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Fei YC, Cheng Q, Zhang H, Han C, Wang X, Li YF, Li SQ, Zhao XH. Maleic acid and malonic acid reduced the pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by inhibiting mycelial growth, sclerotia formation and virulence factors. STRESS BIOLOGY 2023; 3:45. [PMID: 37955738 PMCID: PMC10643788 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-023-00122-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungus with broad distribution and host range. Bioactive compounds derived from plant extracts have been proven to be effective in controlling S. sclerotiorum. In this study, the mycelial growth of S. sclerotiorum was effectively inhibited by maleic acid, malonic acid, and their combination at a concentration of 2 mg/mL, with respective inhibition rates of 32.5%, 9.98%, and 67.6%. The treatment of detached leaves with the two acids resulted in a decrease in lesion diameters. Interestingly, maleic acid and malonic acid decreased the number of sclerotia while simultaneously increasing their weight. The two acids also disrupted the cell structure of sclerotia, leading to sheet-like electron-thin regions. On a molecular level, maleic acid reduced oxalic acid secretion, upregulated the expression of Ss-Odc2 and downregulated CWDE10, Ss-Bi1 and Ss-Ggt1. Differently, malonic acid downregulated CWDE2 and Ss-Odc1. These findings verified that maleic acid and malonic acid could effectively inhibit S. sclerotiorum, providing promising evidence for the development of an environmentally friendly biocontrol agent.
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- Yu-Chen Fei
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Fujian Universities and Colleges Engineering Research Center of Modern Facility Agriculture, Fuqing, 350300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Monitoring Technology for Agro-Products of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Fujian Universities and Colleges Engineering Research Center of Modern Facility Agriculture, Fuqing, 350300, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology / College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Song J, Han C, Zhang S, Wang Y, Liang Y, Dai Q, Huo Z, Xu K. Hormetic Effects of Carbendazim on Mycelial Growth and Aggressiveness of Magnaporthe oryzae. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8101008. [PMID: 36294573 PMCID: PMC9604696 DOI: 10.3390/jof8101008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive fungal diseases of rice worldwide. Stimulatory effects of low doses of fungicides on pathogens are closely relevant to disease management. In the present study, in potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with carbendazim at a dose range from 0.003 to 0.3 μg/mL, stimulatory effects on the mycelial growth of three isolates sensitive to carbendazim were tested. Carbendazim at concentrations from 0.003 to 0.1 µg/mL showed stimulatory effects on mycelial growth of isolates Guy11 and H08-1a, while carbendazim at concentrations from 0.003 to 0.03 µg/mL stimulated the growth of isolate P131. The maximum stimulation magnitudes were 11.84% for the three isolates tested. Mycelial colonies grown on PDA amended with different concentrations of carbendazim were incubated at 28 °C in darkness for 7 days as the pretreatment. Pretreatment mycelia were inoculated on fresh fungicide-free PDA and subsequent mycelia growth stimulations were still observed, and the maximum stimulation magnitudes were 9.15% for the three isolates tested. Pretreatment mycelia did not significantly change the tolerance to H2O2 and NaCl, except that the tolerance to H2O2 was increased significantly (p < 0.05) when the carbendazim was at 0.3 µg/mL. After five generations of mycelial transference on fungicide-free PDA, the transgenerational hormesis of mycelial were exhibited when transferred onto PDA supplemented with carbendazim at 0.3 µg/mL, and the maximum percent stimulation was 51.28%. The time course of infection indicated that the visible initial necrotic symptoms could be detected at 2 DPI on leaves treated with carbendazim at 0.03 µg/mL, whereas no necrotic symptom could be discerned for the control. Statistical results of lesion area and lesion type at 7 DPI showed that there was a significant stimulation (p < 0.05) on aggressiveness of M. oryzae isolate Guy11 on detached rice leaves at 0.03 µg/mL carbendazim. These results will advance our understanding of hormetic effects of fungicides and provide valuable information for judicious application of fungicides.
