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Shi R, Mo X, Chen Z, Chen W, Yu S, Liu H, Li Y, Dai L, Li Y. Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus from binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A strain A46. Arch Virol 2024; 169:31. [PMID: 38233611 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-024-05963-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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The complete genome sequence of a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ ssRNA) virus, Rhizoctonia beny-like virus 1 (RBLV1), isolated from binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A strain A46, was determined. The RBLV1 genome is 10,280 nt in length and contains a short stretch of adenines at the 3' terminus. It contains a single open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 376.30-kDa protein with viral helicase and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) motifs. The encoded protein exhibited the highest sequence similarity to Rhizoctonia cerealis beny-like virus 0928-1 (RcBeLV 0928-1, 45.25%), with a sequence coverage of 63%. Phylogenetic analysis based on ORF protein sequences revealed that RBLV1 is a novel unclassified mycovirus.
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- Rui Shi
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650214, China.
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Moliszewska E, Maculewicz D, Stępniewska H. Characterization of three-nucleate Rhizoctonia AG-E based on their morphology and phylogeny. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17328. [PMID: 37833315 PMCID: PMC10575891 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44448-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The genus Rhizoctonia has been classified into two main groups according to the number of nuclei. Binucleate Rhizoctonia strains have two nuclei in each cell, whereas multinucleate Rhizoctonia fungi were observed to have a variable number of nuclei ranging from 4 to 16 in each cell. In the study, twelve Polish isolates were tested. According to ITS1-5,8S-ITS2 rDNA sequences, the isolates were classified in the AG-E. Their affiliation to AG was confirmed by anastomosis reactions with tester isolates. The number of nuclei was counted with DAPI staining under a fluorescent microscope, and the diameter of the hyphae was also measured. Not all AG-E isolates had the same number of nuclei in their cells: one group among these fungi produced cells with a diverse number of nuclei, usually 3; however, this number ranged from 2 to 4, making the average number of nuclei close to 3. It can be assumed that all isolates with three nuclei belong to this group, which may greatly facilitate the preliminary identification of trinucleate isolates of Rhizoctonia spp. belonging to AG-E. Based on these characters, we call these isolates AG-E-3n isolates. The thiamine requirement is not helpful in classifying and describing the AG-E strains.
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- Ewa Moliszewska
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków, Poland
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Li W, Sun H, Cao S, Zhang A, Zhang H, Shu Y, Chen H. Extreme Diversity of Mycoviruses Present in Single Strains of Rhizoctonia cerealis, the Pathogen of Wheat Sharp Eyespot. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0052223. [PMID: 37436153 PMCID: PMC10433806 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00522-23] [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: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Rhizoctonia cerealis is the pathogen of wheat sharp eyespot, which occurs throughout temperate wheat-growing regions of the world. In this project, the genomes of viruses from four strains of R. cerealis were analyzed based on Illumina high-throughput transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) data. After filtering out reads that mapped to the fungal genome, viral genomes were assembled. In total, 131 virus-like sequences containing complete open reading frames (ORFs), belonging to 117 viruses, were obtained. Based on phylogenetic analysis, some of them were identified as novel members of the families Curvulaviridae, Endornaviridae, Hypoviridae, Mitoviridae, Mymonaviridae, and Phenuiviridae, while others were unclassified viruses. Most of these viruses from R. cerealis were significantly different from the viruses already reported. We propose the establishment of a new family, Rhizoctobunyaviridae, and two new genera, Rhizoctobunyavirus and Iotahypovirus. We further clarified the distribution and coinfection of these viruses in the four strains. Surprisingly, 39 viral genomes of up to 12 genera were found in strain R1084. Strain R0942, containing the fewest viruses, also contained 21 viral genomes belonging to 10 genera. Based on the RNA-Seq data, we estimated the accumulation level of some viruses in host cells and found that the mitoviruses in R. cerealis generally have very high accumulation. In conclusion, in the culturable phytopathogenic fungus R. cerealis, we discovered a considerable diversity of mycoviruses and a series of novel viruses. This study expands our understanding of the mycoviral diversity in R. cerealis and provides a rich resource for the further use of mycoviruses to control wheat sharp eyespot. IMPORTANCE Rhizoctonia cerealis is a binucleate fungus that is widely distributed worldwide and can cause sharp eyespot disease in cereal crops. In this study, 131 virus-like sequences belonging to 117 viruses were obtained based on analysis of high-throughput RNA-Seq data from four strains of R. cerealis. Many of these viruses were novel members of various virus families, while others were unclassified viruses. As a result, a new family named Rhizoctobunyaviridae and two new genera, Rhizoctobunyavirus and Iotahypovirus, were proposed. Moreover, the discovery of multiple viruses coinfecting a single host and the high accumulation levels of mitoviruses have shed light on the complex interactions between different viruses in a single host. In conclusion, a significant diversity of mycoviruses was discovered in the culturable phytopathogenic fungus R. cerealis. This study expands our understanding of mycoviral diversity, and provides a valuable resource for the further utilization of mycoviruses to control wheat diseases.
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- Wei Li
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Abbas A, Ali A, Hussain A, Ali A, Alrefaei AF, Naqvi SAH, Rao MJ, Mubeen I, Farooq T, Ölmez F, Baloch FS. Assessment of Genetic Variability and Evolutionary Relationships of Rhizoctonia solani Inherent in Legume Crops. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2515. [PMID: 37447079 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Rhizoctonia solani is one of the most common soil-borne fungal pathogens of legume crops worldwide. We collected rDNA-ITS sequences from NCBI GenBank, and the aim of this study was to examine the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of various R. solani anastomosis groups (AGs) that are commonly associated with grain legumes (such as soybean, common bean, pea, peanut, cowpea, and chickpea) and forage legumes (including alfalfa and clover). Soybean is recognized as a host for multiple AGs, with AG-1 and AG-2 being extensively investigated. This is evidenced by the higher representation of sequences associated with these AGs in the NCBI GenBank. Other AGs documented in soybean include AG-4, AG-7, AG-11, AG-5, AG-6, and AG-9. Moreover, AG-4 has been extensively studied concerning its occurrence in chickpea, pea, peanut, and alfalfa. Research on the common bean has been primarily focused on AG-2, AG-4, and AG-1. Similarly, AG-1 has been the subject of extensive investigation in clover and cowpea. Collectively, AG-1, AG-2, and AG-4 have consistently been identified and studied across these diverse legume crops. The phylogenetic analysis of R. solani isolates across different legumes indicates that the distinct clades or subclades formed by the isolates correspond to their specific anastomosis groups (AGs) and subgroups, rather than being determined by their host legume crop. Additionally, there is a high degree of sequence similarity among isolates within the same clade or subclade. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) further supports this finding, as isolates belonging to the same AGs and/or subgroups cluster together, irrespective of their host legume. Therefore, the observed clustering of R. solani AGs and subgroups without a direct association with the host legume crop provides additional support for the concept of AGs in understanding the genetic relationships and evolution of R. solani.
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- Aqleem Abbas
- Department of Agriculture and Food Technology, Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit 15100, Pakistan
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Technology, Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit 15100, Pakistan
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Technology, Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit 15100, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58140, Türkiye
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58140, Türkiye
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58140, Türkiye
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Abed AB, Hürkan K, Ünal A, Aydın B, Korcan SE. Phenotypic and molecular genetics study of Geotrichum candidumLink (1809) and Geotrichum silvicola Pimenta (2005) cultivated on mitis salivarius agar. Mol Biol Rep 2023:10.1007/s11033-023-08443-z. [PMID: 37294469 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08443-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Geotrichum is a genus of fungi found in different habitats throughout the world. Although Geotrichum and its related species have been extensively reclassified and taxonomically revised, it is still the target for many researches. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, phenotypic and molecular genetics comparisons were performed between Geotrichum candidum and Geotrichum silvicola. Mitis Salivarius Agar was used as the growing medium for the phenotypic comparison study, which was carried out at two temperatures (20-25 and 37 °C). For genotypic comparison, we compared the 18 S, ITS, and 28 S sequences of universal DNA barcode regions of both species. Important findings on the new culture media for fungal isolation were revealed by the results. The phenotypic variation between the two species' colonies, including their shapes, sizes, textures and growth rates, were strikingly different. DNA sequences of both species showed that pairwise identities of the species were 99.9% for 18 S, 100% for ITS and 99.6% for 28 S regions. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to what is commonly seen, the results showed that 18 S, ITS and 28 S failed to discriminate the species. The first investigation into the performance of Mitis Salivarius Agar as a fungus culture medium is reported in this work, and proved its efficiency. Additionally, this is the first study to compare G. candidum with G. silvicola by means of both phenotypic and genotypic analysis.
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- Ahmed Badri Abed
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uşak University, Uşak, 64200, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Iğdır University, Iğdır, Turkey
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Iğdır University, Iğdır, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uşak University, Uşak, 64200, Turkey
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Liu Y, Jia L, Zhou C, Mao Y, Shen S, Hao Z, Li Z. Genome Resource of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 4 Strain AG4-JY, a Pathomycete of Sheath Blight of Foxtail Millet. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:926-928. [PMID: 36265148 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-22-1542-a] [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: 06/16/2023]
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The basidiomycetous fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kühn (teleomorph Thanatephorus cucumeris [Frank] Donk) is a fungal pathogen that causes various diseases on economically important crops, such as foxtail millet, maize, and rice. Using the PacBio Sequel platform, we assembled a draft genome of an R. solani strain AG4-JY that was isolated from foxtail millet with sheath blight at the stem. The genome was approximately 43.43 Mb on 53 scaffolds, with a scaffold N50 length of 2.10 Mb. In all, 10,545 genes and 179 noncoding RNAs were predicted, and 10,488 genes had at least one database annotation. In addition, the proteins encoded by 709 genes were predicted as secretory proteins. The AG4-JY genome sequence provides a valuable resource for understanding the interactions between R. solani and foxtail millet and controls sheath blight in the world.
