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Rawlinson C, Nealon G, Chooi YH, Oliver RP, Moffat CS, See PT. Discovery of Two Novel Phthalide Phytotoxins from the Wheat Tan Spot Fungal Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:19594-19603. [PMID: 39214614 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The Dothideomycete fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) is the causal agent of the tan spot disease of wheat. The proteinaceous necrotrophic effectors ToxA and ToxB are well characterized. A nonproteinaceous effector called ToxC has also been partially characterized. Ptr produces a number of other small molecular weight compounds, but these remain poorly characterized. In this study, two novel compounds, designated ToxE1 and ToxE2, capable of inducing chlorotic symptoms on wheat leaves in a cultivar-specific manner, were purified from Ptr liquid cultures. There is no evidence that these compounds correspond to ToxC. Most isolates produced ToxE1, ToxE2, or both, and both compounds were detected in infected wheat leaves. The structures of both analogues were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and comprise a phthalide core structure with an amide moiety. We postulate that these compounds have a general phytotoxic effect and may have an ancillary role in disease development.
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- Catherine Rawlinson
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia
- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia
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Morikawa S, Verdonk C, John E, Lenzo L, Sbaraini N, Turo C, Li H, Jiang D, Chooi YH, Tan KC. The Velvet transcription factor PnVeA regulates necrotrophic effectors and secondary metabolism in the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. BMC Microbiol 2024; 24:299. [PMID: 39127645 PMCID: PMC11316297 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03454-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum causes septoria nodorum blotch on wheat. The role of the fungal Velvet-family transcription factor VeA in P. nodorum development and virulence was investigated here. Deletion of the P. nodorum VeA ortholog, PnVeA, resulted in growth abnormalities including pigmentation, abolished asexual sporulation and highly reduced virulence on wheat. Comparative RNA-Seq and RT-PCR analyses revealed that the deletion of PnVeA also decoupled the expression of major necrotrophic effector genes. In addition, the deletion of PnVeA resulted in an up-regulation of four predicted secondary metabolite (SM) gene clusters. Using liquid-chromatography mass-spectrometry, it was observed that one of the SM gene clusters led to an accumulation of the mycotoxin alternariol. PnVeA is essential for asexual sporulation, full virulence, secondary metabolism and necrotrophic effector regulation.
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- Shota Morikawa
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115201, Taiwan
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
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Seneviratne S, Shi G, Szabo-Hever A, Zhang Z, Peters Haugrud AR, Running KLD, Singh G, Nandety RS, Fiedler JD, McClean PE, Xu SS, Friesen TL, Faris JD. Evolution, diversity, and function of the disease susceptibility gene Snn1 in wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 119:1720-1736. [PMID: 38923651 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), caused by Parastagonospora nodorum, is a disease of durum and common wheat initiated by the recognition of pathogen-produced necrotrophic effectors (NEs) by specific wheat genes. The wheat gene Snn1 was previously cloned, and it encodes a wall-associated kinase that directly interacts with the NE SnTox1 leading to programmed cell death and ultimately the development of SNB. Here, sequence analysis of Snn1 from 114 accessions including diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid wheat species revealed that some wheat lines possess two copies of Snn1 (designated Snn1-B1 and Snn1-B2) approximately 120 kb apart. Snn1-B2 evolved relatively recently as a paralog of Snn1-B1, and both genes have undergone diversifying selection. Three point mutations associated with the formation of the first SnTox1-sensitive Snn1-B1 allele from a primitive wild wheat were identified. Four subsequent and independent SNPs, three in Snn1-B1 and one in Snn1-B2, converted the sensitive alleles to insensitive forms. Protein modeling indicated these four mutations could abolish Snn1-SnTox1 compatibility either through destabilization of the Snn1 protein or direct disruption of the protein-protein interaction. A high-throughput marker was developed for the absent allele of Snn1, and it was 100% accurate at predicting SnTox1-insensitive lines in both durum and spring wheat. Results of this study increase our understanding of the evolution, diversity, and function of Snn1-B1 and Snn1-B2 genes and will be useful for marker-assisted elimination of these genes for better host resistance.
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- Sudeshi Seneviratne
- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, 94710, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, USA
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Lhamo D, Sun Q, Friesen TL, Karmacharya A, Li X, Fiedler JD, Faris JD, Xia G, Luo M, Gu YQ, Liu Z, Xu SS. Association mapping of tan spot and septoria nodorum blotch resistance in cultivated emmer wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:193. [PMID: 39073628 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04700-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE A total of 65 SNPs associated with resistance to tan spot and septoria nodorum blotch were identified in a panel of 180 cultivated emmer accessions through association mapping Tan spot and septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) are foliar diseases caused by the respective fungal pathogens Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and Parastagonospora nodorum that affect global wheat production. To find new sources of resistance, we evaluated a panel of 180 cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccum) accessions for reactions to four P. tritici-repentis isolates Pti2, 86-124, 331-9 and DW5, two P. nodorum isolate, Sn4 and Sn2000, and four necrotrophic effectors (NEs) produced by the pathogens. About 8-36% of the accessions exhibited resistance to the four P. tritici-repentis isolates, with five accessions demonstrating resistance to all isolates. For SNB, 64% accessions showed resistance to Sn4, 43% to Sn2000 and 36% to both isolates, with Spain (11% accessions) as the most common origin of resistance. To understand the genetic basis of resistance, association mapping was performed using SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) markers generated by genotype-by-sequencing and the 9 K SNP Infinium array. A total of 46 SNPs were significantly associated with tan spot and 19 SNPs with SNB resistance or susceptibility. Six trait loci on chromosome arms 1BL, 3BL, 4AL (2), 6BL and 7AL conferred resistance to two or more isolates. Known NE sensitivity genes for disease development were undetected except Snn5 for Sn2000, suggesting novel genetic factors are controlling host-pathogen interaction in cultivated emmer. The emmer accessions with the highest levels of resistance to the six pathogen isolates (e.g., CItr 14133-1, PI 94634-1 and PI 377672) could serve as donors for tan spot and SNB resistance in wheat breeding programs.
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- Dhondup Lhamo
- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA.
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA.
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See PT, Iagallo EM, Marathamuthu KA, Wood B, Aboukhaddour R, Moffat CS. A New ToxA Haplotype in the Wheat Fungal Pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2024; 114:1525-1532. [PMID: 38530294 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-23-0370-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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The necrotrophic effector ToxA is a well-studied virulence factor produced by several fungal necrotrophs. Initially cloned from the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in 1996, ToxA was found almost a decade later in another fungal pathogen, Parastagonospora nodorum, and its sister species, Parastagonospora pseudonodorum. In 2018, ToxA was detected in a third wheat fungal pathogenic species, Bipolaris sorokiniana, which causes spot blotch disease. However, unlike the case with P. tritici-repentis and P. nodorum, the ToxA in B. sorokiniana has only been investigated in recent years. In this report, five Australian B. sorokiniana isolates were assessed for the presence of ToxA. Four isolates were found to contain ToxA. While one isolate harbored the previously reported ToxA haplotype sequence (ToxA19), three isolates contain a different haplotype, designated herein as ToxA25, which has a nonsynonymous mutation resulting in an amino acid change of glycine to arginine at position 168. Both B. sorokiniana ToxA isoforms, when heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, exhibited the classic ToxA necrosis-inducing activity on ToxA-sensitive Tsn1 cultivars. Preliminary analysis of the B. sorokiniana isolates in Australian wheat cultivars showed that isolates with ToxA19, ToxA25, or ToxA-deficient displayed various degrees of virulence, with the most aggressive isolates observed for those producing ToxA. Differences in spot blotch disease severity between Tsn1 and tsn1 cultivars were observed; however, this was not limited to the ToxA-producing isolates. The overall results suggest that the virulence of the Australian B. sorokiniana isolates is diverse, with the significance of ToxA-Tsn1 interactions depending on individual isolates.
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- Pao Theen See
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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Baran B, Ölmez F, Çapa B, Dikilitas M. Defense Pathways of Wheat Plants Inoculated with Zymoseptoria tritici under NaCl Stress Conditions: An Overview. Life (Basel) 2024; 14:648. [PMID: 38792668 PMCID: PMC11122936 DOI: 10.3390/life14050648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Due to being sessile, plants develop a broad range of defense pathways when they face abiotic or biotic stress factors. Although plants are subjected to more than one type of stress at a time in nature, the combined effects of either multiple stresses of one kind (abiotic or biotic) or more kinds (abiotic and biotic) have now been realized in agricultural lands due to increases in global warming and environmental pollution, along with population increases. Soil-borne pathogens, or pathogens infecting aerial parts, can have devastating effects on plants when combined with other stressors. Obtaining yields or crops from sensitive or moderately resistant plants could be impossible, and it could be very difficult from resistant plants. The mechanisms of combined stress in many plants have previously been studied and elucidated. Recent studies proposed new defense pathways and mechanisms through signaling cascades. In light of these mechanisms, it is now time to develop appropriate strategies for crop protection under multiple stress conditions. This may involve using disease-resistant or stress-tolerant plant varieties, implementing proper irrigation and drainage practices, and improving soil quality. However, generation of both stress-tolerant and disease-resistant crop plants is of crucial importance. The establishment of a database and understanding of the defense mechanisms under combined stress conditions would be meaningful for the development of resistant and tolerant plants. It is clear that leaf pathogens show great tolerance to salinity stress and result in pathogenicity in crop plants. We noticed that regulation of the stomata through biochemical applications and some effort with the upregulation of the minor gene expressions indirectly involved with the defense mechanisms could be a great way to increase the defense metabolites without interfering with quality parameters. In this review, we selected wheat as a model plant and Zymoseptoria tritici as a model leaf pathogen to evaluate the defense mechanisms under saline conditions through physiological, biochemical, and molecular pathways and suggested various ways to generate tolerant and resistant cereal plants.