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Sun T, Ji C, Li F, Wu H. Hormetic dose responses induced by organic flame retardants in aquatic animals: Occurrence and quantification. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 820:153295. [PMID: 35065129 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The organic flame retardants (OFRs) have attracted global concerns due to their potential toxicity and ubiquitous presence in the aquatic environment. Hormesis refers to a biphasic dose response, characterized by low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition. The present study provided substantial evidence for the widespread occurrence of OFRs-induced hormesis in aquatic animals, including 202 hormetic dose response relationships. The maximum stimulatory response (MAX) was commonly lower than 160% of the control response, with a combined value of 134%. Furthermore, the magnitude of MAX varied significantly among multiple factors and their interactions, such as chemical types and taxonomic groups. Moreover, the distance from the dose of MAX to the no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) (NOAEL: MAX) was typically below 10-fold (median = 6-fold), while the width of the hormetic zone (from the lowest dose inducing hormesis to the NOAEL) was approximately 20-fold. Collectively, the quantitative features of OFRs-induced hormesis in aquatic animals were in accordance with the broader hormetic literature. In addition, the implications of hormetic dose response model for the risk assessment of OFRs were discussed. This study offered a novel insight for understanding the biological effects of low-to-high doses of OFRs on aquatic animals and assessing the potential risks of OFRs in the aquatic environment.
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- Tao Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Qingdao 266071, PR China.
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Nasonov A, Yakuba G, Marchenko N, Lobodina E, Astapchuk I. Evaluation of sensitivity of apple scab pathogen to difenoconazole using the discriminatory dose technique. BIO WEB OF CONFERENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20224710002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The most serious disease of the apple tree in all areas of its growth is scab. In the integrated apple tree protection system, the main method is chemical. However, the use of chemical fungicides is characterized by the risk of developing resistance to them by pathogen. The sensitivity of 118 monospore isolates of Venturia inaequalis was studied from three orchards of Jeromine, Reinette Simirenko and Gala cultivars, differing in the frequency of application of difenoconazole. Sensitivity was determined using the discriminatory dose technique (0.01 mg/l of active substance) in terms of RG, the relative growth of the mycelium. RG was expressed as the degree of change in mycelium growth in a nutrient medium with fungicide relative to the control variant in percent. All pathogen populations studied differed significantly in mean RG values. Populations treated three times per season with difenoconazole had higher RG values compared to populations treated two times. From Gala orchard, for some isolates, a stimulating effect of a discriminatory dose of difenoconazole on their growth was observed, that is, a hormesis effect was manifested. The proportion of isolates with RG values above the cutoff value, which was 84 and 100 % for the Reinette Simirenko and Gala orchards, may indicate that the pathogen populations studied are resistant, and in these orchards, there may be a decrease in the effectiveness of protection against apple scab. The discriminatory dose technique allowed us to objectively and promptly assess the sensitivity of V. inaequalis populations from orchards with varying intensity use of difenoconazole.
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Hu S, Li J, Wang P, Zhu F. Hormetic Effects of Dimethachlone on Mycelial Growth and Virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:1166-1172. [PMID: 33107780 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-20-0364-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fungicide hormesis has implications for the application of fungicides to control plant diseases. We investigated the hormetic effects of the dicarboximide fungicide dimethachlone on mycelial growth and virulence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Dimethachlone at sublethal doses in potato dextrose agar (PDA) increased the mycelial growth of S. sclerotiorum. After the growth-stimulated mycelia were subcultured on fresh PDA and inoculated on rapeseed leaves, increased mycelial growth and virulence were observed, indicating that hormetic traits were passed down to the next generation. Dimethachlone applied to leaves at 0.002 to 500 μg/ml stimulated virulence, with a maximum stimulation amplitude (MSA) of 31.4% for the isolate HLJ4, which occurred at 2 μg/ml. Dimethachlone-resistant isolates and transformants had a mean virulence MSA of 30.4%, which was significantly higher (P = 0.008) than the MSA for sensitive isolates (16.2%). Negative correlations were detected between MSA and virulence in the absence of any fungicide (r = -0.872, P < 0.001) and between MSA and mycelial growth on PDA (r = -0.794, P = 0.002). Studies on hormetic mechanisms indicated that dimethachlone had no significant effects on expression levels of three virulence-associated genes, that is, a cutinase-encoding gene SsCut, a polygalacturonase gene SsPG1, or an oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase gene SsOah1. The results will contribute to understanding hormesis and have implications for the judicious application of fungicides to control plant diseases.