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- Yuwei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Bioinformatic Utilization and Technological Innovation Center for Agricultural Microbes, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Information and Economics, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Bioinformatic Utilization and Technological Innovation Center for Agricultural Microbes, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Bioinformatic Utilization and Technological Innovation Center for Agricultural Microbes, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Bioinformatic Utilization and Technological Innovation Center for Agricultural Microbes, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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Akber MA, Mubeen M, Sohail MA, Khan SW, Solanki MK, Khalid R, Abbas A, Divvela PK, Zhou L. Global distribution, traditional and modern detection, diagnostic, and management approaches of Rhizoctonia solani associated with legume crops. Front Microbiol 2023; 13:1091288. [PMID: 36815202 PMCID: PMC9939780 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1091288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Sustainable development relies heavily on a food system that is both safe and secure. Several approaches may lead to sustainability and food safety. An increase in the cultivation of legume crops is one of the approaches for enhancing agricultural viability and ensuring adequate food supply. Legumes may increase daily intake of fiber, folate, and protein as substitutes for meat and dairy. They are also crucial in various intercropping systems worldwide. However, legume production has been hampered by Rhizoctonia solani due to its destructive lifestyle. R. solani causes blights, damping off, and rotting diseases in legume crops. Our knowledge of the global distribution of R. solani associated with legume crops (alfalfa, soybean, chickpea, pea, lentil, common bean, and peanut), detection, diagnosis, and management of legume crops diseases caused by R. solani is limited. Traditional approaches rely on the incubation of R. solani, visual examination of symptoms on host legume crops, and microscopy identification. However, these approaches are time-consuming, require technical expertise, fail to detect a minimal amount of inoculum, and are unreliable. Biochemical and molecular-based approaches have been used with great success recently because of their excellent sensitivity and specificity. Along with conventional PCR, nested PCR, multiplex PCR, real-time PCR, magnetic-capture hybridization PCR, and loop-mediated isothermal amplification have been widely used to detect and diagnose R. solani. In the future, Next-generation sequencing will likely be used to a greater extent to detect R. solani. This review outlines global distribution, survival, infection and disease cycle, traditional, biochemical, molecular, and next-generation sequencing detection and diagnostic approaches, and an overview of the resistant resources and other management strategies to cope with R. solani.
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- Muhammad Abdullah Akber
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Agro-product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China,State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agroecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Science, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Pakistan
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- Plant Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Group, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, the University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China,Department of Plant Science, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Pakistan,*Correspondence: Aqleem Abbas, ✉
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Agro-product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China,Lei Zhou, ✉
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Population Genetics and Anastomosis Group's Geographical Distribution of Rhizoctonia solani Associated with Soybean. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13122417. [PMID: 36553683 PMCID: PMC9777564 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Rhizoctonia solani is a species complex composed of many genetically diverse anastomosis groups (AG) and their subgroups. It causes economically important diseases of soybean worldwide. However, the global genetic diversity and distribution of R. solani AG associated with soybean are unknown to date. In this study, the global genetic diversity and distribution of AG associated with soybean were investigated based on rDNA-ITS sequences deposited in GenBank and published literature. The most prevalent AG, was AG-1 (40%), followed by AG-2 (19.13%), AG-4 (11.30%), AG-7 (10.43%), AG-11 (8.70%), AG-3 (5.22%) and AG-5 (3.48%). Most of the AG were reported from the USA and Brazil. Sequence analysis of internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA separated AG associated with soybean into two distinct clades. Clade I corresponded to distinct subclades containing AG-2, AG-3, AG-5, AG-7 and AG-11. Clade II corresponded to subclades of AG-1 subgroups. Furthermore, AG and/or AG subgroups were in close proximity without corresponding to their geographical origin. Moreover, AG or AG subgroups within clade or subclades shared higher percentages of sequence similarities. The principal coordinate analysis also supported the phylogenetic and genetic diversity analyses. In conclusion, AG-1, AG-2, and AG-4 were the most prevalent AG in soybean. The clade or subclades corresponded to AG or AG subgroups and did not correspond to the AG's geographical origin. The information on global genetic diversity and distribution will be helpful if novel management measures are to be developed against soybean diseases caused by R. solani.
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Woodhall JW, Brown L, Harrington M, Murdock M, Pizolotto CA, Wharton PS, Duellman K. Anastomosis Groups of Rhizoctonia solani and Binucleate Rhizoctonia Associated with Potatoes in Idaho. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:3127-3132. [PMID: 35536211 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-21-2683-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: 06/14/2023]
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A survey of the relative incidence of anastomosis groups (AGs) of Rhizoctonia spp. associated with potato disease was conducted in Idaho, the leading potato producing state in the U.S.A. In total, 169 isolates of Rhizoctonia solani and seven binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) isolates were recovered from diseased potato plants. The AG of each isolate was determined through real-time PCR assays for AG 3-PT and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. AG 3-PT was the predominant AG, accounting for 85% of isolates recovered, followed by AG 2-1 (5.7%) and AG 4 HG-II (4.5%). Two different subsets of AG 2-1 isolates were recovered (subset 2 and 3). Three isolates each of AG A and AG K were recovered, as well as one isolate each of AG 5 and AG W. An experiment carried out under greenhouse conditions with representative isolates of the different AGs recovered from Idaho potatoes showed differences in aggressiveness between AGs to potato stems, with AG 3-PT being the most aggressive followed by an isolate of AG 2-1 (subset 3). The three BNR isolates representative of AG A, AG K, and AG W appeared to be less aggressive to potato stems than the R. solani isolates except for the AG 2-1 (subset 2) isolate. This is the first comprehensive study of the relative incidences of Rhizoctonia species associated with Idaho potatoes and the first study to report the presence of BNR AG W outside of China.
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- J W Woodhall
- Parma Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Parma, ID 83660, U.S.A
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- Parma Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Parma, ID 83660, U.S.A
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- Parma Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Parma, ID 83660, U.S.A
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- Parma Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Parma, ID 83660, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Cooperativa Central Gaúcha Ltda., Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul 98005, Brazil
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- Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Aberdeen, ID 83210, U.S.A
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- Idaho Falls Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, U.S.A
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Taboada G, Abán CL, Mercado Cárdenas G, Spedaletti Y, Aparicio González M, Maita E, Ortega-Baes P, Galván M. Characterization of fungal pathogens and germplasm screening for disease resistance in the main production area of the common bean in Argentina. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:986247. [PMID: 36161011 PMCID: PMC9490223 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.986247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume in the human diet, mainly in Africa and Latin America. Argentina is one of the five major producers of the common bean in the world, and the main cultivation areas are concentrated in the northwestern provinces of this country. Crop production of the common bean is often affected by biotic factors like some endemic fungal diseases, which exert a major economic impact on the region. The most important fungal diseases affecting the common bean in Argentina are white mold caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, angular leaf spot caused by Pseudocercospora griseola, web blight and root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani, which can cause production losses of up to 100% in the region. At the present, the most effective strategy for controlling these diseases is the use of genetic resistance. In this sense, population study and characterization of fungal pathogens are essential for developing cultivars with durable resistance. In this review we report diversity studies carried out on these three fungal pathogens affecting the common bean in northwestern Argentina, analyzing more than 200 isolates by means of molecular, morphological and pathogenic approaches. Also, the screening of physiological resistance in several common bean commercial lines and wild native germplasm is reviewed. This review contributes to the development of sustainable management strategies and cultural practices in bean production aimed to minimize yield losses due to fungal diseases in the common bean.
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- Gisel Taboada
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) EEA Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) EEA Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) EEA Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) EEA Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas (LABIBO), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas (LABIBO), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) CCT-Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) EEA Salta, Salta, Argentina
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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Rhizoctonia solani Isolates Identifies the Differentially Expressed Proteins with Roles in Virulence. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8040370. [PMID: 35448601 PMCID: PMC9029756 DOI: 10.3390/jof8040370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Sheath blight of rice is a destructive disease that could be calamitous to rice cultivation. The significant objective of this study is to contemplate the proteomic analysis of the high virulent and less virulent isolate of Rhizoctonia solani using a quantitative LC-MS/MS-based proteomic approach to identify the differentially expressed proteins promoting higher virulence. Across several rice-growing regions in Odisha, Eastern India, 58 Rhizoctonia isolates were obtained. All the isolates varied in their pathogenicity. The isolate RS15 was found to be the most virulent and RS22 was identified as the least virulent. The PCR amplification confirmed that the RS15 and RS22 belonged to the Rhizoctonia subgroup of AG1-IA with a specific primer. The proteomic information generated has been deposited in the PRIDE database with PXD023430. The virulent isolate consisted of 48 differentially abundant proteins, out of which 27 proteins had higher abundance, while 21 proteins had lower abundance. The analyzed proteins acquired functionality in fungal development, sporulation, morphology, pathogenicity, detoxification, antifungal activity, essential metabolism and transcriptional activities, protein biosynthesis, glycolysis, phosphorylation and catalytic activities in fungi. A Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to validate changes in differentially expressed proteins at the mRNA level for selected genes. The abundances of proteins and transcripts were positively correlated. This study provides the role of the proteome in the pathogenicity of R. solani AG1-IA in rice and underpins the mechanism behind the pathogen’s virulence in causing sheath blight disease.