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- Behzat Baran
- Plant Protection Research Institute, Sur, Diyarbakır 21110, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58010, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection Şanliurfa, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa 63000, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection Şanliurfa, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa 63000, Türkiye;
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Kariyawasam GK, Nelson AC, Williams SJ, Solomon PS, Faris JD, Friesen TL. The Necrotrophic Pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum Is a Master Manipulator of Wheat Defense. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2023; 36:764-773. [PMID: 37581456 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-23-0067-irw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum is a necrotrophic pathogen of wheat that is particularly destructive in major wheat-growing regions of the United States, northern Europe, Australia, and South America. P. nodorum secretes necrotrophic effectors that target wheat susceptibility genes to induce programmed cell death (PCD), resulting in increased colonization of host tissue and, ultimately, sporulation to complete its pathogenic life cycle. Intensive research over the last two decades has led to the functional characterization of five proteinaceous necrotrophic effectors, SnTox1, SnToxA, SnTox267, SnTox3, and SnTox5, and three wheat susceptibility genes, Tsn1, Snn1, and Snn3D-1. Functional characterization has revealed that these effectors, in addition to inducing PCD, have additional roles in pathogenesis, including chitin binding that results in protection from wheat chitinases, blocking defense response signaling, and facilitating plant colonization. There are still large gaps in our understanding of how this necrotrophic pathogen is successfully manipulating wheat defense to complete its life cycle. This review summarizes our current knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps, and provides a summary of well-developed tools and resources currently available to study the P. nodorum-wheat interaction, which has become a model for necrotrophic specialist interactions. Further functional characterization of the effectors involved in this interaction and work toward a complete understanding of how P. nodorum manipulates wheat defense will provide fundamental knowledge about this and other necrotrophic interactions. Additionally, a broader understanding of this interaction will contribute to the successful management of Septoria nodorum blotch disease on wheat. [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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- Gayan K Kariyawasam
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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Navathe S, He X, Kamble U, Kumar M, Patial M, Singh G, Singh GP, Joshi AK, Singh PK. Assessment of Indian wheat germplasm for Septoria nodorum blotch and tan spot reveals new QTLs conferring resistance along with recessive alleles of Tsn1 and Snn3. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1223959. [PMID: 37881616 PMCID: PMC10597639 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1223959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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The leaf blight diseases, Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), and tan spot (TS) are emerging due to changing climatic conditions in the northern parts of India. We screened 296 bread wheat cultivars released in India over the past 20 years for seedling resistance against SNB (three experiments) and TS (two experiments). According to a genome-wide association study, six QTLs on chromosome arms 1BL, 2AS, 5BL, and 6BL were particularly significant for SNB across all three years, of which Q.CIM.snb.1BL, Q.CIM.snb.2AS1, Q.CIM.snb.2AS.2, and Q.CIM.snb.6BL appeared novel. In contrast, those on 5BS and 5BL may correspond to Snn3 and Tsn1, respectively. The allelic combination of tsn1/snn3 conferred resistance to SNB, whereas that of Tsn1/Snn3 conferred high susceptibility. As for TS, Tsn1 was the only stably significant locus identified in this panel. Several varieties like PBW 771, DBW 277, and HD 3319, were identified as highly resistant to both diseases that can be used in future wheat improvement programs as resistant donors.
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- Sudhir Navathe
- Genetics and Plant Breeding Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
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- Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) & Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), New Delhi, India
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- Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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Manan F, Shi G, Gong H, Hou H, Khan H, Leng Y, Castell-Miller C, Ali S, Faris JD, Zhong S, Steffenson BJ, Liu Z. Prevalence and Importance of the Necrotrophic Effector Gene ToxA in Bipolaris sorokiniana Populations Collected from Spring Wheat and Barley. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:2424-2430. [PMID: 36724100 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-22-2011-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Bipolaris sorokiniana is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes foliar and root diseases on wheat and barley. These diseases are common in all wheat- and barley-growing regions, with more severe outbreaks occurring under warm and humid conditions. B. sorokiniana can also infect a wide range of grass species in the family Poaceae and secrete ToxA, an important necrotrophic effector also identified other wheat leaf spotting pathogens. In this study, the prevalence and virulence role of ToxA were investigated in a collection of 278 B. sorokiniana isolates collected from spring wheat and barley in the Upper Midwest of the United States or other places, including 169 from wheat leaves, 75 from wheat roots, 30 from barley leaves, and 4 from wild quack grass leaves. ToxA was present in the isolates from wheat leaves, wheat roots, and wild grass leaves but was absent from isolates collected from barley leaves. Prevalence of ToxA in wheat leaf isolates (34.3%) was much higher than that in wheat root isolates (16%). Sequencing analysis revealed the presence of two haplotypes, with the majority being BsH2. All ToxA+ isolates produced the functional effector in liquid cultures. Pathogenicity assays revealed that ToxA+ isolates caused significantly more disease on spring wheat lines harboring Tsn1 than their tsn1 mutants, suggesting that the ToxA-Tsn1 interaction plays an important role in spot blotch development. This work confirms the importance of ToxA in B. sorokiniana populations infecting wheat and, thus, the need to eliminate Tsn1 from spring wheat cultivars to reduce susceptibility to spot blotch.
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- Fazal Manan
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Mathematics Department, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56560
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102
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Peters Haugrud AR, Shi G, Seneviratne S, Running KLD, Zhang Z, Singh G, Szabo-Hever A, Acharya K, Friesen TL, Liu Z, Faris JD. Genome-wide association mapping of resistance to the foliar diseases septoria nodorum blotch and tan spot in a global winter wheat collection. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:54. [PMID: 37337566 PMCID: PMC10276793 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01400-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) and tan spot, caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Parastagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, respectively, often occur together as a leaf spotting disease complex on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Both pathogens produce necrotrophic effectors (NEs) that contribute to the development of disease. Here, genome-wide association analysis of a diverse panel of 264 winter wheat lines revealed novel loci on chromosomes 5A and 5B associated with sensitivity to the NEs SnTox3 and SnTox5 in addition to the known sensitivity genes for NEs Ptr/SnToxA, SnTox1, SnTox3, and SnTox5. Sensitivity loci for SnTox267 and Ptr ToxB were not detected. Evaluation of the panel with five P. nodorum isolates for SNB development indicated the Snn3-SnTox3 and Tsn1-SnToxA interactions played significant roles in disease development along with additional QTL on chromosomes 2A and 2D, which may correspond to the Snn7-SnTox267 interaction. For tan spot, the Tsc1-Ptr ToxC interaction was associated with disease caused by two isolates, and a novel QTL on chromosome 7D was associated with a third isolate. The Tsn1-ToxA interaction was associated with SNB but not tan spot. Therefore some, but not all, of the previously characterized host gene-NE interactions in these pathosystems play significant roles in disease development in winter wheat. Based on these results, breeders should prioritize the selection of resistance alleles at the Tsc1, Tsn1, Snn3, and Snn7 loci as well as the 2A and 7D QTL to obtain good levels of resistance to SNB and tan spot in winter wheat. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-023-01400-5.
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- Amanda R. Peters Haugrud
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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Singh SK, Shree A, Verma S, Singh K, Kumar K, Srivastava V, Singh R, Saxena S, Singh AP, Pandey A, Verma PK. The nuclear effector ArPEC25 from the necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei targets the chickpea transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulates lignin biosynthesis, increasing host susceptibility. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:1134-1159. [PMID: 36585808 PMCID: PMC10015165 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Fungal pathogens deploy a barrage of secreted effectors to subvert host immunity, often by evading, disrupting, or altering key components of transcription, defense signaling, and metabolic pathways. However, the underlying mechanisms of effectors and their host targets are largely unexplored in necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Here, we describe the effector protein Ascochyta rabiei PEXEL-like Effector Candidate 25 (ArPEC25), which is secreted by the necrotroph A. rabiei, the causal agent of Ascochyta blight disease in chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and is indispensable for virulence. After entering host cells, ArPEC25 localizes to the nucleus and targets the host LIM transcription factor CaβLIM1a. CaβLIM1a is a transcriptional regulator of CaPAL1, which encodes phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), the regulatory, gatekeeping enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway. ArPEC25 inhibits the transactivation of CaβLIM1a by interfering with its DNA-binding ability, resulting in negative regulation of the phenylpropanoid pathway and decreased levels of intermediates of lignin biosynthesis, thereby suppressing lignin production. Our findings illustrate the role of fungal effectors in enhancing virulence by targeting a key defense pathway that leads to the biosynthesis of various secondary metabolites and antifungal compounds. This study provides a template for the study of less explored necrotrophic effectors and their host target functions.
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- Shreenivas Kumar Singh
- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
- Plant Immunity Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
- Plant Immunity Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Lin M, Ficke A, Dieseth JA, Lillemo M. Genome-wide association mapping of septoria nodorum blotch resistance in Nordic winter and spring wheat collections. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:4169-4182. [PMID: 36151405 PMCID: PMC9734210 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04210-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A new QTL for SNB, QSnb.nmbu-2AS, was found in both winter and spring wheat panels that can greatly advance SNB resistance breeding Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, is the dominant leaf blotch pathogen of wheat in Norway. Resistance/susceptibility to SNB is a quantitatively inherited trait, which can be partly explained by the interactions between wheat sensitivity loci (Snn) and corresponding P. nodorum necrotrophic effectors (NEs). Two Nordic wheat association mapping panels were assessed for SNB resistance in the field over three to four years: a spring wheat and a winter wheat panel (n = 296 and 102, respectively). Genome-wide association studies found consistent SNB resistance associated with quantitative trait loci (QTL) on eleven wheat chromosomes, and ten of those QTL were common in the spring and winter wheat panels. One robust QTL on the short arm of chromosome 2A, QSnb.nmbu-2AS, was significantly detected in both the winter and spring wheat panels. For winter wheat, using the four years of SNB field severity data in combination with five years of historical data, the effect of QSnb.nmbu-2AS was confirmed in seven of the nine years, while for spring wheat, the effect was confirmed for all tested years including the historical data from 2014 to 2015. However, lines containing the resistant haplotype are rare in both Nordic spring (4.0%) and winter wheat cultivars (15.7%), indicating the potential of integrating this QTL in SNB resistance breeding programs. In addition, clear and significant additive effects were observed by stacking resistant alleles of the detected QTL, suggesting that marker-assisted selection can greatly facilitate SNB resistance breeding.
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- Min Lin
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Inst. of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, NO-1431, ÅS, Norway
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- Graminor, AS, Bjørke Gård, Hommelstadvegen 60, NO-2322, Ridabu, Norway
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway.
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Peters Haugrud AR, Zhang Z, Friesen TL, Faris JD. Genetics of resistance to septoria nodorum blotch in wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3685-3707. [PMID: 35050394 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04036-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) is a foliar disease of wheat caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. Research over the last two decades has shown that the wheat-P. nodorum pathosystem mostly follows an inverse gene-for-gene model. The fungus produces necrotrophic effectors (NEs) that interact with specific host gene products encoded by dominant sensitivity (S) genes. When a compatible interaction occurs, a 'defense response' in the host leads to programmed cell death thereby provided dead/dying cells from which the pathogen, being a necrotroph, can acquire nutrients allowing it to grow and sporulate. To date, nine S gene-NE interactions have been characterized in this pathosystem. Five NE-encoding genes, SnTox1, SnTox3, SnToxA, SnTox5, and SnTox267, have been cloned along with three host S genes, Tsn1, Snn1, and Snn3-D1. Studies have shown that P. nodorum hijacks multiple and diverse host targets to cause disease. SNB resistance is often quantitative in nature because multiple compatible interactions usually occur concomitantly. NE gene expression plays a key role in disease severity, and the effect of each compatible interaction can vary depending on the other existing compatible interactions. Numerous SNB-resistance QTL have been identified in addition to the known S genes, and more research is needed to understand the nature of these resistance loci. Marker-assisted elimination of S genes through conventional breeding practices and disruption of S genes using gene editing techniques are both effective strategies for the development of SNB-resistant wheat cultivars, which will become necessary as the global demand for sustenance grows.
