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Mullett MS, Harris AR, Scanu B, Van Poucke K, LeBoldus J, Stamm E, Bourret TB, Christova PK, Oliva J, Redondo MA, Talgø V, Corcobado T, Milenković I, Jung MH, Webber J, Heungens K, Jung T. Phylogeography, origin and population structure of the self-fertile emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora pseudosyringae. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13450. [PMID: 38590129 PMCID: PMC11002350 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Phytophthora pseudosyringae is a self-fertile pathogen of woody plants, particularly associated with tree species from the genera Fagus, Notholithocarpus, Nothofagus and Quercus, which is found across Europe and in parts of North America and Chile. It can behave as a soil pathogen infecting roots and the stem collar region, as well as an aerial pathogen infecting leaves, twigs and stem barks, causing particular damage in the United Kingdom and western North America. The population structure, migration and potential outcrossing of a worldwide collection of isolates were investigated using genotyping-by-sequencing. Coalescent-based migration analysis revealed that the North American population originated from Europe. Historical gene flow has occurred between the continents in both directions to some extent, yet contemporary migration is overwhelmingly from Europe to North America. Two broad population clusters dominate the global population of the pathogen, with a subgroup derived from one of the main clusters found only in western North America. Index of association and network analyses indicate an influential level of outcrossing has occurred in this preferentially inbreeding, homothallic oomycete. Outcrossing between the two main population clusters has created distinct subgroups of admixed individuals that are, however, less common than the main population clusters. Differences in life history traits between the two main population clusters should be further investigated together with virulence and host range tests to evaluate the risk each population poses to natural environments worldwide.
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- Martin S. Mullett
- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife ManagementMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of Agricultural SciencesUniversity of SassariSassariItaly
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Plant Sciences UnitMerelbekeBelgium
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- Department of Botany and Plant PathologyOregon State UniversityCorvallisOregonUSA
- Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and ManagementOregon State UniversityCorvallisOregonUSA
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- Department of Botany and Plant PathologyOregon State UniversityCorvallisOregonUSA
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- USDA‐ARS Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology LaboratoryBeltsvilleMarylandUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyUC DavisDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and EngineeringUniversity of LleidaLleidaSpain
- Joint Research Unit CTFC–AGROTECNIO–CERCALleidaSpain
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- National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life LaboratorySweden
- Department of Cell and Molecular BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant HealthNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)ÅsNorway
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife ManagementMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife ManagementMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife ManagementMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Plant Sciences UnitMerelbekeBelgium
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife ManagementMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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Heck DW, Hay F, Pethybridge SJ. Enabling Population Biology Studies of Stemphylium vesicarium from Onion with Microsatellites. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:3886-3895. [PMID: 37330630 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-23-0706-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: 06/19/2023]
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Stemphylium leaf blight (SLB), caused by the fungus Stemphylium vesicarium, is dominant within the foliar disease complex affecting onion production in New York (NY). The disease causes premature defoliation and significant reductions in bulb weight and quality. Foliar diseases of onion are usually managed by an intensive fungicide program, but SLB management is complicated by resistance to multiple single-site modes of action. The design of integrated disease management strategies is limited by incomplete knowledge surrounding the dominant sources of S. vesicarium inoculum. To facilitate genomic-based studies of S. vesicarium populations, nine microsatellite markers were developed. The markers were multiplexed into two PCR assays containing four and five fluorescently labeled microsatellite markers. Initial testing of the S. vesicarium isolates found the markers were highly polymorphic and reproducible with an average of 8.2 alleles per locus. The markers were used to characterize 54 S. vesicarium isolates from major NY onion production regions in 2016 (n = 27) and 2018 (n = 27). Fifty-two multilocus genotypes (MLGs) were identified between these populations. Genotypic and allelic diversities were high in both the 2016 and 2018 populations. A greater degree of genetic variation was observed within populations than between years. No distinct pattern of MLGs according to population was identified and some MLGs were closely related between 2016 and 2018. The lack of evidence for linkage among loci also was strongly suggestive of clonal populations with only minor differences between the two populations. These microsatellite markers will be a foundational resource for the testing of hypotheses surrounding the population biology of S. vesicarium and therefore informing disease management.
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- Daniel W Heck
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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Van Nuland ME, Daws SC, Bailey JK, Schweitzer JA, Busby PE, Peay KG. Above- and belowground fungal biodiversity of Populus trees on a continental scale. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:2406-2419. [PMID: 37973868 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01514-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Understanding drivers of terrestrial fungal communities over large scales is an important challenge for predicting the fate of ecosystems under climate change and providing critical ecological context for bioengineering plant-microbe interactions in model systems. We conducted an extensive molecular and microscopy field study across the contiguous United States measuring natural variation in the Populus fungal microbiome among tree species, plant niche compartments and key symbionts. Our results show clear biodiversity hotspots and regional endemism of Populus-associated fungal communities explained by a combination of climate, soil and geographic factors. Modelling climate change impacts showed a deterioration of Populus mycorrhizal associations and an increase in potentially pathogenic foliar endophyte diversity and prevalence. Geographic differences among these symbiont groups in their sensitivity to environmental change are likely to influence broader forest health and ecosystem function. This dataset provides an above- and belowground atlas of Populus fungal biodiversity at a continental scale.
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- Michael E Van Nuland
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, SPUN, Dover, DE, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Xiong Q, Yang J, Ni S. Microbiome-Mediated Protection against Pathogens in Woody Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16118. [PMID: 38003306 PMCID: PMC10671361 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Pathogens, especially invasive species, have caused significant global ecological, economic, and social losses in forests. Plant disease research has traditionally focused on direct interactions between plants and pathogens in an appropriate environment. However, recent research indicates that the microbiome can interact with the plant host and pathogens to modulate plant resistance or pathogen pathogenicity, thereby altering the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions. Thus, this presents new opportunities for studying the microbial management of forest diseases. Compared to parallel studies on human and crop microbiomes, research into the forest tree microbiome and its critical role in forest disease progression has lagged. The rapid development of microbiome sequencing and analysis technologies has resulted in the rapid accumulation of a large body of evidence regarding the association between forest microbiomes and diseases. These data will aid the development of innovative, effective, and environmentally sustainable methods for the microbial management of forest diseases. Herein, we summarize the most recent findings on the dynamic structure and composition of forest tree microbiomes in belowground and aboveground plant tissues (i.e., rhizosphere, endosphere, and phyllosphere), as well as their pleiotropic impact on plant immunity and pathogen pathogenicity, highlighting representative examples of biological control agents used to modulate relevant tree microbiomes. Lastly, we discuss the potential application of forest tree microbiomes in disease control as well as their future prospects and challenges.
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- Qin Xiong
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Life Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (J.Y.); (S.N.)
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Søndreli KL, Tabima JF, LeBoldus JM. Rapid New Diagnostic LAMP (Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification) Assays to Distinguish Among the Four Lineages of Phytophthora ramorum. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:3553-3559. [PMID: 37194212 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-22-1965-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: 05/18/2023]
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Sudden oak death (SOD) is caused by Phytophthora ramorum, an invasive oomycete pathogen. This pathogen is of major regulatory concern for nurseries, horticulture, and forestry in the United States and around the world. Three of the 12 identified lineages of P. ramorum currently occur in the United States (NA1, NA2, and EU1) affecting wildland forests and nurseries. Rapid identification and lineage determination is essential to accelerate management decisions, detect introductions of new lineages, and control the spread of SOD. The objective of this study was to develop and validate diagnostic tools to rapidly identify P. ramorum and distinguish among the four common lineages of the pathogen and to accelarate management decision making. The loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays developed here are species specific with no cross reaction to common Phytophthora species found in Oregon, California, and Washington. The lineage-specific assays unambiguously distinguish among the four common clonal lineages. These assays are sensitive and able to detect P. ramorum DNA ranging in concentration from 30 to 0.03 ng/μl depending on the assay. These assays work effectively on a variety of sample types including plant tissue, cultures, and DNA. They have been integrated into the SOD diagnostic process in the forest pathology lab at Oregon State University. To date, 190 samples have been correctly identified from over 200 field samples tested for lineage determination. The development of these assays will help managers in forestry and horticulture identify and rapidly respond to new outbreaks of P. ramorum.
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- Kelsey L Søndreli
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biology, Clark University, The Lasry Center for Bioscience, Worcester, MA 01610
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
- Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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Hybrid vigor in Eucalyptus increases resistance against Phytophthora root rot. Mycol Prog 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-023-01877-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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AbstractEucalyptus nitens is a cold-tolerant eucalypt that is native to Eastern Australia. Pure E. nitens as well as its hybrids, such as Eucalyptus grandis × Eucalyptus nitens, is propagated commercially in various regions of the southern hemisphere, including South Africa. In a plantation environment, E. nitens is susceptible to a variety of native and invasive pathogens, including Phytophthora alticola and P. cinnamomi. Recently, there have been increasing reports of root and collar rot in E. nitens in South Africa. The severity of this disease was substantially lower among interspecific hybrids of E. grandis × E. nitens compared to purebred E. nitens. In South Africa, the susceptibility of commercially propagated provenances of pure E. nitens and varieties of hybrid E. grandis × E. nitens to Phytophthora species is unknown. Therefore, we conducted greenhouse trials to evaluate the pathogenicity of P. alticola and P. cinnamomi to two families of pure E. nitens, one self-fertilized and the other outcrossed, as well as a single clonal variety of the most widely planted interspecific hybrid, E. grandis × E. nitens. The outcomes from these trials revealed that both self-fertilized and outcrossed families of E. nitens were highly susceptible to the tested Phytophthora species. The severity of root rot was greatest among plants inoculated with P. cinnamomi. The tested interspecific hybrid was tolerant to both Phytophthora species and developed new lateral and fine roots to offset the effects of root rot.