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Detection and Molecular Phylogenetic-Morphometric Characterization of Rhizoctonia tuliparum, Causal Agent of Gray Bulb Rot of Tulips and Bulbous Iris. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8020163. [PMID: 35205917 PMCID: PMC8880388 DOI: 10.3390/jof8020163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gray bulb rot of tulips and bulbous iris is caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen, Rhizoctonia tuliparum (Rtul). Sclerotia present in infected bulbs, as well as overwintering sclerotia in soil and field debris, are the primary sources of infection. A method for accurate and sensitive detection of Rtul from soil and infected bulbs, and estimation of inoculum threshold levels, is needed for the management of disease caused by this pathogen. We designed a unique set of primers targeting the ITS2 region of the Rtul genome and developed a highly sensitive quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based method for Rtul identification using these primers, where the threshold of detection was approximately 1 fg Rtul DNA. The assay was more sensitive with sclerotia collected from the field (natural) than with those grown in the lab, and more sensitive with natural-light than natural-dark sclerotia. Also, the detection method was more sensitive when sclerotia were extracted from soil than from bulb tissue. The qPCR method was highly specific, as no PCR amplification was detected when genomic DNA from 62 non-Rtul Rhizoctonia isolates from a wide range of anastomosis groups were tested. To understand the evolutionary relationships and genomic diversity of Rtul, we performed phylogenetics of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region and ITS2-molecular morphometric characterization (MMC) of Rtul isolates. The three Rtul isolates whose ITS sequences were available in GenBank formed a distinct phylogenetic clade with Ceratobasidium anceps as the nearest relative. Furthermore, MMC analysis revealed genetic divergence among these three Rtul isolates.
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Singh V, Lakshman DK, Roberts DP, Ismaiel A, Hooda KS, Gogoi R. Morphopathological and Molecular Morphometric Characterization of Waitea circinata var. prodigus Causing a Novel Sheath Spot Disease of Maize in India. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:526-534. [PMID: 34261356 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-21-0951-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Maize brown sheath spot (MBSS), a new disease of maize, was discovered while surveying for maize leaf and sheath blight diseases in the Indian states of Assam, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Odisha. Maize is the third most important cereal after rice and wheat in India. Unlike banded leaf and sheath blight disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, MBSS symptoms on maize were discrete and limited to sheaths only. Symptoms of MBSS in the field were initially water-soaked necrotic lesions of 1 to 2 cm in diameter on the lowermost leaf sheaths, which then progressed to the upper sheaths. Lesions coalesced and covered approximately 2 to 5% of the sheath area. Infected dried lower leaves were shed, whereas infected upper leaves remained on the stem. The pathogen was isolated, characterized morphologically, pathologically, and molecularly, and identified as Waitea circinata var. prodigus, a basidiomycete known to cause basal leaf blight of seashore paspalum. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence 2 (ITS2) of rDNA from MBSS isolates formed a well supported clade with known W. circinata var. prodigus isolates. Molecular morphometric analysis of the ITS2 regions of the five known varieties of W. circinata detected distinguishing variations in GC content, compensatory base changes (CBCs), hemi- CBCs, indels, and altered base-pairing of helices. Variation in these characteristics may indicate that varieties are distinct biological species within W. circinata sensu lato. The geographical distribution and potential impacts of MBSS on the maize crop in India necessitate further investigations of pathogen identification and disease management.
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- Vimla Singh
- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Karnal 132001, India
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Germplasm Evaluation Division, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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Li Y, Sun Y, Yu L, Chen W, Liu H, Yin L, Guang Y, Yang G, Mo X. Complete genome sequence of a novel mitovirus from binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-K strain FAS2909W. Arch Virol 2021; 167:271-276. [PMID: 34773510 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05277-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The full-length AU-rich (63.14%) 2,794-nucleotide sequence of Rhizoctonia mitovirus K1 (RMV-K1) isolated from the binucleate AG-K strain FAS2909W was determined. The positive strand of RMV-K1 contains a large open reading frame (ORF) when the fungal mitochondrial genetic code is used. This ORF was predicted to encode an RdRp protein exhibiting the highest sequence identity (41.77%) to Rhizoctonia solani mitovirus 30. Phylogenetic analysis showed that RMV-K1 is a novel member of the genus Mitovirus, family Mitoviridae.
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- Yanqiong Li
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China.,Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.,Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650021, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650021, Yunnan, China.
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A novel alphapartitivirus from binucleate Rhizoctonia fumigata AG-Ba isolate C-314 Baishi. Arch Virol 2021; 167:255-259. [PMID: 34761285 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05270-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The full-length nucleotide sequence and genome organization of a novel mycovirus designated as "Rhizoctonia fumigata partitivirus 1" (RfPV1) from Rhizoctonia fumigata AG-Ba strain C-314 Baishi was determined. The genome of RfPV1 consists of two double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs): dsRNA1 (2003 bp) and dsRNA2 (1802 bp). Each of the two dsRNAs contains one open reading frame, coding for a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and a coat protein, respectively. The 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of both dsRNAs were conserved, and the 3'-UTRs of the two dsRNAs had interrupted poly(A) tails, similar to other partitiviruses. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that RfPV1 is a new species in the genus Alphapartitivirus, family Partitiviridae.
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Minier DH, Hanson LE. Effect of Low Temperature on the Aggressiveness of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2 Isolates on Sugar Beet ( Beta vulgaris) Seedlings. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:3111-3117. [PMID: 34752135 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-20-1990-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: 06/13/2023]
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Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group (AG) 2-2 can cause seedling damping-off in sugar beets and substantial losses may occur in all regions where beets are grown. Sugar beets are planted early in the season when soil temperatures are low in order to maximize the length of the growing season and minimize the risk of damping-off. However, predictive models that indicate there is little to no risk of Rhizoctonia damping-off at temperatures <15°C may not be entirely reliable. We tested this possibility by inoculating sugar beet seedlings in a growth chamber at 11°C with 35 R. solani AG 2-2 isolates that were representative of the genetic diversity present in AG 2-2. Although disease progress and growth rate were greatly reduced at 11°C, considerable disease symptoms did develop in inoculated plants. Three weeks after inoculation, 16% of the plants were dead and 77% of the isolates tested had average disease severity scores that were significantly greater than those of the mock inoculated control. This confirms our concern about the possibility for low-temperature infection of sugar beets and indicates that waiting until the soil warms up to above 15°C to apply fungicide could leave the crop at risk. Aggressiveness does not appear to be related to subgroup or growth rate but rather depends on the response of the specific isolate to low temperature.
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- Douglas H Minier
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Occurrence and Anastomosis Grouping of Rhizoctonia spp. Inducing Black Scurf and Greyish-White Felt-Like Mycelium on Carrot in Sweden. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7050396. [PMID: 34069593 PMCID: PMC8160745 DOI: 10.3390/jof7050396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Carrots with different Rhizoctonia-like symptoms were found in the main Swedish carrot production areas from 2001–2020. The most commonly observed symptoms were a greyish-white felt-like mycelium and black scurf, the latter often associated with Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group (AG) 3-PT on potato. An overall increase in disease incidence in all studied fields over time was observed for both symptoms. The majority of Rhizoctonia isolates sampled from carrot in the period 2015–2020 were identified as AG 3 (45%) and AG 5 (24%), followed by AG 1-IB (13%), AG 11 (5%), AG-E (5%), AG BI (3%), AG-K (3%) and AG 4-HGII (2%). To our knowledge, this is the first report describing AG 5 in Sweden as well as AG 3, AG 11 and AG-E inducing Rhizoctonia-like symptoms on carrot. Secondly, we report for the first time that R. solani AG 3, and the less observed AGs: AG 1-IB and AG 5 can induce black scurf symptoms on the taproot of carrots. Due to a widely used carrot-potato crop rotation in Swedish areas, a possible cross-over from potato to carrot is suggested. This information is of high importance to reduce Rhizoctonia inoculum in soils, since avoiding carrot-potato crop rotations needs to be considered.
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Characterization and Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia Species Causing Root Rot and Damping-off on Sugar Beet in Turkey. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:1939-1948. [PMID: 33829282 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02470-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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During 2015-2017 growing seasons, seventy-one isolates of Rhizoctonia spp. were obtained from the samples collected from the sugar beet fields of Konya province, which is one of the most important sugar beet growing areas of Turkey. Anastomosis groups (AGs) of Rhizoctonia spp. isolates were determined by hyphal conjugation with the tester strains and sequence analysis of the rDNA ITS region. The obtained data confirmed the species identity of 61 isolates out of 71 as R. solani (AG-2-2-IIIB, AG-4-(HGI, HGII, HGIII), AG-5, AG-11) and the remaining 10 isolates as binucleate Rhizoctonia (AG-K, AG-A). Pathogenicity tests revealed that AG-2-2-IIIB, AG-4-(HGI, HGII, HGIII) and AG-K isolates were highly virulent on sugar beet. The disease severity of 71 isolates varied between 13 and 100%. Based on the virulence, the isolates formed four categories; (i) 11 isolates: non-pathogenic, (ii) 15 isolates: low virulent, (iii) 6 isolates: moderately virulent and (iv) 39 isolates: highly virulent. To our knowledge, the AGs of AG-4-(HGI, HGII, HGIII), AG-11, AG-A are first reports on sugar beet in Turkey and the AG-5, AG-11 and AG-K are first AG groups for Konya region.
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Vojvodić M, Tanović B, Mitrović P, Vico I, Bulajić A. Waitea circinata var. zeae Causing Root Rot of Cabbage and Oilseed Rape. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:787-796. [PMID: 33054623 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-20-0942-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cabbage, a widely used and popular vegetable, and oilseed rape, the second most valuable oilseed crop in the world, are two important species from the Brassicaceae family. Two geographically separated outbreaks of cabbage and oilseed rape root rot with estimated incidence of 15 and 20%, respectively, were recorded during 2017 in the Vojvodina region, Serbia. Twelve hyphal-tip isolates were obtained from symptomatic cabbage and oilseed rape plants and identified as Waitea circinata var. zeae based on morphological and molecular features. This indicates that W. circinata var. zeae has expanded its host range to the Brassicaceae family. Sequence analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit of the ribosomal DNA, RPB2, and β-tubulin genes revealed the highest similarity with multiple W. circinata var. zeae. Neighbor-joining analyses of ITS sequences resulted in a phylogenetic tree with one well-defined branch of W. circinata var. zeae, with two separate groups. All Serbian isolates and the majority of isolates originating from natural infection of dicotyledonous plants grouped together in group I. Following artificial inoculation, W. circinata var. zeae isolates caused mild to medium root necrosis of seedlings of 2 monocotyledonous and 12 dicotyledonous plant species, implying a wider host range than was known for W. circinata var. zeae. Additionally, this is the first occurrence of W. circinata var. zeae on dicotyledonous host plants in Europe. Because cabbage and oilseed rape are important crops grown worldwide, the occurrence of this new soilborne pathogen with a broad host range imposes the necessity for changes in routine disease control practices, particularly crop rotation.
