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Durán P, Tortella G, Viscardi S, Barra PJ, Carrión VJ, Mora MDLL, Pozo MJ. Microbial Community Composition in Take-All Suppressive Soils. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2198. [PMID: 30283421 PMCID: PMC6156431 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt) is the main soilborne factor that affects wheat production around the world. Recently we reported the occurrence of six suppressive soils in monoculture areas from indigenous "Mapuche" communities, and evidenced that the suppression relied on the biotic component of those soils. Here, we compare the rhizosphere and endosphere microbial community structure (total bacteria, actinomycetes, total fungi, and ascomycetes) of wheat plants grown in suppressive and conducive soils. Our results suggested that Ggt suppression could be mediated mostly by bacterial endophytes, rather than rhizosphere microorganisms, since the community structure was similar in all suppressive soils as compared with conducive. Interestingly, we found that despite the lower incidence of take-all disease in suppressive soils, the Ggt concentration in roots was not significantly reduced in all suppressive soils compared to those growing in conducive soil. Therefore, the disease suppression is not always related to a reduction of the pathogen biomass. Furthermore, we isolated endophytic bacteria from wheat roots growing in suppressive soils. Among them we identified Serratia spp. and Enterobacter spp. able to inhibit Ggt growth in vitro. Since the disease, but not always pathogen amount, was reduced in the suppressive soils, we propose that take all disease suppressiveness is not only related to direct antagonism to the pathogen.
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- Paola Durán
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Departamento de Procesos Diagnósticos y Evaluación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Durán P, Jorquera M, Viscardi S, Carrion VJ, Mora MDLL, Pozo MJ. Screening and Characterization of Potentially Suppressive Soils against Gaeumannomyces graminis under Extensive Wheat Cropping by Chilean Indigenous Communities. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1552. [PMID: 28861064 PMCID: PMC5559505 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01552] [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: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Wheat production around the world is severely compromised by the occurrence of "take-all" disease, which is caused by the soil-borne pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt). In this context, suppressive soils are those environments in which plants comparatively suffer less soil-borne pathogen diseases than expected, owing to native soil microorganism activities. In southern Chile, where 85% of the national cereal production takes place, several studies have suggested the existence of suppressive soils under extensive wheat cropping. Thus, this study aimed to screen Ggt-suppressive soil occurrence in 16 locations managed by indigenous "Mapuche" communities, using extensive wheat cropping for more than 10 years. Ggt growth inhibition in vitro screenings allowed the identification of nine putative suppressive soils. Six of these soils, including Andisols and Ultisols, were confirmed to be suppressive, since they reduced take-all disease in wheat plants growing under greenhouse conditions. Suppressiveness was lost upon soil sterilization, and recovered by adding 1% of the natural soil, hence confirming that suppressiveness was closely associated to the soil microbiome community composition. Our results demonstrate that long-term extensive wheat cropping, established by small Mapuche communities, can generate suppressive soils that can be used as effective microorganism sources for take-all disease biocontrol. Accordingly, suppressive soil identification and characterization are key steps for the development of environmentally-friendly and efficient biotechnological applications for soil-borne disease control.
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- Paola Durán
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
- Applied Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences and Natural Resources, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology, (NIOO-KNAW)Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La FronteraTemuco, Chile
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Granada, Spain
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Sequencing evidence for differentiation of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici isolates originated from wheat and rye. ANN MICROBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0440-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kwak YS, Bakker PAHM, Glandorf DCM, Rice JT, Paulitz TC, Weller DM. Isolation, characterization, and sensitivity to 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol of isolates of Phialophora spp. from Washington wheat fields. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2010; 100:404-414. [PMID: 20373960 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-100-5-0404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Dark pigmented fungi of the Gaeumannomyces-Phialophora complex were isolated from the roots of wheat grown in fields in eastern Washington State. These fungi were identified as Phialophora spp. on the basis of morphological and genetic characteristics. The isolates produced lobed hyphopodia on wheat coleoptiles, phialides, and hyaline phialospores. Sequence comparison of internal transcribed spacer regions indicated that the Phialophora isolates were clearly separated from other Gaeumannomyces spp. Primers AV1 and AV3 amplified 1.3-kb portions of an avenacinase-like gene in the Phialophora isolates. Phylogenetic trees of the avenacinase-like gene in the Phialophora spp. also clearly separated them from other Gaeumannomyces spp. The Phialophora isolates were moderately virulent on wheat and barley and produced confined black lesions on the roots of wild oat and two oat cultivars. Among isolates tested for their sensitivity to 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG), the 90% effective dose values were 11.9 to 48.2 microg ml(-1). A representative Phialophora isolate reduced the severity of take-all on wheat caused by two different isolates of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici. To our knowledge, this study provides the first report of an avenacinase-like gene in Phialophora spp. and demonstrated that the fungus is significantly less sensitive to 2,4-DAPG than G. graminis var. tritici.