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Phylogeography and population structure of the global, wide host-range hybrid pathogen Phytophthora × cambivora. IMA Fungus 2023; 14:4. [PMID: 36823663 PMCID: PMC9951538 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-023-00109-6] [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: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Invasive, exotic plant pathogens pose a major threat to native and agricultural ecosystems. Phytophthora × cambivora is an invasive, destructive pathogen of forest and fruit trees causing severe damage worldwide to chestnuts (Castanea), apricots, peaches, plums, almonds and cherries (Prunus), apples (Malus), oaks (Quercus), and beech (Fagus). It was one of the first damaging invasive Phytophthora species to be introduced to Europe and North America, although its origin is unknown. We determined its population genetic history in Europe, North and South America, Australia and East Asia (mainly Japan) using genotyping-by-sequencing. Populations in Europe and Australia appear clonal, those in North America are highly clonal yet show some degree of sexual reproduction, and those in East Asia are partially sexual. Two clonal lineages, each of opposite mating type, and a hybrid lineage derived from these two lineages, dominated the populations in Europe and were predominantly found on fagaceous forest hosts (Castanea, Quercus, Fagus). Isolates from fruit trees (Prunus and Malus) belonged to a separate lineage found in Australia, North America, Europe and East Asia, indicating the disease on fruit trees could be caused by a distinct lineage of P. × cambivora, which may potentially be a separate sister species and has likely been moved with live plants. The highest genetic diversity was found in Japan, suggesting that East Asia is the centre of origin of the pathogen. Further surveys in unsampled, temperate regions of East Asia are needed to more precisely identify the location and range of the centre of diversity.
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Andres SE, Emery NJ, Rymer PD, Powell JR. Soil chemistry and fungal communities are associated with dieback in an Endangered Australian shrub. PLANT AND SOIL 2023; 483:47-70. [PMID: 36211803 PMCID: PMC9525234 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-022-05724-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Field surveys across known populations of the Endangered Persoonia hirsuta (Proteaceae) in 2019 suggested the soil environment may be associated with dieback in this species. To explore how characteristics of the soil environment (e.g., pathogens, nutrients, soil microbes) relate to dieback, a soil bioassay (Experiment 1) was conducted using field soils from two dieback effected P. hirsuta populations. Additionally, a nitrogen addition experiment (Experiment 2) was conducted to explore how the addition of soil nitrogen impacts dieback. METHODS The field soils were baited for pathogens, and soil physiochemical and microbial community characteristics were assessed and related to dieback among plants in the field and nursery-grown plants inoculated with the same field soils. Roots from inoculated plants were harvested to confirm the presence of soil pathogens and root-associated endophytes. Using these isolates, a dual culture antagonism assay was performed to examine competition among these microbes and identify candidate pathogens or pathogen antagonists. RESULTS Dieback among plants in the field and Experiment 1 was associated with soil physiochemical properties (nitrogen and potassium), and soil microbes were identified as significant indicators of healthy and dieback-affected plants. Plants in Experiment 2 exhibited greater dieback when treated with elevated nitrogen. Additionally, post-harvest culturing identified fungi and other soil pathogens, some of which exhibited antagonistic behavior. CONCLUSION This study identified candidate fungi and soil physiochemical properties associated with observed dieback and dieback resistance in an Endangered shrub and provides groundwork for further exploring what drives dieback and how it can be managed to promote the conservation of wild populations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11104-022-05724-7.
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- Samantha E. Andres
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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- The Australian PlantBank, Australian Botanic Garden, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Mount Annan, New South Wales 2567 Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753 Australia
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Antonelli C, Biscontri M, Tabet D, Vettraino AM. The Never-Ending Presence of Phytophthora Species in Italian Nurseries. Pathogens 2022; 12:pathogens12010015. [PMID: 36678363 PMCID: PMC9863022 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Plant trade coupled with climate change has led to the increased spread of well-known and new Phytophthora species, a group of fungus-like organisms placed in the Kingdom Chromista. Their presence in plant nurseries is of particular concern because they are responsible for many plant diseases, with high environmental, economic and social impacts. This paper offers a brief overview of the current status of Phytophthora species in European plant nurseries. Focus was placed on Italian sites. Despite the increasing awareness of the risk of Phytophthora spread and the management strategies applied for controlling it, the complexity of the Phytophthora community in the horticulture industry is increasing over time. Since the survey carried out by Jung et al. (2016), new Phytophthora taxa and Phytophthora-host associations were identified. Phytophthorahydropathica, P. crassamura, P. pseudocryptogea and P. meadii were reported for the first time in European plant nurseries, while P. pistaciae, P. mediterranea and P. heterospora were isolated from Italian ornamental nurseries. Knowledge of Phytophthora diversity in plant nurseries and the potential damage caused by them will help to contribute to the development of early detection methods and sustainable management strategies to control Phytophthora spread in the future.
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Rauschendorfer J, Rooney R, Külheim C. Strategies to mitigate shifts in red oak (Quercus sect. Lobatae) distribution under a changing climate. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 42:2383-2400. [PMID: 35867476 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Red oaks (Quercus sect. Lobatae) are a taxonomic group of hardwood trees, which occur in swamp forests, subtropical chaparral and savannahs from Columbia to Canada. They cover a wide range of ecological niches, and many species are thought to be able to cope with current trends in climate change. Genus Quercus encompasses ca. 500 species, of which ca. 80 make up sect. Lobatae. Species diversity is greatest within the southeastern USA and within the northern and eastern regions of Mexico. This review discusses the weak reproductive barriers between species of red oaks and the effects this has on speciation and niche range. Distribution and diversity have been shaped by drought adaptations common to the species of sect. Lobatae, which enable them to fill various xeric niches across the continent. Drought adaptive traits of this taxonomic group include deciduousness, deep tap roots, ring-porous xylem, regenerative stump sprouting, greater leaf thickness and smaller stomata. The complex interplay between these anatomical and morphological traits has given red oaks features of drought tolerance and avoidance. Here, we discuss physiological and genetic components of these adaptations to address how many species of sect. Lobatae reside within xeric sites and/or sustain normal metabolic function during drought. Although extensive drought adaptation appears to give sect. Lobatae a resilience to climate change, aging tree stands, oak life history traits and the current genetic structures place many red oak species at risk. Furthermore, oak decline, a complex interaction between abiotic and biotic agents, has severe effects on red oaks and is likely to accelerate species decline and fragmentation. We suggest that assisted migration can be used to avoid species fragmentation and increase climate change resilience of sect. Lobatae.
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- James Rauschendorfer
- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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LeBoldus JM, Navarro SM, Kline N, Ritokova G, Grünwald NJ. Repeated Emergence of Sudden Oak Death in Oregon: Chronology, Impact, and Management. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:3013-3021. [PMID: 35486603 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-22-0294-fe] [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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It has been two decades since the first detection of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon forests. Although the epidemic was managed since its first discovery in 2001, at least three invasions of three separate variants (clonal lineages), NA1, EU1, and NA2, are documented to have occurred to date. Control of this epidemic has cost over US$32 million from 2001 to 2020. This is dwarfed by the predicted cost of the closure to the Coos Bay export terminal, estimated at $58 million per year, if the epidemic was allowed to spread unchecked. Management efforts in Oregon have reduced inoculum and limited the spread of the pathogen. An outreach and citizen scientist program has been piloted to help in early detection efforts and search for disease-resistant tanoak. This feature article documents the repeated emergence, impact, costs, and lessons learned from managing this devastating invasive pathogen.
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- Jared M LeBoldus
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR
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Yaro AS, Linton YM, Dao A, Diallo M, Sanogo ZL, Samake D, Ousmane Y, Kouam C, Krajacich BJ, Faiman R, Bamou R, Woo J, Chapman JW, Reynolds DR, Lehmann T. Diversity, composition, altitude, and seasonality of high-altitude windborne migrating mosquitoes in the Sahel: Implications for disease transmission. FRONTIERS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY 2022; 2:1001782. [PMID: 38455321 PMCID: PMC10910920 DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2022.1001782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Recent studies have reported Anopheles mosquitoes captured at high-altitude (40-290 m above ground) in the Sahel. Here, we describe this migration modality across genera and species of African Culicidae and examine its implications for disease transmission and control. As well as Anopheles, six other genera-Culex, Aedes, Mansonia, Mimomyia, Lutzia, and Eretmapodites comprised 90% of the 2,340 mosquitoes captured at altitude. Of the 50 molecularly confirmed species (N = 2,107), 33 species represented by multiple specimens were conservatively considered high-altitude windborne migrants, suggesting it is a common migration modality in mosquitoes (31-47% of the known species in Mali), and especially in Culex (45-59%). Overall species abundance varied between 2 and 710 specimens/species (in Ae. vittatus and Cx. perexiguus, respectively). At altitude, females outnumbered males 6:1, and 93% of the females have taken at least one blood meal on a vertebrate host prior to their departure. Most taxa were more common at higher sampling altitudes, indicating that total abundance and diversity are underestimated. High-altitude flight activity was concentrated between June and November coinciding with availability of surface waters and peak disease transmission by mosquitoes. These hallmarks of windborne mosquito migration bolster their role as carriers of mosquito-borne pathogens (MBPs). Screening 921 mosquitoes using pan-Plasmodium assays revealed that thoracic infection rate in these high-altitude migrants was 2.4%, providing a proof of concept that vertebrate pathogens are transported by windborne mosquitoes at altitude. Fourteen of the 33 windborne mosquito species had been reported as vectors to 25 MBPs in West Africa, which represent 32% of the MBPs known in that region and include those that inflict the heaviest burden on human and animal health, such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue, and Rift Valley fever. We highlight five arboviruses that are most likely affected by windborne mosquitoes in West Africa: Rift Valley fever, O'nyong'nyong, Ngari, Pangola, and Ndumu. We conclude that the study of windborne spread of diseases by migrating insects and the development of surveillance to map the sources, routes, and destinations of vectors and pathogens is key to understand, predict, and mitigate existing and new threats of public health.