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA.
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Malvestiti MC, Steentjes MBF, Beenen HG, Boeren S, van Kan JAL, Shi-Kunne X. Analysis of plant cell death-inducing proteins of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Botrytis squamosa and Botrytis elliptica. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:993325. [PMID: 36304392 PMCID: PMC9593002 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.993325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Fungal plant pathogens secrete proteins that manipulate the host in order to facilitate colonization. Necrotrophs have evolved specialized proteins that actively induce plant cell death by co-opting the programmed cell death machinery of the host. Besides the broad host range pathogen Botrytis cinerea, most other species within the genus Botrytis are restricted to a single host species or a group of closely related hosts. Here, we focused on Botrytis squamosa and B. elliptica, host specific pathogens of onion (Allium cepa) and lily (Lilium spp.), respectively. Despite their occurrence on different hosts, the two fungal species are each other's closest relatives. Therefore, we hypothesize that they share a considerable number of proteins to induce cell death on their respective hosts. In this study, we first confirmed the host-specificity of B. squamosa and B. elliptica. Then we sequenced and assembled high quality genomes. The alignment of these two genomes revealed a high level of synteny with few balanced structural chromosomal arrangements. To assess the cell death-inducing capacity of their secreted proteins, we produced culture filtrates of B. squamosa and B. elliptica that induced cell death responses upon infiltration in host leaves. Protein composition of the culture filtrate was analysed by mass spectrometry, and we identified orthologous proteins that were present in both samples. Subsequently, the expression of the corresponding genes during host infection was compared. RNAseq analysis showed that the majority of the orthogroups of the two sister species display similar expression patterns during infection of their respective host. The analysis of cell death-inducing proteins of B. squamosa and B. elliptica provides insights in the mechanisms used by these two Botrytis species to infect their respective hosts.
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- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Shi G, Kariyawasam G, Liu S, Leng Y, Zhong S, Ali S, Moolhuijzen P, Moffat CS, Rasmussen JB, Friesen TL, Faris JD, Liu Z. A Conserved Hypothetical Gene Is Required but Not Sufficient for Ptr ToxC Production in Pyrenophora tritici-repentis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:336-348. [PMID: 35100008 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-21-0299-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The fungus Pyrenophora tritici-repentis causes tan spot, an important foliar disease of wheat worldwide. The fungal pathogen produces three necrotrophic effectors, namely Ptr ToxA, Ptr ToxB, and Ptr ToxC to induce necrosis or chlorosis in wheat. Both Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB are proteins, and their encoding genes have been cloned. Ptr ToxC was characterized as a low-molecular weight molecule 20 years ago but the one or more genes controlling its production in P. tritici-repentis are unknown. Here, we report the genetic mapping, molecular cloning, and functional analysis of a fungal gene that is required for Ptr ToxC production. The genetic locus controlling the production of Ptr ToxC, termed ToxC, was mapped to a subtelomeric region using segregating biparental populations, genome sequencing, and association analysis. Additional marker analysis further delimited ToxC to a 173-kb region. The predicted genes in the region were examined for presence/absence polymorphism in different races and isolates leading to the identification of a single candidate gene. Functional validation showed that this gene was required but not sufficient for Ptr ToxC production, thus it is designated as ToxC1. ToxC1 encoded a conserved hypothetical protein likely located on the vacuole membrane. The gene was highly expressed during infection, and only one haplotype was identified among 120 isolates sequenced. Our work suggests that Ptr ToxC is not a protein and is likely produced through a cascade of biosynthetic pathway. The identification of ToxC1 is a major step toward revealing the Ptr ToxC biosynthetic pathway and studying its molecular interactions with host factors.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Gongjun Shi
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, 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 Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, 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 Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57006, U.S.A
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- Center for Crop Disease and Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Center for Crop Disease and Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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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 Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, U.S.A
- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, 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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Kanyuka K, Igna AA, Solomon PS, Oliver RP. The rise of necrotrophic effectors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:11-14. [PMID: 34723389 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Kostya Kanyuka
- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 JQ, UK
- NIAB, 93 Lawrence Weaver Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 JQ, UK
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
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Kariyawasam GK, Richards JK, Wyatt NA, Running KLD, Xu SS, Liu Z, Borowicz P, Faris JD, Friesen TL. The Parastagonospora nodorum necrotrophic effector SnTox5 targets the wheat gene Snn5 and facilitates entry into the leaf mesophyll. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:409-426. [PMID: 34231227 PMCID: PMC9291777 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum is an economically important necrotrophic fungal pathogen of wheat. Parastagonospora nodorum secretes necrotrophic effectors that target wheat susceptibility genes to induce programmed cell death (PCD). In this study, we cloned and functionally validated SnTox5 and characterized its role in pathogenesis. We used whole genome sequencing, genome-wide association study (GWAS) mapping, CRISPR-Cas9-based gene disruption, gain-of-function transformation, quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis, haplotype and isoform analysis, protein modeling, quantitative PCR, and laser confocal microscopy to validate SnTox5 and functionally characterize SnTox5. SnTox5 is a mature 16.26 kDa protein with high structural similarity to SnTox3. Wild-type and mutant P. nodorum strains and wheat genotypes of SnTox5 and Snn5, respectively, were used to show that SnTox5 not only targets Snn5 to induce PCD but also facilitates the colonization of the mesophyll layer even in the absence of Snn5. Here we show that SnTox5 facilitates the efficient colonization of the mesophyll tissue and elicits PCD specific to host lines carrying Snn5. The homology to SnTox3 and the ability of SnTox5 to facilitate the colonizing of the mesophyll also suggest a role in the suppression of host defense before PCD induction.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Crop PhysiologyLouisiana State University – Agricultural CenterBaton RougeLA70803USA
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- Cereal Crops Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research ServiceEdward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterFargoND58102USA
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- Cereal Crops Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research ServiceEdward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Animal SciencesNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
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- Cereal Crops Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research ServiceEdward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterFargoND58102USA
- Department of Plant ScienceNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
- Cereal Crops Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research ServiceEdward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterFargoND58102USA
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Richards JK, Kariyawasam GK, Seneviratne S, Wyatt NA, Xu SS, Liu Z, Faris JD, Friesen TL. A triple threat: the Parastagonospora nodorum SnTox267 effector exploits three distinct host genetic factors to cause disease in wheat. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:427-442. [PMID: 34227112 PMCID: PMC9292537 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum is a fungal pathogen of wheat. As a necrotrophic specialist, it deploys effector proteins that target dominant host susceptibility genes to elicit programmed cell death (PCD). Here we identify and functionally validate the effector targeting the host susceptibility genes Snn2, Snn6 and Snn7. We utilized whole-genome sequencing, association mapping, gene-disrupted mutants, gain-of-function transformants, virulence assays, bioinformatics and quantitative PCR to characterize these interactions. A single proteinaceous effector, SnTox267, targeted Snn2, Snn6 and Snn7 to trigger PCD. Snn2 and Snn6 functioned cooperatively to trigger PCD in a light-dependent pathway, whereas Snn7-mediated PCD functioned in a light-independent pathway. Isolates harboring 20 SnTox267 protein isoforms quantitatively varied in virulence. The diversity and distribution of isoforms varied between populations, indicating adaptation to local selection pressures. SnTox267 deletion resulted in the upregulation of effector genes SnToxA, SnTox1 and SnTox3. We validated a novel effector operating in an inverse-gene-for-gene manner to target three genetically distinct host susceptibility genes and elicit PCD. The discovery of the complementary gene action of Snn2 and Snn6 indicates their potential function in a guard or decoy model. Additionally, differences in light dependency in the elicited pathways and upregulation of unlinked effectors sheds new light onto a complex fungal necrotroph-host interaction.
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- Jonathan K. Richards
- Department of Plant Pathology and Crop PhysiologyLouisiana State University Agricultural CenterBaton RougeLA70803USA
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- Cereal Crops Research UnitEdward T. Schaffer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA‐ARSFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant SciencesNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
- Cereal Crops Research UnitEdward T. Schaffer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA‐ARSFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant SciencesNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
- Cereal Crops Research UnitEdward T. Schaffer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA‐ARSFargoND58102USA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoND58102USA
- Cereal Crops Research UnitEdward T. Schaffer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA‐ARSFargoND58102USA
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John E, Jacques S, Phan HTT, Liu L, Pereira D, Croll D, Singh KB, Oliver RP, Tan KC. Variability in an effector gene promoter of a necrotrophic fungal pathogen dictates epistasis and effector-triggered susceptibility in wheat. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010149. [PMID: 34990464 PMCID: PMC8735624 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum uses proteinaceous necrotrophic effectors (NEs) to induce tissue necrosis on wheat leaves during infection, leading to the symptoms of septoria nodorum blotch (SNB). The NEs Tox1 and Tox3 induce necrosis on wheat possessing the dominant susceptibility genes Snn1 and Snn3B1/Snn3D1, respectively. We previously observed that Tox1 is epistatic to the expression of Tox3 and a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 2A that contributes to SNB resistance/susceptibility. The expression of Tox1 is significantly higher in the Australian strain SN15 compared to the American strain SN4. Inspection of the Tox1 promoter region revealed a 401 bp promoter genetic element in SN4 positioned 267 bp upstream of the start codon that is absent in SN15, called PE401. Analysis of the world-wide P. nodorum population revealed that a high proportion of Northern Hemisphere isolates possess PE401 whereas the opposite was observed in representative P. nodorum isolates from Australia and South Africa. The presence of PE401 removed the epistatic effect of Tox1 on the contribution of the SNB 2A QTL but not Tox3. PE401 was introduced into the Tox1 promoter regulatory region in SN15 to test for direct regulatory roles. Tox1 expression was markedly reduced in the presence of PE401. This suggests a repressor molecule(s) binds PE401 and inhibits Tox1 transcription. Infection assays also demonstrated that P. nodorum which lacks PE401 is more pathogenic on Snn1 wheat varieties than P. nodorum carrying PE401. An infection competition assay between P. nodorum isogenic strains with and without PE401 indicated that the higher Tox1-expressing strain rescued the reduced virulence of the lower Tox1-expressing strain on Snn1 wheat. Our study demonstrated that Tox1 exhibits both 'selfish' and 'altruistic' characteristics. This offers an insight into a complex NE-NE interaction that is occurring within the P. nodorum population. The importance of PE401 in breeding for SNB resistance in wheat is discussed.
