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Villa NO, Kageyama K, Asano T, Suga H. Phylogenetic relationships ofPythiumandPhytophthoraspecies based on ITS rDNA, cytochrome oxidase II and β-tubulin gene sequences. Mycologia 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Neilyn O. Villa
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines 4031
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- River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Japan 501-1193
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- Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Japan 501-1193
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Gerbore J, Vallance J, Yacoub A, Delmotte F, Grizard D, Regnault-Roger C, Rey P. Characterization of Pythium oligandrum populations that colonize the rhizosphere of vines from the Bordeaux region. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 90:153-67. [PMID: 25041717 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This study focused on one oomycete, Pythium oligandrum, well-known for its plant protection abilities, which thrives in microbial environment where bacteria and fungal communities are also present. The genetic structures and dynamics of fungal and bacterial communities were studied in three Bordeaux subregions with various types of soil, using single-strand conformation polymorphism. The structure of the fungal communities colonizing the rhizosphere of vines planted in sandy-stony soils was markedly different from that those planted in silty and sandy soils; such differences were not observed for bacteria. In our 2-year experiment, the roots of all the vine samples were also colonized by echinulated oospore Pythium species, with P. oligandrum predominating. Cytochrome oxidase I and tubulin gene sequencings showed that P. oligandrum strains clustered into three groups. Based on elicitin-like genes coding for proteins able to induce plant resistance, six populations were identified. However, none of these groups was assigned to a particular subregion of Bordeaux vineyards, suggesting that these factors do not shape the genetic structure of P. oligandrum populations. Results showed that different types of rootstock and weeding management both influence root colonization by P. oligandrum. These results should prove particularly useful in improving the management of potentially plant-protective microorganisms.
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- Jonathan Gerbore
- INRA, UMR1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble (SAVE), ISVV, Villenave d'Ornon, France; BIOVITIS, Saint Etienne de Chomeil, France; UMR CNRS 5254/IPREM-EEM, IBEAS, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
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Deacon J. Principles and Practice of Controlling Fungal Growth. Fungal Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118685068.ch17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Schroeder KL, Martin FN, de Cock AWAM, Lévesque CA, Spies CFJ, Okubara PA, Paulitz TC. Molecular Detection and Quantification of Pythium Species: Evolving Taxonomy, New Tools, and Challenges. PLANT DISEASE 2013; 97:4-20. [PMID: 30722255 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-12-0243-fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The genus Pythium is one of the most important groups of soilborne plant pathogens, present in almost every agricultural soil and attacking the roots of thousands of hosts, reducing crop yield and quality. Most species are generalists, necrotrophic pathogens that infect young juvenile tissue. In fact, Cook and Veseth have called Pythium the "common cold" of wheat, because of its chronic nature and ubiquitous distribution. Where Pythium spp. are the cause of seedling damping-off or emergence reduction, the causal agent can easily be identified based on symptoms and culturing. In more mature plants, however, infection by Pythium spp. is more difficult to diagnose, because of the nonspecific symptoms that could have abiotic causes such as nutrient deficiencies or be due to other root rotting pathogens. Molecular methods that can accurately identify and quantify this important group are needed for disease diagnosis and management recommendations and to better understand the epidemiology and ecology of this important group. The purpose of this article is to outline the current state-of-the-art in the detection and quantification of this important genus. In addition, we will introduce the reader to new changes in the taxonomy of this group.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, ON
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- USDA-ARS, Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, Pullman, WA
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- USDA-ARS, Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, Pullman, WA
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Influence of Pythium oligandrum biocontrol on fungal and oomycete population dynamics in the rhizosphere. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:4790-800. [PMID: 19447961 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02643-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fungal and oomycete populations and their dynamics were investigated following the introduction of the biocontrol agent Pythium oligandrum into the rhizosphere of tomato plants grown in soilless culture. Three strains of P. oligandrum were selected on the basis of their ability to form oospores (resting structures) and to produce tryptamine (an auxin-like compound) and oligandrin (a glycoprotein elicitor). Real-time PCR and plate counting demonstrated the persistence of large amounts of the antagonistic oomycete in the rhizosphere throughout the cropping season (April to September). Inter-simple-sequence-repeat analysis of the P. oligandrum strains collected from root samples at the end of the cropping season showed that among the three strains used for inoculation, the one producing the smallest amount of oospores was detected at 90%. Single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis revealed increases in the number of members and the complexity of the fungal community over time. There were no significant differences between the microbial ecosystems inoculated with P. oligandrum and those that were not treated, except for a reduction of Pythium dissotocum (ubiquitous tomato root minor pathogen) populations in inoculated systems during the last 3 months of culture. These findings raise interesting issues concerning the use of P. oligandrum strains producing elicitor and auxin molecules for plant protection and the development of biocontrol.