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- Alpha Seydou Yaro
- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States
- One Health Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, and Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom
- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, United Kingdom
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, United States
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The population genetics of the causative agent of snake fungal disease indicate recent introductions to the USA. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001676. [PMID: 35737674 PMCID: PMC9223401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Snake fungal disease (SFD; ophidiomycosis), caused by the pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola (Oo), has been documented in wild snakes in North America and Eurasia, and is considered an emerging disease in the eastern United States of America. However, a lack of historical disease data has made it challenging to determine whether Oo is a recent arrival to the USA or whether SFD emergence is due to other factors. Here, we examined the genomes of 82 Oo strains to determine the pathogen’s history in the eastern USA. Oo strains from the USA formed a clade (Clade II) distinct from European strains (Clade I), and molecular dating indicated that these clades diverged too recently (approximately 2,000 years ago) for transcontinental dispersal of Oo to have occurred via natural snake movements across Beringia. A lack of nonrecombinant intermediates between clonal lineages in Clade II indicates that Oo has actually been introduced multiple times to North America from an unsampled source population, and molecular dating indicates that several of these introductions occurred within the last few hundred years. Molecular dating also indicated that the most common Clade II clonal lineages have expanded recently in the USA, with time of most recent common ancestor mean estimates ranging from 1985 to 2007 CE. The presence of Clade II in captive snakes worldwide demonstrates a potential mechanism of introduction and highlights that additional incursions are likely unless action is taken to reduce the risk of pathogen translocation and spillover into wild snake populations. Snake fungal disease is an emerging disease in eastern North America, but the origins of the disease have been unclear. This study uses population genetic data to show that the fungus that causes the disease was introduced multiple times to North America over the last few hundred years.
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Taguas I, Capitán JA, Nuño JC. Dropping mortality by increasing connectivity in plant epidemics. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:064301. [PMID: 35854574 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.064301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pathogen introduction in plant communities can cause serious impacts and biodiversity losses that may take a long time to manage and restore. Effective control of epidemic spreading in the wild is a problem of paramount importance because of its implications in conservation and potential economic losses. Understanding the mechanisms that hinder pathogen propagation is, therefore, crucial. Usual modelization approaches in epidemic spreading are based in compartmentalized models, without keeping track of pathogen concentrations during spreading. In this contribution we present and fully analyze a dynamical model for plant epidemic spreading based on pathogen abundances. The model, which is defined on top of network substrates, is amenable to a deep mathematical analysis in the absence of a limit in the amount of pathogen a plant can tolerate before dying. In the presence of such death threshold, we observe that the fraction of dead plants peaks at intermediate values of network connectivity, and mortality decreases for large average degrees. We discuss the implications of our results as mechanisms to halt infection propagation.
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- Ignacio Taguas
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Juan de Herrera 6, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Juan de Herrera 6, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Juan de Herrera 6, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Peterson EK, Grünwald NJ, Parke JL. Risk of Epidemic Development in Nurseries from Soil Inoculum of Phytophthora ramorum. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:1046-1054. [PMID: 34664977 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-21-0245-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soilborne inoculum arising from buried, infested leaf debris may contribute to the persistence of Phytophthora ramorum at recurrently positive nurseries. To initiate new epidemics, inoculum must not only survive but also produce sporangia during times conducive to infection at the soil surface. To assess this risk, we performed two year-long experiments in a soil plot at the National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California. Inoculated rhododendron leaf disks were buried at a depth of 5 or 15 cm in the early summer of 2014 or 2015. Inoculum was baited at the soil surface with noninfested leaf disks (2014 only) and then retrieved to assess pathogen viability and sporulation capacity every 5 weeks. Two 14-week-long trials were conducted in 2016. We were able to consistently culture P. ramorum over all time periods. Soil incubation rapidly reduced the capacity of inoculum to sporulate, especially at 5 cm; however, sporulation capacity increased with the onset of seasonally cooler temperatures. P. ramorum was baited most frequently between November and January, especially from inoculum buried at 5 cm 1 day before the baiting period; in January we also baited P. ramorum from inoculum buried at 15 cm the previous June. We validate prior observations that P. ramorum poses a greater risk after exposure to cooler temperatures and provide evidence that infested leaf debris plays a role in the perpetuation of P. ramorum in nurseries. This work provides novel insights into the survival and epidemic behavior of P. ramorum in nursery soils.
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- Ebba K Peterson
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Horticultural Crops Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
- Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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Carleson NC, Press CM, Grünwald NJ. High-Quality, Phased Genomes of Phytophthora ramorum Clonal Lineages NA1 and EU1. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:360-363. [PMID: 35285670 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-21-0264-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Nicholas C Carleson
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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Tsykun T, Prospero S, Schoebel CN, Rea A, Burgess TI. Global invasion history of the emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora multivora. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:153. [PMID: 35193502 PMCID: PMC8862219 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08363-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background global trade in living plants and plant material has significantly increased the geographic distribution of many plant pathogens. As a consequence, several pathogens have been first found and described in their introduced range where they may cause severe damage on naïve host species. Knowing the center of origin and the pathways of spread of a pathogen is of importance for several reasons, including identifying natural enemies and reducing further spread. Several Phytophthora species are well-known invasive pathogens of natural ecosystems, including Phytophthora multivora. Following the description of P. multivora from dying native vegetation in Australia in 2009, the species was subsequently found to be common in South Africa where it does not cause any remarkable disease. There are now reports of P. multivora from many other countries worldwide, but not as a commonly encountered species in natural environments. Results a global collection of 335 isolates from North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, the Canary Islands, and New Zealand was used to unravel the worldwide invasion history of P. multivora, using 10 microsatellite markers for all isolates and sequence data from five loci from 94 representative isolates. Our population genetic analysis revealed an extremely low heterozygosity, significant non-random association of loci and substantial genotypic diversity suggesting the spread of P. multivora readily by both asexual and sexual propagules. The P. multivora populations in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand show the most complex genetic structure, are well established and evolutionary older than those in Europe, North America and the Canary Islands. Conclusions according to the conducted analyses, the world invasion of P. multivora most likely commenced from South Africa, which can be considered the center of origin of the species. The pathogen was then introduced to Australia, which acted as bridgehead population for Europe and North America. Our study highlights a complex global invasion pattern of P. multivora, including both direct introductions from the native population and secondary spread/introductions from bridgehead populations. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08363-5.
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- Tetyana Tsykun
- Diversity and Evolution, Department Ecology and Evolution, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Institute of Ecology, Max-von-Laue Str. 13, DE-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre SBiK-F, Georg-Voigt Str. 14-16, DE-60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic Genomics, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch, Perth, Australia
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- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch, Perth, Australia.,Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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Peterson EK, Sondreli KL, Reeser P, Navarro SM, Nichols C, Wiese R, Fieland V, Grünwald NJ, LeBoldus JM. First report of the NA2 clonal lineage of the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, infecting tanoak in Oregon forests. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:2537. [PMID: 35147452 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-21-2152-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in't Veld, causal agent of sudden oak death (SOD) and ramorum leaf blight, is comprised of four clonal lineages in its invasive ranges of North America and Europe (Grünwald et al. 2012, Van Poucke et al. 2012). Of these, three - the NA1, NA2, and EU1 lineages - are found in U.S. nurseries, but only two, the NA1 and EU1 lineages, have been found infecting trees in North American forests (Grünwald et al. 2012, 2016). In the spring of 2021, tanoak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus Manos, Cannon & Oh) displaying symptoms consistent with SOD were detected north of Port Orford (Curry County, Oregon). Symptoms were canopy dieback and blackened petiole and stem lesions on tanoak sprouts. The pathogen isolated on PAR (CMA plus 200 ml/L ampicillin, 10 mg/L rifamycin, 66.7 mg/L PCNB) selective media was determined to be P. ramorum based on characteristic morphology of hyphae, sporangia, and chlamydospores (Werres et al. 2001). Positive identification as P. ramorum was obtained with a lineage-specific LAMP assay targeting an NA2 orphan gene, indicating the presence of the NA2 lineage. NA2 was confirmed by sequencing a portion of the cellulose binding elicitor lectin (CBEL) gene using CBEL5U and CBEL6L primers (Gagnon et al. 2014). Sequences (GenBank accessions MZ733981 and MZ733982) were aligned against reference sequences for all lineages (Gagnon et al. 2014) confirming the presence of NA2. Lineage determination as NA2 was further confirmed at eleven SSR loci (ILVOPrMS145, PrMS39, PrMS9C3, ILVOPrMS79, KI18, KI64, PrMS45, PrMS6, ILVOPrMS131, KI82ab, and PrMS43) using the methods of Kamvar et al. (2015). We completed Koch's postulates using potted tanoaks, wound-inoculated at the midpoint of 1-year old stems with either hyphal plugs or non-colonized agar (n=4 per treatment). Tanoaks were maintained in a growth chamber (20°C-day / 18°C-night temperatures) with regular watering and an 18-photoperiod using F32T8 fluorescent bulbs (Phillips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands). After 7 days, brown to black lesions 1.2 to 2.9 cm in length were observed on the inoculated stems, from which P. ramorum was subsequently re-isolated; no symptoms were observed on the controls, and no pathogens were recovered when plating the wound sites in PAR. This is the first detection of the NA2 lineage causing disease in forests worldwide. The outbreak was found on private and public lands in forests typical to the SOD outbreak in Oregon (mixed conifer and tanoak), and was 33 km north of the closest known P. ramorum infestation. Follow-up ground surveys on adjacent lands have identified over 100 P. ramorum-positive tanoak trees, from which additional NA2 isolates have been recovered from bole cankers. NA2 is thought to be more aggressive than the NA1 lineage (Elliott et al. 2011), which has been present in Curry County since the mid-1990s (Goheen et al. 2017). Eradication of the NA2 lineage is being pursued to slow its further spread and prevent overlap with existing NA1 and EU1 populations. The repeated introductions of novel lineages into the western United States native plant communities highlights the vulnerability of this region to Phytophthora establishment, justifying continued monitoring for P. ramorum in nurseries and forests. References • Elliott, M, et al. 2011. For. Path. 41:7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00627.x • Gagnon, M.-C., et al. 2014. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 36:367. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2014.924999 • Goheen, E.M., et al. 2017. For. Phytophthoras 7:45. https://doi: 10.5399/osu/fp.7.1.4030 • Grünwald, N. J., et al. 2012. Trends Microbiol. 20:131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2011.12.006 • Grünwald, N. J., et al. 2016. Plant Dis. 100:1024. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-15-1169-PDN • Kamvar, Z.N. et al. 2015. Phytopath. 105:982. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-14-0350-FI • Van Poucke, K., et al. 2012. Fungal Biol. 116:1178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2012.09.003 • Werres, S., et al. 2001. Mycol. Res. 105: 1155. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0953-7562(08)61986-3.
