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Tripathi YN, Singh VK, Kumar S, Shukla V, Yadav M, Upadhyay RS. Identification of hub genes and potential networks by centrality network analysis of PCR amplified Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici EF1α gene. BMC Microbiol 2024; 24:336. [PMID: 39256659 PMCID: PMC11389467 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03434-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Fusarium wilt is a devastating soil-borne fungal disease of tomato across the world. Conventional method of disease prevention including usage of common pesticides and methods like soil solarisation are usually ineffective in the treatment of this disease. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify virulence related genes in the pathogen which can be targeted for fungicide development. RESULTS Pathogenicity testing and phylogenetic classification of the pathogen used in this study confirmed it as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) strain. A recent discovery indicates that EF1α, a protein with conserved structural similarity across several fungal genera, has a role in the pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae, the rice blast fungus. Therefore, in this study we have done structural and functional classification of EF1α to understand its role in pathogenicity of Fol. The protein model of Fol EF1α was created using the template crystal structure of the yeast elongation factor complex EEF1A:EEF1BA which showed maximum similarity with the target protein. Using the STRING online database, the interactive information among the hub genes of EF1α was identified and the protein-protein interaction network was recognized using the Cytoscape software. On combining the results of functional analysis, MCODE, CytoNCA and CytoHubba 4 hub genes including Fol EF1α were selected for further investigation. The three interactors of Fol EF1α showed maximum similarity with homologous proteins found in Neurospora crassa complexed with the known fungicide, cycloheximide. Through the sequence similarity and PDB database analysis, homologs of Fol EF1α were found: EEF1A:EEF1BA in complex with GDPNP in yeast and EF1α in complex with GDP in Sulfolobus solfataricus. The STITCH database analysis suggested that EF1α and its other interacting partners interact with guanosine diphosphate (GDPNP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP). CONCLUSIONS Our study offers a framework for recognition of several hub genes network in Fusarium wilt that can be used as novel targets for fungicide development. The involvement of EF1α in nucleocytoplasmic transport pathway suggests that it plays role in GTP binding and thus apart from its use as a biomarker, it may be further exploited as an effective target for fungicide development. Since, the three other proteins that were found to be tightly associated Fol EF1α have shown maximum similarity with homologous proteins of Neurospora crassa that form complex with fungicide- Cycloheximide. Therefore, we suggest that cycloheximide can also be used against Fusarium wilt disease in tomato. The active site cavity of Fol EF1α can also be determined for computational screening of fungicides using the homologous proteins observed in yeast and Sulfolobus solfataricus. On this basis, we also suggest that the other closely associated genes that have been identified through STITCH analysis, they can also be targeted for fungicide development.
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- Yashoda N Tripathi
- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Mbasa WV, Nene WA, Kapinga FA, Temu SG, Tibuhwa DD. Linking landscape habitats with prevalence of fusarium wilt disease of cashew crop in Tanzania. BMC Ecol Evol 2024; 24:101. [PMID: 39039497 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02284-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Epidemic of Cashew Fusarium wilt disease (CFWD) has been a continuous focal challenge in the cashew farming, in Tanzania. Limited to edaphic conditions as a major factor in its epidemic, the current study aimed to assess the habitat-disease relationship. Purposive surveys involving assessment of disease prevalence and habitat compositions were conducted across four landscapes of southeastern zone from 2019 to 2023. Findings revealed a widespread of CFWD across diversified landscapes possessing varying habitat characteristics, mainly cultivated land with mature cashew, brownish sand loamy soils, grassland or shrub vegetation, seasonal river streamlines and natural water wells. The highest disease incidence and severity were noted at Nachingwea/Masasi plain (99.28:88.34%) followed by Liwale inland plain (98.64:89.3%), Coastal zone (72.72:59.83%) and Tunduru dissected plain (62.13:54.54%). The habitat characteristics were strongly similar within the landscape (0.86-Jaccard index) except between villages of the coastal zone (0.71-Jaccard index). Across landscapes, Nachingwea/Masasi plains and the Coastal zone were strongly similar to Tunduru dissected plain (0.63-1.0-Jaccard index), but strongly dissimilar with the Liwale inland plain (0.67-0.70- Jaccard distance). Furthermore, the presence of greater than 0.5 suitability indices across landscapes were revealed, with Liwale inland plain having strongest suitability index of 0.743 followed by Coastal zone (0.681), Tunduru dissected plain (0.617) and Nachingwea/Masasi plain. Significantly, the habitats had an increase of 0.1 suitability index, and positively correlated with disease prevalence by triggering disease incidence of 13.9% and severity of 31.4%. The study for the first time revealed the presence of an association between disease prevalence and landscape habitat characteristics of southeastern, Tanzania; paving the way to inclusive thinking of habitat as one of the drivers in the prevalence of fusarium wilt disease of cashews. Further research on the genetic coevolution of Fusarium oxysporum across landscapes to strengthen disease risk management in the cashew industry is recommended.
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- William V Mbasa
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35179, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Naliendele, P.O. Box 509, Mtwara, Tanzania.
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Naliendele, P.O. Box 509, Mtwara, Tanzania
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Naliendele, P.O. Box 509, Mtwara, Tanzania
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35179, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35179, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Zhang Y, Tian L. Transcriptome Analysis and Reactive Oxygen Species Detection Suggest Contrasting Molecular Mechanisms in Populus canadensis' Response to Different Formae Speciales of Marssonina brunnea. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:116. [PMID: 38255004 PMCID: PMC10815367 DOI: 10.3390/genes15010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Revealing plant-pathogen interactions is important for resistance breeding, but it remains a complex process that presents many challenges. Marssonina leaf spot of poplars (MLSP) is the main disease in poplars; in China, its pathogens consist of two formae speciales, namely, Marssonina brunnea f. sp. Monogermtubi (MO) and M. brunnea f. sp. Multigermtubi (MU). However, the mechanism of the molecular interaction between poplars and the two formae speciales, especially for an incompatible system, remains unclear. In this study, we conducted transcriptome sequencing and reactive oxygen species (ROS) staining based on the interactions between Populus canadensis and the two formae speciales. The results show that the gene expression patterns of P. canadensis induced by MO and MU were significantly different, especially for the genes associated with biotic stress. Furthermore, MO and MU also triggered distinct ROS reactions of P. canadensis, and ROS (mainly H2O2) burst was only observed around the cells penetrated by MU. In conclusion, this study suggested that P. canadensis experienced different resistance reactions in response to the two formae speciales of M. brunnea, providing valuable insights for further understanding the host-pathogen interactions of MLSP.
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- Yanfeng Zhang
- School of Ecological Engineering, Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510520, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China
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Scott CJR, Leadbeater DR, Oates NC, James SR, Newling K, Li Y, McGregor NGS, Bird S, Bruce NC. Whole genome structural predictions reveal hidden diversity in putative oxidative enzymes of the lignocellulose-degrading ascomycete Parascedosporium putredinis NO1. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0103523. [PMID: 37811978 PMCID: PMC10714830 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01035-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE An annotated reference genome has revealed P. putredinis NO1 as a useful resource for the identification of new lignocellulose-degrading enzymes for biorefining of woody plant biomass. Utilizing a "structure-omics"-based searching strategy, we identified new potentially lignocellulose-active sequences that would have been missed by traditional sequence searching methods. These new identifications, alongside the discovery of novel enzymatic functions from this underexplored lineage with the recent discovery of a new phenol oxidase that cleaves the main structural β-O-4 linkage in lignin from P. putredinis NO1, highlight the underexplored and poorly represented family Microascaceae as a particularly interesting candidate worthy of further exploration toward the valorization of high value biorenewable products.
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- Conor J. R. Scott
- Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, York Structural Biology Laboratory, The University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Chakrapani K, Chanu WT, Sinha B, Thangjam B, Hasan W, Devi KS, Chakma T, Phurailatpam S, Mishra LK, Singh GM, Khoyumthem P, Saini R. Deciphering growth abilities of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi under variable temperature, pH and nitrogen. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1228442. [PMID: 37601368 PMCID: PMC10435999 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1228442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi (Fop) is an important disease and major obstacle to pea production, causing huge losses to growers. The focus of this study was on isolation followed by morphological, molecular characterization and analyzing the growth of the casual agent under variable temperature, pH and Nitrogen levels. The morphological features of radial growth, sporulation, pigmentation and mycelial characterization were examined and the variability of all isolates was presented. Molecular characterization of the fungus by ITS rDNA sequencing revealed that all 13 isolates belong to Fusarium oxysporum species. Six isolates were tested for temperature, pH and nitrogen dosage optimization studies. Seven different temperatures, viz., 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33°C and pH values, having 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 pH, as well as nitrogen dosage levels of 0 g, 3 g, 5 g, 7 g, 9 g, 11 g, and 13 g were tested against all six isolates, respectively. The results showed that all isolates exhibited the highest growth at a temperature of 25°C and the optimal temperature range for growth of Fusarium oxysporum was 23-27°C. All isolates showed the highest growth at pH5. Change in the nitrogen doses of the base ended in formation of thick, dense, fluffy mycelium of the casual agent. Six isolates were used for combination studies with seven different levels of temperatures, pH levels and nitrogen dosages. The density plots revealed the variations in the growth of the isolates with changes in temperature, pH and nitrogen levels, which can lead to mutations or genetic changes in the pathogens that could potentially introduce new threats to pea cultivation.
