Virulence proteins produced by P. cinnamomi are not well defined and a large-scale approach to understand the biochemistry of this pathogen has not been documented. Soluble mycelial, zoospore and secreted proteomes were obtained and label-free quantitative proteomics was used to compare the composition of the three sub-proteomes. A total of 4635 proteins were identified, validating 17.7% of the predicted gene set. The mycelia were abundant in transporters for nutrient acquisition, metabolism and cellular proliferation. The zoospores had less metabolic related ontologies but were abundant in energy generating, motility and signalling associated proteins. Virulence-associated proteins were identified in the secretome such as candidate effector and effector-like proteins, which interfere with the host immune system. These include hydrolases, cell wall degrading enzymes, putative necrosis-inducing proteins and elicitins. The secretome elicited a hypersensitive response on the roots of a model host and thus suggests evidence of effector activity. SIGNIFICANCE: Phytophthora cinnamomi is a phytopathogenic oomycete that causes dieback disease in native vegetation and several horticultural crops such as avocado, pineapple and macadamia. Whilst this pathogen has significance world-wide, its pathogenicity and virulence have not been described in depth. We carried out comparative label-free proteomics of the mycelia, zoospores and secretome of P. cinnamomi. This study highlights the differential metabolism and cellular processes between the sub-proteomes. Proteins associated with metabolism, nutrient transport and cellular proliferation were over represented in the mycelia. The zoospores have a specialised proteome showing increased energy generation geared towards motility. Candidate effectors and effector-like secreted proteins were also identified, which can be exploited for genetic resistance. This demonstrates a better understanding of the biology and pathogenicity of P. cinnamomi infection that can subsequently be used to develop effective methods of disease management.
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- Christina E Andronis
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia; Proteomics International, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia.
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Castellaneta M, Rita A, Camarero JJ, Colangelo M, Ripullone F. Declines in canopy greenness and tree growth are caused by combined climate extremes during drought-induced dieback. Sci Total Environ 2022; 813:152666. [PMID: 34968613 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Several dieback episodes triggered by droughts are revealing the high vulnerability of Mediterranean forests, manifested as declines in growth, increased defoliation, and rising mortality rates. Understanding forest responses to such climate extreme events is of high priority for predicting their future vegetation dynamics. We examined how remotely sensed measures of vegetation activity (NDVI, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and radial growth (BAI, basal area increment) responded to climate extreme events. We considered tree (Pinus sylvestris, Quercus pubescens, Quercus frainetto) and shrub (Juniperus phoenicea) populations from Italy and Spain showing recent dieback phenomena. Two components of drought, namely elevated atmospheric demand (VPD, vapor pressure deficit) and low soil moisture were analyzed in nearby stands showing or not showing dieback symptoms. Dieback stands exhibited lower NDVI values than non-dieback stands. NDVI and BAI were positively related in all sites except for the dieback stand of Q. frainetto that was negatively related. Such NDVI-BAI linkages were related to specific time windows, which could be useful for identifying when climatic conditions have the greatest influence on vegetation. Growth decline occurred in response to increasing VPD, but responses differed among species. J. phoenicea was the most negatively impacted by higher VPD, whereas oaks responded to soil moisture. A high VPD was related to stronger growth reduction in dieback P. sylvestris trees regardless of soil moisture changes. We highlighted that coupling between proxies of forest productivity (NDVI, BAI) allows better understanding and forecasting of drought-induced dieback phenomena in forests and shrublands. Scaling up from tree to stand levels might be feasible when using the maximum growing season NDVI, which can be applied for retrospective modeling of the impact of drought stress on forest productivity and tree growth.
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- Maria Castellaneta
- Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università della Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Università 100, IT-80055 Portici, (Napoli), Italy.
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain; Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università della Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università della Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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Sánchez-Salguero R, Camarero JJ. Greater sensitivity to hotter droughts underlies juniper dieback and mortality in Mediterranean shrublands. Sci Total Environ 2020; 721:137599. [PMID: 32172101 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Drought-induced dieback episodes have been globally reported. However, few studies have jointly examined the role played by drought on growth of co-occurring shrub and tree species showing different dieback and mortality. Here, we focused on dieback events affecting Mediterranean shrublands dominated by the Phoenician juniper (Juniperus phoenicea) since the middle 2000s in three sites across a wide geographical and climatic gradient in Spain. We compared their growth responses to climate and drought with coexisting tree species (Pinus pinea, Pinus pinaster and Quercus faginea), which did not show dieback in response to drought. We characterized the major climatic constraints of radial growth for trees, surviving and dead junipers by quantifying climate-growth relationships. Then, we simulated growth responses to temperature and soil moisture using the process-based VS-Lite growth model. Growth of shrubs and trees was strongly reduced during extreme droughts but the highest negative growth responsiveness to climate and drought was observed in trees followed by dead junipers from the most xeric and cold sites. Growth of dead junipers responded more negatively to droughts prior to the dieback than co-occurring, living junipers. Growth was particularly depressed in the dead junipers from the warmest site after the warm and dry 1990s. The growth model showed how a steep precipitation reduction in the 1980s triggered soil moisture limitation at the driest sites, affecting growth, particularly in the case of dead junipers and mainly in warm and dry sites. The asynchrony in the simulated seasonal timing of drought events caused contrasting effects on growth of co-occurring shrubs and tree species, compromising their future coexistence. Junipers were particularly vulnerable to hotter droughts during the early growing season. The presented projections indicate that de-shrubification events in response to hotter droughts will be common but conditioned by site conditions. Our modelling approach provides tools to evaluate vulnerability thresholds of growth under similar drought-induced dieback and mortality processes.