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- Ebba K Peterson
- Oregon State University, 2694, Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon State University, 2694, Botany & Plant Pathology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon State University, 2694, Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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- United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, 114606, State and Private Forests, Forest Health Protection, Portland, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon Department of Forestry, 260065, Salem, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon State University, 2694, Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, 17123, Horticultural Crops Research Lab, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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- Oregon State University, 2694, Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Oregon State University, 2694, Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, Corvallis, Oregon, United States;
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Bussell EH, Cunniffe NJ. Optimal strategies to protect a sub-population at risk due to an established epidemic. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20210718. [PMID: 35016554 PMCID: PMC8753150 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Epidemics can particularly threaten certain sub-populations. For example, for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the elderly are often preferentially protected. For diseases of plants and animals, certain sub-populations can drive mitigation because they are intrinsically more valuable for ecological, economic, socio-cultural or political reasons. Here, we use optimal control theory to identify strategies to optimally protect a ‘high-value’ sub-population when there is a limited budget and epidemiological uncertainty. We use protection of the Redwood National Park in California in the face of the large ongoing state-wide epidemic of sudden oak death (caused by Phytophthora ramorum) as a case study. We concentrate on whether control should be focused entirely within the National Park itself, or whether treatment of the growing epidemic in the surrounding ‘buffer region’ can instead be more profitable. We find that, depending on rates of infection and the size of the ongoing epidemic, focusing control on the high-value region is often optimal. However, priority should sometimes switch from the buffer region to the high-value region only as the local outbreak grows. We characterize how the timing of any switch depends on epidemiological and logistic parameters, and test robustness to systematic misspecification of these factors due to imperfect prior knowledge.
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- Elliott H Bussell
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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Yang C, Zheng B, Wang R, Chang H, Liu P, Li B, Norvienyeku J, Chen Q. A Putative P-Type ATPase Regulates the Secretion of Hydrolytic Enzymes, Phospholipid Transport, Morphogenesis, and Pathogenesis in Phytophthora capsici. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:852500. [PMID: 35620687 PMCID: PMC9127794 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.852500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Phytophthora capsici is an important plant pathogenic oomycete with multiple hosts. The P4-ATPases, aminophospholipid translocases (APTs), play essential roles in the growth and pathogenesis of fungal pathogens. However, the function of P4-ATPase in P. capsici remains unclear. This study identified and characterized PcApt1, a P4-ATPase Drs2 homolog, in P. capsici. Deletion of PcAPT1 by CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out strategy impaired hyphal growth, extracellular laccase activity. Cytological analyses have shown that PcApt1 participates in phosphatidylserine (PS) transport across the plasma membrane. Also, we showed that targeted deletion of PcAPT1 triggered a significant reduction in the virulence of P. capsici. Secretome analyses have demonstrated that secretion of hydrolytic enzymes decreased considerably in the PcAPT1 gene deletion strains compared to the wild-type. Overall, our results showed that PcApt1 plays a pivotal role in promoting morphological development, phospholipid transport, secretion of hydrolytic enzymes, and the pathogenicity of the polycyclic phytopathogenic oomycete P. capsici. This study underscores the need for comprehensive evaluation of subsequent members of the P-type ATPase family to provide enhanced insights into the dynamic contributions to the pathogenesis of P. capsici and their possible deployment in the formulation of effective control strategies.
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- Chengdong Yang
- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
- Justice Norvienyeku,
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Qinghe Chen,
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Burgess T, Edwards J, Drenth A, Massenbauer T, Cunnington J, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Dinh Q, Liew E, White D, Scott P, Barber P, O’Gara E, Ciampini J, McDougall K, Tan Y. Current status of Phytophthora in Australia. PERSOONIA 2021; 47:151-177. [PMID: 37693794 PMCID: PMC10486634 DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Among the most economically relevant and environmentally devastating diseases globally are those caused by Phytophthora species. In Australia, production losses in agriculture and forestry result from several well-known cosmopolitan Phytophthora species and infestation of natural ecosystems by Phytophthora cinnamomi have caused irretrievable loss to biodiversity especially in proteaceous dominated heathlands. For this review, all available records of Phytophthora in Australia were collated and curated, resulting in a database of 7 869 records, of which 2 957 have associated molecular data. Australian databases hold records for 99 species, of which 20 are undescribed. Eight species have no records linked to molecular data, and their presence in Australia is considered doubtful. The 99 species reside in 10 of the 12 clades recognised within the complete phylogeny of Phytophthora. The review includes discussion on each of these species' status and additional information provided for another 29 species of concern. The first species reported in Australia in 1900 was Phytophthora infestans. By 2000, 27 species were known, predominantly from agriculture. The significant increase in species reported in the subsequent 20 years has coincided with extensive surveys in natural ecosystems coupled with molecular taxonomy and the recognition of numerous new phylogenetically distinct but morphologically similar species. Routine and targeted surveys within Australian natural ecosystems have resulted in the description of 27 species since 2009. Due to the new species descriptions over the last 20 years, many older records have been reclassified based on molecular identification. The distribution of records is skewed toward regions with considerable activity in high productivity agriculture, horticulture and forestry, and native vegetation at risk from P. cinnamomi. Native and exotic hosts of different Phytophthora species are found throughout the phylogeny; however, species from clades 1, 7 and 8 are more likely to be associated with exotic hosts. One of the most difficult challenges to overcome when establishing a pest status is a lack of reliable data on the current state of a species in any given country or location. The database compiled here for Australia and the information provided for each species overcomes this challenge. This review will aid federal and state governments in risk assessments and trade negotiations by providing a comprehensive resource on the current status of Phytophthora species in Australia. Citation: Burgess TI, Edwards J, Drenth A, et al. 2021. Current status of Phytophthora in Australia. Persoonia 47: 151-177. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.05.
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- T.I. Burgess
- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, The University of Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park QLD, 4102, Brisbane, Australia
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- TiloMass Environmental Services, PO Box 1148, Esperance WA, 6450, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 7 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Plant Pathologist, DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services, Sustainability and Biosecurity, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 3 Baron-Hay Court, Kennsington WA 6151, Australia
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- Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Arbor Carbon P/L, ROTA Compound off Discovery Way, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Australia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park QLD 4102; Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
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Magyar D, Tischner Z, Páldy A, Kocsubé S, Dancsházy Z, Halász Á, Kredics L. Impact of global megatrends on the spread of microscopic fungi in the Pannonian Biogeographical Region. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2021.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cui B, Ma X, Li Y, Zhou Y, Ju X, Hussain A, Umbreen S, Yuan B, Tabassum A, Lubega J, Shan W, Loake GJ, Pan Q. Perturbations in nitric oxide homeostasis promote Arabidopsis disease susceptibility towards Phytophthora parasitica. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:1134-1148. [PMID: 34242483 PMCID: PMC8359001 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Phytophthora species can infect hundreds of different plants, including many important crops, causing a number of agriculturally relevant diseases. A key feature of attempted pathogen infection is the rapid production of the redox active molecule nitric oxide (NO). However, the potential role(s) of NO in plant resistance against Phytophthora is relatively unexplored. Here we show that the level of NO accumulation is crucial for basal resistance in Arabidopsis against Phytophthora parasitica. Counterintuitively, both relatively low or relatively high NO accumulation leads to reduced resistance against P. parasitica. S-nitrosylation, the addition of a NO group to a protein cysteine thiol to form an S-nitrosothiol, is an important route for NO bioactivity and this process is regulated predominantly by S-nitrosoglutathione reductase 1 (GSNOR1). Loss-of-function mutations in GSNOR1 disable both salicylic acid accumulation and associated signalling, and also the production of reactive oxygen species, leading to susceptibility towards P. parasitica. Significantly, we also demonstrate that secreted proteins from P. parasitica can inhibit Arabidopsis GSNOR1 activity.