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Takenaka S, Sekiguchi H, Nakaho K, Tojo M, Masunaka A, Takahashi H. Colonization of Pythium oligandrum in the tomato rhizosphere for biological control of bacterial wilt disease analyzed by real-time PCR and confocal laser-scanning microscopy. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2008; 98:187-95. [PMID: 18943195 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-98-2-0187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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It recently has been reported that the non-plant-pathogenic oomycete Pythium oligandrum suppresses bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato. As one approach to determine disease-suppressive mechanisms of action, we analyzed the colonization of P. oligandrum in rhizospheres of tomato using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confocal laser-scanning microscopy. The real-time PCR specifically quantified P. oligandrum in the tomato rhizosphere that is reliable over a range of 0.1 pg to 1 ng of P. oligandrum DNA from 25 mg dry weight of soil. Rhizosphere populations of P. oligandrum from tomato grown for 3 weeks in both unsterilized and sterilized field soils similarly increased with the initial application of at least 5 x 10(5) oospores per plant. Confocal microscopic observation also showed that hyphal development was frequent on the root surface and some hyphae penetrated into root epidermis. However, rhizosphere population dynamics after transplanting into sterilized soil showed that the P. oligandrum population decreased with time after transplanting, particularly at the root tips, indicating that this biocontrol fungus is rhizosphere competent but does not actively spread along roots. Protection over the long term from root-infecting pathogens does not seem to involve direct competition. However, sparse rhizosphere colonization of P. oligandrum reduced the bacterial wilt as well as more extensive colonization, which did not reduce the rhizosphere population of R. solanacearum. These results suggest that competition for infection sites and nutrients in rhizosphere is not the primary biocontrol mechanism of bacterial wilt by P. oligandrum.
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- Shigehito Takenaka
- National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Kasaigun, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Le Floch G, Tambong J, Vallance J, Tirilly Y, Lévesque A, Rey P. Rhizosphere persistence of three Pythium oligandrum strains in tomato soilless culture assessed by DNA macroarray and real-time PCR. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 61:317-26. [PMID: 17627780 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In tomato soilless culture, plant-disease optimal control and growth promotion are achieved when the rhizosphere is heavily colonized by the biocontrol agent Pythium oligandrum. Discrepancies in performance are generally attributed to the poor persistence of P. oligandrum on roots. In this study, three selected strains of P. oligandrum were introduced into the rhizosphere of greenhouse-grown tomato plants, and their persistence was assessed by DNA macroarray hybridization and real-time PCR. The experimental data from DNA detection and plate counting were compared. PCR-based methods detected P. oligandrum throughout the 6-month growing season, whereas plate counting indicated its presence only over the first 3 months. Moreover, the DNA array method provided information about the various Pythium species present in the rhizosphere: P. dissotocum was frequently detected on roots of plants, without distinction between plants inoculated or not inoculated with the antagonist. The detection of other Pythium species was noticed sporadically (P. ultimum, P. sylvaticum and P. intermedium), independent of the treatment. Even though the yield enhancement is not significant throughout the entire growing season, data obtained from epidemiological studies demonstrate an enhancement of P. oligandrum persistence on the rhizosphere of plants and less use of mycoparasitism.
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- Gaetan Le Floch
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France.