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- Mira Vojvodić
- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Nemanjina 6, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31b, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Maksima Gorkog 30, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Nemanjina 6, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Nemanjina 6, Belgrade, Serbia
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Chen CX, Wu YF, Gong HH, Lin YJ, Chen CY. First Report of Binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-L Causing Root and Stem Rot of Wishbone Flower ( Torenia fournieri) in Taiwan. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:3304. [PMID: 33754863 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-20-2428-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri L.) is a common ornamental plant for flower bed in Taiwan. In August 2018, root and stem rot of wishbone flower occurred on the flower bed in the campus of National Chung Hsing University, Taichung city, with 100% incidence. Symptoms were dark brown discoloration of basal stems and brown necrosis of roots. Lesions from base of stems were excised into 5 mm long fragments, which were then surface sterilized in 1% sodium hydrochloride for 1 min, rinsed in sterile distilled water, dried on filter paper and thereafter placed onto 2% water agar. After 24 h, hyphae characteristic of Rhizoctonia (Sneh et al. 1991) appeared and dominated in every isolation. Hyphal tips were transferred to potato dextrose agar (PDA). After 5 days of incubation at 28°C, characteristic brown colonies of Rhizoctonia (Sneh et al. 1991) were observed. Hyphal width was 4.29±0.52 μm. No sclerotia were visibly present after 21 days of growth on PDA at 28°C. Hyphae were stained by 0.3% safranin-O and 1% KOH. There were two nuclei in each hyphal compartment, suggesting a binucleate Rhizoctonia fungus. ITS sequence has been used as the best tool to identify specific anastomosis group (AG) of Rhizoctonia as shown by Sharon et al. (2006, 2008). ITS sequence was amplified using the primers Bd1a and ITS4 (Goka et al. 2009; White et al. 1990). Blast search analysis of this acquired sequence (acc. no. LC498494) revealed the highest similarity (98.75 to 99.83%) with the reference sequences (acc. nos. AB286934, AB286933, and AB196653) of binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-L, namely Ceratobasidium sp. AG-L. Pathogenicity test was carried out using seedlings of 4-week-old wishbone flower each grown in a pot of 6.35 cm diameter. To prepare the inoculum, a PDA agar block (6 mm in diameter) excised from the growing front of 5-day-old colony was transferred into a flask with 200 ml of potato dextrose broth (PDB) incubated in a shaker at 26°C and 120 rpm for 6 days. The PDB broth was then blended into slurry. Ten pots each with a seedling were inoculated by pouring 50 ml of slurry onto the potting medium. Five pots were served as the controls by pouring PDB only. Pots were maintained in a greenhouse (26 to 33°C). Three days after inoculation, all inoculated plants exhibited symptom of root and stem rot. The same fungus was reisolated and confirmed by sequencing rDNA-ITS. This is the first report of root and stem rot of wishbone flower caused by binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-L in Taiwan and in the world. Although this is the second cases, since Wang and Hsieh (1993), for binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-L to be pathogenic, this study shows that this fungus has the potential to cause damages and is worth of further investigations.
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- Chang Xian Chen
- National Chung Hsing University, 34916, Plant pathology, 6F.-A07, Agri. & nat. resour. building, No. 145, Xingda Rd., South Dist, Taichung, Taiwan, 40227
- Taiwan;
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- Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, 70 Muchang Hsinhua, 712 Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, Tainan, Taiwan, 712;
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- National Chung Hsing University, 34916, Taichung, Taiwan;
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- National Chung Hsing University, 34916, Taichung, Taiwan;
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- National Chung Hsing University, Department of Plant Pathology, 250 Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung 402, Taiwan R.O.C., Taichung, Taiwan, 402;
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Erper I, Ozer G, Kalendar R, Avci S, Yildirim E, Alkan M, Turkkan M. Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia spp. Isolates Associated with Red Cabbage in Samsun (Turkey). J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7030234. [PMID: 33801129 PMCID: PMC8004240 DOI: 10.3390/jof7030234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A total of 132 Rhizoctonia isolates were recovered from red cabbage plants with root rot and wirestem symptoms in the province of Samsun (Turkey) between 2018 and 2019. Based on the sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region located between the 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA genes and including nuclear staining, these 124 isolates were assigned to multinucleate Rhizoctonia solani, and eight were binucleate Rhizoctonia. The most prevalent anastomosis group (AG) was AG 4 (84%), which was subdivided into AG 4 HG-I (81%) and AG 4 HG-III (3%), followed by AG 5 (10%) and AG-A (6%), respectively. The unweighted pair group method phylogenetic tree resulting from the data of 68 isolates with the inter-PBS amplification DNA profiling method based on interspersed retrotransposon element sequences confirmed the differentiation of AGs with a higher resolution. In the greenhouse experiment with representative isolates (n = 24) from AGs on red cabbage (cv. Rondale), the disease severity index was between 3.33 and 4.0 for multinucleate AG isolates and ranged from 2.5 to 3.17 for AG-A isolates. In the pathogenicity assay of six red cabbage cultivars, one isolate for each AG was tested using a similar method, and all cultivars were susceptible to AG 4 HG-I and AG 4 HG-III isolates. Redriver and Remale were moderately susceptible, while Rescue, Travero, Integro, and Rondale were susceptible to the AG 5 isolate. The results indicate that the most prevalent and aggressive AGs of Rhizoctonia are devastating pathogens to red cabbage, which means that rotation with nonhost-crops for these AGs may be the most effective control strategy. This is the first comprehensive study of Rhizoctonia isolates in red cabbage using a molecular approach to assess genetic diversity using iPBS-amplified DNA profiling.
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- Ismail Erper
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayis University, Atakum, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (S.A.); (E.Y.)
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University, Bishkek 720044, Kyrgyzstan
- Correspondence: (I.E.); (R.K.); Tel.: +9036-2457-6034 (I.E.); +3585-0448-3505 (R.K.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey; (G.O.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
- Correspondence: (I.E.); (R.K.); Tel.: +9036-2457-6034 (I.E.); +3585-0448-3505 (R.K.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayis University, Atakum, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (S.A.); (E.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayis University, Atakum, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (S.A.); (E.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey; (G.O.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ordu University, 52200 Ordu, Turkey;
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Li W, Zhang H, Shu Y, Cao S, Sun H, Zhang A, Chen H. Genome structure and diversity of novel endornaviruses from wheat sharp eyespot pathogen Rhizoctonia cerealis. Virus Res 2021; 297:198368. [PMID: 33684418 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rhizoctonia cerealis (teleomorph Ceratobasidium cereale) is a soil-borne plant pathogenic fungus that can cause sharp eyespot in wheat or yellow patch in grasses. In this study, 21 new endornavirus genomes were obtained from five R. cerealis strains through the high-throughput sequencing of viral double-stranded RNA. Eighteen viruses were identified as Alphaendornavirus, and three viruses were identified as new species of Betaendornavirus on the basis of the phylogenetic analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Notably, 12 of the new alphaendornaviruses could encode two open reading frames (ORFs), which were a rare feature of Endornaviridae. The amino acid sequences encoded by ORF2 from different endornaviruses had very low identity, and their functions and evolution origins remained unclear. Different endornavirus species with remarkably different genome structures could be found in the same R. cerealis strain. This study indicated that endornaviruses are common in R. cerealis and display wide diversity. Betaendornaviruses were found in R. cerealis, and a new species was proposed. This study is the first to report that the endornaviruses from R. cerealis can encode two ORFs and enhances our understanding of the viruses in the Endornaviridae family.
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- Wei Li
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China; Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Grain Industry, Yangtze University, Hubei, Jingzhou, 434025, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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Evolutionary and genomic comparisons of hybrid uninucleate and nonhybrid Rhizoctonia fungi. Commun Biol 2021; 4:201. [PMID: 33589695 PMCID: PMC7884421 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01724-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The basidiomycetous fungal genus, Rhizoctonia, can cause severe damage to many plants and is composed of multinucleate, binucleate, and uninucleate species differing in pathogenicity. Here we generated chromosome-scale genome assemblies of the three nuclear types of Rhizoctonia isolates. The genomic comparisons revealed that the uninucleate JN strain likely arose by somatic hybridization of two binucleate isolates, and maintained a diploid nucleus. Homeolog gene pairs in the JN genome have experienced both decelerated or accelerated evolution. Homeolog expression dominance occurred between JN subgenomes, in which differentially expressed genes show potentially less evolutionary constraint than the genes without. Analysis of mating-type genes suggested that Rhizoctonia maintains the ancestral tetrapolarity of the Basidiomycota. Long terminal repeat-retrotransposons displayed a reciprocal correlation with the chromosomal GC content in the three chromosome-scale genomes. The more aggressive multinucleate XN strain had more genes encoding enzymes for host cell wall decomposition. These findings demonstrate some evolutionary changes of a recently derived hybrid and in multiple nuclear types of Rhizoctonia.