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- Beimi Cui
- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
- Jiangsu Normal University–Edinburgh University, Centre for Transformative Biotechnology of Medicinal and Food PlantsJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
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- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
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- Department of AgricultureAbdul Wali Khan UniversityMardanPakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
- Jiangsu Normal University–Edinburgh University, Centre for Transformative Biotechnology of Medicinal and Food PlantsJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
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- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- Jiangsu Normal University–Edinburgh University, Centre for Transformative Biotechnology of Medicinal and Food PlantsJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
- Institute of Molecular Plant SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- The Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu ProvinceSchool of Life ScienceJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
- Jiangsu Normal University–Edinburgh University, Centre for Transformative Biotechnology of Medicinal and Food PlantsJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhouChina
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Shakya SK, Grünwald NJ, Fieland VJ, Knaus BJ, Weiland JE, Maia C, Drenth A, Guest DI, Liew ECY, Crane C, Chang TT, Fu CH, Minh Chi N, Quang Thu P, Scanu B, von Stowasser ES, Durán Á, Horta Jung M, Jung T. Phylogeography of the wide-host range panglobal plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:5164-5178. [PMID: 34398981 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Various hypotheses have been proposed regarding the origin of the plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. P. cinnamomi is a devastating, highly invasive soilborne pathogen associated with epidemics of agricultural, horticultural and forest plantations and native ecosystems worldwide. We conducted a phylogeographic analysis of populations of this pathogen sampled in Asia, Australia, Europe, southern and northern Africa, South America, and North America. Based on genotyping-by-sequencing, we observed the highest genotypic diversity in Taiwan and Vietnam, followed by Australia and South Africa. Mating type ratios were in equal proportions in Asia as expected for a sexual population. Simulations based on the index of association suggest a partially sexual, semi-clonal mode of reproduction for the Taiwanese and Vietnamese populations while populations outside of Asia are clonal. Ancestral area reconstruction provides new evidence supporting Taiwan as the ancestral area, given our sample, indicating that this region might be near or at the centre of origin for this pathogen as speculated previously. The Australian and South African populations appear to be a secondary centre of diversity following migration from Taiwan or Vietnam. Our work also identified two panglobal, clonal lineages PcG1-A2 and PcG2-A2 of A2 mating type found on all continents. Further surveys of natural forests across Southeast Asia are needed to definitively locate the actual centre of origin of this important plant pathogen.
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- Shankar K Shakya
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Horticultural Crop Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Horticultural Crop Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, The University of Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Vegetation Health Service, Kensington, Washington, Australia
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- Forest Protection Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Forest Protection Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Laboratorio de Patología Forestal, Facultad Ciencias Forestales y Centro de Biotecnología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Bioforest S.A., Casilla 70-C, Concepción, Chile.,Research and Development, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited, Pangkalan Kerinci, Indonesia
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Unravelling hybridization in Phytophthora using phylogenomics and genome size estimation. IMA Fungus 2021; 12:16. [PMID: 34193315 PMCID: PMC8246709 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-021-00068-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The genus Phytophthora comprises many economically and ecologically important plant pathogens. Hybrid species have previously been identified in at least six of the 12 phylogenetic clades. These hybrids can potentially infect a wider host range and display enhanced vigour compared to their progenitors. Phytophthora hybrids therefore pose a serious threat to agriculture as well as to natural ecosystems. Early and correct identification of hybrids is therefore essential for adequate plant protection but this is hampered by the limitations of morphological and traditional molecular methods. Identification of hybrids is also important in evolutionary studies as the positioning of hybrids in a phylogenetic tree can lead to suboptimal topologies. To improve the identification of hybrids we have combined genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and genome size estimation on a genus-wide collection of 614 Phytophthora isolates. Analyses based on locus- and allele counts and especially on the combination of species-specific loci and genome size estimations allowed us to confirm and characterize 27 previously described hybrid species and discover 16 new hybrid species. Our method was also valuable for species identification at an unprecedented resolution and further allowed correct naming of misidentified isolates. We used both a concatenation- and a coalescent-based phylogenomic method to construct a reliable phylogeny using the GBS data of 140 non-hybrid Phytophthora isolates. Hybrid species were subsequently connected to their progenitors in this phylogenetic tree. In this study we demonstrate the application of two validated techniques (GBS and flow cytometry) for relatively low cost but high resolution identification of hybrids and their phylogenetic relations.
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Carleson NC, Daniels HA, Reeser PW, Kanaskie A, Navarro SM, LeBoldus JM, Grünwald NJ. Novel Introductions and Epidemic Dynamics of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon Forests. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:731-740. [PMID: 33021878 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-20-0164-r] [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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Sudden oak death caused by Phytophthora ramorum has been actively managed in Oregon since the early 2000s. To date, this epidemic has been driven mostly by the NA1 clonal lineage of P. ramorum, but an outbreak of the EU1 lineage has recently emerged. Here, we contrast the population dynamics of the NA1 outbreak first reported in 2001 to the outbreak of the EU1 lineage first detected in 2015. We performed tests to determine whether any of the lineages were introduced more than once. Infested regions of the forest were sampled between 2013 and 2018 (n = 903), and strains were genotyped at 15 microsatellite loci. Most genotypes observed were transient, with 272 of 358 unique genotypes emerging during one year and disappearing the next year. The diversity of EU1 was very low and isolates were spatially clustered (less than 8 km apart), suggesting a single EU1 introduction. Some forest isolates are genetically similar to isolates collected from a local nursery in 2012, suggesting the introduction of EU1 from this nursery or simultaneous introduction to both the nursery and latently into the forest. In contrast, the older NA1 populations were more polymorphic and spread more than 30 km2. A principal component analysis supported two to four independent NA1 introductions. The NA1 and EU1 epidemics infest the same area but show disparate demographics because of the initial introductions of the lineages spaced 10 years apart. Comparing these epidemics provides novel insight regarding patterns of emergence of clonal pathogens in forest ecosystems.
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- Nicholas C Carleson
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR
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Rossmann S, Lysøe E, Skogen M, Talgø V, Brurberg MB. DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Broad Presence of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes in Soil From Internationally Traded Plants. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:637068. [PMID: 33841362 PMCID: PMC8027490 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.637068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Plants with roots and soil clumps transported over long distances in plant trading can harbor plant pathogenic oomycetes, facilitating disease outbreaks that threaten ecosystems, biodiversity, and food security. Tools to detect the presence of such oomycetes with a sufficiently high throughput and broad scope are currently not part of international phytosanitary testing regimes. In this work, DNA metabarcoding targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was employed to broadly detect and identify oomycetes present in soil from internationally shipped plants. This method was compared to traditional isolation-based detection and identification after an enrichment step. DNA metabarcoding showed widespread presence of potentially plant pathogenic Phytophthora and Pythium species in internationally transported rhizospheric soil with Pythium being the overall most abundant genus observed. Baiting, a commonly employed enrichment method for Phytophthora species, led to an increase of golden-brown algae in the soil samples, but did not increase the relative or absolute abundance of potentially plant pathogenic oomycetes. Metabarcoding of rhizospheric soil yielded DNA sequences corresponding to oomycete isolates obtained after enrichment and identified them correctly but did not always detect the isolated oomycetes in the same samples. This work provides a proof of concept and outlines necessary improvements for the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) and metabarcoding as a standalone phytosanitary assessment tool for broad detection and identification of plant pathogenic oomycetes.
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- Simeon Rossmann
- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway
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Screening a Natural Product-Inspired Library for Anti- Phytophthora Activities. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26071819. [PMID: 33804938 PMCID: PMC8037946 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Phytophthora is a genus of microorganisms that cause devastating dieback and root-rot diseases in thousands of plant hosts worldwide. The economic impact of Phytophthora diseases on crops and native ecosystems is estimated to be billions of dollars per annum. These invasive pathogens are extremely difficult to control using existing chemical means, and the effectiveness of the few treatments available is being jeopardized by increasing rates of resistance. There is an urgent need to identify new chemical treatments that are effective against Phytophthora diseases. Natural products have long been regarded as "Nature's medicine chest", providing invaluable leads for developing front-line drugs and agrochemical agents. Here, we have screened a natural product-inspired library of 328 chemicals against two key Phytophthora species: Phytophthora cinnamomi and Phytophthora agathidicida. The library was initially screened for inhibition of zoospore germination. From these screens, we identified twenty-one hits that inhibited germination of one or both species. These hits were further tested in mycelial growth inhibition studies to determine their half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50s). Four compounds had IC50 values of approximately 10 µM or less, and our best hit had IC50s of approximately 3 µM against both Phytophthora species tested. Overall, these hits may serve as promising leads for the development of new anti-Phytophthora agrochemicals.
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Sims LL, Garbelotto M. Phytophthora species repeatedly introduced in Northern California through restoration projects can spread into adjacent sites. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02496-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jung T, Horta Jung M, Webber JF, Kageyama K, Hieno A, Masuya H, Uematsu S, Pérez-Sierra A, Harris AR, Forster J, Rees H, Scanu B, Patra S, Kudláček T, Janoušek J, Corcobado T, Milenković I, Nagy Z, Csorba I, Bakonyi J, Brasier CM. The Destructive Tree Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum Originates from the Laurosilva Forests of East Asia. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7030226. [PMID: 33803849 PMCID: PMC8003361 DOI: 10.3390/jof7030226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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As global plant trade expands, tree disease epidemics caused by pathogen introductions are increasing. Since ca 2000, the introduced oomycete Phytophthora ramorum has caused devastating epidemics in Europe and North America, spreading as four ancient clonal lineages, each of a single mating type, suggesting different geographical origins. We surveyed laurosilva forests for P. ramorum around Fansipan mountain on the Vietnam-China border and on Shikoku and Kyushu islands, southwest Japan. The surveys yielded 71 P. ramorum isolates which we assigned to eight new lineages, IC1 to IC5 from Vietnam and NP1 to NP3 from Japan, based on differences in colony characteristics, gene x environment responses and multigene phylogeny. Molecular phylogenetic trees and networks revealed the eight Asian lineages were dispersed across the topology of the introduced European and North American lineages. The deepest node within P. ramorum, the divergence of lineages NP1 and NP2, was estimated at 0.5 to 1.6 Myr. The Asian lineages were each of a single mating type, and at some locations, lineages of "opposite" mating type were present, suggesting opportunities for inter-lineage recombination. Based on the high level of phenotypic and phylogenetic diversity in the sample populations, the coalescence results and the absence of overt host symptoms, we conclude that P. ramorum comprises many anciently divergent lineages native to the laurosilva forests between eastern Indochina and Japan.