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- Kota Chakrapani
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- KVK, Jahanabad, Bihar Agricultural University, Jahanabad, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of BPME, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Agricultural Statistics, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, AICRP (Groundnut), College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
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- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
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Rafiqi M, Kosawang C, Peers JA, Jelonek L, Yvanne H, McMullan M, Nielsen LR. Endophytic fungi related to the ash dieback causal agent encode signatures of pathogenicity on European ash. IMA Fungus 2023; 14:10. [PMID: 37170345 PMCID: PMC10176688 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-023-00115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Tree diseases constitute a significant threat to biodiversity worldwide. Pathogen discovery in natural habitats is of vital importance to understanding current and future threats and prioritising efforts towards developing disease management strategies. Ash dieback is a fungal disease of major conservational concern that is infecting common ash trees, Fraxinus excelsior, in Europe. The disease is caused by a non-native fungal pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Other dieback causing-species have not previously been identified in the genus Hymenoscyphus. Here, we discover the pathogenicity potential of two newly identified related species of Asian origin, H. koreanus and H. occultus, and one Europe-native related species, H. albidus. We sequence the genomes of all three Hymenoscyphus species and compare them to that of H. fraxineus. Phylogenetic analysis of core eukaryotic genes identified H. albidus and H. koreanus as sister species, whilst H. occultus diverged prior to these and H. fraxineus. All four Hymenoscyphus genomes are of comparable size (55-62 Mbp) and GC contents (42-44%) and encode for polymorphic secretomes. Surprisingly, 1133 predicted secreted proteins are shared between the ash dieback pathogen H. fraxineus and the three related Hymenoscyphus endophytes. Amongst shared secreted proteins are cell death-inducing effector candidates, such as necrosis, and ethylene-inducing peptide 1-like proteins, Nep1-like proteins, that are upregulated during in planta growth of all Hymenoscyphus species. Indeed, pathogenicity tests showed that all four related Hymenoscyphus species develop pathogenic growth on European ash stems, with native H. albidus being the least virulent. Our results identify the threat Hymenoscypohus species pose to the survival of European ash trees, and highlight the importance of promoting pathogen surveillance in environmental landscapes. Identifying new pathogens and including them in the screening for durable immunity of common ash trees is key to the long-term survival of ash in Europe.
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- Maryam Rafiqi
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK.
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK
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- The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Debbarma J, Saikia B, Singha DL, Das D, Keot AK, Maharana J, Velmurugan N, Arunkumar KP, Reddy PS, Chikkaputtaiah C. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutation in XSP10 and SlSAMT Genes Impart Genetic Tolerance to Fusarium Wilt Disease of Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.). Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:488. [PMID: 36833415 PMCID: PMC9956927 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Fusarium wilt is a major devastating fungal disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) which reduces the yield and production. Xylem sap protein 10 (XSP10) and Salicylic acid methyl transferase (SlSAMT) are two putative negative regulatory genes associated with Fusarium wilt of tomato. Fusarium wilt tolerance in tomato can be developed by targeting these susceptible (S) genes. Due to its efficiency, high target specificity, and versatility, CRISPR/Cas9 has emerged as one of the most promising techniques for knocking out disease susceptibility genes in a variety of model and agricultural plants to increase tolerance/resistance to various plant diseases in recent years. Though alternative methods, like RNAi, have been attempted to knock down these two S genes in order to confer resistance in tomato against Fusarium wilt, there has been no report of employing the CRISPR/Cas9 system for this specific intent. In this study, we provide a comprehensive downstream analysis of the two S genes via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of single (XSP10 and SlSAMT individually) and dual-gene (XSP10 and SlSAMT simultaneously). Prior to directly advancing on to the generation of stable lines, the editing efficacy of the sgRNA-Cas9 complex was first validated using single cell (protoplast) transformation. In the transient leaf disc assay, the dual-gene editing showed strong phenotypic tolerance to Fusarium wilt disease with INDEL mutations than single-gene editing. In stable genetic transformation of tomato at the GE1 generation, dual-gene CRISPR transformants of XSP10 and SlSAMT primarily exhibited INDEL mutations than single-gene-edited lines. The dual-gene CRISPR-edited lines (CRELs) of XSP10 and SlSAMT at GE1 generation conferred a strong phenotypic tolerance to Fusarium wilt disease compared to single-gene-edited lines. Taken together, the reverse genetic studies in transient and stable lines of tomato revealed that, XSP10 and SlSAMT function together as negative regulators in conferring genetic tolerance to Fusarium wilt disease.
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- Johni Debbarma
- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat 785013, Assam, India
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- Branch Laboratory-Itanagar, Biological Sciences Division, CSIR-NEIST, Naharlagun 791110, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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- Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute (CMER&TI), Lahdoigarh, Jorhat 785700, Assam, India
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- International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502324, Telangana, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Pothiraj G, Shanmugam V, Tyagi A, Hussain Z, Aggarwal R, Haritha MM, Manikandan K, Singh AK, Krishnan G. Physiological race characterisation of Fusarium oxysporum strains infecting tomato employing candidate pathogenicity genes and host resistance. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 39:66. [PMID: 36585513 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03505-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Physiological races of 14 strains of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici were established by PCR profiling SIX gene expressions. No amplification of the SIX4 (Avr1) gene was observed in any of the 14 strains. Based on amplification of the SIX3 (Avr2) gene, 6 strains were distinguished as race 2. Race 2 strains are known to contain identical SIX3 sequences and differ from race 3 strains by single point mutations. Hence, based on polymorphic amplicons of the SIX3 gene detected by stringent PCR conditions, 8 strains were identified as race 3. The identity of the physiological races of the strains was validated by inoculating on three germplasm lines, EC-814916, FEB-2 and Pusa Rohini carrying I-2, I-3 and no I gene, respectively. The race 2 and race 3 strains were avirulent on EC-814916 and FEB-2 lines, respectively. All the 14 fungal strains were pathogenic on Pusa Rohini, the Fusarium wilt susceptible cultivar lacking R genes and exhibited different levels of virulence. In evaluating two other potential pathogenicity genes, Fow1 and Fow2 as markers for virulence, their expressions were observed among both the races of the Fol strains, and hence are not potential candidates for physiological race discrimination. However, strong expressions of the genes in the root tissues inoculated with the highly virulent strain, TOFU-IHBT in comparison to the uninoculated control indicated their roles in fungal pathogenicity. To understand the role of these pathogenicity genes in countering the host defence mechanisms, their expressions in response to ROS and phenolics, the earliest known defence mechanisms of host plants were assessed. In H2O2, the Fow2 gene expressed 1.4-fold greater than that of the control. On the contrary, in relation to the control, the expressions of Fow1 were strongly repressed exhibiting 0.7-to 0.8-fold lesser at 0.1 mM through 3 mM concentrations than that of the control indicating that the gene is modulated by the phenolic acid indicating the roles of Fow2 and Fow1 in alleviating oxidative stress and targeted by the phenolic acid, respectively.
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- Govindan Pothiraj
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India.,Nammazhvar College of Agriculture and Technology, Ramanathapuram, 623708, Tamil Nadu, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India
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Pazarlar S, Madriz-Ordeñana K, Thordal-Christensen H. Bacillus cereus EC9 protects tomato against Fusarium wilt through JA/ET-activated immunity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1090947. [PMID: 36589090 PMCID: PMC9798288 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1090947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The mechanisms of action and the limitations of effectiveness of natural biocontrol agents should be determined in order to convert them into end products that can be used in practice. Rhizosphere Bacillus spp. protect plants from various pathogens by displaying several modes of action. However, the ability of Bacillus spp. to control plant diseases depends on the interaction between the bacteria, host, and pathogen, and the environmental conditions. We found that soil drenching of tomato plants with the non-antifungal Bacillus cereus strain EC9 (EC9) enhances plant defense against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol). To study the involvement of plant defense-related phytohormones in the regulation of EC9-activated protection against Fol, we conducted plant bioassays in tomato genotypes impaired in salicylic acid (SA) accumulation, jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis, and ethylene (ET) production, and analyzed the transcript levels of pathways-related marker genes. Our results indicate that JA/ET-dependent signaling is required for EC9-mediated protection against Fol in tomato. We provide evidence that EC9 primes tomato plants for enhanced expression of proteinase inhibitor I (PI-I) and ethylene receptor4 (ETR4). Moreover, we demonstrated that EC9 induces callose deposition in tomato roots. Understanding the involvement of defense-related phytohormones in EC9-mediated defense against Fusarium wilt has increased our knowledge of interactions between non-antifungal plant defense-inducing rhizobacteria and plants.
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- Sercan Pazarlar
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section for Plant and Soil Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section for Plant and Soil Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section for Plant and Soil Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bhagat N, Magotra S, Gupta R, Sharma S, Verma S, Verma PK, Ali T, Shree A, Vakhlu J. Invasion and Colonization of Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum R1 in Crocus sativus L. during Corm Rot Disease Progression. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:1246. [PMID: 36547579 PMCID: PMC9784501 DOI: 10.3390/jof8121246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The corm rot of saffron caused by Fusarium oxysporum (Fox) has been reported to be the most destructive fungal disease of the herb globally. The pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum R1 (Fox R1) isolated by our group from Kashmir, India, was found to be different from Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli commonly reported corm rot agent of saffron. In the present study, Fox R1 was further characterized using housekeeping genes and pathogenicity tests, as Fusarium oxysporum R1 f.sp. iridacearum race 4. Though Fox R1 invaded the saffron plant through both corm and roots, the corm was found to be the preferred site of infection. In addition, the route of pathogen movement wastracked by monitoring visual symptoms, semi-quantitative PCR, quantitative-PCR (q-PCR), real-time imaging of egfp-tagged Fusarium oxysporum R1, and Fox R1 load quantification. This study is the first study of its kind on the bidirectional pathogenesis from corm to roots and vice-versa, as the literature only reports unidirectional upward movement from roots to other parts of the plant. In addition, the colonization pattern of Fox R1 in saffron corms and roots was studied. The present study involved a systematic elucidation of the mode and mechanism of pathogenesis in the saffron Fusarium oxysporum strain R1 pathosystem.