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- Simin Hu
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Agathokleous E, Kitao M, Calabrese EJ. Hormesis: Highly Generalizable and Beyond Laboratory. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:1076-1086. [PMID: 32546350 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Hormesis is a biphasic dose-response relationship with contrasting effects of low versus high doses of stress. Hormesis is rapidly developing in plant science research and has wide implications for risk assessment, stress biology, and agriculture. Here, we explore selected areas of importance to the concept of hormesis and suggest that hormesis is a highly generalizable phenomenon. We address the questions of whether hormesis occurs in high-risk groups or in response to mixtures of stress-inducing agents, whether there is a single biological mechanism of hormesis, and what the temporal features of hormesis are.
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- Evgenios Agathokleous
- Key Laboratory of Agrometeorology of Jiangsu Province, Institute of Ecology, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.
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- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Forest Research and Management Organization, 7 Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8516, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences, Morrill I, N344, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Hu S, Xu Q, Zhang Y, Zhu F. Stimulatory Effects of Boscalid on Virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Indicate Hormesis May Be Masked by Inhibitions. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:833-840. [PMID: 31940448 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-19-1421-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hormetic effects of fungicides on phytopathogens are of great importance for proper application of fungicides. The aim of the present study was to investigate the stimulatory effects of the fungicide boscalid on mycelial growth and virulence of the devastating plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Boscalid in potato dextrose agar (PDA) at a dosage range from 0.0005 to 0.002 μg/ml exerted statistically significant (P ≤ 0.015) stimulations on mycelial growth of S. sclerotiorum, and the maximum stimulation magnitudes were 5.55 ± 0.73% (mean ± SD) for the four isolates tested. Boscalid in PDA at 0.02 μg/ml inhibited mycelial growth of isolates HLJ3H and HLJ4H by 15.0 and 8.9%, respectively. However, after the growth-inhibited mycelia were inoculated on rapeseed leaves, isolates HLJ3H and HLJ4H exhibited virulence stimulations of 8.7 and 17.8%, respectively, indicating that hormesis may be masked by inhibitions. Boscalid sprayed at 0.0001 to 0.1 μg/ml on detached rapeseed leaves had significant (P ≤ 0.041) stimulations on virulence of S. sclerotiorum, and the maximum stimulation magnitudes were 17.90 ± 5.94% (mean ± SD) for the four isolates tested. Experiments on 12 isolates with different levels of virulence showed there was a negative correlation (R = -0.663, P = 0.019) between the maximum virulence stimulation magnitude and virulence of S. sclerotiorum in the absence of fungicide. Boscalid at stimulatory concentrations had no significant effect on the expression levels of three virulence-associated genes that encode cutinase (SsCut), polygalacturonase (SsPG1), and oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase (SsOah1). The molecular mechanisms for hormetic effects of boscalid on S. sclerotiorum remain to be studied in the future.
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- Simin Hu
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Cong M, Zhang B, Zhang K, Li G, Zhu F. Stimulatory Effects of Sublethal Doses of Carbendazim on the Virulence and Sclerotial Production of Botrytis cinerea. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:2385-2391. [PMID: 31313639 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-19-0153-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Stimulatory effects of low doses of fungicides on the virulence of phytopathogens have profound implications for applications of fungicides. The present study demonstrated that carbendazim sprayed at 0.001 to 0.03 μg/ml had stimulatory effects on the virulence of mycelia of Botrytis cinerea, and the maximum percent stimulations were 15.5 and 21.4% for isolates HB459 and HB536, respectively. Potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with carbendazim at 0.01, 0.02, and 0.05 μg/ml inhibited mycelial growth of isolate HB536 by 0.8, 10.0, and 30.6%, respectively. However, after the inhibited mycelia were inoculated on cucumber leaves, virulence increased by 10.1, 12.9, and 10.8%, respectively. With respect to sclerotial production, carbendazim at 0.005 and 0.02 μg/ml in PDA significantly (P < 0.05) increased, while at 0.1 μg/ml significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the sclerotial number and weight of both isolates compared with nontreated controls. Conidia germination percentages slightly yet statistically significantly (P < 0.05) increased after being inoculated on PDA amended with carbendazim at 0.001 and 0.005 μg/ml. Carbendazim at 0.001∼0.02 μg/ml, either sprayed on cucumber leaves or cosuspended with conidia, exerted significantly (P < 0.05) stimulatory effects on the virulence of B. cinerea conidia. Mechanism studies showed that sublethal doses of carbendazim did not increase the expression levels of pathogenicity-related pectin methylesterase gene Bcpme1, endopolygalacturonase gene Bcpg2, cutinase gene CutA, xylanase gene Xyn11A, or NADPH oxidase gene BcnoxA.