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- Thomas Jung
- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
- Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, 83131 Nußdorf, Germany
- Correspondence: (T.J.); (C.M.B.); Tel.: +420-545136172 (T.J.)
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
- Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, 83131 Nußdorf, Germany
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
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- River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; (K.K.); (A.H.)
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- River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; (K.K.); (A.H.)
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan;
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- Departament of Bioregulation and Biointeraction, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan;
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy;
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
- Laboratory of Ecological Plant Physiology, CzechGlobe, Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
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- Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.J.); (S.P.); (T.K.); (J.J.); (T.C.); (I.M.); (Z.N.)
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- Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, ELKH, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (I.C.); (J.B.)
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- Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, ELKH, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (I.C.); (J.B.)
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- Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham GU10 4LH, Surrey, UK; (J.F.W.); (A.P.-S.); (A.R.H.); (J.F.); (H.R.)
- Correspondence: (T.J.); (C.M.B.); Tel.: +420-545136172 (T.J.)
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Plant Pathogen Invasion Modifies the Eco-Evolutionary Host Plant Interactions of an Endangered Checkerspot Butterfly. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12030246. [PMID: 33804172 PMCID: PMC7998570 DOI: 10.3390/insects12030246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Simple Summary Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly is a critically endangered species of northwestern North America that has become dependent on an exotic food plant, English plantain, which was acquired over a century ago. In the mid-2000s, a non-native plant pathogen from Europe, invaded Taylor’s checkerspot populations causing English plantain leaves to die in the winter when Taylor’s checkerspot larvae are feeding. We characterized butterfly and larval food plant (native and non-native) timing in Oregon and Washington populations and discovered that the invasive plant disease is active for ~60 days when larvae are feeding in January, February and March. Only one native larval foodplant, the annual Collinsia parviflora, can provide food for caterpillars during the time the plantain disease is common. However, this plant is rare in Taylor’s checkerspot habitat and may only be suitably timed to Washington checkerspot populations. Other native perennial larval food plants (Castillejalevisecta and likely C. hispida) do not appear suitably timed to provide resources throughout the entire Taylor’s checkerspot lifecycle in the low-elevation English plantain dependent populations. Understanding and accounting for the plant population disease dynamics is essential for the long-term conservation of Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Abstract New plant pathogen invasions typified by cryptic disease symptoms or those appearing sporadically in time and patchily in space, might go largely unnoticed and not taken seriously by ecologists. We present evidence that the recent invasion of Pyrenopeziza plantaginis (Dermateaceae) into the Pacific Northwest USA, which causes foliar necrosis in the fall and winter on Plantago lanceolata (plantain), the primary (non-native) foodplant for six of the eight extant Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly populations (Euphydryas editha taylori, endangered species), has altered eco-evolutionary foodplant interactions to a degree that threatens butterfly populations with extinction. Patterns of butterfly, larval food plant, and P. plantaginis disease development suggested the ancestral relationship was a two-foodplant system, with perennial Castilleja spp. supporting oviposition and pre-diapause larvae, and the annual Collinsia parviflora supporting post-diapause larvae. Plantain, in the absence of P. plantaginis disease, provided larval food resources throughout all butterfly life stages and may explain plantain’s initial adoption by Taylor’s checkerspot. However, in the presence of severe P. plantaginis disease, plantain-dependent butterfly populations experience a six-week period in the winter where post-diapause larvae lack essential plantain resources. Only C. parviflora, which is rare and competitively inferior under present habitat conditions, can fulfill the post-diapause larval feeding requirements in the presence of severe P. plantaginis disease. However, a germination timing experiment suggested C. parviflora to be suitably timed for only Washington Taylor’s checkerspot populations. The recent invasion by P. plantaginis appears to have rendered the ancestrally adaptive acquisition of plantain by Taylor’s checkerspot an unreliable, maladaptive foodplant interaction.
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Stauber L, Badet T, Feurtey A, Prospero S, Croll D. Emergence and diversification of a highly invasive chestnut pathogen lineage across southeastern Europe. eLife 2021; 10:e56279. [PMID: 33666552 PMCID: PMC7935491 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Invasive microbial species constitute a major threat to biodiversity, agricultural production and human health. Invasions are often dominated by one or a small number of genotypes, yet the underlying factors driving invasions are poorly understood. The chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica first decimated the North American chestnut, and a more recent outbreak threatens European chestnut stands. To unravel the chestnut blight invasion of southeastern Europe, we sequenced 230 genomes of predominantly European strains. Genotypes outside of the invasion zone showed high levels of diversity with evidence for frequent and ongoing recombination. The invasive lineage emerged from the highly diverse European genotype pool rather than a secondary introduction from Asia or North America. The expansion across southeastern Europe was mostly clonal and is dominated by a single mating type, suggesting a fitness advantage of asexual reproduction. Our findings show how an intermediary, highly diverse bridgehead population gave rise to an invasive, largely clonally expanding pathogen.
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- Lea Stauber
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)BirmensdorfSwitzerland
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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Rasmussen DA, Grünwald NJ. Phylogeographic Approaches to Characterize the Emergence of Plant Pathogens. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:68-77. [PMID: 33021879 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-20-0319-fi] [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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Phylogeography combines geographic information with phylogenetic and population genomic approaches to infer the evolutionary history of a species or population in a geographic context. This approach has been instrumental in understanding the emergence, spread, and evolution of a range of plant pathogens. In particular, phylogeography can address questions about where a pathogen originated, whether it is native or introduced, and when and how often introductions occurred. We review the theory, methods, and approaches underpinning phylogeographic inference and highlight applications providing novel insights into the emergence and spread of select pathogens. We hope that this review will be useful in assessing the power, pitfalls, and opportunities presented by various phylogeographic approaches.
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- David A Rasmussen
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- Horticultural Crops Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR
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Tabima JF, Gonen L, Gómez-Gallego M, Panda P, Grünwald NJ, Hansen EM, McDougal R, LeBoldus JM, Williams NM. Molecular Phylogenomics and Population Structure of Phytophthora pluvialis. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:108-115. [PMID: 33048632 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-20-0232-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phytophthora pluvialis is an oomycete that was first isolated from soil, water, and tree foliage in mixed Douglas-fir-tanoak forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). It was then identified as the causal agent of red needle cast of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) in New Zealand (NZ). Genotyping-by-sequencing was used to obtain 1,543 single nucleotide polymorphisms across 145 P. pluvialis isolates to characterize the population structure in the PNW and NZ. We tested the hypothesis that P. pluvialis was introduced to NZ from the PNW using genetic distance measurements and population structure analyses among locations between countries. The low genetic distance, population heterozygosity, and lack of geographic structure in NZ suggest a single colonization event from the United States followed by clonal expansion in NZ. The PNW Coast Range was proposed as a presumptive center of origin of the currently known distribution of P. pluvialis based on its geographic range and position as the central cluster in a minimum spanning network. The Coastal cluster of isolates were located at the root of every U.S. cluster and emerged earlier than all NZ clusters. The Coastal cluster had the highest degree of heterozygosity (Hs = 0.254) and median pairwise genetic distance (0.093) relative to any other cluster. Finally, the rapid host diversification between closely related isolates of P. pluvialis in NZ indicate that this pathogen has the potential to infect a broader range of hosts than is currently recognized.
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- Javier F Tabima
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
- Department of Biology, Clark University, The Lasry Center for Bioscience, Worcester, MA 01610, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), 49 Sala Street, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7026, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
- UMR IAM-Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, Université de Lorraine, INRAE, Nancy 54000, France
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- New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), 49 Sala Street, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
- Department of Pathogen Ecology and Control, Plant and Food Research, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4130, New Zealand
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Unit, 3420 NW Orchard Ave., Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), 49 Sala Street, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
- Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, Oregon State University, Peavy Forest Science Center, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), 49 Sala Street, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
- Department of Pathogen Ecology and Control, Plant and Food Research, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4130, New Zealand
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Garbelotto M, Popenuck T, Hall B, Schweigkofler W, Dovana F, Goldstein de Salazar R, Schmidt D, Sims LL. Citizen Science Uncovers Phytophthora ramorum as a Threat to Several Rare or Endangered California Manzanita Species. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:3173-3182. [PMID: 33044918 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0619-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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The Sudden Oak Death (SOD) Blitzes consist of yearly surveys led by citizen scientists designed to map the distribution of Phytophthora ramorum, cause of the forest disease called SOD, across northern California. During the 2017 Santa Cruz County SOD Blitz, six rare or endangered Arctostaphylos (manzanita) species were found to be possibly symptomatic for the first time. Symptoms included branch cankers and associated canopy mortality, and affected multiple individuals per species. Isolates of P. ramorum were obtained from each of the six species and, through a 30-day-long inoculation experiment on live plants, Koch's postulates were completed for each one of them, conclusively determining that they all are hosts of this pathogen. Two additional manzanita species were later found to be apparently symptomatic in Marin County. Inoculations on detached branches using an isolate of P. ramorum obtained from one of the six rare species from Santa Cruz County were successful, suggesting that these two species may also be hosts of P. ramorum. Detached leaves of all eight species were also successfully inoculated at the University of California-Berkeley in fall 2018 and then again in spring 2019. In these cases, the same isolate was used for all inoculations, in order to obtain information on the comparative susceptibility of the eight species in question. Both branch and leaf inoculations identified significant interspecific differences in susceptibility. The production of sporangia was low on all species but it was not zero, suggesting that sporulation may cause within-plant and limited across-plant contagion, especially in rainy years.