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- Evan John
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Floreat, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Katoch S, Sharma V, Sharma D, Salwan R, Rana SK. Biology and molecular interactions of Parastagonospora nodorum blotch of wheat. PLANTA 2021; 255:21. [PMID: 34914013 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03796-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum is one of the important necrotrophic pathogens of wheat which causes severe economical loss to crop yield. So far, a number of effectors of Parastagonospora nodorum origin and their target interacting genes on the host plant have been characterized. Since targeting effector-sensitive gene carefully can be helpful in breeding for resistance. Therefore, constant efforts are required to further characterize the effectors, their interacting genes, and underlying biochemical pathways. Furthermore, to develop effective counter-strategies against emerging diseases, continuous efforts are required to determine the qualitative resistance that demands to screen of diverse genotypes for host resistance. Stagonospora nodorum blotch also refers to as Stagonospora glume blotch and leaf is caused by Parastagonospora nodorum. The pathogen deploys necrotrophic effectors for the establishment and development on wheat plants. The necrotrophic effectors and their interaction with host receptors lead to the establishment of infection on leaves and extensive lesions formation which either results in host cell death or suppression/activation of host defence mechanisms. The wheat Stagonospora nodorum interaction involves a set of nine host gene-necrotrophic effector interactions. Out of these, Snn1-SnTox1, Tsn1-SnToxA and Snn-SnTox3 are one of the most studied interaction, due to its role in the suppression of reactive oxygen species production, regulating the cytokinin content through ethylene-dependent wayduring initial infection stage. Further, although the molecular basis is not fully unveiled, these effectors regulate the redox state and influence the ethylene biosynthesis in infected wheat plants. Here, we have discussed the biology of the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, role of its necrotrophic effectors and their interacting sensitivity genes on the redox state, how they hijack the resistance mechanisms, hormonal regulated immunity and other signalling pathways in susceptible wheat plants. The information generated from effectors and their corresponding sensitivity genes and other biological processes could be utilized effectively for disease management strategies.
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- Shabnam Katoch
- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, 140413, Punjab, India.
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, Uttarakhand, India
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Hamirpur, 177 001, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, CSK HPKV Palampur, Palampur, 176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Outram MA, Sung YC, Yu D, Dagvadorj B, Rima SA, Jones DA, Ericsson DJ, Sperschneider J, Solomon PS, Kobe B, Williams SJ. The crystal structure of SnTox3 from the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum reveals a unique effector fold and provides insight into Snn3 recognition and pro-domain protease processing of fungal effectors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 231:2282-2296. [PMID: 34053091 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plant pathogens cause disease through secreted effector proteins, which act to promote infection. Typically, the sequences of effectors provide little functional information and further targeted experimentation is required. Here, we utilized a structure/function approach to study SnTox3, an effector from the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, which causes cell death in wheat-lines carrying the sensitivity gene Snn3. We developed a workflow for the production of SnTox3 in a heterologous host that enabled crystal structure determination and functional studies. We show this approach can be successfully applied to study effectors from other pathogenic fungi. The β-barrel fold of SnTox3 is a novel fold among fungal effectors. Structure-guided mutagenesis enabled the identification of residues required for Snn3 recognition. SnTox3 is a pre-pro-protein, and the pro-domain of SnTox3 can be cleaved in vitro by the protease Kex2. Complementing this, an in silico study uncovered the prevalence of a conserved motif (LxxR) in an expanded set of putative pro-domain-containing fungal effectors, some of which can be cleaved by Kex2 in vitro. Our in vitro and in silico study suggests that Kex2-processed pro-domain (designated here as K2PP) effectors are common in fungi and this may have broad implications for the approaches used to study their functions.
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- Megan A Outram
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Australian Synchrotron, Macromolecular Crystallography, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Biological Data Science Institute, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Outram MA, Sung YC, Yu D, Dagvadorj B, Rima SA, Jones DA, Ericsson DJ, Sperschneider J, Solomon PS, Kobe B, Williams SJ. The crystal structure of SnTox3 from the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum reveals a unique effector fold and provides insight into Snn3 recognition and pro-domain protease processing of fungal effectors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 231:2282-2296. [PMID: 34053091 DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.27.120113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plant pathogens cause disease through secreted effector proteins, which act to promote infection. Typically, the sequences of effectors provide little functional information and further targeted experimentation is required. Here, we utilized a structure/function approach to study SnTox3, an effector from the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, which causes cell death in wheat-lines carrying the sensitivity gene Snn3. We developed a workflow for the production of SnTox3 in a heterologous host that enabled crystal structure determination and functional studies. We show this approach can be successfully applied to study effectors from other pathogenic fungi. The β-barrel fold of SnTox3 is a novel fold among fungal effectors. Structure-guided mutagenesis enabled the identification of residues required for Snn3 recognition. SnTox3 is a pre-pro-protein, and the pro-domain of SnTox3 can be cleaved in vitro by the protease Kex2. Complementing this, an in silico study uncovered the prevalence of a conserved motif (LxxR) in an expanded set of putative pro-domain-containing fungal effectors, some of which can be cleaved by Kex2 in vitro. Our in vitro and in silico study suggests that Kex2-processed pro-domain (designated here as K2PP) effectors are common in fungi and this may have broad implications for the approaches used to study their functions.
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- Megan A Outram
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Australian Synchrotron, Macromolecular Crystallography, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Biological Data Science Institute, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Friesen TL, Faris JD. Characterization of Effector-Target Interactions in Necrotrophic Pathosystems Reveals Trends and Variation in Host Manipulation. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 59:77-98. [PMID: 33909478 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-120320-012807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Great strides have been made in defining the details of the plant defense response involving biotrophic fungal and bacterial pathogens. The groundwork for the current model was laid by H.H. Flor and others who defined the gene-for-gene hypothesis, which is now known to involve effector-triggered immunity (ETI). PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) is also a highly effective response to most pathogens because of the recognition of common pathogen molecules by pattern recognition receptors. In this article, we consider the three pathogens that make up the foliar disease complex of wheat, Zymoseptoria tritici, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, and Parastagonospora nodorum, to review the means by which necrotrophic pathogens circumvent, or outright hijack, the ETI and PTI pathways to cause disease.
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- Timothy L Friesen
- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, USA; ,
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, USA; ,
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AlTameemi R, Gill HS, Ali S, Ayana G, Halder J, Sidhu JS, Gill US, Turnipseed B, Hernandez JLG, Sehgal SK. Genome-wide association analysis permits characterization of Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) resistance in hard winter wheat. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12570. [PMID: 34131169 PMCID: PMC8206080 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91515-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) is an economically important wheat disease caused by the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum. SNB resistance in wheat is controlled by several quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Thus, identifying novel resistance/susceptibility QTLs is crucial for continuous improvement of the SNB resistance. Here, the hard winter wheat association mapping panel (HWWAMP) comprising accessions from breeding programs in the Great Plains region of the US, was evaluated for SNB resistance and necrotrophic effectors (NEs) sensitivity at the seedling stage. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed to identify single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associated with SNB resistance and effectors sensitivity. We found seven significant associations for SNB resistance/susceptibility distributed over chromosomes 1B, 2AL, 2DS, 4AL, 5BL, 6BS, and 7AL. Two new QTLs for SNB resistance/susceptibility at the seedling stage were identified on chromosomes 6BS and 7AL, whereas five QTLs previously reported in diverse germplasms were validated. Allele stacking analysis at seven QTLs explained the additive and complex nature of SNB resistance. We identified accessions (‘Pioneer-2180’ and ‘Shocker’) with favorable alleles at five of the seven identified loci, exhibiting a high level of resistance against SNB. Further, GWAS for sensitivity to NEs uncovered significant associations for SnToxA and SnTox3, co-locating with previously identified host sensitivity genes (Tsn1 and Snn3). Candidate region analysis for SNB resistance revealed 35 genes of putative interest with plant defense response-related functions. The QTLs identified and validated in this study could be easily employed in breeding programs using the associated markers to enhance the SNB resistance in hard winter wheat.
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- Rami AlTameemi
- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA.
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Shao D, Smith DL, Kabbage M, Roth MG. Effectors of Plant Necrotrophic Fungi. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:687713. [PMID: 34149788 PMCID: PMC8213389 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.687713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant diseases caused by necrotrophic fungal pathogens result in large economic losses in field crop production worldwide. Effectors are important players of plant-pathogen interaction and deployed by pathogens to facilitate plant colonization and nutrient acquisition. Compared to biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungal pathogens, effector biology is poorly understood for necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Recent bioinformatics advances have accelerated the prediction and discovery of effectors from necrotrophic fungi, and their functional context is currently being clarified. In this review we examine effectors utilized by necrotrophic fungi and hemibiotrophic fungi in the latter stages of disease development, including plant cell death manipulation. We define "effectors" as secreted proteins and other molecules that affect plant physiology in ways that contribute to disease establishment and progression. Studying and understanding the mechanisms of necrotrophic effectors is critical for identifying avenues of genetic intervention that could lead to improved resistance to these pathogens in plants.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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Downie RC, Lin M, Corsi B, Ficke A, Lillemo M, Oliver RP, Phan HTT, Tan KC, Cockram J. Septoria Nodorum Blotch of Wheat: Disease Management and Resistance Breeding in the Face of Shifting Disease Dynamics and a Changing Environment. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:906-920. [PMID: 33245254 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-20-0280-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum is a narrow host range necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) of cereals, most notably wheat (Triticum aestivum). Although commonly observed on wheat seedlings, P. nodorum infection has the greatest effect on the adult crop. It results in leaf blotch, which limits photosynthesis and thus crop growth and yield. It can also affect the wheat ear, resulting in glume blotch, which directly affects grain quality. Reports of P. nodorum fungicide resistance, the increasing use of reduced tillage agronomic practices, and high evolutionary potential of the pathogen, combined with changes in climate and agricultural environments, mean that genetic resistance to SNB remains a high priority in many regions of wheat cultivation. In this review, we summarize current information on P. nodorum population structure and its implication for improved SNB management. We then review recent advances in the genetics of host resistance to P. nodorum and the necrotrophic effectors it secretes during infection, integrating the genomic positions of these genetic loci by using the recently released wheat reference genome assembly. Finally, we discuss the genetic and genomic tools now available for SNB resistance breeding and consider future opportunities and challenges in crop health management by using the wheat-P. nodorum interaction as a model.