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Shi A, Mmbaga MT. Perpetuation of Powdery Mildew Infection and Identification of Erysiphe australiana as the Crape Myrtle Pathogen in Mid-Tennessee. PLANT DISEASE 2006; 90:1098-1101. [PMID: 30781306 DOI: 10.1094/pd-90-1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The fungus Erysiphe lagerstroemiae is commonly known as the powdery mildew pathogen in crape myrtle (Lagerstroemiae indica) in the United States, and Erysiphe australiana is the powdery mildew pathogen reported in Japan, China, and Australia. The teleomorph often used to identify powdery mildew fungi rarely develops in crape myrtle, and in our observations, ascocarps never formed. Our study showed that the crape myrtle pathogen overwintered as mycelia on dormant buds. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA and the intervening 5.8S rRNA gene were amplified using standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols and the universal primer pairs ITS1 and ITS4. PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis in a 1.5% agarose gel and sequenced, and the ITS PCR product was 666 bp from ITS1/ITS4 and 704 bp from ITS1-F/ITS4. BLAST analysis of the sequence of the PCR products showed identical similarity with E. australiana reported in Japan, China, and Australia. Comparison of ITS sequences with information in the GenBank on other powdery mildew fungi showed a closest alignment (93% similarity) to Erysiphe juglandis that infects walnut. Specific primers for E. australiana were developed and evaluated for use as diagnostic tools. Out of 12 specific primer pairs evaluated, four primer pairs and four double primer pairs were highly specific to E. australiana and did not amplify Erysiphe pulchra of dogwood, Erysiphe syringae of common lilac, Erysiphe circinata of maple, or Phyllactinia guttata of oak. The E. australiana-specific primers amplified 16 samples of crape myrtle powdery mildew collected from diverse locations in mid-Tennessee. These results clearly showed that the crape myrtle powdery mildew in mid-Tennessee was caused by E. australiana. Specific primers reported in this article provide a diagnostic tool and may be used to confirm the identity of crape myrtle powdery mildew pathogen in other areas in the United States and wherever the disease occurs.
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- Ainong Shi
- Tennessee State University, Otis A. Floyd Nursery Research Center, 472 Cadillac Lane, McMinnville 37110
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- Tennessee State University, Otis A. Floyd Nursery Research Center, 472 Cadillac Lane, McMinnville 37110
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Kaminski JE, Dernoeden PH, O'Neill NR, Wetzel HC. A PCR-Based Method for the Detection of Ophiosphaerella agrostis in Creeping Bentgrass. PLANT DISEASE 2005; 89:980-985. [PMID: 30786632 DOI: 10.1094/pd-89-0980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Dead spot is a relatively new disease of creeping bentgrass and hybrid bermudagrass that is incited by Ophiosphaerella agrostis. Initial symptoms are difficult to diagnose and clinicians generally rely on the presence of pseudothecia within infected tissue or isolation of O. agrostis on an artificial medium. The main goal of this study was to develop a polymerase chain reaction-based technique capable of quickly identifying O. agrostis within infected creeping bentgrass tissues. Oligonucleotide primers specific for O. agrostis were developed based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of three previously sequenced isolates of O. agrostis. The 22-bp primers amplified a 445- or 446-bp region of 80 O. agrostis isolates collected from creeping bentgrass and bermudagrass in 11 states. Primers did not amplify DNA from other common turfgrass pathogens, including three closely related species of Ophiosphaerella. Selective amplification of O. agrostis was successful from field-infected creeping bent-grass samples and primers did not amplify the DNA of noninfected, field-grown creeping bent-grass or hybrid bermudagrass plants. Amplification of purified O. agrostis DNA was successful at quantities between 50 ng and 5 pg. The entire process, including DNA isolation, amplification, and amplicon visualization, may be completed within 4 h. These results indicate the specificity of these primers for assisting in the accurate and timely identification of O. agrostis and the diagnosis of dead spot in both bentgrass and bermudagrass hosts.
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- John E Kaminski
- Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705
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