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- Menglong Cong
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Zhang R, Zhang Y, Xu Q, Li J, Zhu F. Hormetic Effects of Mixtures of Dimethachlone and Prochloraz on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:546-554. [PMID: 30667324 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-18-1071-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Previous studies showed that dimethachlone has significant hormetic effects on phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The present study investigated hormetic effects of mixtures of dimethachlone and prochloraz on mycelial growth and virulence of two dimethachlone-resistant isolates of S. sclerotiorum. The stimulatory dimethachlone dosage range was around 1 to 100 μg/ml in potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium for mycelial growth of the two isolates, and dimethachlone at 10 and 50 μg/ml had the maximum percent stimulations of 80.6 and 19.3% for isolates JMS14 and HLJ4, respectively. Prochloraz at 0.0003 and 0.002 μg/ml had the maximum percent stimulations of 9.3 and 11.1% for isolates JMS14 and HLJ4, respectively. However, dimethachlone and prochloraz mixed at their respective stimulatory concentrations had the maximum percent stimulations of 48.1 and 9.3% for isolates JMS14 and HLJ4, respectively. After the mycelia with increased and inhibited growth on fungicide-amended PDA were subcultured on PDA without fungicide, mycelial growth for the second generation increased compared with the nontreated control. After the mycelia grown on fungicide-amended PDA were inoculated on rapeseed leaves, the amplitude of virulence stimulation was much greater than that of mycelial growth on PDA amended with fungicide, and the inhibited mycelia also showed substantially increased virulence on leaves. The mixture of dimethachlone at 100 μg/ml and prochloraz at 0.03 μg/ml in PDA inhibited mycelial growth of isolate JMS14 by 59.4%; however, after the inhibited mycelia were inoculated on rapeseed leaves, virulence was stimulated by 69.0%. Spraying sublethal doses of dimethachlone and prochloraz on rapeseed leaves also exhibited significant stimulatory effects on virulence. For isolate JMS14, the stimulatory concentration ranges for dimethachlone and prochloraz were around 1 to 600 μg/ml and 0.0003 to 0.18 μg/ml, respectively. The fitted curve of virulence stimulation for the mixture of dimethachlone and prochloraz shifted to the left on the x axis, denoting dose-additive interactions between the two fungicides with regard to virulence stimulation. Spraying dimethachlone alone at 10 to 50 μg/ml had significant stimulations on virulence, whereas prochloraz alone at 10 to 50 μg/ml had significant inhibitory effects on virulence, and the mixture of dimethachlone and prochloraz at the concentration ratio of 1:1 had greater inhibitory effects than prochloraz alone, indicating dose-additive interactions for the inhibitory effects. Dimethachlone and prochloraz and their mixtures increased tolerance of mycelia to hydrogen peroxide. Dimethachlone significantly increased, whereas prochloraz reduced mycelial cell membrane permeability, and the mixture of the two fungicides had effect-additive interactions with respect to effects on cell membrane permeability. These studies will advance our understanding of hormesis of fungicide mixtures.