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- Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
- Departamento Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. de Utrera km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain
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Diaporthe species (Sordariomycetes, Diaporthales) are often reported as important plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of plant hosts. In this study, Diaporthe specimens were collected from symptomatic twigs and branches at the Huoditang Forest Farm in Shaanxi Province, China. Identification was done using a combination of morphology and comparison of DNA sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), calmodulin (cal), histone H3 (his3), partial translation elongation factor-1α (tef1) and β-tubulin (tub2) gene regions. Three new Diaporthe species are proposed: D.albosinensis, D.coryli and D.shaanxiensis. All species are illustrated and their morphology and phylogenetic relationships with other Diaporthe species are discussed.
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- Qin Yang
- Key Laboratory for Non-Wood Forest Cultivation and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China Beijing Forestry University Beijing China.,The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha China
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha China
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha China
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Yang Q, Fan XL, Guarnaccia V, Tian CM. High diversity of Diaporthe species associated with dieback diseases in China, with twelve new species described. MycoKeys 2018; 39:97-149. [PMID: 30271260 PMCID: PMC6160862 DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.39.26914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [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: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Diaporthe species have often been reported as important plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of plant hosts. Although several Diaporthe species have been recorded in China, little is known about species able to infect forest trees. Therefore, extensive surveys were recently conducted in Beijing, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang Provinces. The current results emphasised on 15 species from 42 representative isolates involving 16 host genera using comparisons of DNA sequence data for the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), calmodulin (cal), histone H3 (his3), partial translation elongation factor-1α (tef1) and β-tubulin (tub2) gene regions, as well as their morphological features. Three known species, D.biguttulata, D.eres and D.unshiuensis, were identified. In addition, twelve novel taxa were collected and are described as D.acerigena, D.alangii, D.betulina, D.caryae, D.cercidis, D.chensiensis, D.cinnamomi, D.conica, D.fraxinicola, D.kadsurae, D.padina and D.ukurunduensis. The current study improves the understanding of species causing diebacks on ecological and economic forest trees and provides useful information for the effective disease management of these hosts in China.
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- Qin Yang
- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China, V. GuarnacciaBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijingChina
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China, V. GuarnacciaBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijingChina
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The NetherlandsWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity InstituteUtrechtNetherlands
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South AfricaUniversity of StellenboschMatielandSouth Africa
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China, V. GuarnacciaBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijingChina
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Nam MH, Park MS, Kim HS, Kim TI, Lee EM, Park JD, Kim HG. First Report of Dieback Caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae in Strawberry Plants in Korea. Mycobiology 2016; 44:319-324. [PMID: 28154491 PMCID: PMC5287166 DOI: 10.5941/myco.2016.44.4.319] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Dieback in strawberry (Seolhyang cultivar) was first observed during the nursery season (June to September) in the Nonsan area of Korea in the years 2012 and 2013. Initial disease symptoms included dieback on runners, as well as black rot on roots, followed by wilting and eventually blackened, necrotic discoloration in the crowns of daughter plants. A fungus isolated from the diseased roots, runners, and crowns is close to Lasiodiplodia theobromae based on morphological characteristics. Analysis of a combined dataset assembled from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer and translation elongation factor 1-alpha genes grouped nine fungal isolates with the type strain of L. theobromae. The isolates showed strong pathogenicity on strawberry cultivars Kumhyang, Seolhyang, and Akihimae, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Based on these results, the pathogen responsible for dieback on strawberry plants in Korea was identified as L. theobromae.