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- Youn-Sig Kwak
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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Kwak YS, Bakker PAHM, Glandorf DCM, Rice JT, Paulitz TC, Weller DM. Diversity, virulence, and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol sensitivity of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici isolates from Washington state. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2009; 99:472-479. [PMID: 19351242 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-99-5-0472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We determined whether isolates of the take-all pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici become less sensitive to 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG) during wheat monoculture as a result of exposure to the antibiotic over multiple growing seasons. Isolates of G. graminis var. tritici were baited from roots of native grasses collected from noncropped fields and from roots of wheat from fields with different cropping histories near Lind, Ritzville, Pullman, and Almota, WA. Isolates were characterized by using morphological traits, G. graminis variety-specific polymerase chain reaction and pathogenicity tests. The sensitivity of G. graminis var. tritici isolates to 2,4-DAPG was determined by measuring radial growth of each isolate. The 90% effective dose value was 3.1 to 4.4 microg ml(-1) for 2,4-DAPG-sensitive isolates, 4.5 to 6.1 microg ml(-1) for moderately sensitive isolates, and 6.2 to 11.1 microg ml(-1) for less sensitive isolates. Sensitivity of G. graminis var. tritici isolates to 2,4-DAPG was normally distributed in all fields and was not correlated with geographic origin or cropping history of the field. There was no correlation between virulence on wheat and geographical origin, or virulence and sensitivity to 2,4-DAPG. These results indicate that G. graminis var. tritici does not become less sensitive to 2,4-DAPG during extended wheat monoculture.
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- Youn-Sig Kwak
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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Lebreton L, Lucas P, Dugas F, Guillerm AY, Schoeny A, Sarniguet A. Changes in population structure of the soilborne fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici during continuous wheat cropping. Environ Microbiol 2004; 6:1174-85. [PMID: 15479250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00637.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A method was developed to assess the genetic structure of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt) populations and test the hypothesis of an association between disease level in the field with changes in pathogen populations. A long-term wheat monoculture experiment, established since 1994, generated different take-all epidemics with varying the number of wheat crop successions in the 1999-2000 cropping season. Genetic polymorphism in Ggt populations was investigated over natural, local epidemics. Four populations of 30 isolates were isolated from necrotic wheat roots in a first, third, fourth, and sixth wheat crop in the same year. Each Ggt isolate was characterized with RAPD (Random Amplification Polymorphism DNA) markers and AFLP (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) fingerprinting. Seventeen multilocus genotypes based on the combination of RAPD and AFLP markers were identified among all these populations. The 120 isolates were divided into two main groups, G1 and G2, according to bootstrap values higher than 86%, except for an unique isolate from the third wheat crop. Within each group, populations ranged between 93 and 100% similarity. Both groups included isolates collected from the first, third, fourth or sixth wheat crop. However, G1 group profiles dominated amongst isolates sampled in the first and the sixth wheat crops, whereas G2 group profiles largely dominated amongst isolates collected from the third and fourth wheat crops. Aggressiveness of group G2 (38%) was significantly greater than that of G1 (29.5%). These results suggest that changes in Ggt population structure occur during continuous wheat cropping. The distinction of two Ggt groups provides a simple basis for further spatio-temporal analysis of Ggt population during polyetic take-all decline.