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Wallon T, Sauvageau A, Van der Heyden H. Detection and Quantification of Rhizoctonia solani and Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IB Causing the Bottom Rot of Lettuce in Tissues and Soils by Multiplex qPCR. PLANTS 2020; 10:plants10010057. [PMID: 33383813 PMCID: PMC7824208 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the muck soil region of southwestern Quebec, vegetable growers are threatened by several soilborne diseases, particularly the bottom rot of lettuce caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. The particularly warm temperature of the few last seasons was marked by an increase in disease severity, and the associated yield losses were significant for Quebec lettuce growers. In the absence of registered fungicides and resistant cultivars, the management of Rhizoctonia solani-induced diseases in lettuce is based on good agricultural practices, which require detailed knowledge of the pathogen. In this study, Rhizoctonia solani fungal strains were isolated from infected field-grown lettuce plants presenting bottom rot symptoms to determine the anastomotic groups (AGs) of these isolates by internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) sequencing. Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB was identified as the main anastomotic group causing bottom rot lettuce in field-grown lettuce in organic soils in the Montérégie region. Two specific and sensitive quantitative PCR assays were then developed for R. solani AG1-IB and R. solani. The AG 1-IB qPCR assay amplified all strains of R. solani AG 1-IB tested, and no PCR product was obtained for any non-target strains. The R. solani qPCR assay amplified all strains of R. solani and did not amplify non-target strains, except for two strains of binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-E. In artificially inoculated soils, the sensitivity of both qPCR assays was set to 1 μg of sclerotia g-1 of dry soil. In the growth chamber experiment, a minimum concentration between 14 and 42 μg sclerotia g-1 of dry soil was required to induce the development of symptoms on the lettuce. Indeed, the AG 1-IB qPCR assay was sensitive enough to detect the lowest soil concentration of AG1-IB capable of inducing symptoms in head lettuce. In addition, the qPCR assays successfully detected R. solani and R. solani AG 1-IB from infected plant tissue samples and soil samples from lettuce fields. The qPCR assays developed in this study will be useful tools in lettuce bottom rot management.
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Özer G, Paulitz TC, Imren M, Alkan M, Muminjanov H, Dababat AA. Identity and Pathogenicity of Fungi Associated with Crown and Root Rot of Dryland Winter Wheat in Azerbaijan. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:2149-2157. [PMID: 32452752 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-19-1799-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A comprehensive survey was performed to assess fungal populations associated with crown and root rot of wheat throughout the main wheat-growing areas of Azerbaijan. Samples were taken from 76 fields; 630 fungal strains were isolated, identified, and evaluated for pathogenicity. The identification was conducted with morphological and molecular tools such as species-specific PCR and DNA sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1-α (EF1-α) loci. The fungus found in the greatest number of fields (44) was Fusarium culmorum with 192 isolates, followed by F. acuminatum. Other Fusarium spp. isolates were identified: F. equiseti, F. pseudograminearum, F. graminearum, F. incarnatum, F. avenaceum, F. hostae, F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F. algeriense, and F. brachygibbosum. Bipolaris sorokiniana, Curvularia spicifera, Exserohilum pedicellatum, Nigrospora oryzae, and Rhizoctonia spp. isolates were also identified, associated with underground parts of wheat. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and EF1-α sequences of the isolates showed that the isolates belonging to the same species were clearly separated in the dendrogram. Pathogenicity assays revealed that F. culmorum, F. pseudograminearum, and F. graminearum were most aggressive; F. avenaceum, F. hostae, F. algeriense, B. sorokiniana, C. spicifera, and R. solani isolates were moderately aggressive; C. inaequalis, E. pedicellatum, and N. oryzae were weakly aggressive; and others were nonpathogenic. The result of this study exhibited the existence of a wide range of species associated with crown and root rot of wheat in Azerbaijan. Additionally, this is the first report of F. hostae, F. algeriense, C. spicifera, C. inaequalis, and N. oryzae as pathogens on wheat in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is the second country after Algeria in which F. algeriense was detected.
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- Göksel Özer
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, 14030, Turkey
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, 14030, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, 14030, Turkey
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Plant Production and Protection Officer, Ankara, Turkey
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) P.O. Box. 39 Emek, Ankara, Turkey
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Necrotrophic lifestyle of Rhizoctonia solani AG3-PT during interaction with its host plant potato as revealed by transcriptome analysis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12574. [PMID: 32724205 PMCID: PMC7387450 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68728-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The soil-borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani infects a broad range of plants worldwide and is responsible for significant crop losses. Rhizoctonia solani AG3-PT attacks germinating potato sprouts underground while molecular responses during interaction are unknown. To gain insights into processes induced in the fungus especially at early stage of interaction, transcriptional activity was compared between growth of mycelium in liquid culture and the growing fungus in interaction with potato sprouts using RNA-sequencing. Genes coding for enzymes with diverse hydrolase activities were strongly differentially expressed, however with remarkably dissimilar time response. While at 3 dpi, expression of genes coding for peptidases was predominantly induced, strongest induction was found for genes encoding hydrolases acting on cell wall components at 8 dpi. Several genes with unknown function were also differentially expressed, thus assuming putative roles as effectors to support host colonization. In summary, the presented analysis characterizes the necrotrophic lifestyle of R. solani AG3-PT during early interaction with its host.
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Moliszewska E, Nabrdalik M, Ziembik Z. Rhizoctonia solani AG 11 isolated for the first time from sugar beet in Poland. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:1863-1870. [PMID: 32565707 PMCID: PMC7296492 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Two isolates of Rhizoctonia solani AG11 were isolated from sugar beet seedlings from South-west Poland. Both isolates gave C2 reactions in anastomose pairings with the tester isolates of AG11. The membership of both isolates to AG11 was confirmed by analysis of pectic isozyme profiles, and by verification that the internal transcribed spacer sequences of both isolates matched the references in the GenBank database. Both AG11 isolates formed white-beige to creamy-colored mycelium with wide concentric zonation. One of them formed light-colored sclerotia. The average daily rate of hyphal growth at 21 °C was 22.8 mm and 22.6 mm on PDA. They were mildly pathogenic to sugar beet seedlings due to the mycelial and secondary metabolites’ activity. The sensitivity to fungicides typically used in sugar beet protection was different for each isolate; one of them (isolate ID11) was less sensitive to thiram than the other (isolate ID3). This article discusses the worldwide occurrence of R. solani AG11, expands the currently known host range, shows its broad world distribution in regions of moderate climate, and confirms the isolates’ low frequency.
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Ali SS, Asman A, Shao J, Firmansyah AP, Susilo AW, Rosmana A, McMahon P, Junaid M, Guest D, Kheng TY, Meinhardt LW, Bailey BA. Draft genome sequence of fastidious pathogen Ceratobasidium theobromae, which causes vascular-streak dieback in Theobroma cacao. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 2019; 6:14. [PMID: 31583107 PMCID: PMC6767637 DOI: 10.1186/s40694-019-0077-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Ceratobasidium theobromae, a member of the Ceratobasidiaceae family, is the causal agent of vascular-streak dieback (VSD) of cacao, a major threat to the chocolate industry in the South-East Asia. The fastidious pathogen is very hard to isolate and maintain in pure culture, which is a major bottleneck in the study of its genetic diversity and genome. Result This study describes for the first time, a 33.90 Mbp de novo assembled genome of a putative C. theobromae isolate from cacao. Ab initio gene prediction identified 9264 protein-coding genes, of which 800 are unique to C. theobromae when compared to Rhizoctonia spp., a closely related group. Transcriptome analysis using RNA isolated from 4 independent VSD symptomatic cacao stems identified 3550 transcriptionally active genes when compared to the assembled C. theobromae genome while transcripts for only 4 C. theobromae genes were detected in 2 asymptomatic stems. De novo assembly of the non-cacao associated reads from the VSD symptomatic stems uniformly produced genes with high identity to predicted genes in the C. theobromae genome as compared to Rhizoctonia spp. or genes found in Genbank. Further analysis of the predicted C. theobromae transcriptome was carried out identifying CAZy gene classes, KEGG-pathway associated genes, and 138 putative effector proteins. Conclusion These findings put forth, for the first time, a predicted genome for the fastidious basidiomycete C. theobromae causing VSD on cacao providing a model for testing and comparison in the future. The C. theobromae genome predicts a pathogenesis model involving secreted effector proteins to suppress plant defense mechanisms and plant cell wall degrading enzymes.
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- Shahin S Ali
- 1Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA.,2Department of Viticulture & Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- 3Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia.,4Cocoa Research Group, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia
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- 6Faculty of Agriculture, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan 90221 Indonesia
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- 7Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute, Jl. PB Sudirman 90, Jember, 68118 Indonesia
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- 3Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia.,4Cocoa Research Group, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia
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- 8Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
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- 3Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia.,4Cocoa Research Group, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia
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- 8Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
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- 9Cocoa Upstream Technology Department, Malaysian Cocoa Board, P.O. Box 30, Sg. Dulang Road, Sg. Sumun, Perak Malaysia
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- 1Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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- 1Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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Ghosh S, Mirza N, Kanwar P, Tyagi K, Jha G. Genome analysis provides insight about pathogenesis of Indian strains of Rhizoctonia solani in rice. Funct Integr Genomics 2019; 19:799-810. [PMID: 31102065 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00687-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The Rhizoctonia solani species complex is comprised of strains belonging to different anastomosis groups and causes diseases in several economically important crops, including rice. However, individuals within same anastomosis group exhibit distinct morphological and pathological differences on the same host. In this study, we have sequenced the genome of two aggressive Indian strains (BRS11 and BRS13) belonging to AG1-IA anastomosis group and compared them with the available genome of R. solani AG1-IA. We identified several SNPs and Indels in both of these genomes, in comparison to the AG1-IA genome. Furthermore, we observed expansion and emergence of orthogroups in these Indian strains and identified those potentially associated with pathogenesis. Amongst them, transposable elements, cell wall degrading enzymes, transcription factors, and oxalate decarboxylase were noteworthy. The current study unravels genetic variations and identifies genes that might account for pathogenicity variations amongst R. solani strains.