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- Ran Zhang
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Cong M, He S, Zhang J, Luo C, Zhu F. Hormetic Effects of Mixtures of Carbendazim and Iprodione on the Virulence of Botrytis cinerea. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:95-101. [PMID: 30398945 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-18-0754-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hormetic effects of fungicides on mycelial growth and virulence of plant pathogenic fungi have been reported, but the effects of fungicide mixtures on virulence hormesis of plant pathogens remain to be investigated. In this study, hormetic effects of mixtures of carbendazim and iprodione on the virulence of two carbendazim-resistant isolates of Botrytis cinerea were determined. Spraying carbendazim alone at 3 to 800 μg/ml exhibited hormetic effects on virulence to cucumber leaves, and carbendazim at 10 μg/ml had the maximum stimulation of 16.7% for isolate HBtom451. Spraying iprodione alone at 0.0001 to 0.0625 μg/ml exhibited hormetic effects on virulence, and iprodione at 0.025 μg/ml had the maximum stimulation of 18.7% for isolate HBtom451. However, spraying simultaneously carbendazim at 800 μg/ml and iprodione at 0.0625 μg/ml showed inhibitory effects on virulence to cucumber leaves. The mixture of carbendazim at 3 μg/ml and iprodione at 0.0001 μg/ml had much higher virulence stimulations than either fungicide at the same concentration alone. The maximum stimulation for the mixtures occurred at 10 and 0.0005 μg/ml for carbendazim and iprodione, respectively, and these concentrations were much lower than the concentration of their respective fungicide alone eliciting the maximum stimulations. The maximum stimulation amplitude for the mixture was slightly higher than that of each fungicide alone. These results demonstrated that carbendazim and iprodione mainly had dose-additive rather than amplitude-additive interactions when sprayed simultaneously with regard to virulence stimulations. Studies on virulence stimulations for mycelia treated with fungicide in potato dextrose agar showed that the maximum stimulation for the mixtures occurred at concentrations much lower than the concentration of carbendazim alone, indicating a dose-additive interaction when compared with carbendazim hormesis. Studies on potential physiological mechanisms of hormesis showed that increased tolerance to H2O2 may be one of the mechanisms for virulence hormesis for the mixtures of iprodione and carbendazim. These studies will advance our understanding of hormesis of fungicide mixtures.
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- Menglong Cong
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Pradhan S, Miller L, Marcillo V, Koch AR, Graf Grachet N, Molineros JE, Walker NR, Melouk H, Garzon CD. Hormetic Effects of Thiophanate-Methyl in Multiple Isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:89-94. [PMID: 30398944 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-18-0872-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Twenty-eight isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, causal agent of dollar spot disease in turf, were assessed for fungicide hormesis at sublethal concentrations of thiophanate-methyl (T-methyl). Each isolate was grown in corn meal agar amended with 11 concentrations of T-methyl (30,500 to 0.047 µg/liter), and the area of mycelial growth was determined relative to the control. Three replicates were used per concentration, and the experiment was repeated three to five times for each isolate. Reference isolates (EC50 > 20 µg/liter), with no prior history of T-methyl exposure, were highly sensitive and not stimulated by low doses. Likewise, no stimulation was observed in two highly sensitive isolates (EC50 > 30 µg/liter) that had been preconditioned by exposure to T-methyl, or in four T-methyl-tolerant isolates. Seventeen (81%) preconditioned T-methyl-tolerant isolates (EC50 = 294 to1,550 µg/liter) had statistically significant growth stimulation, in the range of 2.8 to 19.7% relative to the control. These results support that hormesis (low-dose stimulation, high-dose inhibition) is a common dose response in preconditioned S. homoeocarpa, particularly in response to subtoxic doses of T-methyl.
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- Sumit Pradhan
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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- University of Missouri, Division of Plant Sciences, Columbia
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- GIMA Research Group, Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- GIMA Research Group, Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, and GIMA Research Group, Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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Morkunas I, Woźniak A, Mai VC, Rucińska-Sobkowiak R, Jeandet P. The Role of Heavy Metals in Plant Response to Biotic Stress. Molecules 2018; 23:E2320. [PMID: 30208652 PMCID: PMC6225295 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23092320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The present review discusses the impact of heavy metals on the growth of plants at different concentrations, paying particular attention to the hormesis effect. Within the past decade, study of the hormesis phenomenon has generated considerable interest because it was considered not only in the framework of plant growth stimulation but also as an adaptive response of plants to a low level of stress which in turn can play an important role in their responses to other stress factors. In this review, we focused on the defence mechanisms of plants as a response to different metal ion doses and during the crosstalk between metal ions and biotic stressors such as insects and pathogenic fungi. Issues relating to metal ion acquisition and ion homeostasis that may be essential for the survival of plants, pathogens and herbivores competing in the same environment were highlighted. Besides, the influence of heavy metals on insects, especially aphids and pathogenic fungi, was shown. Our intention was also to shed light on the relationship between heavy metals deposition in the environment and ecological communities formed under a strong selective pressure.
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- Iwona Morkunas
- Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 35, 60-637 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 35, 60-637 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 35, 60-637 Poznań, Poland.