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- Nancy Bhagat
- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
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- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
- University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Ajitgarh 140413, India
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- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
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- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
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- Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- Metagenomic Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
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Zeyad MT, Tiwari P, Ansari WA, Kumar SC, Kumar M, Chakdar H, Srivastava AK, Singh UB, Saxena AK. Bio-priming with a consortium of Streptomyces araujoniae strains modulates defense response in chickpea against Fusarium wilt. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:998546. [PMID: 36160196 PMCID: PMC9493686 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.998546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (Foc) is one of the major diseases of chickpea affecting the potential yield significantly. Productivity and biotic stress resilience are both improved by the association and interaction of Streptomyces spp. with crop plants. In the present study, we evaluated two Streptomyces araujoniae strains (TN11 and TN19) for controlling the wilt of chickpea individually and as a consortium. The response of Foc challenged chickpea to inoculation with S. araujoniae TN11 and TN19 individually and as a consortium was recorded in terms of changes in physio-biochemical and expression of genes coding superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase, and catalase. Priming with a consortium of TN11 and TN19 reduced the disease severity by 50–58% when challenged with Foc. Consortium primed-challenged plants recorded lower shoot dry weight to fresh weight ratio and root dry weight to fresh weight ratio as compared to challenged non-primed plants. The pathogen-challenged consortium primed plants recorded the highest accumulation of proline and electrolyte leakage. Similarly, total chlorophyll and carotenoids were recorded highest in the consortium treatment. Expression of genes coding SOD, peroxidase, and catalase was up-regulated which corroborated with higher activities of SOD, peroxidase, and catalase in consortium primed-challenged plants as compared to the challenged non-primed plants. Ethyl acetate extracts of TN11 and TN19 inhibited the growth of fungal pathogens viz., Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. Macrophomina phaseolina, F. udum, and Sclerotinia sclerotiarum by 54–73%. LC–MS analyses of the extracts showed the presence of a variety of antifungal compounds like erucamide and valinomycin in TN11 and valinomycin and dinactin in TN19. These findings suggest that the consortium of two strains of S. araujoniae (TN11 and TN19) can modulate defense response in chickpea against wilt and can be explored as a biocontrol strategy.
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Afordoanyi DM, Diabankana RGC, Akosah YA, Validov SZ. Are formae speciales pathogens really host specific? A broadened host specificity in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum. Braz J Microbiol 2022; 53:1745-1759. [PMID: 35841534 PMCID: PMC9679123 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00793-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Phytopathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht exhibit clear host specificity, which appears to be a persistent characteristic and a dependable base for the forma specialis system of these pathogens. Here, we report an altered host specificity of the F. oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum strain V03-2 g (Forc V03-2 g) - a causative agent of cucumber root-rot, the clonal derivates of which acquired the ability to infect tomato plants. Since the clonal derivates of Forc V03-2 g with transformed host specificity preserved their ability to parasitize on cucumber plants, the changes that occurred can be classified as broadening of host specificity. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of pathogenicity changes in formae speciales of F. oxysporum. The clonal derivates acquired could be used to trace genetic determinants of the host specificity of phytopathogenic strains of F. oxysporum.
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- Daniel Mawuena Afordoanyi
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Microbiological Methods, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia ,Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tatar Scientific Research Institute of Agrochemistry and Soil Science, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York City, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Microbiological Methods, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia
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Gámez-Arjona FM, Vitale S, Voxeur A, Dora S, Müller S, Sancho-Andrés G, Montesinos JC, Di Pietro A, Sánchez-Rodríguez C. Impairment of the cellulose degradation machinery enhances Fusarium oxysporum virulence but limits its reproductive fitness. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabl9734. [PMID: 35442735 PMCID: PMC9020665 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl9734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Fungal pathogens grow in the apoplastic space, in constant contact with the plant cell wall (CW) that hinders microbe progression while representing a source of nutrients. Although numerous fungal CW modifying proteins have been identified, their role during host colonization remains underexplored. Here, we show that the root-infecting plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) does not require its complete arsenal of cellulases to infect the host plant. Quite the opposite: Fo mutants impaired in cellulose degradation become hypervirulent by enhancing the secretion of virulence factors. On the other hand, the reduction in cellulase activity had a severe negative effect on saprophytic growth and microconidia production during the final stages of the Fo infection cycle. These findings enhance our understanding of the function of plant CW degradation on the outcome of host-microbe interactions and reveal an unexpected role of cellulose degradation in a pathogen's reproductive success.
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- Departamento de Genética, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Genética, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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Kamali-Sarvestani S, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Salmaninezhad F, Cacciola SO. Fusarium and Neocosmospora Species Associated with Rot of Cactaceae and Other Succulent Plants. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:364. [PMID: 35448595 PMCID: PMC9024871 DOI: 10.3390/jof8040364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Infections by Fusarium and Fusarium-like species on cacti and other succulent plants cause the syndrome known as Fusarium dry rot and soft rot. There are only few records of Fusarium species as pathogens of cacti and other succulent plants from Iran. The objective of this study was the identification and characterization of fusarioid species recovered from ornamental succulents in Shiraz County, Iran. Three fusarioid species, including F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, and Neocosmospora falciformis (formerly F. falciforme), were recovered from 29 diverse species of cacti and other succulents with symptoms of Fusarium dry rot and soft rot. The three fungal species were identified on the basis of morphological characters and the phylogenetic analysis of the translation elongation factor1-α (tef1) nuclear gene. The F. oxysporum isolates were identified as F. oxysporum f. sp. opuntiarum. The pathogenicity of the three fusarioid species was tested on a range of economically important ornamental succulents, mostly in the Cactaceae family. The three species showed a broad host spectrum and induced different types of symptoms on inoculated plants, including soft and dry rot, chlorosis, necrotic spots, wilt, drying, root and crown rot. This is the first report of N. falciformis as a pathogen of succulent plants worldwide.
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- Sahar Kamali-Sarvestani
- Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7144165186, Iran; (S.K.-S.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7144165186, Iran; (S.K.-S.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Ashraf H, Batool T, Anjum T, Illyas A, Li G, Naseem S, Riaz S. Antifungal Potential of Green Synthesized Magnetite Nanoparticles Black Coffee-Magnetite Nanoparticles Against Wilt Infection by Ameliorating Enzymatic Activity and Gene Expression in Solanum lycopersicum L. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:754292. [PMID: 35308392 PMCID: PMC8928266 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.754292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Tomato plants are prone to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Fusarium wilt is one of the most devasting diseases of tomatoes caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, causing high yield and economic losses annually. Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) are one of the potent candidates to inhibit fungal infection by improving plant growth parameters. Spinach has been used as a starting material to synthesize green-synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs). Various extracts, i.e., pomegranate juice, white vinegar, pomegranate peel, black coffee (BC), aloe vera peel, and aspirin, had been used as reducing/stabilizing agents to tune the properties of the Fe3O4 NPs. After utilizing spinach as a precursor and BC as a reducing agent, the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern showed cubic magnetite (Fe3O4) phase. Spherical-shaped nanoparticles (∼20 nm) with superparamagnetic nature indicated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) monographs, whereas energy-dispersive X-ray gives good elemental composition in Fe3O4 NPs. A characteristic band of Fe-O at ∼ 561 cm-1 was exhibited by the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results confirmed the binding energies of Fe 2p3/2 (∼710.9 eV) and Fe 2p1/2 (∼724.5 eV) while, Raman bands at ∼310 cm-1 (T2 g ), ∼550 cm-1 (T2 g ), and 670 cm-1 (A1 g ) indicated the formation of Fe3O4 NPs synthesized using BC extract. The in vitro activity of BC-Fe3O4 NPs significantly inhibited the mycelial growth of F. oxysporum both at the third and seventh day after incubation, in a dose-dependent manner. In vivo studies also exhibited a substantial reduction in disease severity and incidence by improving plant growth parameters after treatment with different concentrations of BC-Fe3O4 NPs. The increasing tendency in enzymatic activities had been measured after treatment with different concentrations of NPs both in roots and shoot of tomato plants as compared to the control. Correspondingly, the upregulation of PR-proteins and defense genes are in line with the results of the enzymatic activities. The outcome of the present findings suggests that Fe3O4 NPs has the potential to control wilt infection by enhancing plant growth. Hence, Fe3O4 NPs, being non-phytotoxic, have impending scope in the agriculture sector to attain higher yield by managing plant diseases.
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- Hina Ashraf
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Asim S, Hussain A, Murad W, Hamayun M, Iqbal A, Rehman H, Tawab A, Irshad M, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Elansary HO, Lee IJ. Endophytic Fusarium oxysporum GW controlling weed and an effective biostimulant for wheat growth. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:922343. [PMID: 36003803 PMCID: PMC9394004 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.922343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Wheat crop has to compete with several weeds including Avena fatua, a noxious weed that alone is responsible for 30-70% losses in the yield annually. Because of the environmental concerns associated with conventional methods, researchers are on a continuous hunt to find clean alternatives in order to manage weeds. Fungi have shown promising weedicide potential in lab studies. The current study aimed to isolate endophytic fungi from wheat plants which can promote wheat growth and inhibit the growth of common weed, A. fatua. Of several isolates, GW (grayish white) was selected for its promising features, and the strain was identified as Fusarium oxisporum through ITS sequencing technique. This fungus released a number of compounds including Isovitexin, Calycosin, quercetagetin, and dihydroxy-dimethoxyisoflavone that inhibited the growth of A. fatua but did not influence the growth of wheat seedlings. Biomass of this fungus in the soil also reduced growth parameters of the weed and promoted the growth of wheat. For instance, the vigor index of A. fatua seedlings was reduced to only 6% of the control by this endophyte. In contrast, endophyte-associated wheat seedlings showed a higher vigor index than the control. Behind this differential response of the two plants were their contrasting physiological and biochemical status. Lower growth phenotypes of A. fatua seedlings had reduced levels of IAA, GAs, and SA and higher the levels of JA and ABA. Besides, their ROS scavenging ability was also compromised as evident from relatively lower activities of catalase, peroxidase, and ascorbic acid oxidase, as well as higher accumulation of ROS in their leaves. Wheat seedlings response to GW was opposite to the A. fatua. It may be concluded that F. oxysporum GW has the ability to differentially modulate physiology and biochemistry of the two hosts leading to contrasting phenotypic responses.