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- Matteo Garbelotto
- Department of ESPM, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
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- Department of ESPM, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
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- University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum California Conservation Gardens, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA 94901, U.S.A
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- Department of ESPM, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of ESPM, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
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- Department of ESPM, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
- School of Ag Sciences and Forestry, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270, U.S.A
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Srivastava V, Roe AD, Keena MA, Hamelin RC, Griess VC. Oh the places they’ll go: improving species distribution modelling for invasive forest pests in an uncertain world. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02372-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Widmer TL, McMahon MB, Luster DG. Plant pathogenic fungi are harbored as endophytes in Rhododendron spp. native to the Eastern U.S.A. FUNGAL ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lu W, Deng F, Jia J, Chen X, Li J, Wen Q, Li T, Meng Y, Shan W. The Arabidopsis thaliana gene AtERF019 negatively regulates plant resistance to Phytophthora parasitica by suppressing PAMP-triggered immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:1179-1193. [PMID: 32725756 PMCID: PMC7411552 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Phytophthora species are destructive plant pathogens that cause significant crop losses worldwide. To understand plant susceptibility to oomycete pathogens and to explore novel disease resistance strategies, we employed the Arabidopsis thaliana-Phytophthora parasitica model pathosystem and screened for A. thaliana T-DNA insertion mutant lines resistant to P. parasitica. This led to the identification of the resistant mutant 267-31, which carries two T-DNA insertion sites in the promoter region of the ethylene-responsive factor 19 gene (ERF019). Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) assays showed that the expression of ERF019 was induced during P. parasitica infection in the wild type, which was suppressed in the 267-31 mutant. Additional erf019 mutants were generated using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and were confirmed to have increased resistance to P. parasitica. In contrast, ERF019 overexpression lines were more susceptible. Transient overexpression assays in Nicotiana benthamiana showed that the nuclear localization of ERF019 is crucial for its susceptible function. RT-qPCR analyses showed that the expression of marker genes for multiple defence pathways was significantly up-regulated in the mutant compared with the wild type during infection. Flg22-induced hydrogen peroxide accumulation and reactive oxygen species burst were impaired in ERF019 overexpression lines, and flg22-induced MAPK activation was enhanced in erf019 mutants. Moreover, transient overexpression of ERF019 strongly suppressed INF-triggered cell death in N. benthamiana. These results reveal the importance of ERF019 in mediating plant susceptibility to P. parasitica through suppression of pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity.
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- Wenqin Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life SciencesNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
- Institute of Plant and Food ScienceDepartment of BiologySouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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Diversity of Phytophthora Communities across Different Types of Mediterranean Vegetation in a Nature Reserve Area. FORESTS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/f11080853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Research Highlights: Protected natural areas are a reservoir of Phytophthora species and represent the most suitable sites to study their ecology, being less disturbed by human activities than other environments. Background and Objectives: The specific objective of this study was to correlate the diversity and distribution of Phytophthora species with the vegetation in aquatic, riparian and terrestrial habitats within a protected area in Eastern Sicily, Southern Italy. Materials and Methods: Environmental samples (water and soil) were sourced from two streams running through the reserve and six different types of vegetation, including Platano-Salicetum pedicellatae, the Sarcopoterium spinosum community, Myrto communis-Pistacietum lentisci, Pistacio-Quercetum ilicis,Oleo-Quercetum virgilianae and a gallery forest dominated by Nerium oleander (Natura 2000 classification of habitats). Phytophthora species were recovered from samples using leaf baiting and were classified on the basis of morphological characteristics and sequencing of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA (rDNA). Results: As many as 11 Phytophthora species, within five different ITS clades, were identified, including P. asparagi, P. bilorbang, P. cryptogea, P. gonapodyides, P. lacustris, P. multivora, P. nicotianae, P. oleae, P. parvispora, P. plurivora and P. syringae. No Phytophthora species were found in the Sarcopoterium spinosum comm. Phytophthora asparagi, P. lacustris and P. plurivora were the prevalent species in the other five plant communities, but only P. plurivora was present in all of them. Overall aquatic species from clade 6 (100 out of 228 isolates) were the most common; they were recovered from all five types of vegetation, streams and riparian habitats. Phytophthora populations found in the Platano-Salicetum pedicellatae and Oleo-Quercetum virgilianae show the highest diversity, while no correlation was found with the physicochemical characteristics of the soil. Conclusions: The vegetation type and the aquatic or terrestrial habitat were identified as major environmental factors correlated with the diversity of Phytophthora communities in this reserve.
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Yuzon JD, Travadon R, Malar C M, Tripathy S, Rank N, Mehl HK, Rizzo DM, Cobb R, Small C, Tang T, McCown HE, Garbelotto M, Kasuga T. Asexual Evolution and Forest Conditions Drive Genetic Parallelism in Phytophthora ramorum. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E940. [PMID: 32580470 PMCID: PMC7357085 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8060940] [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: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is commonly assumed that asexual lineages are short-lived evolutionarily, yet many asexual organisms can generate genetic and phenotypic variation, providing an avenue for further evolution. Previous work on the asexual plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum NA1 revealed considerable genetic variation in the form of Structural Variants (SVs). To better understand how SVs arise and their significance to the California NA1 population, we studied the evolutionary histories of SVs and the forest conditions associated with their emergence. Ancestral state reconstruction suggests that SVs arose by somatic mutations among multiple independent lineages, rather than by recombination. We asked if this unusual phenomenon of parallel evolution between isolated populations is transmitted to extant lineages and found that SVs persist longer in a population if their genetic background had a lower mutation load. Genetic parallelism was also found in geographically distant demes where forest conditions such as host density, solar radiation, and temperature, were similar. Parallel SVs overlap with genes involved in pathogenicity such as RXLRs and have the potential to change the course of an epidemic. By combining genomics and environmental data, we identified an unexpected pattern of repeated evolution in an asexual population and identified environmental factors potentially driving this phenomenon.
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- Jennifer David Yuzon
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India; (M.M.C.); (S.T.)
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- CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India; (M.M.C.); (S.T.)
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- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (R.T.); (H.K.M.); (D.M.R.); (C.S.); (T.T.); (H.E.M.)
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;
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- Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Genus-level change in aggressiveness with continuous invasions: a phylogenetically-informed Bayesian quantile regression. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02229-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In Situ Processing and Efficient Environmental Detection (iSPEED) of tree pests and pathogens using point-of-use real-time PCR. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226863. [PMID: 32240194 PMCID: PMC7117680 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Global trade and climate change are responsible for a surge in foreign invasive species and emerging pests and pathogens across the world. Early detection and surveillance activities are essential to monitor the environment and prevent or mitigate future ecosystem impacts. Molecular diagnostics by DNA testing has become an integral part of this process. However, for environmental applications, there is a need for cost-effective and efficient point-of-use DNA testing to obtain accurate results from remote sites in real-time. This requires the development of simple and fast sample processing and DNA extraction, room-temperature stable reagents and a portable instrument. We developed a point-of-use real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction system using a crude buffer-based DNA extraction protocol and lyophilized, pre-made, reactions for on-site applications. We demonstrate the use of this approach with pathogens and pests covering a broad spectrum of known undesirable forest enemies: the fungi Sphaerulina musiva, Cronartium ribicola and Cronartium comandrae, the oomycete Phytophthora ramorum and the insect Lymantria dispar. We obtained positive DNA identification from a variety of different tissues, including infected leaves, pathogen spores, or insect legs and antenna. The assays were accurate and yielded no false positive nor negative. The shelf-life of the lyophilized reactions was confirmed after one year at room temperature. Finally, successful tests conducted with portable thermocyclers and disposable instruments demonstrate the suitability of the method, named in Situ Processing and Efficient Environmental Detection (iSPEED), for field testing. This kit fits in a backpack and can be carried to remote locations for accurate and rapid detection of pests and pathogens.
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Molecular assays to detect the presence and viability of Phytophthora ramorum and Grosmannia clavigera. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0221742. [PMID: 32023247 PMCID: PMC7001964 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Wood and wood products can harbor microorganisms that can raise phytosanitary concerns in countries importing or exporting these products. To evaluate the efficacy of wood treatment on the survival of microorganisms of phytosanitary concern the method of choice is to grow microbes in petri dishes for subsequent identification. However, some plant pathogens are difficult or impossible to grow in axenic cultures. A molecular methodology capable of detecting living fungi and fungus-like organisms in situ can provide a solution. RNA represents the transcription of genes and can become rapidly unstable after cell death, providing a proxy measure of viability. We designed and used RNA-based molecular diagnostic assays targeting genes essential to vital processes and assessed their presence in wood colonized by fungi and oomycetes through reverse transcription and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A stability analysis was conducted by comparing the ratio of mRNA to gDNA over time following heat treatment of mycelial cultures of the Oomycete Phytophthora ramorum and the fungus Grosmannia clavigera. The real-time PCR results indicated that the DNA remained stable over a period of 10 days post treatment in heat-treated samples, whereas mRNA could not be detected after 24 hours for P. ramorum or 96 hours for G. clavigera. Therefore, this method provides a reliable way to evaluate the viability of these pathogens and offers a potential way to assess the effectiveness of existing and emerging wood treatments. This can have important phytosanitary impacts on assessing both timber and non-timber forest products of commercial value in international wood trade.