- Department of Plant Physiology, Vinh University, Le Duan 182, Vinh City, Vietnam.
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- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Research Unit "Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection", UPRES EA 4707, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims, P.O. Box 1039, 02 51687 Reims CEDEX, France.
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Lu X, He S, Ma H, Li J, Zhu F. Hormetic Effects of Flusilazole Preconditioning on Mycelial Growth and Virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1165-1170. [PMID: 30673443 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-17-1638-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hormetic effects of fungicides are highly relevant to fungicide applications and management of plant-pathogenic fungi. Preconditioning (i.e., early exposure to relatively low doses of a toxicant) is a special form of hormesis, and fungicide preconditioning of phytopathogenic fungi is inevitable in the field. The present study showed that spraying the demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide flusilazole at 0.1 µg/ml had stimulatory effects on the virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum inoculated at 1 and 24 h after spraying. Flusilazole sprayed at 10 µg/ml showed inhibitory effects on the virulence of S. sclerotiorum inoculated during the first 3 days after spraying. Inoculations on the 5th, 7th, and 10th day after spraying did not show any significant inhibitory or stimulatory effects on the virulence. After growing for 2 days on potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with flusilazole at a dose range from 0.0005 to 0.25 µg/ml as preconditioning treatments, mycelia were transferred onto PDA without fungicide and subsequent mycelial growth was slower than the nonpreconditioned control. However, after the preconditioned colonies were transferred onto PDA supplemented with flusilazole at 0.2 µg/ml, percent stimulations of mycelia growth compared with the control had a parabolic shape across the preconditioning flusilazole concentration range. Similarly, the mycelial growth of the preconditioned mycelial plugs on PDA amended with other DMI fungicides (prochloraz or tebuconazole) also showed a typical hormetic response, whereas mycelial growth on PDA amended with carbendazim or dimethachlone was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. Preconditioning S. sclerotiorum with flusilazole on rapeseed plants elicited virulence stimulations in a dose-dependent manner similar to those on mycelial growth on PDA. After disease lesions developed on rapeseed leaves sprayed with flusilazole as the preconditioning treatment were inoculated onto rapeseed plants, virulence was inhibited on leaves without fungicide or sprayed with carbendazim or dimethachlone compared with the nonpreconditioned control, whereas virulence was stimulated on leaves sprayed with flusilazole, prochloraz, or tebuconazole, and the maximum percent stimulation was 10.2%. These results will advance our understanding of hormetic effects of fungicides and of preconditioning hormesis in particular.
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- Xiaoming Lu
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Cong M, He S, Ma H, Li G, Zhu F. Hormetic Effects of Carbendazim on the Virulence of Botrytis cinerea. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:886-891. [PMID: 30673375 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-17-1602-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The ascomycete plant-pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea infects more than 1,400 plant species worldwide. Stimulatory effects of sublethal doses of fungicides on plant pathogens are of close relevance to disease management. In the present study, stimulatory effects of carbendazim on the virulence of B. cinerea to cucumber plants were investigated. Spraying carbendazim on cucumber plants at 3 to 200 μg/ml had stimulatory effects on the virulence of carbendazim-resistant isolates of B. cinerea and the maximum percent stimulations were 16.7 and 13.5% for isolates HBtom451 and HBstr491, respectively. Preconditioned mycelia (i.e., mycelia grown on potato dextrose agar [PDA] amended with carbendazim at concentrations of 10, 50, or 200 μg/ml) also showed increased virulence, and the maximum percent stimulations for isolates HBtom451 and HBstr491 were 7.9 and 9.5%, respectively. Compared with mycelia grown on PDA without carbendazim, virulence stimulation magnitudes of spraying carbendazim on leaves increased moderately but the concentrations of carbendazim that elicited the maximum stimulation increased 20- and 8-fold for preconditioned isolates HBtom451 and HBstr491, respectively. The time course of infection indicated that virulence stimulation was mediated by a direct stimulation mechanism. Studies of the physiological mechanism for stimulation demonstrated that carbendazim had no significant effects on tolerance to hydrogen peroxide, or on oxalic acid production in B. cinerea. These studies will deepen our understanding of quantitative features of hormetic effects of sublethal doses of fungicides on plant pathogens.