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- Srayan Ghosh
- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Gondal AS, Rauf A, Naz F. Anastomosis Groups of Rhizoctonia solani associated with tomato foot rot in Pothohar Region of Pakistan. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3910. [PMID: 30846707 PMCID: PMC6405938 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40043-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Rhizoctonia solani Kühn (teleomorph = Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk) is one of the important soil-borne fungal pathogen, which infects tomato with typical symptoms of seedling damping-off and foot rot. During surveys (2014 and 2015 crop season) of nine tomato growing areas in Pothohar region of Pakistan, symptoms of foot rot were noted on approximately 33.4% of the plants observed at soil line level of the stem. Lesions on infected plant stems were irregular in shape, water-soaked, brown in colour manifesting sunken appearance. Fungal colonies isolated from stem portions of the diseased plants on malt extract agar medium were light grey to brown in colour with abundant mycelial growth and branched hyphae. A septum was always present in the branch of hyphae near the originating point with a slight constriction at the branch. No conidia or conidiophores were observed. All isolates were multinucleate when subjected to DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) stain. Based on morphological characteristics of fungal hyphae, isolates were identified as R. solani. Restriction analysis of PCR-amplified ribosomal DNA with four discriminant enzymes (MseI, AvaII, HincII, and MunI) and hyphal interactions with known tester strains confirmed these isolates belong to AG-3-PT (64.2%), AG-2-1 (14.2%), AG-2-2 (9.5%), AG-5 (7.1%) and AG-4-HGI (4.7%). AG-3-PT was widely distributed to major tomato growing areas while other groups were confined to distinct locations. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced which had 99-100% identity with the corresponding gene sequences of respective R. solani AGs. To confirm Koch's postulates, four week old tomato plants were transplanted into 1.5 L plastic pots containing sterilized potting mixture i.e. sand: clay: farmyard manure, at the rate of 1:1:1. Soil inoculum containing 10 g of barley grains colonized with each isolate of R. solani for 14 days was mixed in the upper 2 cm layer of soil (Taheri and Tarighi, 2012). A set of uninoculated plants was used as a control. Ambient conditions were provided under the greenhouse. 21 days after inoculation, water-soaked greyish to brown lesions similar to the symptoms of the previous infection were observed on stem portions of all inoculated plants while control plants remained symptomless. Fungus re-isolated from infections was confirmed as R. solani by microscopic appearance of the hyphae. Present study is the first report of AG composition of R. solani infecting tomato in Pakistan which will be useful to breeding programs working on varietal evaluation.
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- Amjad Shahzad Gondal
- Department of Plant Pathology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Muzhinji N, Woodhall JW, Truter M, van der Waals JE. Variation in Fungicide Sensitivity Among Rhizoctonia Isolates Recovered from Potatoes in South Africa. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1520-1526. [PMID: 30673418 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-17-1470-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Rhizoctonia is a major pathogen of potato causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Control of Rhizoctonia diseases is based predominantly on the application of fungicides. However, little is known about the fungicide response variability of different Rhizoctonia anastomosis groups associated with potato diseases in South Africa. A total of 131 Rhizoctonia isolates were obtained from potato growing regions of South Africa from 2012 to 2014 and evaluated for sensitivity to fungicides in vitro and in vivo. The fungicides comprised six chemical formulations and one bio-fungicide representing seven Fungicide Resistance Action Committee groups. All Rhizoctonia anastomosis groups were sensitive to tolclofos-methyl (EC50: 0.001 to 0.098 μg a.i. ml-1) and fludioxonil (EC50: 0.06 to 0.09 μg a.i. ml-1) and showed variation in sensitivity to pencycuron, iprodione, benomyl, and Bacillus subtilis QST 713. However, for azoxystrobin, Rhizoctonia isolates exhibited variable sensitivity ranging from sensitivity (EC50: <0.09 μg a.i. ml-1) to insensitivity with EC50 values exceeding 5 μg a.i. ml-1. In greenhouse and field trials, tolclofos-methyl and fludioxonil exhibited significantly greater control of stem and black scurf whereas azoxystrobin was the least effective. This work demonstrated variable sensitivity within and among anastomosis groups of R. solani and binucleate Rhizoctonia to different fungicides. Information on fungicide sensitivity of Rhizoctonia isolates is crucial in the development of effective Rhizoctonia control strategies and facilitates monitoring of fungicide insensitive isolates in the pathogen population.
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- N Muzhinji
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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- University of Idaho, Parma Research and Extension Center, Parma, ID 83660
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- Agricultural Research Council-Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Blanco AJV, Costa MO, Silva RDN, Albuquerque FSD, Melo ATDO, Lopes FAC, Steindorff AS, Barbosa ET, Ulhoa CJ, Lobo Junior M. Diversity and Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia Species from the Brazilian Cerrado. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:773-781. [PMID: 30673401 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-17-0721-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Eighty-one Rhizoctonia-like isolates were identified based on morphology and nuclei-staining methods from natural and agricultural soils of the Cerrado (Brazilian savanna). The nucleotide similarity analysis of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions identified 14 different taxa, with 39.5% of isolates assigned to Waitea circinata (zeae, oryzae, and circinata varieties), while 37.0% belonged to Thanatephorus cucumeris anastomosis groups (AGs) AG1-IB, AG1-ID, AG1-IE, AG4-HGI, and AG4-HGIII. Ceratobasidium spp. AG-A, AG-F, AG-Fa, AG-P, and AG-R comprised 23.5%. Rhizoctonia zeae (19.8%), R. solani AG1-IE (18.6%), and binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A (8.6%) were the most frequent anamorphic states found. Root rot severity caused by the different taxa varied from low to high on common beans, and tended to be low to average in maize. Twenty-two isolates were pathogenic to both hosts, suggesting difficulties in managing Rhizoctonia root rots with crop rotation. These results suggest that cropping history affects the geographical arrangement of AGs, with a prevalence of AG1 in the tropical zone from central to north Brazil while the AG4 group was most prevalent from central to subtropical south. W. circinata var. zeae was predominant in soils under maize production. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the occurrence of W. circinata var. circinata in Brazil.
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- Angel José Vieira Blanco
- Goiás Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology - Campus Inhumas, Inhumas, GO, Brazil 75400-000
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- Goiás Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology - Campus Inhumas, Inhumas, GO, Brazil 75400-000
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil 14049-900
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- Department of Cell Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, Brasília University Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil, 70910-900
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, Brazil, 75375-000
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- Biological Sciences Institute, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Goiás Federal University, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, GO, Brazil, 74690-900
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, Brazil, 75375-000
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Draft genome sequence of the potato pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG3-PT isolate Ben3. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:1065-1068. [PMID: 28597196 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1394-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The basidiomycetes fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG3 is responsible for black scurf disease on potato and occurs in each potato growing area world-wide. In this study, the draft genome sequence of the black scurf pathogen R. solani AG3-PT isolate Ben3 is presented. The genome sequence of R. solani AG3-PT isolate Ben3 consists of 1385 scaffolds. These scaffolds amount to a size of approx. 51 Mb. Considering coverage analyses of contigs, the size of the diploid genome was estimated to correspond to 116 Mb. Gene prediction by applying AUGUSTUS (3.2.1.) resulted in 12,567 identified genes. Based on automatic annotation using GenDBE, genes potentially encoding cellulases and enzymes involved in secondary metabolite synthesis were identified in the R. solani AG3-PT isolate Ben3 genome. Comparative analyses including the R. solani AG3 isolate Rhs1AP, also originating from potato, revealed first insights into core genes shared by both isolates and unique determinants of each isolate.
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Ji L, Liu C, Zhang L, Liu A, Yu J. Variation of rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences in Rhizoctonia cerealis. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:877-884. [PMID: 28474105 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-017-1258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fifty-four single protoplast isolates (SPIs) were regenerated from three Rhizoctonia cerealis strains. A total of 169 rDNA-ITS regions were cloned and sequenced from these 54 SPIs. Variations in the ITS1 and ITS2 regions that flank the 5.8S gene were found within clones from the same strain, as well as within clones from the same SPI. These include variations in GC content and ITS length, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The different strains and SPIs GC contents range from 40.25 to 41.74% and from 42.40 to 45.02%, in the ITS1 and ITS2 regions, respectively. All SNPs occur in the ITS1 and ITS2 regions, with 3-6 and 4-6 polymorphic sites in each region, respectively, in the different strains. SNP variation is relatively stable within the same strain. For example, the 89 ITS sequences generated from isolate WK-207, regardless of SPI or clone, predominantly cluster into two separate clades on a phylogenetic tree, suggesting that nuclei genetic heterogeneity is related to ITS variation in R. cerealis. Although rDNA-ITS sequences from the three strains and different SPIs are somewhat variable, all of our ITS sequences cluster together in anastomosis subgroup AG-DI during phylogenetic analysis. The ITS variation we observed does not negatively influence R. cerealis anastomosis group or subgroup classification.
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- Lei Ji
- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, 271018, China
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- Shandong Gaomi Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Gaomi, 261500, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, 271018, China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, 271018, China.
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Ajayi-Oyetunde OO, Bradley CA. Identification and Characterization of Rhizoctonia Species Associated with Soybean Seedling Disease. PLANT DISEASE 2017; 101:520-533. [PMID: 30677363 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-16-0810-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In an effort to identify the Rhizoctonia spp. associated with seedling diseases of soybean, Rhizoctonia isolates were recovered from soybean seedlings with damping off and root and hypocotyl rot symptoms from Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and the Canadian province of Ontario between 2012 and 2014. Based on cultural morphology, polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism, and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal RNA genes, 80 isolates were confirmed to be Rhizoctonia solani, 24 were binucleate Rhizoctonia spp., and 10 were R. zeae. Of the 80 R. solani isolates, one belonged to anastomosis group (AG) 2-1, 52 belonged to AG-2-2IIIB, five belonged to AG-3 PT, three belonged to AG-4 HGI, two belonged to AG-4 HGIII, nine belonged to AG-7, and eight belonged to AG-11. Bayesian inference of phylogeny using the ITS region revealed two clades of R. solani AG-7 that possibly correspond to different AG-7 subgroups. Phylogenetic analysis also provided evidence for genetic relatedness between certain binucleate Rhizoctonia and some R. solani isolates. On 'Williams 82' soybean, isolates of AG-2-2IIIB were the most aggressive, followed by isolates of AG-7, AG-4, and AG-11. On 'Jubilee', a sweet corn cultivar, AG-2-2IIIB and AG-4 isolates caused significant stunting and root damage, whereas the damage caused by the AG-11 isolates was mostly restricted to the mesocotyl. Isolates of R. zeae and the binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. were not pathogenic on soybean or corn. Our results indicate that soybean and corn are hosts to the predominant and aggressive AG of R. solani, implying that rotation between these two crops may not be an effective management practice.