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A Survey in Natural Forest Ecosystems of Vietnam Reveals High Diversity of both New and Described Phytophthora Taxa including P. ramorum. FORESTS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/f11010093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In 2016 and 2017, surveys of Phytophthora diversity were performed in 25 natural and semi-natural forest stands and 16 rivers in temperate and subtropical montane and tropical lowland regions of Vietnam. Using baiting assays from soil samples and rivers and direct isolations from naturally fallen leaves, 13 described species, five informally designated taxa and 21 previously unknown taxa of Phytophthora were isolated from 58 of the 91 soil samples (63.7%) taken from the rhizosphere of 52 of the 64 woody plant species sampled (81.3%) in 20 forest stands (83.7%), and from all rivers: P. capensis, P. citricola VII, VIII, IX, X and XI, P. sp. botryosa-like 2, P. sp. meadii-like 1 and 2, P. sp. tropicalis-like 2 and P. sp. multivesiculata-like 1 from Phytophthora major phylogenetic Clade 2; P. castaneae and P. heveae from Clade 5; P. chlamydospora, P. gregata, P. sp. bitahaiensis-like and P. sp. sylvatica-like 1, 2 and 3 from Clade 6; P. cinnamomi (Pc), P. parvispora, P. attenuata, P. sp. attenuata-like 1, 2 and 3 and P. ×heterohybrida from Clade 7; P. drechsleri, P. pseudocryptogea, P. ramorum (Pr) and P. sp. kelmania from Clade 8, P. macrochlamydospora, P. sp. ×insolita-like, P. sp. ×kunnunara-like, P. sp. ×virginiana-like s.l. and three new taxa, P. sp. quininea-like, P. sp. ×Grenada 3-like and P. sp. ×Peru 4-like, from Clade 9; and P. sp. gallica-like 1 and 2 from Clade 10. The A1 and A2 mating types of both Pc and Pr co-occurred. The A2 mating type of Pc was associated with severe dieback of montane forests in northern Vietnam. Most other Phytophthora species, including Pr, were not associated with obvious disease symptoms. It is concluded that (1) Vietnam is within the center of origin of most Phytophthora taxa found including Pc and Pr, and (2) Phytophthora clades 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are native to Indochina.
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Hamelin RC, Roe AD. Genomic biosurveillance of forest invasive alien enemies: A story written in code. Evol Appl 2020; 13:95-115. [PMID: 31892946 PMCID: PMC6935587 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The world's forests face unprecedented threats from invasive insects and pathogens that can cause large irreversible damage to the ecosystems. This threatens the world's capacity to provide long-term fiber supply and ecosystem services that range from carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and water and air purification, to soil preservation and maintenance of wildlife habitat. Reducing the threat of forest invasive alien species requires vigilant biosurveillance, the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information about pest and pathogen threats to achieve early detection and warning and to enable better decision-making. This process is challenging due to the diversity of invasive pests and pathogens that need to be identified, the diverse pathways of introduction, and the difficulty in assessing the risk of establishment. Genomics can provide powerful new solutions to biosurveillance. The process of invasion is a story written in four chapters: transport, introduction, establishment, and spread. The series of processes that lead to a successful invasion can leave behind a DNA signature that tells the story of an invasion. This signature can help us understand the dynamic, multistep process of invasion and inform management of current and future introductions. This review describes current and future application of genomic tools and pipelines that will provide accurate identification of pests and pathogens, assign outbreak or survey samples to putative sources to identify pathways of spread, and assess risk based on traits that impact the outbreak outcome.
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- Richard C. Hamelin
- Department of Forest and Conservation SciencesThe University of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS)Université LavalQuébecQCCanada
- Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Faculté de Foresterie et GéographieUniversité LavalQuébecQCCanada
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- Great Lakes Forestry CenterNatural Resources CanadaSault Ste. MarieONCanada
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Simler‐Williamson AB, Metz MR, Frangioso KM, Meentemeyer RK, Rizzo DM. Compound disease and wildfire disturbances alter opportunities for seedling regeneration in resprouter‐dominated forests. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Department of Biology Lewis & Clark College Portland Oregon 97219 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology University of California Davis California 95616 USA
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources & the Center for Geospatial Analytics North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina 27695 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology University of California Davis California 95616 USA
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Sarowar MN, Cusack R, Duston J. Saprolegnia molecular phylogeny among farmed teleosts in Nova Scotia, Canada. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2019; 42:1745-1760. [PMID: 31637741 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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To identify the pathogens causing saprolegniosis among farmed fish in Nova Scotia, 172 infected tissues and 23 water samples were collected from six species of teleosts: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), brown trout (Salmo trutta), Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at nine facilities over a 600 km range. Following laboratory culture, 132 isolates were recovered. Six species of oomycetes were identified from analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of the nrDNA: Saprolegnia parasitica, Saprolegnia ferax, Saprolegnia diclina, Saprolegnia aenigmatica, Saprolegnia torulosa, Saprolegnia sp. and Pythiopsis cymosa. Further phylogenetic analyses of the ITS and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (Cox1) regions revealed four strains of Saprolegnia parasitica (named here as S1, S2, S3 and S4), of which S1 and S2 were common (37% and 42% of the isolates), and two strains of S. ferax. Among S. parasitica, S2 and S3 are more closely related to each other than to S1 based on the phylogenetic analyses and predicted RNA secondary structure of the ITS region. Sexual structures with a similar morphology were formed by S1 and S3 in vitro, but were not formed by S2.
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- Mohammad Nasif Sarowar
- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Agricultural Campus, Dalhousie University, Bible Hill, Canada
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- Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Agricultural Campus, Hancock Veterinary Building, Bible Hill, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Agricultural Campus, Dalhousie University, Bible Hill, Canada
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Evangelisti E, Yunusov T, Shenhav L, Schornack S. N-acetyltransferase AAC(3)-I confers gentamicin resistance to Phytophthora palmivora and Phytophthora infestans. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:265. [PMID: 31775609 PMCID: PMC6882347 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1642-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Oomycetes are pathogens of mammals, fish, insects and plants, and the potato late blight agent Phytophthora infestans and the oil palm and cocoa infecting pathogen Phytophthora palmivora cause economically impacting diseases on a wide range of crop plants. Increasing genomic and transcriptomic resources and recent advances in oomycete biology demand new strategies for genetic modification of oomycetes. Most oomycete transformation procedures rely on geneticin-based selection of transgenic strains. Results We established N-acetyltransferase AAC(3)-I as a gentamicin-based selectable marker for oomycete transformation without interference with existing geneticin resistance. Strains carrying gentamicin resistance are fully infectious in plants. We further demonstrate the usefulness of this new antibiotic selection to super-transform well-characterized, already fluorescently-labelled P. palmivora strains and provide a comprehensive protocol for maintenance and zoospore electro-transformation of Phytophthora strains to aid in plant-pathogen research. Conclusions N-acetyltransferase AAC(3)-I is functional in Phytophthora oomycetes. In addition, the substrate specificity of the AAC(3)-I enzyme allows for re-transformation of geneticin-resistant strains. Our findings and resources widen the possibilities to study oomycete cell biology and plant-oomycete interactions.
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- Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU), Cambridge, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU), Cambridge, UK
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Sapp M, Tyborski N, Linstädter A, López Sánchez A, Mansfeldt T, Waldhoff G, Bareth G, Bonkowski M, Rose LE. Site-specific distribution of oak rhizosphere-associated oomycetes revealed by cytochrome c oxidase subunit II metabarcoding. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:10567-10581. [PMID: 31624568 PMCID: PMC6787841 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The phylum Oomycota comprises important tree pathogens like Phytophthora quercina, involved in central European oak decline, and Phytophthora cinnamomi shown to affect holm oaks among many other hosts. Despite the importance to study the distribution, dispersal and niche partitioning of this phylum, metabarcoding surveys, and studies considering environmental factors that could explain oomycete community patterns are still rare. We investigated oomycetes in the rhizosphere of evergreen oaks in a Spanish oak woodland using metabarcoding based on Illumina sequencing of the taxonomic marker cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (cox2). We developed an approach amplifying a 333 bp long fragment using the forward primer Hud-F (Mycologia, 2000) and a reverse primer found using DegePrime (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014). Factors reflecting topo-edaphic conditions and tree health were linked to oomycete community patterns. The majority of detected OTUs belonged to the Peronosporales. Most taxa were relatives of the Pythiaceae, but relatives of the Peronosporaceae and members of the Saprolegniales were also found. The most abundant OTUs were related to Globisporangium irregulare and P. cinnamomi, both displaying strong site-specific patterns. Oomycete communities were strongly correlated with the environmental factors: altitude, crown foliation, slope and soil skeleton and soil nitrogen. Our findings illustrate the significance of small scale variation in habitat conditions for the distribution of oomycetes and highlight the importance to study oomycete communities in relation to such ecological patterns.
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- Melanie Sapp
- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Botanical Institute, Range Ecology and Range ManagementUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)University of BonnBonnGermany
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- Botanical Institute, Range Ecology and Range ManagementUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos NaturalesUniversidad Politécnica de MadridMadridSpain
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of GeographyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Institute of ZoologyTerrestrial EcologyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)Population GeneticsHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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Grünwald NJ, LeBoldus JM, Hamelin RC. Ecology and Evolution of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2019; 57:301-321. [PMID: 31226018 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The sudden oak and sudden larch death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum emerged simultaneously in the United States on oak and in Europe on Rhododendron in the 1990s. This pathogen has had a devastating impact on larch plantations in the United Kingdom as well as mixed conifer and oak forests in the Western United States. Since the discovery of this pathogen, a large body of research has provided novel insights into the emergence, epidemiology, and genetics of this pandemic. Genetic and genomic resources developed for P. ramorum have been instrumental in improving our understanding of the epidemiology, evolution, and ecology of this disease. The recent reemergence of EU1 in the United States and EU2 in Europe and the discovery of P. ramorum in Asia provide renewed impetus for research on the sudden oak death pathogen.
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- Niklaus J Grünwald
- Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon 97330, USA;
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
- Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5704, USA
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Faculté de Foresterie et de Géomatique, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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