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- Menglong Cong
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Lu X, Zhang R, Cong M, Li J, Zhu F. Stimulatory Effects of Flusilazole on Virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:197-201. [PMID: 30673466 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-17-1041-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Flusilazole, a member of the demethylation inhibitor fungicides, is highly efficacious for control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. To achieve judicious applications of flusilazole, its hormetic effects on virulence of S. sclerotiorum were investigated. Flusilazole sprayed at concentrations from 0.02 to 0.5 μg/ml caused statistically significant (P < 0.05) stimulatory effects on virulence of S. sclerotiorum to potted rapeseed plants, and the maximum stimulation magnitudes were 11.0 and 10.7% for isolates GS-7 and HN-24, respectively. Studies on the time course of the infection process showed that a stimulatory effect on virulence could be discerned at 18 h postinoculation, indicating a direct stimulation mechanism rather than an overcompensation for initial inhibitions. In order to determine whether the stimulations were caused mainly by effects of flusilazole on S. sclerotiorum or on rapeseed plants, mycelia grown on flusilazole-amended potato dextrose agar (PDA) media were inoculated on leaves of rapeseed plants without spraying the fungicide. Mycelium radial growth on PDA supplemented with flusilazole at concentrations from 0.005 to 0.16 μg/ml was inhibited by 10.11 to 48.7% for isolate GS-7 and by 4.1 to 24.9% for isolate HN-24. Observations with a scanning electron microscope showed that flusilazole in PDA at 0.04 and 0.08 μg/ml caused slightly deformed mycelia and twisted mycelial tips. Nevertheless, after inoculating on leaves of potted rapeseed plants, virulence of the inhibited mycelia was statistically significantly (P < 0.05) greater than that of the nontreated control, and the maximum stimulation magnitudes were 16.2 and 19.8% for isolates GS-7 and HN-24, respectively. Studies on a physiological mechanism for virulence stimulations showed that tolerance to hydrogen peroxide did not increase significantly for mycelia grown on flusilazole-amended PDA, thus excluding the possibility of tolerance to reactive oxygen species as a potential mechanism for virulence stimulations.
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- Xiaoming Lu
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Pradhan S, Flores FJ, Melouk H, Walker NR, Molineros JE, Garzon CD. Chemical Hormesis on Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes. ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/bk-2017-1249.ch009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Sumit Pradhan
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 United States
- Department of Live Sciences and Agriculture, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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Di YL, Cong ML, Zhang R, Zhu FX. Hormetic Effects of Trifloxystrobin on Aggressiveness of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:2113-2118. [PMID: 30682995 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-16-0403-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating ascomycete plant pathogen with an extremely wide host range. Fungicides are still the mainstay for control of this pathogen, and stimulations to mycelial growth and aggressiveness by subtoxic doses of fungicides carbendazim and dimethachlon have been reported. The present study assessed hormetic effects of the quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) fungicide trifloxystrobin on aggressiveness of S. sclerotiorum. Trifloxystrobin at 0.0001, 0.0005, and 0.001 μg/ml exerted significant stimulatory effects on aggressiveness to potted rapeseed plants, and the highest percent stimulation were 20.5 and 24.2% for isolates HB15 and SX11, respectively. At 18 h postinoculation (HPI), initial necrotic lesions were visible to the naked eye on leaves treated with trifloxystrobin, whereas no obvious disease symptoms were discerned for the nontreated control. At 24, 36, and 48 HPI, aggressiveness stimulation was more obvious than at 18 HPI. Scanning electron microscopic observations demonstrated that no mycelia were detected on the nontreated leaves at 4 HPI; by contrast, mycelia were observed on leaves treated with trifloxystrobin at 0.0001 μg/ml. At 8 and 12 HPI, there were more mycelia and infecting hyphae on the treated leaves than on the nontreated control. These results indicated that fungal stimulation had occurred in the first 4 and 8 HPI, suggesting that direct stimulation was likely to be the underlying mechanism for hormetic actions of trifloxystrobin. Pretreatment with trifloxystrobin did not significantly affect subsequent mycelial growth on PDA or aggressiveness to detached rapeseed leaves in the absence of trifloxystrobin. However, in the presence of trifloxystrobin, mycelial growth and aggressiveness were significantly (P < 0.05) greater for the pretreatment with trifloxystrobin at 0.003 and 0.03 μg/ml compared with the nonpretreatment control, indicating that a prior exposure to the fungicide may undermine its subsequent effectiveness. These studies will raise our awareness of fungicide hormesis and have important implications for judicious application of fungicides.