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801
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Valentín Torres S, Vargas MM, Godoy-Lutz G, Porch TG, Beaver JS. Isolates of Rhizoctonia solani Can Produce both Web Blight and Root Rot Symptoms in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:1351-1357. [PMID: 30686205 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-15-1270-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), Rhizoctonia solani Kühn is an important pathogen causing web blight (WB) in the tropics, and it is also a soilborne pathogen causing root rot (RR) worldwide. This pathogen is a species complex classified into 14 anastomosis groups (AG). AG 1-IA, AG 1-IB, AG 1-IE, AG 1-IF, AG 2-2, and AG 4 have been reported to cause WB of the aboveground structures of the plant, while AG 4 and AG 2-2 have been associated with RR. There is limited information, however, concerning the ability of particular isolates of specific AG to cause both diseases in common bean. Nine R. solani isolates, including three AG 1 and three AG 4 WB isolates and three AG 4 RR isolates collected from both leaves and roots, respectively, of common bean in Puerto Rico, were used to evaluate the response of 12 common bean genotypes to WB inoculated using a detached-leaf method and to RR inoculated using a solution suspension of R. solani mycelia in the greenhouse. All R. solani isolates were able to induce both RR and WB symptoms. RR readings were generally more severe than the WB readings. The RR isolate RR1 (AG 4) produced the most severe RR scores. A few bean lines had mean RR scores ≤4.4 for specific R. solani isolates on a scale of 1 to 9, with 1 representing resistant and 9 highly susceptible. However, all of the bean lines had mean RR scores ≥5.0 when inoculated with the isolates RR1, RR2, and RR3, which were determined to be AG 4 in this study. Significant line-isolate interactions were observed for the WB and RR inoculations for the three planting dates, suggesting a differential response of the common bean lines to the pathogen. This genotypic interaction may require bean breeders and pathologists to monitor the virulence patterns of R. solani in specific growing environments, while the compatibility of specific R. solani isolates to both aerial and root tissue needs to be considered for disease control strategies.
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000
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- Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Estación Experimental Arroyo Loro, Km 5, Carretera San Juan-Las Matas de Fafan, San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayagüez, PR 00680-5470
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- Department of Agro-Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico
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Gónzalez D, Rodriguez-Carres M, Boekhout T, Stalpers J, Kuramae EE, Nakatani AK, Vilgalys R, Cubeta MA. Phylogenetic relationships of Rhizoctonia fungi within the Cantharellales. Fungal Biol 2016; 120:603-619. [PMID: 27020160 PMCID: PMC5013834 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Revised: 01/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Phylogenetic relationships of Rhizoctonia fungi within the order Cantharellales were studied using sequence data from portions of the ribosomal DNA cluster regions ITS-LSU, rpb2, tef1, and atp6 for 50 taxa, and public sequence data from the rpb2 locus for 165 taxa. Data sets were analysed individually and combined using Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference methods. All analyses supported the monophyly of the family Ceratobasidiaceae, which comprises the genera Ceratobasidium and Thanatephorus. Multi-locus analysis revealed 10 well-supported monophyletic groups that were consistent with previous separation into anastomosis groups based on hyphal fusion criteria. This analysis coupled with analyses of a larger sample of 165 rpb2 sequences of fungi in the Cantharellales supported a sister relationship between the Botryobasidiaceae and Ceratobasidiaceae and a sister relationship of the Tulasnellaceae with the rest of the Cantharellales. The inclusion of additional sequence data did not clarify incongruences observed in previous studies of Rhizoctonia fungi in the Cantharellales based on analyses of a single or multiple genes. The diversity of ecological and morphological characters associated with these fungi requires further investigation on character evolution for re-evaluating homologous and homoplasious characters.
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- Dolores Gónzalez
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Campus Box 7251, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO/KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, CP 237, 18603-970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Campus Box 7251, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Jiang JH, Tam SL, Toda T, Chen LC. Controlling Rhizoctonia Damping-off of Chinese Mustard by Using Endomycorrhizal Rhizoctonia spp. Isolated from Orchid Mycorrhizae. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:85-91. [PMID: 30688565 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-14-0597-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Inoculation of hypovirulent Rhizoctonia spp. has been recognized as an effective strategy for protecting plants against damping-off caused by pathogenic Rhizoctonia spp. In this study, endomycorrhizal Rhizoctonia spp. isolated from fungal pelotons in orchid plants were used for controlling Rhizoctonia damping-off of Chinese mustard. According to phylogenetic analysis and anastomosis group (AG) determination, the virulence of three isolates of multinucleate Rhizoctonia solani in AG-6; eight isolates of binucleate Rhizoctonia in AG-A, AG-B, AG-G, AG-P, and AG-R; and two isolates of binucleate R. repens were evaluated using test plants. All isolates, except that in AG-R, caused low disease severity in 10-day-old radish (0.10 to 0.61), cucumber (0.28 to 0.54), and Chinese mustard (0.18 to 0.65). By contrast, pathogenic isolates in AG-4 killed almost all test plants with symptoms of collapsed hypocotyl and wilted leaves (0.88 to 0.96). Of the 13 endomycorrhizal Rhizoctonia isolates assessed, AG-P isolates Cno10-3 and CalS1-2 provided 91 and 100% protection, respectively, against R. solani AG-4 in 26-day-old Chinese mustard. This study revealed that endomycorrhizal Rhizoctonia spp. in orchid have the potential to biologically control damping-off of Chinese mustard.
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- Jr-Hau Jiang
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Bioresource Science, Akita Prefectural University, Shimo-shinjo, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Muzhinji N, Truter M, Woodhall JW, van der Waals JE. Anastomosis Groups and Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia solani and Binucleate Rhizoctonia from Potato in South Africa. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:1790-1802. [PMID: 30699508 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-15-0236-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A survey of anastomosis groups (AG) of Rhizoctonia spp. associated with potato diseases was conducted in South Africa. In total, 112 Rhizoctonia solani and 19 binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) isolates were recovered from diseased potato plants, characterized for AG and pathogenicity. The AG identity of the isolates was confirmed using phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. R. solani isolates recovered belonged to AG 3-PT, AG 2-2IIIB, AG 4HG-I, AG 4HG-III, and AG 5, while BNR isolates belonged to AG A and AG R, with frequencies of 74, 6.1, 2.3, 2.3, 0.8, 12.2, and 2.3%, respectively. R. solani AG 3-PT was the most predominant AG and occurred in all the potato-growing regions sampled, whereas the other AG occurred in distinct locations. Different AG grouped into distinct clades, with high maximum parsimony and maximum-likelihood bootstrap support for both R. solani and BNR. An experiment under greenhouse conditions with representative isolates from different AG showed differences in aggressiveness between and within AG. Isolates of AG 2-2IIIB, AG 4HG-III, and AG R were the most aggressive in causing stem canker while AG 3-PT, AG 5, and AG R caused black scurf. This is the first comprehensive survey of R. solani and BNR on potato in South Africa using a molecular-based approach. This is the first report of R. solani AG 2-2IIIB and AG 4 HG-I causing stem and stolon canker and BNR AG A and AG R causing stem canker and black scurf on potato in South Africa.
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- N Muzhinji
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa; and Tobacco Research Board, Zimbabwe
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- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood 0121, South Africa
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- Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, Y041 1LZ, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa
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Yang YG, Zhao C, Guo ZJ, Wu XH. Characterization of a New Anastomosis Group (AG-W) of Binucleate Rhizoctonia, Causal Agent for Potato Stem Canker. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:1757-1763. [PMID: 30699503 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-15-0036-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Two binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) isolates were recovered from potato cankered stems in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China. Their cultural appearance on potato dextrose agar remained whitish as the cultures aged. White monilioid cells formed in the fluffy aerial hyphae, whereas no sclerotia appeared during the incubation. The two isolates could anastomose with each other, but they failed to anastomose with reference strains of BNR from AG-A to AG-Q, and AG-U. Analyses of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal DNA (rDNA-ITS) regions confirmed that these two isolates differed from the reference strains. The phylogenetic tree based on the sequences of rDNA-ITS regions showed that they were located in a distinct clade from other BNR AGs. These collective results suggested that the isolates recovered from potato in this study belonged to a new BNR AG designated as AG-W. Pathogenicity tests under glasshouse conditions revealed that both isolates were able to cause brown, dry, and slightly sunken lesions on potato subterranean stems. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the AG-W causing potato disease in China as well as worldwide.
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- Y G Yang
- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhang Y, Lu J, Wang J, Zhou M, Chen C. Baseline sensitivity and resistance risk assessmemt of Rhizoctonia cerealis to thifluzamide, a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 124:97-102. [PMID: 26453237 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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During 2010-2012, a total of 120 isolates of Rhizoctonia cerealis were collected from wheat with symptoms of sharp eyespot in four provinces (Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu) in China. All the isolates were determined for baseline sensitivity to thifluzamide, a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) with strong antifungal activity. The sampled pathogenic populations, never exposed to SDHIs, had similar sensitivity to trifluzamide (0.025-0.359 µg/ml) in the four regions and over the two years. The baseline sensitivity was distributed as a skewed unimodal curve with a mean EC50 value (effective concentrations for 50% inhibiting mycelial growth) of 0.064 ± 0.013 µg/ml. The resistance risk of R. cerealis to thifluzamide was further evaluated in vitro. Two thifluzamide-resistant mutants of R. cerealis were obtained by culturing on thifluzamide-amended plates. The resistance factors (RF = EC50 value of a mutant/EC50 value of the wild type progenitor of the mutant) were 120 and 40 for two R. cerealis mutants, respectively. All the mutants exhibited similar fitness after 10 successive transfers when compared to their wild-type parents in mycelial growth, sclerotia production, and virulence. However, the two thifluzamide-resistant mutants differed significantly in sensitivity to boscalid and flutolanil. Therefore, a low-to-moderate risk of resistance development was recommended for thifluzamide.