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- Syed Asim
- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Anwar Hussain
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
- In-Jung Lee
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Brizuela AM, Lalak-Kańczugowska J, Koczyk G, Stępień Ł, Kawaliło M, Palmero D. Geographical Origin Does Not Modulate Pathogenicity or Response to Climatic Variables of Fusarium oxysporum Associated with Vascular Wilt on Asparagus. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7121056. [PMID: 34947038 PMCID: PMC8703408 DOI: 10.3390/jof7121056] [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: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Asparagus crop is distributed worldwide, covering very different climatic regions. Among the different diseases that affect asparagus, vascular Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. aparagi (Foa), stands out. It is not only the cause of large economic losses due to a decrease in yield and shortened longevity of the plantation, but also prevents replanting. This work aimed to determine if F. oxysporum isolates associated with vascular wilt on asparagus have adapted differentially to the different agro-environmental conditions. The potential correlation between origin and mycelial growth under different temperatures and humidity conditions was analysed for isolates from asparagus fields cultivated in northern and southern Europe. The genetic and pathogenic variability were also analysed. While a clear effect of water activity on mycelial growth was observed, all isolates responded in a similar way to changes in water activity in the medium, regardless of their geographical origin. The results revealed a low genetic variability of F. oxysporum isolates associated with vascular wilt on asparagus without signs of differentiation correlated to geographical origin. The southernmost isolates of the two cultivated varieties inoculated did not express more pathogenicity than those isolated from the colder region.
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- Alexandri María Brizuela
- Department of Agricultural Production, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Plant-Pathogen Interaction Team, Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland; (J.L.-K.); (Ł.S.)
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- Biometry and Bioinformatics Team, Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland; (G.K.); (M.K.)
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- Plant-Pathogen Interaction Team, Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland; (J.L.-K.); (Ł.S.)
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- Biometry and Bioinformatics Team, Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland; (G.K.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Agricultural Production, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-91-067-1075
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Pothiraj G, Hussain Z, Singh AK, Solanke AU, Aggarwal R, Ramesh R, Shanmugam V. Characterization of Fusarium Spp. Inciting Vascular Wilt of Tomato and Its Management by a Chaetomium-Based Biocontrol Consortium. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:748013. [PMID: 34868132 PMCID: PMC8640237 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Though the vascular wilt of tomato caused by the species of Fusarium is globally reported to be a complex disease in certain countries, for example, India, our studies indicated that the disease is caused by either Fusarium oxysporum f. spp. lycopersici (Fol) or Fusarium solani (FS) with the Fol being widely prevalent. In assessing the genetic diversity of 14 Fol strains representing the four Indian states by the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averaging using Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) amplicons, the strains distinguished themselves into two major clusters showing no correlation with their geographic origin. In pot experiments under polyhouse conditions, the seed dressing and soil application of a talc-based formulation of a biocontrol treatment, TEPF-Sungal-1 (Pseudomonas putida) + S17TH (Trichoderma harzianum) + CG-A (Chaetomium globosum), which inhibited Fol, was equally effective like the cell suspensions and was even better than the fungicidal mixture (copper oxychloride-0.25% + carbendazim-0.1%) in promoting the crop growth (52.3%) and reducing vascular wilt incidence (75%) over the control treatment, despite the challenge of inoculation with a highly pathogenic TOFU-IHBT strain. This was associated with significant expressions of the defense genes, indicating the induction of host resistance by a biocontrol consortium. In field experiments on two locations, the bioconsortium was highly effective in recording maximum mean fruit yields (54.5 and 60%) and a minimum mean vascular wilt incidence (37.5%) in comparison to the untreated control. Thus, Chaetomium-based bioconsortium demonstrated consistency in its performance across the two experiments in 2 years under the two field conditions.
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa, India
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Tetorya M, Rajam MV. RNAi-mediated silencing of PEX6 and GAS1 genes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici confers resistance against Fusarium wilt in tomato. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:443. [PMID: 34631344 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02973-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In the present study, we have explored the potential of the RNAi mediated silencing of genes encoding peroxisomal biogenesis factor and β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) to confer resistance to Fusarium wilt in transgenic tomato plants. The partial gene fragments from these genes were utilized independently to generate hairpin RNAi constructs in appropriate silencing vectors and used for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tomato. The presence of gene-specific siRNAs was confirmed by stem-loop RT-PCR analysis of selected transgenic tomato lines. Transgenic lines expressing gene-specific dsRNA displayed enhanced resistance to Fol with delayed development of disease symptoms. The survival rate of transgenic tomato lines after fungal infection was higher as compared to that of the untransformed tomato plants. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-021-02973-8.
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- Meenakshi Tetorya
- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi-South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, 110021 India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi-South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, 110021 India
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Transcript pattern analysis of Arf-family genes in the phytopathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici reveals the role of Arl3 in the virulence. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1619-1632. [PMID: 34338933 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-021-01628-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is an important plant pathogen that has been used to understand the virulence mechanisms that soil inhabiting fungi exhibit during the infection process. In F. oxysporum many of the virulence factors are secreted, and the secretion process requires the formation of vesicles. Arf family members, represented by Arf (ADP- Ribosylation Factor), Arl (Arf-like), and Sar (Secretion-associated and Ras-related) proteins, are involved in the vesicle creation process. In this study we identified the Arf family members in F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, which includes seven putative proteins: Arf1, Arf3, Arl1 through Arl3, Arl8B, and Sar1. Quantification of the mRNA levels of each arf encoding gene revealed that the highest expression corresponds to arf1 in all tested conditions. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that no other Arf1 paralogue, such as Arf2 from yeast, is present in F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. The essential function suggested of Arf1 in F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici was corroborated experimentally when, after several attempts, it was impossible to obtain a knockout mutant in arf1. Moreover, arl3 mRNA levels increased significantly when plant tissue was added as a sole carbon source, suggesting that the product of these genes could play pivotal roles during plant infection, the corresponding mutant ∆arl3 was less virulent compared to the wild-type strain. These results describe the role of arl3 as a critical regulator of the virulence in F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and stablish a framework for the arf family members to be studied in deeper details in this phytopathogen.
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Expression of bik cluster and production of bikaverin by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici grown using two alternate nitrogen sources. Int Microbiol 2021; 25:153-164. [PMID: 34455510 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The genus Fusarium can be utilized to produce a great variety of secondary metabolites under specific culture conditions, including pigments of increasing biotechnological interest, such as bikaverin. Such pigments are important due to the biological properties they possess, including antitumor and antibiotic activities, among others. In Fusarium fujikuroi, bik1-bik6 have been identified as the genes that are responsible for the synthesis of bikaverin. Therefore, in this study, we screened for the presence of bik genes and examined changes in mRNA levels of the bik genes under the influence of NH4NO3 (0.024, 0.048, 0.50, 1.0, and 4.60 g L-1) and NH4Cl (0.50 and 1.0 g L-1) as nitrogen sources for the phytopathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Our results indicated the presence of at least six bik (bik1-bik6) genes and showed increased mRNA levels for bik4, bik5, and bik6 in conditions where NH4NO3 was used at pH 3.0. The characteristic coloration of bikaverin was obtained in 10 out of 16 culture conditions, except when the fungus was grown with higher concentrations of NH4NO3 (1.0 and 4.60 g L-1). The pigment was chloroform-extracted from the culture conditions of NH4NO3 (0.024, 0.048, and 0.50 g L-1) and NH4Cl (0.50 and 1.0 g L-1) with 3 and 9 days of incubation. Analysis via visible spectroscopy and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry were used for the identification of bikaverin.
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Debbarma J, Saikia B, Singha DL, Maharana J, Velmuruagan N, Dekaboruah H, Arunkumar KP, Chikkaputtaiah C. XSP10 and SlSAMT, Fusarium wilt disease responsive genes of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) express tissue specifically and interact with each other at cytoplasm in vivo. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 27:1559-1575. [PMID: 34366597 PMCID: PMC8295444 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01025-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) is a major fungal disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Xylem sap protein 10 (XSP10) and Salicylic acid methyl transferase (SlSAMT) have been identified as putative negative regulatory genes associated with Fusarium wilt of tomato. Despite their importance as potential genes for developing Fusarium wilt disease tolerance, very little knowledge is available about their expression, cell biology, and functional genomics. Semi-quantitative and quantitative real-time PCR expression analysis of XSP10 and SlSAMT, in this study, revealed higher expression in root and flower tissue respectively in different tomato cultivars viz. Micro-Tom (MT), Arka Vikas (AV), and Arka Abhed (AA). Therefore, the highly up-regulated expression of XSP10 and SlSAMT in biotic stress susceptible tomato cultivar (AV) than a multiple disease resistant cultivar (AA) suggested the disease susceptibility nature of these genes for Fusarium wilt. Sub-cellular localization analysis through the expression of gateway cloning constructs in tomato protoplasts and seedlings showed the predominant localization of XSP10 in the nucleus and SlSAMT at the cytoplasm. A strong in vivo protein-protein interaction of XSP10 with SlSAMT at cytoplasm from bi-molecular fluorescent complementation study suggested that these two proteins function together in regulating responses to Fusarium wilt tolerance in tomato. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01025-y.
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- Johni Debbarma
- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002 Uttar Pradesh India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002 Uttar Pradesh India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
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- Distributed Information Centre (DIC), Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam India
- Present Address: Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Biological Sciences Division, Branch Laboratory-Itanagar, CSIR-NEIST, Naharlagun, 791110 Arunachal Pradesh India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002 Uttar Pradesh India
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- Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute (CMER&TI), Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002 Uttar Pradesh India
- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, 785006 Assam India
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Jangir P, Mehra N, Sharma K, Singh N, Rani M, Kapoor R. Secreted in Xylem Genes: Drivers of Host Adaptation in Fusarium oxysporum. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:628611. [PMID: 33968096 PMCID: PMC8101498 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.628611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) is a notorious pathogen that significantly contributes to yield losses in crops of high economic status. It is responsible for vascular wilt characterized by the browning of conductive tissue, wilting, and plant death. Individual strains of Fo are host specific (formae speciales), and approximately, 150 forms have been documented so far. The pathogen secretes small effector proteins in the xylem, termed as Secreted in Xylem (Six), that contribute to its virulence. Most of these proteins contain cysteine residues in even numbers. These proteins are encoded by SIX genes that reside on mobile pathogenicity chromosomes. So far, 14 proteins have been reported. However, formae speciales vary in SIX protein profile and their respective gene sequence. Thus, SIX genes have been employed as ideal markers for pathogen identification. Acquisition of SIX-encoding mobile pathogenicity chromosomes by non-pathogenic lines, through horizontal transfer, results in the evolution of new virulent lines. Recently, some SIX genes present on these pathogenicity chromosomes have been shown to be involved in defining variation in host specificity among formae speciales. Along these lines, the review entails the variability (formae speciales, races, and vegetative compatibility groups) and evolutionary relationships among members of F. oxysporum species complex (FOSC). It provides updated information on the diversity, structure, regulation, and (a)virulence functions of SIX genes. The improved understanding of roles of SIX in variability and virulence of Fo has significant implication in establishment of molecular framework and techniques for disease management. Finally, the review identifies the gaps in current knowledge and provides insights into potential research landscapes that can be explored to strengthen the understanding of functions of SIX genes.