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- Ya-Li Di
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Dikilitas M, Karakas S, Hashem A, Abd Allah E, Ahmad P. Oxidative stress and plant responses to pathogens under drought conditions. WATER STRESS AND CROP PLANTS 2016:102-123. [DOI: 10.1002/9781119054450.ch8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Di YL, Lu XM, Zhu ZQ, Zhu FX. Time Course of Carbendazim Stimulation on Pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Indicates a Direct Stimulation Mechanism. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:1454-1459. [PMID: 30686209 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-15-1349-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that subtoxic doses of carbendazim have a stimulatory effect on pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on rapeseed plants. The present study focused on the time-course profile of the stimulatory effect and its relevance to stimulation mechanisms. At 12 h postinoculation (HPI), initial necrotic lesions were visible only for rapeseed leaves treated with carbendazim at 0.2 and 1 μg/ml, whereas no disease symptoms were observed for the nontreated control. At 18 HPI, carbendazim stimulation on pathogenicity was more obvious than at 12 HPI. Study with scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that no discernable differences in the development of disease symptoms could be detected at 8 HPI. However, at 12 HPI, necrotic symptoms of the epidermal cells were apparent only for leaves sprayed with carbendazim. These results indicated that stimulations on pathogenicity occurred in the first 12 h, implying that direct stimulation rather than overcompensation to the disruption of homeostasis was likely to be the underlying mechanism for pathogenicity stimulation. Greenhouse experiments showed that spraying carbendazim at 400 μg/ml on potted rapeseed plants had statistically significant (P < 0.05) stimulations on pathogenicity for inoculations at 1, 3, 5, and 7 days after application (DAA). The stimulation action eventually disappeared for inoculations at 14 DAA. Mycelia grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) supplemented with carbendazim at 400 μg/ml were more pathogenic than the nontreated control. However, after additional growth of the mycelia on fungicide-free PDA for 2 days, the stimulatory effect disappeared completely, indicating that carbendazim was indispensable for pathogenicity stimulations. Studies on biochemical mechanisms indicated that cell-wall-degrading enzymes such as cellulase, pectinase, and polygalacturonase were not involved in pathogenicity stimulations. These results will advance our understanding of the nature and mechanisms of fungicide stimulation on fungal pathogenicity and, thus, are valuable for judicious applications of fungicides.
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- Ya-Li Di
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Di YL, Zhu ZQ, Lu XM, Zhu FX. Pathogenicity Stimulation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Subtoxic Doses of Carbendazim. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:1342-1346. [PMID: 30690992 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-15-0161-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating ascomycete fungus capable of infecting more than 400 species of plants worldwide. Carbendazim has been a principal fungicide for control of this pathogen and high levels of carbendazim resistance have been reported in eastern China. In this study, stimulatory effect of subtoxic doses of carbendazim on pathogenicity of S. sclerotiorum was investigated. All seven field resistant isolates with EC50 values greater than 1,000 μg/ml exhibited stimulated pathogenicity toward detached leaves of rapeseed at subtoxic concentrations of carbendazim. Detailed studies on pathogenicity of two resistant isolates AH-17 and LJ-86 toward potted rapeseed plants and detached leaves demonstrated that carbendazim at 0.2 to 5 μg/ml could consistently stimulate significantly higher (P < 0.05) pathogenicity than the control. On potted rapeseed plants, the percent stimulations on pathogenicity ranged from 18.8 to 22.0% for isolate AH-17 and from 15.1 to 23.2% for isolate LJ-86. On detached leaves of rapeseed, the percent stimulations ranged from 18.7 to 31.29% for isolate AH-17 and from 16.7 to 24.3% for isolate LJ-86. Studies on stimulation mechanism indicated that secretion of oxalic acid and tolerance to oxidative stresses H2O2 and paraquat after exposed to subtoxic doses of carbendazim did not change significantly. These results have profound implications for judicious application of fungicides and sustainable management of fungicide resistance.
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- Ya-Li Di
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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