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- Myeong Hyeon Nam
- Nonsan Strawberry Experiment Station, Fruit and Vegetable Research Center, Chungnam ARES, Nonsan 32914, Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Nonsan Strawberry Experiment Station, Fruit and Vegetable Research Center, Chungnam ARES, Nonsan 32914, Korea
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- Nonsan Strawberry Experiment Station, Fruit and Vegetable Research Center, Chungnam ARES, Nonsan 32914, Korea
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- Nonsan Strawberry Experiment Station, Fruit and Vegetable Research Center, Chungnam ARES, Nonsan 32914, Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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Douglas CMS, Mulligan M, Harrison XA, Henschel JR, Pettorelli N, Cowlishaw G. Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river and evidence of local mitigation by tributary flows. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2622. [PMID: 27812420 PMCID: PMC5088575 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ephemeral rivers act as linear oases in drylands providing key resources to people and wildlife. However, not much is known about these rivers’ sensitivities to human activities. We investigated the landscape-level determinants of riparian tree dieback along the Swakop River, a dammed ephemeral river in Namibia, focusing on the native ana tree (Faidherbia albida) and the invasive mesquite (Prosopis spp.). We surveyed over 1,900 individual trees distributed across 24 sites along a 250 km stretch of the river. General linear mixed models were used to test five hypotheses relating to three anthropogenic threats: river flow disruption from damming, human settlement and invasive species. We found widespread dieback in both tree populations: 51% mortality in ana tree, with surviving trees exhibiting 18% canopy death (median); and 26% mortality in mesquite, with surviving trees exhibiting 10% canopy death. Dieback in the ana tree was most severe where trees grew on drier stretches of the river, where tributary flow was absent and where mesquite grew more abundantly. Dieback in the mesquite, a more drought-tolerant taxon, did not show any such patterns. Our findings suggest that dieback in the ana tree is primarily driven by changes in river flow resulting from upstream dam creation and that tributary flows provide a local buffer against this loss of main channel flow. The hypothesis that the invasive mesquite may contribute to ana tree dieback was also supported. Our findings suggest that large dams along the main channels of ephemeral rivers have the ability to cause widespread mortality in downstream riparian trees. To mitigate such impacts, management might focus on the maintenance of natural tributary flows to buffer local tree populations from the disruption to main channel flow.
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- Caitlin M S Douglas
- Environmental Dynamics Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Environmental Dynamics Research Group, King's College London , London , United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London , London , United Kingdom
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- SAEON Arid Node, South African Environmental Observation Network , Kimberley , South Africa
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London , London , United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London , London , United Kingdom
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The injured spinal cord does not heal properly. In contrast, tissue repair and functional recovery occur after skin or muscle injuries. The reason for this dichotomy in wound repair is unclear but inflammation, and specifically macrophage activation, likely plays a key role. Macrophages have the ability to promote the repair of injured tissue by regulating transitions through different phase of the healing response. In the current review we compare and contrast the healing and inflammatory responses between spinal cord injuries and tissues that undergo complete wound resolution. Through this comparison, we identify key macrophage phenotypes that are inaptly triggered or absent after spinal cord injury and discuss spinal cord stimuli that contribute to this maladaptive response. Sequential activation of classic, pro-inflammatory, M1 macrophages and alternatively activated, M2a, M2b, and M2c macrophages occurs during normal healing and facilitates transitions through the inflammatory, proliferative, and remodeling phases of repair. In contrast, in the injured spinal cord, pro-inflammatory macrophages potentiate a prolonged inflammatory phase and remodeling is not properly initiated. The desynchronized macrophage activation after spinal cord injury is reminiscent of the inflammation present in chronic, non-healing wounds. By refining the role macrophages play in spinal cord injury repair we bring to light important areas for future neuroinflammation and neurotrauma research. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Spinal cord injury.
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- John C Gensel
- Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
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- Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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Gigante D, Angiolini C, Landucci F, Maneli F, Nisi B, Vaselli O, Venanzoni R, Lastrucci L. New occurrence of reed bed decline in southern Europe: do permanent flooding and chemical parameters play a role? C R Biol 2014; 337:487-98. [PMID: 25103835 DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Based on the experimental design proposed in similar studies, macromorphological and ecological traits of common reed beds were analysed at Lake Chiusi (Central Italy), together with selected chemical parameters in sediments and interstitial waters and aerial images of the site, in order to investigate reed decline and search for possible correlations among data. Typical symptoms of the reed dieback syndrome were detected, thus enlarging the occurrence of this phenomenon in southern Europe. Permanently dry, permanently flooded and partially flooded stands show different levels of decline, with the permanent flooding always co-occurring with reed dieback. Only few of the considered chemical parameters seem to play a role in reed decline (nitrates, rubidium, nickel, barium, manganese), although no clear pattern was identified. Data suggest that the co-occurrence of some chemicals with stressing conditions might affect the growth even of an efficient metal accumulator, as reed is generally considered.
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- Daniela Gigante
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- CNR-IGG Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Bošela M, Petráš R, Sitková Z, Priwitzer T, Pajtík J, Hlavatá H, Sedmák R, Tobin B. Possible causes of the recent rapid increase in the radial increment of silver fir in the Western Carpathians. Environ Pollut 2014; 184:211-221. [PMID: 24060740 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 08/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Silver fir is one of the most productive and ecologically valuable native European tree species, however, it has been experiencing decline which has periodically occurred over its natural range. This paper aims to investigate the recent climate-growth relationships of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and its temporal change along the course of its life. Long-term tree-ring databases, as well as records on climate, atmospheric SO2, NO3 and acid concentrations from four different regions in the Western Carpathians were used. The results provide clear evidence of significant increase of silver fir's radial increment over the entire Western Carpathian area since 1970-1980. The results indicated that the most probable factors behind the rapid recovery of tree radial increment were reductions in emissions of NO3 and SO2, alongside a significant increase in mean June, July and April temperatures.
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- Michal Bošela
- National Forest Centre, T.G. Masaryka 22, Zvolen 96092, Slovakia; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.
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