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- Rowena C Downie
- John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås NO-1432, Norway
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- John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
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- Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, Ås NO-1432, Norway
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås NO-1432, Norway
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley 6102, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley 6102, Perth, WA, Australia
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- John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
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GWAS analysis reveals distinct pathogenicity profiles of Australian Parastagonospora nodorum isolates and identification of marker-trait-associations to septoria nodorum blotch. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10085. [PMID: 33980869 PMCID: PMC8115087 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87829-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of septoria nodorum leaf blotch (SNB) and glume blotch which are common in many wheat growing regions in the world. The disease is complex and could be explained by multiple interactions between necrotrophic effectors secreted by the pathogen and matching susceptibility genes in wheat. An Australian P. nodorum population was clustered into five groups with contrasting properties. This study was set to identify their pathogenicity profiles using a diverse wheat panel of 134 accessions which are insensitive to SnToxA and SnTox1 in both in vitro and in vivo conditions. SNB seedling resistance/susceptibility to five representative isolates from the five clusters, responses to crude culture-filtrates (CFs) of three isolates and sensitivity to SnTox3 semi-purified effector together with 11,455 SNP markers have been used for linkage disequilibrium (LD) and association analyses. While quantitative trait loci (QTL) on 1D, 2A, 2B, 4B, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7D chromosomes were consistently detected across isolates and conditions, distinct patterns and isolate specific QTL were also observed among these isolates. In this study, SnTox3–Snn3-B1 interaction for the first time in Australia and SnTox3–Snn3-D1 interaction for the first time in bread wheat were found active using wild-type isolates. These findings could be due to new SnTox3 haplotype/isoform and exotic CIMMYT/ICARDA and Vavilov germplasm used, respectively. This study could provide useful information for dissecting novel and different SNB disease components, helping to prioritise research targets and contributing valuable information on genetic loci/markers for marker-assisted selection in SNB resistance wheat breeding programme.
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Ebert MK, Rangel LI, Spanner RE, Taliadoros D, Wang X, Friesen TL, de Jonge R, Neubauer JD, Secor GA, Thomma BPHJ, Stukenbrock EH, Bolton MD. Identification and characterization of Cercospora beticola necrosis-inducing effector CbNip1. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:301-316. [PMID: 33369055 PMCID: PMC7865086 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cercospora beticola is a hemibiotrophic fungus that causes cercospora leaf spot disease of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). After an initial symptomless biotrophic phase of colonization, necrotic lesions appear on host leaves as the fungus switches to a necrotrophic lifestyle. The phytotoxic secondary metabolite cercosporin has been shown to facilitate fungal virulence for several Cercospora spp. However, because cercosporin production and subsequent cercosporin-initiated formation of reactive oxygen species is light-dependent, cell death evocation by this toxin is only fully ensured during a period of light. Here, we report the discovery of the effector protein CbNip1 secreted by C. beticola that causes enhanced necrosis in the absence of light and, therefore, may complement light-dependent necrosis formation by cercosporin. Infiltration of CbNip1 protein into sugar beet leaves revealed that darkness is essential for full CbNip1-triggered necrosis, as light exposure delayed CbNip1-triggered host cell death. Gene expression analysis during host infection shows that CbNip1 expression is correlated with symptom development in planta. Targeted gene replacement of CbNip1 leads to a significant reduction in virulence, indicating the importance of CbNip1 during colonization. Analysis of 89 C. beticola genomes revealed that CbNip1 resides in a region that recently underwent a selective sweep, suggesting selection pressure exists to maintain a beneficial variant of the gene. Taken together, CbNip1 is a crucial effector during the C. beticola-sugar beet disease process.
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- Malaika K. Ebert
- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
- Present address:
Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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- Environmental Genomics GroupMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyPlönGermany
- Christian‐Albrechts University of KielKielGermany
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Present address:
Institute of BiotechnologyCornell UniversityIthacaNew YorkUSA
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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- Plant‐Microbe InteractionsDepartment of BiologyUtrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
- Department of Plant Systems BiologyVIBGhentBelgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
- University of Cologne, Institute for Plant Sciences, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)CologneGermany
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- Environmental Genomics GroupMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyPlönGermany
- Christian‐Albrechts University of KielKielGermany
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- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterUSDA Agricultural Research ServiceFargoNorth DakotaUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaUSA
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Zhu P, Kou M, Liu C, Zhang S, Lü R, Xia Z, Yu M, Zhao A. Genome Sequencing of Ciboria shiraiana Provides Insights into the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Hypertrophy Sorosis Scleroteniosis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2021; 34:62-74. [PMID: 33021883 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-20-0201-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ciboria shiraiana causes hypertrophy sorosis scleroteniosis in mulberry trees, resulting in huge economic losses, and exploring its pathogenic mechanism at a genomic level is important for developing new control methods. Here, genome sequencing of C. shiraiana based on PacBio RSII and Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform as well as manual gap filling was performed. Synteny analysis with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum revealed 16 putative chromosomes corresponding to 16 chromosomes of C. shiraiana. Screening of rapid-evolution genes revealed that 97 and 2.4% of genes had undergone purifying selection and positive selection, respectively. When compared with S. sclerotiorum, fewer secreted effector proteins were found in C. shiraiana. The number of genes involved in pathogenicity, including secondary metabolites, carbohydrate active enzymes, and P450s, in the C. shiraiana genome was comparable with that of other necrotrophs but higher than that of biotrophs and saprotrophs. The growth-related genes and plant cell-wall-degradation-related genes in C. shiraiana were expressed in different developmental and infection stages, and may be potential targets for prevention and control of this pathogen. These results provide new insights into C. shiraiana pathogenic mechanisms, especially host range and necrotrophy features, and lay the foundation for further study of the underlying molecular mechanisms.[Formula: see text] The author(s) have dedicated the work to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
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- Panpan Zhu
- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- College of Medical Technology, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shanxi Province, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Saur IML, Hückelhoven R. Recognition and defence of plant-infecting fungal pathogens. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 256:153324. [PMID: 33249386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Attempted infections of plants with fungi result in diverse outcomes ranging from symptom-less resistance to severe disease and even death of infected plants. The deleterious effect on crop yield have led to intense focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that explain the difference between resistance and susceptibility. This research has uncovered plant resistance or susceptibility genes that explain either dominant or recessive inheritance of plant resistance with many of them coding for receptors that recognize pathogen invasion. Approaches based on cell biology and phytochemistry have contributed to identifying factors that halt an invading fungal pathogen from further invasion into or between plant cells. Plant chemical defence compounds, antifungal proteins and structural reinforcement of cell walls appear to slow down fungal growth or even prevent fungal penetration in resistant plants. Additionally, the hypersensitive response, in which a few cells undergo a strong local immune reaction, including programmed cell death at the site of infection, stops in particular biotrophic fungi from spreading into surrounding tissue. In this review, we give a general overview of plant recognition and defence of fungal parasites tracing back to the early 20th century with a special focus on Triticeae and on the progress that was made in the last 30 years.
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- Isabel M L Saur
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
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- Phytopathology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Ramann-Straße 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.
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Hafez M, Gourlie R, Despins T, Turkington TK, Friesen TL, Aboukhaddour R. Parastagonospora nodorum and Related Species in Western Canada: Genetic Variability and Effector Genes. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:1946-1958. [PMID: 32689900 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-20-0207-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum is an important fungal pathogen that causes Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) in wheat. This pathogen produces several necrotrophic effectors that act as virulence factors; three have been cloned, SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3. In this study, P. nodorum and its sister species P. avenaria f. tritici (Pat1) were isolated from wheat node and grain samples collected from distanced sites in western Canada during 2018. The presence of effector genes and associated haplotypes were determined by PCR and sequence analysis. An internal transcribed spacer-restriction fragment length polymorphism test was developed to distinguish between leaf spotting pathogens (P. nodorum, Pat1, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, and Bipolaris sorokiniana). P. nodorum was mainly recovered from wheat nodes and to a lesser extent from the grains, while Pat1 was exclusively isolated from grain samples. The effector genes were present in almost all P. nodorum isolates, with the ToxA haplotype 5 (H5) being most prevalent, while a novel ToxA haplotype (denoted here H21) is reported for the first time. In Pat1, only combinations of SnTox1 and SnTox3 genes were present. A ToxA haplotype network was also constructed to assess the evolutionary relationship among globally found haplotypes to date. Finally, cultivars representing wheat development in Canada for the last century were tested for sensitivity to Sn-effectors and to the presence of Tsn1, the ToxA sensitivity gene. Of tested cultivars, 32.9 and 56.9% were sensitive to SnTox1 and SnTox3, respectively, and Tsn1 was present in 59% of the cultivars. In conclusion, P. nodorum and Pat1 were prevalent wheat pathogens in Canada with a potential tissue-specific colonization capacity, while producing necrotrophic effectors to which wheat is sensitive.
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- Mohamed Hafez
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (working address)
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez, Egypt (permanent address)
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (working address)
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (working address)
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research and Development Center, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, U.S.A
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (working address)
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Li J, Cornelissen B, Rep M. Host-specificity factors in plant pathogenic fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 2020; 144:103447. [PMID: 32827756 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Fortunately, no fungus can cause disease on all plant species, and although some plant-pathogenic fungi have quite a broad host range, most are highly limited in the range of plant species or even cultivars that they cause disease in. The mechanisms of host specificity have been extensively studied in many plant-pathogenic fungi, especially in fungal pathogens causing disease on economically important crops. Specifically, genes involved in host specificity have been identified during the last few decades. In this overview, we describe and discuss these host-specificity genes. These genes encode avirulence (Avr) proteins, proteinaceous host-specific toxins or secondary metabolites. We discuss the genomic context of these genes, their expression, polymorphism, horizontal transfer and involvement in pathogenesis.
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- Jiming Li
- Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, the Netherlands.
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Faris JD, Friesen TL. Plant genes hijacked by necrotrophic fungal pathogens. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 56:74-80. [PMID: 32492572 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plant fungal pathogens can be classified according to their lifestyles. Biotrophs feed on living tissue and constitute an economically significant group of pathogens historically. Necrotrophs, which feed on dead tissue, have become economically significant over recent decades, especially those of the Dothideomycetes, which produce necrotrophic effectors (NEs) to modulate the host response. Some of these pathogens interact with their hosts in an inverse gene-for-gene manner, where NEs are recognized by specific dominant genes in the host leading to host-mediated programmed cell death allowing the pathogen to cause disease. Whereas the NE genes tend to be unique, several of the plant 'susceptibility' genes belong to the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat class of disease 'resistance' genes, and one is a wall-associated kinase. These susceptible interactions exhibit hallmarks of defense responses to biotrophic pathogens. Therefore, there is now accumulating evidence that many necrotrophic specialists hijack the resistance mechanisms that are effective against biotrophic pathogens.
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- Justin D Faris
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, United States.