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- Lionel Lebreton
- INRA UMR Biologie des Organismes et des Populations appliquée à la Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte, BP 35327, F-35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France.
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Freeman J, Ward E. Gaeumannomyces graminis, the take-all fungus and its relatives. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2004; 5:235-252. [PMID: 20565593 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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SUMMARY Take-all, caused by the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, is the most important root disease of wheat worldwide. Many years of intensive research, reflected by the large volume of literature on take-all, has led to a considerable degree of understanding of many aspects of the disease. However, effective and economic control of the disease remains difficult. The application of molecular techniques to study G. graminis and related fungi has resulted in some significant advances, particularly in the development of improved methods for identification and in elucidating the role of the enzyme avenacinase as a pathogenicity determinant in the closely related oat take-all fungus (G. graminis var. avenae). Some progress in identifying other factors that may be involved in determining host range and pathogenicity has been made, despite the difficulties of performing genetic analyses and the lack of a reliable transformation system.
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- Jacqueline Freeman
- Wheat Pathogenesis Programme, Plant-Pathogen Interactions Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK
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Herdina, Neate S, Jabaji-Hare S, Ophel-Keller K. Persistence of DNA of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici in soil as measured by a DNA-based assay. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2004; 47:143-52. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00255-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Rachdawong S, Cramer CL, Grabau EA, Stromberg VK, Lacy GH, Stromberg EL. Gaeumannomyces graminis vars. avenae, graminis, and tritici Identified Using PCR Amplification of Avenacinase-like Genes. PLANT DISEASE 2002; 86:652-660. [PMID: 30823240 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.6.652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Identifying take-all pathogens, Gaeumannomyces graminis varieties avenae (Gga), graminis (Ggg), and tritici (Ggt), is difficult. Rapid identification is important for development of disease thresholds. We developed a single-tube, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method differentiating among Gga, Ggg, and Ggt. Nucleotide base sequence analyses of avenacinase-like genes from Gga, Ggg, and Ggt isolates provided the basis for designing variety-specific primers. Sequences from Ggg and Ggt were highly related (99% identity), but Gga sequences were <95% identical to Ggg and Ggt sequences. Three 5' primers specific for Gga, Ggt, and Ggg and a single 3' common primer allowed amplification of variety-specific fragments of 617, 870, and 1,086 bp, respectively. Each 5' primer was specific in mixed populations of primers and templates. No PCR products were amplified from related fungi including Gaeumannomyces cylindrosporus and Phialophora spp. We surveyed 16 putative Ggt isolates using our assay; nine produced Ggt-specific fragments and seven produced Ggg-specific fragments. Five Gga isolates produced Gga-specific fragments. However, Gga- and Ggt-specific fragments were observed from a sixth Gga isolate, RB-W, which indicates a mixed culture or a heterokaryon. Our single-tube, PCR method rapidly differentiates among the important take-all pathogens commonly encountered together in cereal fields.
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- Sansanalak Rachdawong
- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0330
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0330
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0330
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0330
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0330
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The role of the professional disease diagnostician has become increasingly important in turf management. Responsible turfgrass disease diagnosis must incorporate the possibility of biotic, as well as abiotic, disorders and should consist of three components: the interview, identification of the stress factor, and a management recommendation. The concept of management groups is introduced to facilitate delivery of the rapid and effective solution required by turf managers. Recent advances in diagnostics, including immunoassay, PCR kits, and distance diagnostics, have had minimal effect on turfgrass diagnostic practices to date. However, continued emphasis on the application of technology rather than knowledge-based diagnostic procedures is contributing to the demise of applied plant pathology. Nevertheless, the demand for turfgrass disease diagnostic services continues to increase, making the future for the applied plant pathologist somewhat uncertain, but full of opportunities.
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- L J Stowell
- PACE Turfgrass Research Institute, 1267 Diamond St., San Diego, California 92109, USA.
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