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Samsonova A, Kanapin A, Bankin M, Logachev A, Gretsova M, Rozhmina T, Samsonova M. A Genomic Blueprint of Flax Fungal Parasite Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052665. [PMID: 33800857 PMCID: PMC7961770 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Fusarium wilt of flax is an aggressive disease caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. It is a challenging pathogen presenting a constant threat to flax production industry worldwide. Previously, we reported chromosome-level assemblies of 5 highly pathogenic F. oxysporum f. sp. lini strains. We sought to characterize the genomic architecture of the fungus and outline evolutionary mechanisms shaping the pathogen genome. Here, we reveal the complex multi-compartmentalized genome organization and uncover its diverse evolutionary dynamics, which boosts genetic diversity and facilitates host adaptation. In addition, our results suggest that host of functions implicated in the life cycle of mobile genetic elements are main contributors to dissimilarity between proteomes of different Fusaria. Finally, our experiments demonstrate that mobile genetics elements are expressed in planta upon infection, alluding to their role in pathogenicity. On the whole, these results pave the way for further in-depth studies of evolutionary forces shaping the host–pathogen interaction.
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- Anastasia Samsonova
- Mathematical Biology & Bioinformatics Laboratory, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.S.); (A.K.); (M.B.); (A.L.)
- Institute of Translational Biomedicine, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Mathematical Biology & Bioinformatics Laboratory, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.S.); (A.K.); (M.B.); (A.L.)
- Institute of Translational Biomedicine, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Mathematical Biology & Bioinformatics Laboratory, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.S.); (A.K.); (M.B.); (A.L.)
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- Mathematical Biology & Bioinformatics Laboratory, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.S.); (A.K.); (M.B.); (A.L.)
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- Institute of Translational Biomedicine, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Breeding Technologies, Federal Research Center for Bast Fiber Crops, 172002 Torzhok, Russia;
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- Mathematical Biology & Bioinformatics Laboratory, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.S.); (A.K.); (M.B.); (A.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-812-290-9645
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Ragasa LRP, Joson SEA, Bagay WLR, Perez TR, Velarde MC. Transcriptome analysis reveals involvement of oxidative stress response in a copper-tolerant Fusarium oxysporum strain. Fungal Biol 2021; 125:435-446. [PMID: 34024591 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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High amount of copper is toxic to most organisms, but endophytic fungi can develop survival strategies to tolerate and respond to environmental stressors such as heavy metal contaminants. While high copper induces oxidative stress, it is still unclear which genes are associated with copper tolerance. Here, we performed a metatranscriptome analysis of endophytic fungi isolated from a black nightshade plant Solanum nigrum L. growing on mine tailings of a gold processing area. Initial screening revealed the presence of a copper-tolerant strain of Fusarium oxysporum, designated as IB-SN1W, which tolerated up to 1000 ppm and 300 ppm copper in solid and liquid media, respectively. Differential gene expression analysis by RNA sequencing showed that 23% of contigs are uniquely expressed in the copper-treated fungus. These genes are involved in copper ion import, polyamine transport, oxidoreductase activity, and oxidative stress response. Catalase transcripts were also highly upregulated in IB-SN1W compared to a non-tolerant F. oxysporum strain. Catalase inhibition decreased copper-tolerance in IB-SN1W, while the addition of antioxidants prevented the copper-dependent growth inhibition in the non-tolerant strain. Overall, these results suggest that oxidative stress response contributes to copper tolerance in F. oxysporum.
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- Lorenz Rhuel P Ragasa
- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Natural Sciences Research Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Natural Sciences Research Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Department of Environmental Science, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Natural Sciences Research Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
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Moghaieb RE, Ahmed DS, Gaber A, Abdelhadi AA. Overexpression of bacterial katE gene improves the resistance of modified tomato plant against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. GM CROPS & FOOD 2021; 12:315-327. [PMID: 33783318 PMCID: PMC8018384 DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2021.1903374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) yield is severely affected by Fusarium fungal disease. To improve the resistance of tomato against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL), Escherichia coli katE gene was transformed into two tomato cultivars, namely Castle Rock and Super strain B, via Agrobacterium tumefaciens; the transformation efficiency was 5.6% and 3.5%, respectively. The integration of the katE gene into T0, T1, and T2 transgenic tomato lines was confirmed using PCR. In addition, DNA dot blot technique confirmed the integration of the katE gene into T2 transgenic tomato lines. The RT-PCR analysis confirmed that the katE gene could be expressed normally in the T2 modified lines. Under artificial infection with FOL, the non-modified plants exhibited more severe fungal disease symptoms than those observed in katE overexpression (OE) lines. Our analysis showed that the levels of three defense enzymes, namely superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD), were increased during transgenic T2 generation pre-treated with FOL. The bioassay of modified lines revealed that an average of 52.56% of the modified Castle Rock cultivar and 50.28% of the modified Super Strain B cultivar showed resistance under Fusarium infection. These results clearly indicate that the modified tomato plants, in which the katE gene was overexpressed, became more resistant to the infection by FOL than the wild-type plants. Our study has proven that the overexpression of the E. coli katE gene in the OE lines could be utilized to develop and improve the resistance against fungal diseases in the modified crops.
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- Reda E.A. Moghaieb
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
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Shull TE, Kurepa J, Miller RD, Martinez-Ochoa N, Smalle JA. Inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. nicotianae Growth by Phenylpropanoid Pathway Intermediates. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 36:637-642. [PMID: 33312099 PMCID: PMC7721531 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.nt.08.2020.0155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fusarium wilt in tobacco caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. nicotianae is a disease‑management challenge worldwide, as there are few effective and environmentally benign chemical agents for its control. This challenge results in substantial losses in both the quality and yield of tobacco products. Based on an in vitro analysis of the effects of different phenylpropanoid intermediates, we found that the early intermediates trans‑cinnamic acid and para‑coumaric acid effectively inhibit the mycelial growth of F. oxysporum f. sp. nicotianae strain FW316F, whereas the downstream intermediates quercetin and caffeic acid exhibit no fungicidal properties. Therefore, our in vitro screen suggests that trans‑cinnamic acid and para‑coumaric acid are promising chemical agents and natural lead compounds for the suppression of F. oxysporum f. sp. nicotianae growth.
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- Timothy E. Shull
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0236, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0236, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0236, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0236, USA
- KTRDC, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-036, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0236, USA
- KTRDC, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-036, USA
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Murugan L, Krishnan N, Venkataravanappa V, Saha S, Mishra AK, Sharma BK, Rai AB. Molecular characterization and race identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici infecting tomato in India. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:486. [PMID: 33123453 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02475-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Fourteen isolates of Fusarium were isolated from wilt affected tomato samples collected from 10 different states of India. Characterization of the fungal cultures based on morphology and sequencing of ITS rDNA revealed that they belonged to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (Fol). Pathogenicity assay on two susceptible tomato cultivars showed all the 14 isolates were pathogenic and categorized in high-, moderate- and low-virulent groups. Differential host assay on Bonny Best (no resistant gene), UC82-L (harboring I-1), Fla.MH1 (harboring I-1 and I-2) and I3R-1 (harboring I-1, I-2 and I-3) tomato genotypes and PCR amplification with race-specific primers indicated that all the Fusarium isolates infecting tomato in India were belonging to race 1. Molecular diversity analysis based on ISSR markers revealed the presence of 3 distinct groups of Fol isolates. Abundant diversity was observed among the Fol isolates in harboring the virulence-related genes (endo-polygalacturonase gene pg1 and tomatinases) and toxin production (fumonisin). However, presence of pg1 does not correlate with virulence and the isolates carrying tomatinase 4 (tom-4) in combination with other tomatinase genes were of virulent group. Detection of fumonisin gene in six isolates of Fusarium infecting tomato indicated their toxigenic nature.