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, United States
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Jeffress S, Arun-Chinnappa K, Stodart B, Vaghefi N, Tan YP, Ash G. Genome mining of the citrus pathogen Elsinoë fawcettii; prediction and prioritisation of candidate effectors, cell wall degrading enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227396. [PMID: 32469865 PMCID: PMC7259788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Elsinoë fawcettii, a necrotrophic fungal pathogen, causes citrus scab on numerous citrus varieties around the world. Known pathotypes of E. fawcettii are based on host range; additionally, cryptic pathotypes have been reported and more novel pathotypes are thought to exist. E. fawcettii produces elsinochrome, a non-host selective toxin which contributes to virulence. However, the mechanisms involved in potential pathogen-host interactions occurring prior to the production of elsinochrome are unknown, yet the host-specificity observed among pathotypes suggests a reliance upon such mechanisms. In this study we have generated a whole genome sequencing project for E. fawcettii, producing an annotated draft assembly 26.01 Mb in size, with 10,080 predicted gene models and low (0.37%) coverage of transposable elements. A small proportion of the assembly showed evidence of AT-rich regions, potentially indicating genomic regions with increased plasticity. Using a variety of computational tools, we mined the E. fawcettii genome for potential virulence genes as candidates for future investigation. A total of 1,280 secreted proteins and 276 candidate effectors were predicted and compared to those of other necrotrophic (Botrytis cinerea, Parastagonospora nodorum, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Zymoseptoria tritici), hemibiotrophic (Leptosphaeria maculans, Magnaporthe oryzae, Rhynchosporium commune and Verticillium dahliae) and biotrophic (Ustilago maydis) plant pathogens. Genomic and proteomic features of known fungal effectors were analysed and used to guide the prioritisation of 120 candidate effectors of E. fawcettii. Additionally, 378 carbohydrate-active enzymes were predicted and analysed for likely secretion and sequence similarity with known virulence genes. Furthermore, secondary metabolite prediction indicated nine additional genes potentially involved in the elsinochrome biosynthesis gene cluster than previously described. A further 21 secondary metabolite clusters were predicted, some with similarity to known toxin producing gene clusters. The candidate virulence genes predicted in this study provide a comprehensive resource for future experimental investigation into the pathogenesis of E. fawcettii.
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- Sarah Jeffress
- Centre for Crop Health, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, Research and Innovation Division, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Health, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, Research and Innovation Division, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Health, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, Research and Innovation Division, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Health, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, Research and Innovation Division, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
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Lin M, Corsi B, Ficke A, Tan KC, Cockram J, Lillemo M. Genetic mapping using a wheat multi-founder population reveals a locus on chromosome 2A controlling resistance to both leaf and glume blotch caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2020; 133:785-808. [PMID: 31996971 PMCID: PMC7021668 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03507-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE A locus on wheat chromosome 2A was found to control field resistance to both leaf and glume blotch caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum leaf blotch and glume blotch, which are common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) diseases in humid and temperate areas. Susceptibility to Septoria nodorum leaf blotch can partly be explained by sensitivity to corresponding P. nodorum necrotrophic effectors (NEs). Susceptibility to glume blotch is also quantitative; however, the underlying genetics have not been studied in detail. Here, we genetically map resistance/susceptibility loci to leaf and glume blotch using an eight-founder wheat multiparent advanced generation intercross population. The population was assessed in six field trials across two sites and 4 years. Seedling infiltration and inoculation assays using three P. nodorum isolates were also carried out, in order to compare quantitative trait loci (QTL) identified under controlled conditions with those identified in the field. Three significant field resistance QTL were identified on chromosomes 2A and 6A, while four significant seedling resistance QTL were detected on chromosomes 2D, 5B and 7D. Among these, QSnb.niab-2A.3 for field resistance to both leaf blotch and glume blotch was detected in Norway and the UK. Colocation with a QTL for seedling reactions against culture filtrate from a Norwegian P. nodorum isolate indicated the QTL could be caused by a novel NE sensitivity. The consistency of this QTL for leaf blotch at the seedling and adult plant stages and culture filtrate infiltration was confirmed by haplotype analysis. However, opposite effects for the leaf blotch and glume blotch reactions suggest that different genetic mechanisms may be involved.
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- Min Lin
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, 1432, Ås, Norway
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- John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Høgskoleveien 7, 1433, Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, 1432, Ås, Norway.
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Phan HTT, Jones DAB, Rybak K, Dodhia KN, Lopez-Ruiz FJ, Valade R, Gout L, Lebrun MH, Brunner PC, Oliver RP, Tan KC. Low Amplitude Boom-and-Bust Cycles Define the Septoria Nodorum Blotch Interaction. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 10:1785. [PMID: 32082346 PMCID: PMC7005668 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) is a complex fungal disease of wheat caused by the Dothideomycete fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. The fungus infects through the use of necrotrophic effectors (NEs) that cause necrosis on hosts carrying matching dominant susceptibility genes. The Western Australia (WA) wheatbelt is a SNB "hot spot" and experiences significant under favorable conditions. Consequently, SNB has been a major target for breeders in WA for many years. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we assembled a panel of 155 WA P. nodorum isolates collected over a 44-year period and compared them to 23 isolates from France and the USA using 28 SSR loci. RESULTS The WA P. nodorum population was clustered into five groups with contrasting properties. 80% of the studied isolates were assigned to two core groups found throughout the collection location and time. The other three non-core groups that encompassed transient and emergent populations were found in restricted locations and time. Changes in group genotypes occurred during periods that coincided with the mass adoption of a single or a small group of widely planted wheat cultivars. When introduced, these cultivars had high scores for SNB resistance. However, the field resistance of these new cultivars often declined over subsequent seasons prompting their replacement with new, more resistant varieties. Pathogenicity assays showed that newly emerged isolates non-core are more pathogenic than old isolates. It is likely that the non-core groups were repeatedly selected for increased virulence on the contemporary popular cultivars. DISCUSSION The low level of genetic diversity within the non-core groups, difference in virulence, low abundance, and restriction to limited locations suggest that these populations more vulnerable to a population crash when the cultivar was replaced by one that was genetically different and more resistant. We characterize the observed pattern as a low-amplitude boom-and-bust cycle in contrast with the classical high amplitude boom-and-bust cycles seen for biotrophic pathogens where the contrast between resistance and susceptibility is typically much greater. Implications of the results are discussed relating to breeding strategies for more sustainable SNB resistance and more generally for pathogens with NEs.
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- Huyen T. T. Phan
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- ARVALIS Institut du Végétal Avenue Lucien Brétignières, Bâtiment INRA Bioger, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR INRA Bioger Agro-ParisTech, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Halder J, Zhang J, Ali S, Sidhu JS, Gill HS, Talukder SK, Kleinjan J, Turnipseed B, Sehgal SK. Mining and genomic characterization of resistance to tan spot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB), and Fusarium head blight in Watkins core collection of wheat landraces. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:480. [PMID: 31703626 PMCID: PMC6839225 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2093-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the late 1920s, A. E. Watkins collected about 7000 landrace cultivars (LCs) of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from 32 different countries around the world. Among which 826 LCs remain viable and could be a valuable source of superior/favorable alleles to enhance disease resistance in wheat. In the present study, a core set of 121 LCs, which captures the majority of the genetic diversity of Watkins collection, was evaluated for identifying novel sources of resistance against tan spot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB), and Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). RESULTS A diverse response was observed in 121 LCs for all three diseases. The majority of LCs were moderately susceptible to susceptible to tan spot Ptr race 1 (84%) and FHB (96%) whereas a large number of LCs were resistant or moderately resistant against tan spot Ptr race 5 (95%) and SNB (54%). Thirteen LCs were identified in this study could be a valuable source for multiple resistance to tan spot Ptr races 1 and 5, and SNB, and another five LCs could be a potential source for FHB resistance. GWAS analysis was carried out using disease phenotyping score and 8807 SNPs data of 118 LCs, which identified 30 significant marker-trait associations (MTAs) with -log10 (p-value) > 3.0. Ten, five, and five genomic regions were found to be associated with resistance to tan spot Ptr race 1, race 5, and SNB, respectively in this study. In addition to Tsn1, several novel genomic regions Q.Ts1.sdsu-4BS and Q.Ts1.sdsu-5BS (tan spot Ptr race 1) and Q.Ts5.sdsu-1BL, Q.Ts5.sdsu-2DL, Q.Ts5.sdsu-3AL, and Q.Ts5.sdsu-6BL (tan spot Ptr race 5) were also identified. Our results indicate that these putative genomic regions contain several genes that play an important role in plant defense mechanisms. CONCLUSION Our results suggest the existence of valuable resistant alleles against leaf spot diseases in Watkins LCs. The single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers linked to the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for tan spot and SNB resistance along with LCs harboring multiple disease resistance could be useful for future wheat breeding.
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- Jyotirmoy Halder
- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc., Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA, 95917, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA.
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Ruud AK, Dieseth JA, Ficke A, Furuki E, Phan HTT, Oliver RP, Tan KC, Lillemo M. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Resistance to Septoria Nodorum Leaf Blotch in a Nordic Spring Wheat Collection. THE PLANT GENOME 2019; 12:1-15. [PMID: 33016591 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2018.12.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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First genome-wide association mapping of adult plant Septoria nodorum blotch resistance. Some adult plant resistance loci were shared with seedling resistance loci. Other adult plant resistance loci were significant across environments. Resistant haplotypes were identified, which can be used for breeding. Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum leaf blotch (SNB) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). It is the most important leaf blotch pathogen in Norwegian spring wheat. Several quantitative trait loci (QTL) for SNB susceptibility have been identified. Some of these QTL are the result of underlying gene-for-gene interactions involving necrotrophic effectors (NEs) and corresponding sensitivity (Snn) genes. A collection of diverse spring wheat lines was evaluated for SNB resistance and susceptibility over seven growing seasons in the field. In addition, wheat seedlings were inoculated and infiltrated with culture filtrates (CFs) from four single spore isolates and infiltrated with semipurified NEs (SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3) under greenhouse conditions. In adult plants, the most stable SNB resistance QTL were located on chromosomes 2B, 2D, 4A, 4B, 5A, 6B, 7A, and 7B. The QTL on chromosome 2D was effective most years in the field. At the seedling stage, the most significant QTL after inoculation were located on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7A, and 7B. The QTL on chromosomes 3A and 6B were significant both after inoculation and CF infiltration, indicating the presence of novel NE-Snn interactions. The QTL on chromosomes 4B and 7A were significant in both seedlings and adult plants. Correlations between SnToxA sensitivity and disease severity in the field were significant. To our knowledge, this is the first genome-wide association mapping study (GWAS) to investigate SNB resistance at the adult plant stage under field conditions.