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- Yu Zhang
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Jiang JH, Lee YI, Cubeta MA, Chen LC. Characterization and colonization of endomycorrhizal Rhizoctonia fungi in the medicinal herb Anoectochilus formosanus (Orchidaceae). MYCORRHIZA 2015; 25:431-45. [PMID: 25575732 PMCID: PMC4512280 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-014-0616-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The medicinal effects and techniques for cultivating Anoectochilus formosanus are well-documented, but little is known about the mycorrhizal fungi associated with A. formosanus. Rhizoctonia (Thanatephorus) anastomosis group 6 (AG-6) was the most common species isolated from fungal pelotons in native A. formosanus and represented 67% of the sample. Rhizoctonia (Ceratobasidium) AG-G, P, and R were also isolated and represent the first occurrence in the Orchidaceae. Isolates of AG-6, AG-R, and AG-P in clade I increased seed germination 44-91% and promoted protocorm growth from phases III to VI compared to asymbiotic treatments and isolates of AG-G in clade II and Tulasnella species in clade III. All isolates in clades I to III formed fungal pelotons in tissue-cultured seedlings of A. formosanus, which exhibited significantly greater growth than nonmycorrhizal seedlings. An analysis of the relative effect of treatment ([Formula: see text]) showed that the low level of colonization ([Formula: see text]) by isolates in clade I resulted in a significant increase in seedling growth compared to isolates in clades II (0.63-0.82) and III (0.63-0.75). There was also a negative correlation (r = -0.8801) with fresh plant weight and fungal colonization. Our results suggest that isolates in clade I may represent an important group associated with native populations of A. formosanus and can vary in their ability to establish a symbiotic association with A. formosanus. The results presented here are potentially useful for advancing research on the medicinal properties, production, and conservation of A. formosanus in diverse ecosystems.
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- Jr-Hau Jiang
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Botany Department, National Museum of Natural Science, No. 1, Kuan-Chien Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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Barrera VA, Gutiérrez S, Cúndom MA, Gasoni AL. Nuclear acridine orange fluorescence in Rhizoctonia isolates from rice. Rev Argent Microbiol 2015; 47:167-9. [PMID: 25979148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- Viviana A Barrera
- Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola (IMYZA), INTA, Hurlingham, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Cátedra de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNNE, Corrientes, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNNE, Corrientes, Argentina
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- Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola (IMYZA), INTA, Hurlingham, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Broders KD, Parker ML, Melzer MS, Boland GJ. Phylogenetic Diversity of Rhizoctonia solani Associated with Canola and Wheat in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. PLANT DISEASE 2014; 98:1695-1701. [PMID: 30703878 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-14-0146-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Rhizoctonia solani is a damaging soilborne pathogen, which affects most field crops in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. The objective of this study was to conduct a phylogenetic comparison of isolates of R. solani collected from a previous survey in the major canola- and wheat-growing regions of western Canada. A total of 128 multinucleate isolates from a previous survey were identified by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence and compared to anastomosis group (AG) results. The multinucleate isolates of R. solani were grouped into eight distinct clades. Each clade corresponded to a specific AG with the exception of two distinct clades that were observed for isolates classified as AG 2-1 by anastomosis testing. While most isolates of AG 5 clustered together according to ITS sequences, three isolates classified by anastomosis grouping as AG 5 grouped with AG 2-1, AG 4, and a binucleate Rhizoctonia sp. in the phylogenetic analysis. In most instances, the results from AG tests were consistent with ITS sequence, but there were still several cases where isolates were inconsistently classified or failed to undergo anastomosis with any of the tester strains used in this study. This provides support for the use of the ITS region as a valuable tool for rapid identification of R. solani isolates to their respective AGs.
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- K D Broders
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH 03824
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Hua GKH, Bertier L, Soltaninejad S, Höfte M. Cropping systems and cultural practices determine the Rhizoctonia anastomosis groups associated with Brassica spp. in Vietnam. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111750. [PMID: 25372406 PMCID: PMC4221111 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ninety seven Rhizoctonia isolates were collected from different Brassica species with typical Rhizoctonia symptoms in different provinces of Vietnam. The isolates were identified using staining of nuclei and sequencing of the rDNA-ITS barcoding gene. The majority of the isolates were multinucleate R. solani and four isolates were binucleate Rhizoctonia belonging to anastomosis groups (AGs) AG-A and a new subgroup of A-F that we introduce here as AG-Fc on the basis of differences in rDNA-ITS sequence. The most prevalent multinucleate AG was AG 1-IA (45.4% of isolates), followed by AG 1-ID (17.5%), AG 1-IB (13.4%), AG 4-HGI (12.4%), AG 2-2 (5.2%), AG 7 (1.0%) and an unknown AG related to AG 1-IA and AG 1-IE that we introduce here as AG 1-IG (1.0%) on the basis of differences in rDNA-ITS sequence. AG 1-IA and AG 1-ID have not been reported before on Brassica spp. Pathogenicity tests revealed that isolates from all AGs, except AG-A, induced symptoms on detached leaves of several cabbage species. In in vitro tests on white cabbage and Chinese cabbage, both hosts were severely infected by AG 1-IB, AG 2-2, AG 4-HGI, AG 1-IG and AG-Fc isolates, while under greenhouse conditions, only AG 4-HGI, AG 2-2 and AG-Fc isolates could cause severe disease symptoms. The occurrence of the different AGs seems to be correlated with the cropping systems and cultural practices in different sampling areas suggesting that agricultural practices determine the AGs associated with Brassica plants in Vietnam.
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- Gia Khuong Hoang Hua
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Nadarajah K, Omar NS, Rosli MM, Shin Tze O. Molecular characterization and screening for sheath blight resistance using Malaysian isolates of Rhizoctonia solani. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:434257. [PMID: 25258710 PMCID: PMC4166448 DOI: 10.1155/2014/434257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two field isolates of Rhizoctonia solani were isolated from infected paddy plants in Malaysia. These isolates were verified via ITS-rDNA analysis that yielded ~720 bp products of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS4 region, respectively. The sequenced products showed insertion and substitution incidences which may result in strain diversity and possible variation in disease severity. These strains showed some regional and host-specific relatedness via Maximum Likelihood and further phylogenetic analysis via Maximum Parsimony showed that these strains were closely related to R. solani AG1-1A (with 99-100% identity). Subsequent to strain verification and analysis, these isolates were used in the screening of twenty rice varieties for tolerance or resistance to sheath blight via mycelial plug method where both isolates (1801 and 1802) showed resistance or moderate resistance to Teqing, TETEP, and Jasmine 85. Isolate 1802 was more virulent based on the disease severity index values. This study also showed that the mycelial plug techniques were efficient in providing uniform inoculum and humidity for screening. In addition this study shows that the disease severity index is a better mode of scoring for resistance compared to lesion length. These findings will provide a solid basis for our future breeding and screening activities at the institution.
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- Kalaivani Nadarajah
- School of Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
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Cruz D, Suárez JP, Kottke I, Piepenbring M. Cryptic species revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis of sequences obtained from basidiomata of Tulasnella. Mycologia 2014; 106:708-22. [PMID: 24874921 DOI: 10.3852/12-386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Delimitation of species and the search for a proper threshold for defining phylogenetic species in fungi are under discussion. In this study, morphological and molecular data are correlated to delimit species of Tulasnella, the most important mycobionts of Orchidaceae, which suffer from poor taxonomy. Resupinate basidiomata of Tulasnella species were collected in Ecuador and Germany, and 11 specimens (seven from Ecuador, four from Germany) were assigned to traditional species concepts by use of morphological keys. The specimens were compared by micro-anatomical examination with 75 specimens of Tulasnella borrowed from fungaria to obtain better insights on variation of characters. Sequences of the ITS region (127) were obtained after cloning from the fresh basidiomata and from pure cultures. Proportional variability of ITS sequences was analyzed within and among the cultures and the specimens designated to different morphospecies. Results suggested an intragenomic variation of less than 2%, an intraspecific variation of up to 4% and an interspecific divergence of more than 9% in Tulasnella. Cryptic species in Tulasnella, mostly from Ecuador, were revealed by phylogenetic analyses with 4% intraspecific divergence as a minimum threshold for delimiting species. Conventional diagnostic morphological characters appeared insufficient for species characterization. Arguments are presented for molecular delimitation of the established species Tulasnella albida, T. asymmetrica, T. eichleriana, T. cf. pinicola, T. tomaculum and T. violea.
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- Darío Cruz
- Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n C.P. 11 01 608, Loja, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n C.P. 11 01 608, Loja, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n C.P. 11 01 608, Loja, EcuadorInstitute of Evolution and Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Tulasnella spp. fungi isolated from the roots of Epidendrum secundum, a widespread Brazilian orchid. Symbiosis 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-014-0276-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oberwinkler F, Riess K, Bauer R, Kirschner R, Garnica S. Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Ceratobasidium-Rhizoctonia complex and Rhizoctonia butinii, a new species attacking spruce. Mycol Prog 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-013-0936-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Veldre V, Abarenkov K, Bahram M, Martos F, Selosse MA, Tamm H, Kõljalg U, Tedersoo L. Evolution of nutritional modes of Ceratobasidiaceae (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) as revealed from publicly available ITS sequences. FUNGAL ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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