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- Loganathan Murugan
- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
- Present Address: Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirappalli, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
- Present Address: CHES, Chettalli, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake PO, Bangalore, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
- Present Address: Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221305 India
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Adhikari TB, Gao A, Ingram T, Louws FJ. Pathogenomics Characterization of an Emerging Fungal Pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in Greenhouse Tomato Production Systems. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1995. [PMID: 32973719 PMCID: PMC7482420 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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In recent years, greenhouse-grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants showing vascular wilt and yellowing symptoms have been observed between 2015 and 2018 in North Carolina (NC) and considered as an emerging threat to profitability. In total, 38 putative isolates were collected from symptomatic tomatoes in 12 grower greenhouses and characterized to infer pathogenic and genomic diversity, and mating-type (MAT) idiomorphs distribution. Morphology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) markers confirmed that all isolates were Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) and most of them were race 3. Virulence analysis on four different tomato cultivars revealed that virulence among isolates, resistance in tomato cultivars, and the interaction between the isolates and cultivars differed significantly (P < 0.001). Cultivar 'Happy Root' (I-1, I-2, and I-3 genes for resistance) was highly resistant to FOL isolates tested. We sequenced and examined for the presence of 15 pathogenicity genes from different classes (Fmk1, Fow1, Ftf1, Orx1, Pda1, PelA, PelD, Pep1, Pep2, eIF-3, Rho1, Scd1, Snf1, Ste12, and Sge1), and 14 Secreted In Xylem (SIX) genes to use as genetic markers to identify and differentiate pathogenic isolates of FOL. Sequence data analysis showed that five pathogenicity genes, Fmk1, PelA, Rho1, Sge1, and Ste12 were present in all isolates while Fow1, Ftf1, Orx1, Peda1, Pep1, eIF-3, Scd1, and Snf1 genes were dispersed among isolates. Two genes, Pep2 and PelD, were absent in all isolates. Of the 14 SIX genes assessed, SIX1, SIX3, SIX5, SIX6, SIX7, SIX8, SIX12, and SIX14 were identified in most isolates while the remaining SIX genes varied among isolates. All isolates harbored one of the two mating-type (MAT-1 or MAT-2) idiomorphs, but not both. The SIX4 gene was present only in race 1 isolates. Diversity assessments based on sequences of the effector SIX3- and the translation elongation factor 1-α encoding genes SIX3 and tef1-α, respectively were the most informative to differentiate pathogenic races of FOL and resulted in race 1, forming a monophyletic clade while race 3 comprised multiple clades. Furthermore, phylogeny-based on SIX3- and tef1-α gene sequences showed that the predominant race 3 from greenhouse production systems significantly overlapped with previously designated race 3 isolates from various regions of the globe.
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- Tika B Adhikari
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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de Lamo FJ, Takken FLW. Biocontrol by Fusarium oxysporum Using Endophyte-Mediated Resistance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:37. [PMID: 32117376 PMCID: PMC7015898 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Interactions between plants and the root-colonizing fungus Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) can be neutral, beneficial, or detrimental for the host. Fo is infamous for its ability to cause wilt, root-, and foot-rot in many plant species, including many agronomically important crops. However, Fo also has another face; as a root endophyte, it can reduce disease caused by vascular pathogens such as Verticillium dahliae and pathogenic Fo strains. Fo also confers protection to root pathogens like Pythium ultimum, but typically not to pathogens attacking above-ground tissues such as Botrytis cinerea or Phytophthora capsici. Endophytes confer biocontrol either directly by interacting with pathogens via mycoparasitism, antibiosis, or by competition for nutrients or root niches, or indirectly by inducing resistance mechanisms in the host. Fo endophytes such as Fo47 and CS-20 differ from Fo pathogens in their effector gene content, host colonization mechanism, location in the plant, and induced host-responses. Whereas endophytic strains trigger localized cell death in the root cortex, and transiently induce immune signaling and papilla formation, these responses are largely suppressed by pathogenic Fo strains. The ability of pathogenic strains to compromise immune signaling and cell death is likely attributable to their host-specific effector repertoire. The lower number of effector genes in endophytes as compared to pathogens provides a means to distinguish them from each other. Co-inoculation of a biocontrol-conferring Fo and a pathogenic Fo strain on tomato reduces disease, and although the pathogen still colonizes the xylem vessels this has surprisingly little effect on the xylem sap proteome composition. In this tripartite interaction the accumulation of just two PR proteins, NP24 (a PR-5) and a β-glucanase, was affected. The Fo-induced resistance response in tomato appears to be distinct from induced systemic resistance (ISR) or systemic acquired resistance (SAR), as the phytohormones jasmonate, ethylene, and salicylic acid are not required. In this review, we summarize our molecular understanding of Fo-induced resistance in a model and identify caveats in our knowledge.
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Faculty of Science, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Carmona SL, Burbano-David D, Gómez MR, Lopez W, Ceballos N, Castaño-Zapata J, Simbaqueba J, Soto-Suárez M. Characterization of Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Isolates Associated with Commercial Tomato Crops in the Andean Region of Colombia. Pathogens 2020; 9:E70. [PMID: 31968574 PMCID: PMC7168637 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9010070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In Colombia, tomato production under protected conditions represents an important economic contribution to the agricultural sector. Fusarium wilt diseases, caused by pathogenic formae speciales of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., cause significant yield losses in tomatoes throughout the world. Investigation of the F. oxysporum-tomato pathosystem in Colombia is required to develop appropriate alternative disease management. In this study, 120 fungal isolates were obtained from four different departments in the Central Andean Region in Colombia from tomato crops with symptoms of wilt disease. A molecular characterization of the fungal isolates was performed using the SIX1, SIX3, and SIX4 effector genes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hansen (Fol). Additionally, we developed a new specific marker to distinguish between Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici Jarvis & Shoemaker (Forl) and Fol isolates. Furthermore, a phylogenetic analysis using the Translation Elongation Factor 1-alpha (EF1a) gene was performed with the collected isolates. Two isolates (named Fol59 and Fol-UDC10) were identified as Fol race 2, four isolates were identified as Forl, six isolates were identified as F. solani, and most of the isolates were grouped within the F. oxysporum species complex. The phylogenetic tree of EF1a showed that most of the isolates could potentially correspond to nonpathogenic strains of F. oxysporum. Additional pathogenicity assays carried out with Fol59 and Fol-UDC10 confirmed that both isolates were highly virulent strains. This study represents a contribution to the understanding of the local interaction between tomatoes and F. oxysporum in Colombia.
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- Sandra L. Carmona
- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria. AGROSAVIA, Km 14 vía Mosquera-Bogotá, Mosquera 250047, Colombia; (S.L.C.); (D.B.-D.); (M.R.G.); (J.S.)
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria. AGROSAVIA, Km 14 vía Mosquera-Bogotá, Mosquera 250047, Colombia; (S.L.C.); (D.B.-D.); (M.R.G.); (J.S.)
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria. AGROSAVIA, Km 14 vía Mosquera-Bogotá, Mosquera 250047, Colombia; (S.L.C.); (D.B.-D.); (M.R.G.); (J.S.)
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- Departamento de Física y Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Manizales 170004, Colombia;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales 170004, Colombia; (N.C.); (J.C.-Z.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales 170004, Colombia; (N.C.); (J.C.-Z.)
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria. AGROSAVIA, Km 14 vía Mosquera-Bogotá, Mosquera 250047, Colombia; (S.L.C.); (D.B.-D.); (M.R.G.); (J.S.)
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria. AGROSAVIA, Km 14 vía Mosquera-Bogotá, Mosquera 250047, Colombia; (S.L.C.); (D.B.-D.); (M.R.G.); (J.S.)
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Xu Y, Zhou H, Zhao G, Yang J, Luo Y, Sun S, Wang Z, Li S, Jin C. Genetical and O-glycoproteomic analyses reveal the roles of three protein O-mannosyltransferases in phytopathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cucumerinum. Fungal Genet Biol 2020; 134:103285. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Srinivas C, Nirmala Devi D, Narasimha Murthy K, Mohan CD, Lakshmeesha TR, Singh B, Kalagatur NK, Niranjana SR, Hashem A, Alqarawi AA, Tabassum B, Abd Allah EF, Chandra Nayaka S. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici causal agent of vascular wilt disease of tomato: Biology to diversity- A review. Saudi J Biol Sci 2019; 26:1315-1324. [PMID: 31762590 PMCID: PMC6864208 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the widely grown vegetables worldwide. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) is the significant contributory pathogen of tomato vascular wilt. The initial symptoms of the disease appear in the lower leaves gradually, trail by wilting of the plants. It has been reported that FOL penetrates the tomato plant, colonizing and leaving the vascular tissue dark brown, and this discoloration extends to the apex, leading to the plants wilting, collapsing and dying. Therefore, it has been widely accepted that wilting caused by this fungus is the result of a combination of various physiological activities, including the accumulation of fungal mycelia in and around xylem, mycotoxin production, inactivation of host defense, and the production of tyloses; however, wilting symptoms are variable. Therefore, the selection of molecular markers may be a more effective means of screening tomato races. Several studies on the detection of FOL have been carried out and have suggested the potency of the technique for diagnosing FOL. This review focuses on biology and variability of FOL, understanding and presenting a holistic picture of the vascular wilt disease of tomato in relation to disease model, biology, virulence. We conclude that genomic and proteomic approachesare greater tools for identification of informative candidates involved in pathogenicity, which can be considered as one of the approaches in managing the disease.