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- Anja Karine Ruud
- Dep. of Plant Sciences, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Dep. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus Univ, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Graminor, AS, Bjørke Gård, Hommelstadvegen 60, NO-2322, Ridabu, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Inst. of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, NO-1431, ÅS, Norway
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Dep. of Environment & Agriculture, Curtin Univ., Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Dep. of Environment & Agriculture, Curtin Univ., Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Dep. of Environment & Agriculture, Curtin Univ., Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Dep. of Environment & Agriculture, Curtin Univ., Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Dep. of Plant Sciences, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway
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Richards JK, Stukenbrock EH, Carpenter J, Liu Z, Cowger C, Faris JD, Friesen TL. Local adaptation drives the diversification of effectors in the fungal wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum in the United States. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008223. [PMID: 31626626 PMCID: PMC6821140 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungi rapidly evolve in response to environmental selection pressures in part due to their genomic plasticity. Parastagonospora nodorum, a fungal pathogen of wheat and causal agent of septoria nodorum blotch, responds to selection pressure exerted by its host, influencing the gain, loss, or functional diversification of virulence determinants, known as effector genes. Whole genome resequencing of 197 P. nodorum isolates collected from spring, durum, and winter wheat production regions of the United States enabled the examination of effector diversity and genomic regions under selection specific to geographically discrete populations. 1,026,859 SNPs/InDels were used to identify novel loci, as well as SnToxA and SnTox3 as factors in disease. Genes displaying presence/absence variation, predicted effector genes, and genes localized on an accessory chromosome had significantly higher pN/pS ratios, indicating a higher rate of sequence evolution. Population structure analyses indicated two P. nodorum populations corresponding to the Upper Midwest (Population 1) and Southern/Eastern United States (Population 2). Prevalence of SnToxA varied greatly between the two populations which correlated with presence of the host sensitivity gene Tsn1 in the most prevalent cultivars in the corresponding regions. Additionally, 12 and 5 candidate effector genes were observed to be under diversifying selection among isolates from Population 1 and 2, respectively, but under purifying selection or neutrally evolving in the opposite population. Selective sweep analysis revealed 10 and 19 regions that had recently undergone positive selection in Population 1 and 2, respectively, involving 92 genes in total. When comparing genes with and without presence/absence variation, those genes exhibiting this variation were significantly closer to transposable elements. Taken together, these results indicate that P. nodorum is rapidly adapting to distinct selection pressures unique to spring and winter wheat production regions by rapid adaptive evolution and various routes of genomic diversification, potentially facilitated through transposable element activity.
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- Jonathan K. Richards
- Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Plant Science Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schaefer Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schaefer Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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Transposon-Mediated Horizontal Transfer of the Host-Specific Virulence Protein ToxA between Three Fungal Wheat Pathogens. mBio 2019; 10:mBio.01515-19. [PMID: 31506307 PMCID: PMC6737239 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01515-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This work dissects the tripartite horizontal transfer of ToxA, a gene that has a direct negative impact on global wheat yields. Defining the extent of horizontally transferred DNA is important because it can provide clues to the mechanisms that facilitate HGT. Our analysis of ToxA and its surrounding 14 kb suggests that this gene was horizontally transferred in two independent events, with one event likely facilitated by a type II DNA transposon. These horizontal transfer events are now in various processes of decay in each species due to the repeated insertion of new transposons and subsequent rounds of targeted mutation by a fungal genome defense mechanism known as repeat induced point mutation. This work highlights the role that HGT plays in the evolution of host adaptation in eukaryotic pathogens. It also increases the growing body of evidence indicating that transposons facilitate adaptive HGT events between fungi present in similar environments and hosts. Most known examples of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between eukaryotes are ancient. These events are identified primarily using phylogenetic methods on coding regions alone. Only rarely are there examples of HGT where noncoding DNA is also reported. The gene encoding the wheat virulence protein ToxA and the surrounding 14 kb is one of these rare examples. ToxA has been horizontally transferred between three fungal wheat pathogens (Parastagonospora nodorum, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, and Bipolaris sorokiniana) as part of a conserved ∼14 kb element which contains coding and noncoding regions. Here we used long-read sequencing to define the extent of HGT between these three fungal species. Construction of near-chromosomal-level assemblies enabled identification of terminal inverted repeats on either end of the 14 kb region, typical of a type II DNA transposon. This is the first description of ToxA with complete transposon features, which we call ToxhAT. In all three species, ToxhAT resides in a large (140-to-250 kb) transposon-rich genomic island which is absent in isolates that do not carry the gene (annotated here as toxa−). We demonstrate that the horizontal transfer of ToxhAT between P. tritici-repentis and P. nodorum occurred as part of a large (∼80 kb) HGT which is now undergoing extensive decay. In B. sorokiniana, in contrast, ToxhAT and its resident genomic island are mobile within the genome. Together, these data provide insight into the noncoding regions that facilitate HGT between eukaryotes and into the genomic processes which mask the extent of HGT between these species.
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Zhang W, Zhu X, Zhang M, Shi G, Liu Z, Cai X. Chromosome engineering-mediated introgression and molecular mapping of novel Aegilops speltoides-derived resistance genes for tan spot and Septoria nodorum blotch diseases in wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:2605-2614. [PMID: 31183521 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03374-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We identified, mapped and introduced novel Aegilops speltoides-derived resistance genes for tan spot and SNB diseases into wheat, enhancing understanding and utilization of host resistance to both diseases in wheat. Tan spot and Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) are two important fungal diseases of wheat. Resistance to these diseases is often observed as the lack of sensitivity to the necrotrophic effectors (NE) produced by the fungal pathogens and thus exhibits a recessive inheritance pattern. In this study, we identified novel genes for resistance to tan spot and SNB on Aegilops speltoides (2n = 2x = 14, genome SS) chromosome 2S. These genes confer dominant resistance in the wheat background, indicating a distinct NE-independent mechanism of resistance. Ae. speltoides chromosome 2S was engineered for resistance gene introgression and molecular mapping by inducing meiotic homoeologous recombination with wheat chromosome 2B. Twenty representative 2B-2S recombinants were evaluated for reaction to tan spot and SNB and were delineated by genomic in situ hybridization and high-throughput wheat 90 K SNP assay. The resistance genes physically mapped to the sub-telomeric region (~ 8 Mb) on the short arm of chromosome 2S and designated TsrAes1 for tan spot resistance and SnbAes1 for SNB resistance. In addition, we developed SNP-derived PCR markers closely linked to TsrAes1/SnbAes1 for marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding. TsrAes1 and SnbAes1 are the first set of NE-independent tan spot, and SNB resistance genes are identified from Ae. speltoides. The 2SS-2BS·2BL recombinants with minimal amounts of Ae. speltoides chromatin containing TsrAes1/SnbAes1 were produced for germplasm development, making the wild species-derived resistance genes usable in wheat breeding. This will strengthen and diversify resistance of wheat to tan spot and SNB and facilitate understanding of resistance to these two diseases.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA.
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Syme RA, Tan KC, Rybak K, Friesen TL, McDonald BA, Oliver RP, Hane JK. Pan-Parastagonospora Comparative Genome Analysis-Effector Prediction and Genome Evolution. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:2443-2457. [PMID: 30184068 PMCID: PMC6152946 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We report a fungal pan-genome study involving Parastagonospora spp., including 21 isolates of the wheat (Triticum aestivum) pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, 10 of the grass-infecting Parastagonospora avenae, and 2 of a closely related undefined sister species. We observed substantial variation in the distribution of polymorphisms across the pan-genome, including repeat-induced point mutations, diversifying selection and gene gains and losses. We also discovered chromosome-scale inter and intraspecific presence/absence variation of some sequences, suggesting the occurrence of one or more accessory chromosomes or regions that may play a role in host-pathogen interactions. The presence of known pathogenicity effector loci SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3 varied substantially among isolates. Three P. nodorum isolates lacked functional versions for all three loci, whereas three P. avenae isolates carried one or both of the SnTox1 and SnTox3 genes, indicating previously unrecognized potential for discovering additional effectors in the P. nodorum-wheat pathosystem. We utilized the pan-genomic comparative analysis to improve the prediction of pathogenicity effector candidates, recovering the three confirmed effectors among our top-ranked candidates. We propose applying this pan-genomic approach to identify the effector repertoire involved in other host-microbe interactions involving necrotrophic pathogens in the Pezizomycotina.
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- Robert A Syme
- Centre for Crop & Disease Management, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop & Disease Management, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop & Disease Management, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, North Dakota
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Crop & Disease Management, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop & Disease Management, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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Phan HTT, Rybak K, Bertazzoni S, Furuki E, Dinglasan E, Hickey LT, Oliver RP, Tan KC. Novel sources of resistance to Septoria nodorum blotch in the Vavilov wheat collection identified by genome-wide association studies. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:1223-1238. [PMID: 29470621 PMCID: PMC5945755 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3073-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum causes Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) of wheat. A genetically diverse wheat panel was used to dissect the complexity of SNB and identify novel sources of resistance. The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) of wheat. The pathosystem is mediated by multiple fungal necrotrophic effector-host sensitivity gene interactions that include SnToxA-Tsn1, SnTox1-Snn1, and SnTox3-Snn3. A P. nodorum strain lacking SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3 (toxa13) retained wild-type-like ability to infect some modern wheat cultivars, suggesting evidence of other effector-mediated susceptibility gene interactions or the lack of host resistance genes. To identify genomic regions harbouring such loci, we examined a panel of 295 historic wheat accessions from the N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources in Russia, which is comprised of genetically diverse landraces and breeding lines registered from 1920 to 1990. The wheat panel was subjected to effector bioassays, infection with P. nodorum wild type (SN15) and toxa13. In general, SN15 was more virulent than toxa13. Insensitivity to all three effectors contributed significantly to resistance against SN15, but not toxa13. Genome-wide association studies using phenotypes from SN15 infection detected quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 1BS (Snn1), 2DS, 5AS, 5BS (Snn3), 3AL, 4AL, 4BS, and 7AS. For toxa13 infection, a QTL was detected on 5AS (similar to SN15), plus two additional QTL on 2DL and 7DL. Analysis of resistance phenotypes indicated that plant breeders may have inadvertently selected for effector insensitivity from 1940 onwards. We identify accessions that can be used to develop bi-parental mapping populations to characterise resistance-associated alleles for subsequent introgression into modern bread wheat to minimise the impact of SNB.
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- Huyen T T Phan
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia.
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Lin SY, Chooi YH, Solomon PS. The global regulator of pathogenesis PnCon7 positively regulates Tox3 effector gene expression through direct interaction in the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:78-90. [PMID: 29722915 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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To investigate effector gene regulation in the wheat pathogenic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum, the promoter and expression of Tox3 was characterised through a series of complementary approaches. Promoter deletion and DNase I footprinting experiments identified a 25 bp region in the Tox3 promoter as being required for transcription. Subsequent yeast one-hybrid analysis using the DNA sequence as bait identified that interacting partner as the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor PnCon7, a putative master regulator of pathogenesis. Silencing of PnCon7 resulted in the down-regulation of Tox3 demonstrating that the transcription factor has a positive regulatory role on gene expression. Analysis of Tox3 expression in the PnCon7 silenced strains revealed a strong correlation with PnCon7 transcript levels, supportive of a direct regulatory role. Subsequent pathogenicity assays using PnCon7-silenced isolates revealed that the transcription factor was required for Tox3-mediated disease. The expression of two other necrotrophic effectors (ToxA and Tox1) was also affected but in a non-dose dependent manner suggesting that the regulatory role of PnCon7 on these genes was indirect. Collectively, these data have advanced our fundamental understanding of the Con7 master regulator of pathogenesis by demonstrating its positive regulatory role on the Tox3 effector in P. nodorum through direct interaction.
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- Shao-Yu Lin
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Moolhuijzen P, See PT, Hane JK, Shi G, Liu Z, Oliver RP, Moffat CS. Comparative genomics of the wheat fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis reveals chromosomal variations and genome plasticity. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:279. [PMID: 29685100 PMCID: PMC5913888 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4680-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes the major wheat disease, tan spot. We set out to provide essential genomics-based resources in order to better understand the pathogenicity mechanisms of this important pathogen. Results Here, we present eight new Ptr isolate genomes, assembled and annotated; representing races 1, 2 and 5, and a new race. We report a high quality Ptr reference genome, sequenced by PacBio technology with Illumina paired-end data support and optical mapping. An estimated 98% of the genome coverage was mapped to 10 chromosomal groups, using a two-enzyme hybrid approach. The final reference genome was 40.9 Mb and contained a total of 13,797 annotated genes, supported by transcriptomic and proteogenomics data sets. Conclusions Whole genome comparative analysis revealed major chromosomal segmental rearrangements and fusions, highlighting intraspecific genome plasticity in this species. Furthermore, the Ptr race classification was not supported at the whole genome level, as phylogenetic analysis did not cluster the ToxA producing isolates. This expansion of available Ptr genomics resources will directly facilitate research aimed at controlling tan spot disease. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4680-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Paula Moolhuijzen
- Centre for Crop Disease and Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Centre for Crop Disease and Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Disease and Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Centre for Crop Disease and Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Disease and Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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Duba A, Goriewa-Duba K, Wachowska U. A Review of the Interactions between Wheat and Wheat Pathogens: Zymoseptoria tritici, Fusarium spp. and Parastagonospora nodorum. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E1138. [PMID: 29642627 PMCID: PMC5979484 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Zymoseptoria tritici is a hemibiotrophic pathogen which causes Septoria leaf blotch in wheat. The pathogenesis of the disease consists of a biotrophic phase and a necrotrophic phase. The pathogen infects the host plant by suppressing its immune response in the first stage of infection. Hemibiotrophic pathogens of the genus Fusarium cause Fusarium head blight, and the necrotrophic Parastagonosporanodorum is responsible for Septoria nodorum blotch in wheat. Cell wall-degrading enzymes in plants promote infections by necrotrophic and hemibiotrophic pathogens, and trichothecenes, secondary fungal metabolites, facilitate infections caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium. There are no sources of complete resistance to the above pathogens in wheat. Defense mechanisms in wheat are controlled by many genes encoding resistance traits. In the wheat genome, the characteristic features of loci responsible for resistance to pathogenic infections indicate that at least several dozen genes encode resistance to pathogens. The molecular interactions between wheat and Z. tritici, P. nodorum and Fusarium spp. pathogens have been insufficiently investigated. Most studies focus on the mechanisms by which the hemibiotrophic Z. tritici suppresses immune responses in plants and the role of mycotoxins and effector proteins in infections caused by P. nodorum and Fusarium spp. fungi. Trichothecene glycosylation and effector proteins, which are involved in defense responses in wheat, have been described at the molecular level. Recent advances in molecular biology have produced interesting findings which should be further elucidated in studies of molecular interactions between wheat and fungal pathogens. The Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/ CRISPR associated (CRISPR/Cas) system can be used to introduce targeted mutations into the wheat genome and confer resistance to selected fungal diseases. Host-induced gene silencing and spray-induced gene silencing are also useful tools for analyzing wheat-pathogens interactions which can be used to develop new strategies for controlling fungal diseases.
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- Adrian Duba
- Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 17, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, pl. Łódzki 3, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 17, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
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McDonald MC, Solomon PS. Just the surface: advances in the discovery and characterization of necrotrophic wheat effectors. Curr Opin Microbiol 2018; 46:14-18. [PMID: 29452845 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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For many years pathogens of wheat have remained poorly understood. Hindered by an inaccessible host and the obligate nature of many of the pathogens, our understanding of these interactions has been limited compared to other more amenable pathosystems. However, breakthroughs over recent years have shed new light on diseases of wheat, particularly those caused by the genetically tractable necrotrophic pathogens. We now understand that many of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens do interact with wheat in a strict gene-for-gene relationship, and that pathogen and host partners in these interactions have now been identified. This improved understanding of necrotrophic effector biology has fundamentally changed the way we consider these important wheat diseases.
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- Megan C McDonald
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Richards JK, Wyatt NA, Liu Z, Faris JD, Friesen TL. Reference Quality Genome Assemblies of Three Parastagonospora nodorum Isolates Differing in Virulence on Wheat. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2018; 8:393-399. [PMID: 29233913 PMCID: PMC5919747 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Parastagonospora nodorum, the causal agent of Septoria nodorum blotch in wheat, has emerged as a model necrotrophic fungal organism for the study of host-microbe interactions. To date, three necrotrophic effectors have been identified and characterized from this pathogen, including SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3. Necrotrophic effector identification was greatly aided by the development of a draft genome of Australian isolate SN15 via Sanger sequencing, yet it remained largely fragmented. This research presents the development of nearly finished genomes of P. nodorum isolates Sn4, Sn2000, and Sn79-1087 using long-read sequencing technology. RNAseq analysis of isolate Sn4, consisting of eight time points covering various developmental and infection stages, mediated the annotation of 13,379 genes. Analysis of these genomes revealed large-scale polymorphism between the three isolates, including the complete absence of contig 23 from isolate Sn79-1087, and a region of genome expansion on contig 10 in isolates Sn4 and Sn2000. Additionally, these genomes exhibit the hallmark characteristics of a "two-speed" genome, being partitioned into two distinct GC-equilibrated and AT-rich compartments. Interestingly, isolate Sn79-1087 contains a lower proportion of AT-rich segments, indicating a potential lack of evolutionary hotspots. These newly sequenced genomes, consisting of telomere-to-telomere assemblies of nearly all 23 P. nodorum chromosomes, provide a robust foundation for the further examination of effector biology and genome evolution.
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- Jonathan K Richards
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Fargo, North Dakota 58102
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Fargo, North Dakota 58102
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Rodriguez-Moreno L, Ebert MK, Bolton MD, Thomma BPHJ. Tools of the crook- infection strategies of fungal plant pathogens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 93:664-674. [PMID: 29277938 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Fungi represent an ecologically diverse group of microorganisms that includes plant pathogenic species able to cause considerable yield loses in crop production systems worldwide. In order to establish compatible interactions with their hosts, pathogenic fungi rely on the secretion of molecules of diverse nature during host colonization to modulate host physiology, manipulate other environmental factors or provide self-defence. These molecules, collectively known as effectors, are typically small secreted cysteine-rich proteins, but may also comprise secondary metabolites and sRNAs. Here, we discuss the most common strategies that fungal plant pathogens employ to subvert their host plants in order to successfully complete their life cycle and secure the release of abundant viable progeny.
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- Luis Rodriguez-Moreno
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- USDA - Agricultural Research Service, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Downie RC, Bouvet L, Furuki E, Gosman N, Gardner KA, Mackay IJ, Campos Mantello C, Mellers G, Phan HTT, Rose GA, Tan KC, Oliver RP, Cockram J. Assessing European Wheat Sensitivities to Parastagonospora nodorum Necrotrophic Effectors and Fine-Mapping the Snn3-B1 Locus Conferring Sensitivity to the Effector SnTox3. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018. [PMID: 30022985 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.0881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Parastagonospora nodorum is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of the world's most important crops. P. nodorum mediates host cell death using proteinaceous necrotrophic effectors, presumably liberating nutrients that allow the infection process to continue. The identification of pathogen effectors has allowed host genetic resistance mechanisms to be separated into their constituent parts. In P. nodorum, three proteinaceous effectors have been cloned: SnToxA, SnTox1, and SnTox3. Here, we survey sensitivity to all three effectors in a panel of 480 European wheat varieties, and fine-map the wheat SnTox3 sensitivity locus Snn3-B1 using genome-wide association scans (GWAS) and an eight-founder wheat multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population. Using a Bonferroni corrected P ≤ 0.05 significance threshold, GWAS identified 10 significant markers defining a single locus, Snn3-B1, located on the short arm of chromosome 5B explaining 32% of the phenotypic variation [peak single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), Excalibur_c47452_183 and GENE-3324_338, -log10P = 20.44]. Single marker analysis of SnTox3 sensitivity in the MAGIC population located Snn3-B1 via five significant SNPs, defining a 6.2-kb region that included the two peak SNPs identified in the association mapping panel. Accordingly, SNP Excalibur_c47452_183 was converted to the KASP genotyping system, and validated by screening a subset of 95 wheat varieties, providing a valuable resource for marker assisted breeding and for further genetic investigation. In addition, composite interval mapping in the MAGIC population identified six minor SnTox3 sensitivity quantitative trait loci, on chromosomes 2A (QTox3.niab-2A.1, P-value = 9.17-7), 2B (QTox3.niab-2B.1, P = 0.018), 3B (QTox3.niab-3B.1, P = 48.51-4), 4D (QTox3.niab-4D.1, P = 0.028), 6A (QTox3.niab-6A.1, P = 8.51-4), and 7B (QTox3.niab-7B.1, P = 0.020), each accounting for between 3.1 and 6.0 % of the phenotypic variance. Collectively, the outcomes of this study provides breeders with knowledge and resources regarding the sensitivity of European wheat germplasm to P. nodorum effectors, as well as simple diagnostic markers for determining allelic state at Snn3-B1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rowena C Downie
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Plant Sciences Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Laura Bouvet
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Plant Sciences Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Eiko Furuki
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - Nick Gosman
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Keith A Gardner
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Ian J Mackay
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Camila Campos Mantello
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Greg Mellers
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Huyen T T Phan
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - Gemma A Rose
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
| | - Kar-Chun Tan
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - Richard P Oliver
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - James Cockram
- Genetics and Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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