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- C Srinivas
- Department of Studies in Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore,India
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- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore,India
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- Department of Immunology and Toxicology, DRDO-BU-Centre for Life Sciences, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore,India
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King SaudUniversity, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King SaudUniversity, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Govt. Raza P.G. College Rampur, 244901 U.P., India
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King SaudUniversity, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore,India
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Kumari R, Jayachandran LE, Ghosh AK. Investigation of diversity and dominance of fungal biota in stored wheat grains from governmental warehouses in West Bengal, India. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2019; 99:3490-3500. [PMID: 30623426 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fungal infestation is a leading cause of qualitative and quantitative deterioration of stored wheat grains. Limited information is available on the spatial distribution of fungal biota associated with stored wheat grains in India. Fungi were isolated and characterized from nine stored wheat grain samples in three warehouses of the Food Corporation of India, located in three agro-climatic zones (Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia) of West Bengal in India. RESULTS Maximum density and fungal diversity were observed in dichloran glycerol agar (DG-18) medium and the number increased with the increase of storage duration. Samples collected from Purulia showed maximum fungal diversity than that from Bankura and Paschim Medinipur. A total of 284 fungal isolates were obtained, classified into 29 operational taxonomic units (based on amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of 18S and internal transcribed spacer sequences), and identified as 24 different fungal species. The majority of fungal isolates belonged to Aspergillus flavus (35%) followed by Rhizopus oryzae (13%) and Eurotium amstelodami (9%). Aspergillopepsin O (PEPO) gene and aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway gene, nor-1, were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 91% and 71% of Aspergillus flavus isolates, respectively, indicating their aflatoxin producing ability. Aflatoxin production was further confirmed by ammonia vapour test, thin layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). CONCLUSION The presence of toxigenic fungi in stored wheat grain emphasizes the necessity of quarantine measures of stored grains before placing them in the public domain to save consumers from health hazards. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ranjana Kumari
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Agricultual and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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Aamir M, Kashyap SP, Zehra A, Dubey MK, Singh VK, Ansari WA, Upadhyay RS, Singh S. Trichoderma erinaceum Bio-Priming Modulates the WRKYs Defense Programming in Tomato Against the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici ( Fol) Challenged Condition. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:911. [PMID: 31428107 PMCID: PMC6689972 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The beneficial association and interaction of rhizocompetent microorganisms are widely used for plant biofertilization and amelioration of stress-induced damage in plants. To explore the regulatory mechanism involved in plant defense while associating with beneficial microbial species, and their interplay when co-inoculated with pathogens, we evaluated the response of tomato defense-related WRKY gene transcripts. The present study was carried out to examine the qRT-PCR-based relative quantification of differentially expressed defense-related genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.; variety S-22) primed with Trichoderma erinaceum against the vascular wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici). The tissue-specific and time-bound expression profile changes under the four different treatments "(unprimed, Fol challenged, T. erinaceum primed and Fol+ T. erinaceum)" revealed that the highest upregulation was observed in the transcript profile of SlWRKY31 (root) and SlWRKY37 (leaf) in T. erinaceum bioprimed treated plants at 24 h with 16.51- and 14.07-fold increase, respectively. In contrast, SlWRKY4 showed downregulation with the highest repression in T. erinaceum bioprimed root (24 h) and leaf (48 h) tissue samples with 0.03 and 0.08 fold decrease, respectively. Qualitative expression of PR proteins (chitinases and glucanases) was found elicited in T. erinaceum primed plants. However, the antioxidative activity of tomato superoxide dismutase and catalase increased with the highest upregulation of SOD and SlGPX1 in Fol + T. erinaceum treatments. We observed that these expression changes were accompanied by 32.06% lesser H2O2 production in T. erinaceum bioprimed samples. The aggravated defense response in all the treated conditions was also reflected by an increased lignified stem tissues. Overall, we conclude that T. erinaceum bio-priming modulated the defense transcriptome of tomato after the Fol challenged conditions, and were accompanied by enhanced accumulation of defense-related WRKY transcripts, increased antioxidative enzyme activities, and the reinforcements through a higher number of lignified cell layers.
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- Mohd Aamir
- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
- *Correspondence: Mohd Aamir,
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- Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Varanasi, India
- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Varanasi, India
- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Lombard L, Sandoval-Denis M, Lamprecht S, Crous P. Epitypification of Fusarium oxysporum - clearing the taxonomic chaos. PERSOONIA 2018; 43:1-47. [PMID: 32214496 PMCID: PMC7085860 DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.43.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fusarium oxysporum is the most economically important and commonly encountered species of Fusarium. This soil-borne fungus is known to harbour both pathogenic (plant, animal and human) and non-pathogenic strains. However, in its current concept F. oxysporum is a species complex consisting of numerous cryptic species. Identification and naming these cryptic species is complicated by multiple subspecific classification systems and the lack of living ex-type material to serve as basic reference point for phylogenetic inference. Therefore, to advance and stabilise the taxonomic position of F. oxysporum as a species and allow naming of the multiple cryptic species recognised in this species complex, an epitype is designated for F. oxysporum. Using multi-locus phylogenetic inference and subtle morphological differences with the newly established epitype of F. oxysporum as reference point, 15 cryptic taxa are resolved in this study and described as species.
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- L. Lombard
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ARC-Plant Health and Protection, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch, 7599, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
- Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Lebeau J, Petit T, Clerc P, Dufossé L, Caro Y. Isolation of two novel purple naphthoquinone pigments concomitant with the bioactive red bikaverin and derivates thereof produced by Fusarium oxysporum. Biotechnol Prog 2018; 35:e2738. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Juliana Lebeau
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments; Université de La Réunion; Saint-Denis France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments; Université de La Réunion; Saint-Denis France
- Département Hygiène Sécurité Environnement (HSE); IUT La Réunion, Université de La Réunion; Saint-Pierre France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments; Université de La Réunion; Saint-Denis France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments; Université de La Réunion; Saint-Denis France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments; Université de La Réunion; Saint-Denis France
- Département Hygiène Sécurité Environnement (HSE); IUT La Réunion, Université de La Réunion; Saint-Pierre France
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Profiling of bacterial and fungal communities of Mexican cheeses by high throughput DNA sequencing. Food Res Int 2018; 113:371-381. [PMID: 30195531 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aamir M, Singh VK, Dubey MK, Meena M, Kashyap SP, Katari SK, Upadhyay RS, Umamaheswari A, Singh S. In silico Prediction, Characterization, Molecular Docking, and Dynamic Studies on Fungal SDRs as Novel Targets for Searching Potential Fungicides Against Fusarium Wilt in Tomato. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:1038. [PMID: 30405403 PMCID: PMC6204350 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Vascular wilt of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) is one of the most devastating diseases, that delimits the tomato production worldwide. Fungal short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDRs) are NADP(H) dependent oxidoreductases, having shared motifs and common functional mechanism, have been demonstrated as biochemical targets for commercial fungicides. The 1,3,6,8 tetra hydroxynaphthalene reductase (T4HNR) protein, a member of SDRs family, catalyzes the naphthol reduction reaction in fungal melanin biosynthesis. We retrieved an orthologous member of T4HNR, (complexed with NADP(H) and pyroquilon from Magnaporthe grisea) in the FOL (namely; FOXG_04696) based on homology search, percent identity and sequence similarity (93% query cover; 49% identity). The hypothetical protein FOXG_04696 (T4HNR like) had conserved T-G-X-X-X-G-X-G motif (cofactor binding site) at N-terminus, similar to M. grisea (1JA9) and Y-X-X-X-K motif, as a part of the active site, bearing homologies with two fungal keto reductases T4HNR (M. grisea) and 17-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Curvularia lunata (teleomorph: Cochliobolus lunatus PDB ID: 3IS3). The catalytic tetrad of T4HNR was replaced with ASN115, SER141, TYR154, and LYS158 in the FOXG_04696. The structural alignment and superposition of FOXG_04696 over the template proteins (3IS3 and 1JA9) revealed minimum RMSD deviations of the C alpha atomic coordinates, and therefore, had structural conservation. The best protein model (FOXG_04696) was docked with 37 fungicides, to evaluate their binding affinities. The Glide XP and YASARA docked complexes showed discrepancies in results, for scoring and ranking the binding affinities of fungicides. The docked complexes were further refined and rescored from their docked poses through 50 ns long MD simulations, and binding free energies (ΔGbind) calculations, using MM/GBSA analysis, revealed Oxathiapiprolin and Famoxadone as better fungicides among the selected one. However, Famoxadone had better interaction of the docked residues, with best protein ligand contacts, minimum RMSD (high accuracy of the docking pose) and RMSF (structural integrity and conformational flexibility of docking) at the specified docking site. The Famoxadone was found to be acceptable based on in silico toxicity and in vitro growth inhibition assessment. We conclude that the FOXG_04696, could be employed as a novel candidate protein, for structure-based design, and screening of target fungicides against the FOL pathogen.
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- Mohd Aamir
- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.,Department of Botany, University College of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Varanasi, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Bioinformatics, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University, Tirupati, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Bioinformatics, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University, Tirupati, India
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- Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Akbar A, Hussain S, Ullah K, Fahim M, Ali GS. Detection, virulence and genetic diversity of Fusarium species infecting tomato in Northern Pakistan. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203613. [PMID: 30235252 PMCID: PMC6147440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In addition to the well-known Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, several other Fusarium species are known to cause extensive worldwide crop losses in tomatoes. Prevalence and identities of Fusarium species infecting tomatoes in Northwest Pakistan is currently not known. In this study, we surveyed and characterized Fusarium species associated with symptomatic tomatoes in Northwest Pakistan using morphological and molecular analyses. Pathogenicity tests revealed varying degrees of virulence with some Fusarium sp. causing severe disease symptoms whereas others displaying mild symptoms. Molecular identification based on Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and TEF-1α gene sequencing classified all isolates into four major species with a majority (68.9%) belonging to Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC), followed by F. graminearum (20.7%), F. acuminatum (6.8%), and F. solani (6.8%). ISSR analyses revealed substantial genetic variability among all the Fusarium population infecting tomatoes. Genetic distance between populations from the central region and the type strain F.o. f.sp. lycopersici from Florida was the highest (0.3662), whereas between the south and central region was the lowest (0.0298), which showed that genetic exchange is negatively effected by distance. High genetic variability suggests that these Fusarium species have the potential to become a major production constraint for tomato growers. Findings in this report would greatly facilitate identification of Fusarium species in developing countries and would provide groundwork for devising and implementing disease management measures for minimizing losses caused by Fusarium species in tomatoes.
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- Asma Akbar
- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Apopka, FL, United States of America
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa Agriculture University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Apopka, FL, United States of America
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Husaini AM, Sakina A, Cambay SR. Host-Pathogen Interaction in Fusarium oxysporum Infections: Where Do We Stand? MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:889-898. [PMID: 29547356 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-17-0302-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Fusarium oxysporum, a ubiquitous soilborne pathogen, causes devastating vascular wilt in more than 100 plant species and ranks 5th among the top 10 fungal plant pathogens. It has emerged as a human pathogen, too, causing infections in immune-compromised patients. Therefore, it is important to gain insight into the molecular processes involved in the pathogenesis of this transkingdom pathogen. A complex network comprising interconnected and overlapping signal pathways-mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways, Ras proteins, G-protein signaling components and their downstream pathways, components of the velvet (LaeA/VeA/VelB) complex, and cAMP pathways-is involved in perceiving the host. This network regulates the expression of various pathogenicity genes. However, plants have evolved an elaborate protection system to combat this attack. They, too, possess intricate mechanisms at the molecular level which, once triggered by pathogen attack, transduce signals to activate defense response. This review focuses on understanding and presenting a wholistic picture of the molecular mechanisms of F. oxysporum-host interactions in plant immunity.
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- Amjad M Husaini
- 1 Genome Engineering Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Jammu & Kashmir-190025, India
- 2 The Plant Chemetics Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, OX1 3RB South Parks Road, University of Oxford, U.K.; and
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- 1 Genome Engineering Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Jammu & Kashmir-190025, India
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- 1 Genome Engineering Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Jammu & Kashmir-190025, India
- 3 Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India
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Structural and functional dissection of differentially expressed tomato WRKY transcripts in host defense response against the vascular wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193922. [PMID: 29709017 PMCID: PMC5927432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The WRKY transcription factors have indispensable role in plant growth, development and defense responses. The differential expression of WRKY genes following the stress conditions has been well demonstrated. We investigated the temporal and tissue-specific (root and leaf tissues) differential expression of plant defense-related WRKY genes, following the infection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) in tomato. The genome-wide computational analysis revealed that during the Fol infection in tomato, 16 different members of WRKY gene superfamily were found to be involved, of which only three WRKYs (SolyWRKY4, SolyWRKY33, and SolyWRKY37) were shown to have clear-cut differential gene expression. The quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR) studies revealed different gene expression profile changes in tomato root and leaf tissues. In root tissues, infected with Fol, an increased expression for SolyWRKY33 (2.76 fold) followed by SolyWRKY37 (1.93 fold) gene was found at 24 hrs which further increased at 48 hrs (5.0 fold). In contrast, the leaf tissues, the expression was more pronounced at an earlier stage of infection (24 hrs). However, in both cases, we found repression of SolyWRKY4 gene, which further decreased at an increased time interval. The biochemical defense programming against Fol pathogenesis was characterized by the highest accumulation of H2O2 (at 48 hrs) and enhanced lignification. The functional diversity across the characterized WRKYs was explored through motif scanning using MEME suite, and the WRKYs specific gene regulation was assessed through the DNA protein docking studies The functional WRKY domain modeled had β sheets like topology with coil and turns. The DNA-protein interaction results revealed the importance of core residues (Tyr, Arg, and Lys) in a feasible WRKY-W-box DNA interaction. The protein interaction network analysis revealed that the SolyWRKY33 could interact with other proteins, such as mitogen-activated protein kinase 5 (MAPK), sigma factor binding protein1 (SIB1) and with other WRKY members including WRKY70, WRKY1, and WRKY40, to respond various biotic and abiotic stresses. The STRING results were further validated through Predicted Tomato Interactome Resource (PTIR) database. The CELLO2GO web server revealed the functional gene ontology annotation and protein subcellular localization, which predicted that SolyWRKY33 is involved in amelioration of biological stress (39.3%) and other metabolic processes (39.3%). The protein (SolyWRKY33) most probably located inside the nucleus (91.3%) with having transcription factor binding activity. We conclude that the defense response following the Fol challenge was accompanied by differential expression of the SolyWRKY4(↓), SolyWRKY33(↑) and SolyWRKY37(↑) transcripts. The biochemical changes are occupied by elicitation of H2O2 generation and accumulation and enhanced lignified tissues.
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Stakheev AA, Samokhvalova LV, Mikityuk OD, Zavriev SK. Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Typing of Trichothecene-Producing Fusarium Fungi from Russian Collections. Acta Naturae 2018; 10:79-92. [PMID: 30116619 PMCID: PMC6087817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We performed a three-locus phylogenetic analysis of Fusarium strains presumably capable of trichothecene production, which were deposited in the Russian national collections. The intra- and interspecific polymorphism of partial sequences of the translation elongation factor 1 alpha (TEF1α) gene and two genes from the trichothecene cluster TRI5 and TRI14 was studied. A study of 60 strains of different origins using DNA markers confirmed, and in the case for several strains, clarified their taxonomic characteristics. As a result, a strain of F. commune (F-900) was identified in Russia for the first time. Furthermore, the strain F-846 proved to be phylogenetically distinct from any of the known Fusarium species. F. equiseti strains from Northwest Russia were found to belong to the North European group (I), whereas a strain from the North Caucasus - to the South European one (II). Partial TRI14 sequences from 9 out of 12 species were determined for the first time. Their comparative analysis demonstrated a relatively high level of intraspecific variability in F. graminearum and F. sporotrichioides, but no correlation between the sequence polymorphism and the geographic origin of the strains or their chemotype was found. Specific chemotypes of trichothecene B producers were characterized using two primer sets. The chemotyping results were verified by HPLC.
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- A. A. Stakheev
- M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya Str. 16\10, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya Str. 16\10, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology, Institut Str. 5, B. Vyazyomy, Moscow region, 143050 , Russia
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- M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya Str. 16\10, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Manikandan R, Harish S, Karthikeyan G, Raguchander T. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Different Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici to Exploit the Differentially Expressed Proteins Responsible for Virulence on Tomato Plants. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:420. [PMID: 29559969 PMCID: PMC5845644 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The vascular wilt of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici is an important soil borne pathogen causes severe yield loss. The molecular characterization and their interaction with its host is necessary to develop a protection strategy. 20 isolates of F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) were isolated from wilt infected tomato plants across Tamil Nadu. They were subjected to cultural, morphological, molecular and virulence studies. The results revealed that all the isolates produced both micro and macro conidia with different size, number of cells. The colors of the culture and growth pattern were also varied. In addition, chlamydospores were observed terminally and intercalary. The PCR analysis with F. oxysporum species-specific primer significantly amplified an amplicon of 600 bp fragment in all the isolates. Based on the above characters and pathogenicity, isolate FOL-8 was considered as virulent and FOL-20 was considered as least virulent. Proteomics strategy was adopted to determine the virulence factors between the isolates of FOL-8 and FOL-20. The 2D analyses have showed the differential expression of 17 different proteins. Among them, three proteins were down regulated and 14 proteins were significantly up regulated in FOL-8 than FOL-20 isolate. Among the 17 proteins, 10 distinct spots were analyzed by MALDI-TOF. The functions of the analyzed proteins, suggested that they were involved in pathogenicity, symptom expression and disease development, sporulation, growth, and higher penetration rate on tomato root tissue. Overall, these experiments proves the role of proteome in pathogenicity of F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici in tomato and unravels the mechanism behinds the virulence of the pathogen in causing wilt disease.
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- Rajendran Manikandan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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Debbi A, Boureghda H, Monte E, Hermosa R. Distribution and Genetic Variability of Fusarium oxysporum Associated with Tomato Diseases in Algeria and a Biocontrol Strategy with Indigenous Trichoderma spp. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:282. [PMID: 29515557 PMCID: PMC5826367 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Fifty fungal isolates were sampled from diseased tomato plants as result of a survey conducted in seven tomato crop areas in Algeria from 2012 to 2015. Morphological criteria and PCR-based identification, using the primers PF02 and PF03, assigned 29 out of 50 isolates to Fusarium oxysporum (Fo). The banding patterns amplified for genes SIX1, SIX3 and SIX4 served to identify races 2 and 3 of Fo f. sp. lycopersici (FOL), and Fo f. sp. radicis lycopersici (FORL) among the Algerian isolates. All FOL isolates showed pathogenicity on the susceptible tomato cv. "Super Marmande," while nine of out 10 Algerian FORL isolates were pathogenic on tomato cv. "Rio Grande." Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) fingerprints showed high genetic diversity among Algerian Fo isolates. Seventeen Algerian Trichoderma isolates were also obtained and assigned to the species T. asperellum (12 isolates), T. harzianum (four isolates) and T. ghanense (one isolate) based on ITS and tef1α gene sequences. Different in vitro tests identified the antagonistic potential of native Trichoderma isolates against FORL and FOL. Greenhouse biocontrol assays performed on "SM" tomato plants with T. ghanense T8 and T. asperellum T9 and T17, and three Fo isolates showed that isolate T8 performed well against FORL and FOL. This finding was based on an incidence reduction of crown and root rot and Fusarium wilt diseases by 53.1 and 48.3%, respectively.
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- Ali Debbi
- Laboratory of Phytopathology and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, National Superior School of Agronomy, Algiers, Algeria
- Laboratory of Mycology, Center of Biotechnology Research, Constantine, Algeria
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, National Superior School of Agronomy, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Zuo C, Zhang W, Chen Z, Chen B, Huang Y. RNA Sequencing Reveals that Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disruption of Membrane Integrity Underlie Dimethyl Trisulfide Toxicity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1365. [PMID: 28790985 PMCID: PMC5522862 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Fusarium wilt of banana, a destructive disease that affects banana production, is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4). In a previous study, we confirmed the strong inhibitory effects of Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum) on the incidence of this disease. Sulfur compounds are the primary antifungal constituents of Chinese leek. Among these, dimethyl trisulfide (DT) was the most abundant and exhibited the strongest inhibition of Foc TR4 growth and development. In the present study, the global gene expression profiles of Foc TR4 isolates treated with DT at 4,000-folds dilution (concentration of 1/4,000, v/v) for 1.5, 6, and 12 h were investigated by using RNA sequencing. The expression patterns of 15 DEGs were validated based on quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) assay. Untreated sample presented 2,556, 1,691, and 1,150 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at 1.5, 6, and 12 h after the onset of the experiment, respectively, whereas DT-treated isolates presented 2,823, 3,546, and 6,197 DEGs. Based on Gene Ontology (GO) annotation and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis, DEGs involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), glycosylation, and steroid biosynthesis were significantly inhibited by DT exposure. The similar expressional patterns of 15 DEGs between RNA-seq and qRT-PCR assays indicated the reliability of the RNA-seq data. In conclusion, ER stress related to glycosylation inhibition and damage to cell membrane integrity might contribute to the toxicity of DT against Foc TR4. As the results presented here evidenced changes in gene expression associated with DT exposure, which might be used to develop new approaches for controlling FWB.
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- Cunwu Zuo
- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural UniversityLanzhou, China
- Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural UniversityLanzhou, China
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- Agro-biological Gene Research Center, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural UniversityLanzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao, China
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