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Nielsen KAG, Skårn MN, Talgø V, Pettersson M, Fløistad IS, Strømeng GM, Brurberg MB, Stensvand A. Fungicide-Resistant Botrytis in Forest Nurseries May Impact Disease Control in Norway Spruce. PLANT DISEASE 2024; 108:139-148. [PMID: 37578357 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-23-0037-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Gray mold, caused by Botrytis spp., is a serious problem in Norway spruce seedling production in forest nurseries. From 2013 to 2019, 125 isolates of Botrytis were obtained from eight forest nurseries in Norway: 53 from Norway spruce seedlings, 16 from indoor air, 52 from indoor surfaces, and four from weeds growing close to seedlings. The majority of isolates were identified as B. cinerea, and over 60% of these were characterized as Botrytis group S. B. pseudocinerea isolates were obtained along with isolates with DNA sequence similarities to B. prunorum. Fungicide resistance was assessed with a mycelial growth assay, and resistance was found for the following: boscalid (8.8%), fenhexamid (33.6%), fludioxonil (17.6%), pyraclostrobin (36.0%), pyrimethanil (13.6%), and thiophanate-methyl (50.4%). Many isolates (38.4%) were resistant to two to six different fungicides. A selection of isolates was analyzed for the presence of known resistance-conferring mutations in the cytb, erg27, mrr1, sdhB, and tubA genes, and mutations leading to G143A, F412S, ΔL497, H272R, and E198A/F200Y were detected, respectively. Detection of fungicide resistance in Botrytis from Norway spruce and forest nursery facilities reinforces the necessity of employing resistance management strategies to improve control and delay development of fungicide resistance in the gray mold pathogens.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Katherine Ann Gredvig Nielsen
- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
- Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås 1432, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
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- Division of Forest and Forest Resources, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
- Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås 1432, Norway
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway
- Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås 1432, Norway
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Deng Y, Wang T, Zhao P, Du Y, Zhang L, Qi Z, Ji M. Sensitivity to 12 Fungicides and Resistance Mechanism to Trifloxystrobin, Carbendazim, and Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors in Cucumber Corynespora Leaf Spot ( Corynespora cassiicola). PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:3783-3791. [PMID: 37189041 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-23-0615-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Corynespora cassiicola is the causal agent of cucumber Corynespora leaf spot, which affects many economically important plant species. Chemical control of this disease is hampered by the common development of fungicide resistance. In this study, 100 isolates from Liaoning Province were collected, and their sensitivity to 12 fungicides was determined. All the isolates (100%) were resistant to trifloxystrobin and carbendazim, and 98% were resistant to fluopyram, boscalid, pydiflumetofen, isopyrazam, and fluxapyroxad. However, none were resistant to propiconazole, prochloraz, tebuconazole, difenoconazole, and fludioxonil. The Cytb gene of trifloxystrobin-resistant isolates encoded the G143A mutation, whereas the β-tubulin gene of carbendazim-resistant isolates encoded the E198A and E198A and M163I mutations. Mutations in SdhB-I280V, SdhC-S73P, SdhC-H134R, SdhD-D95E, and SdhD-G109V were associated with resistance to the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs). Trifloxystrobin, carbendazim, and fluopyram were barely effective on the resistant isolates, whereas fludioxonil and prochloraz were effective on the isolates that were resistant to the quinone outside inhibitors (QoIs), SDHIs, and benzimidazoles. Ultimately, this study demonstrates that fungicide resistance seriously threatens the effective control of Corynespora leaf spot.
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- Yunyan Deng
- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- State Key Laboratory of the Discovery and Development of Novel Pesticide, Shenyang Sinochem Agrochemicals R&D Co., Ltd., Shenyang 110021, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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Velasco-Saavedra MA, Mar-Antonio E, Aguayo-Ortiz R. Molecular Insights into the Covalent Binding of Zoxamide to the β-Tubulin of Botrytis cinerea. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:6386-6395. [PMID: 37802126 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a fungal plant pathogen that causes significant economic losses in the agricultural industry worldwide. Fungicides that target microtubules, such as carbendazim (CBZ), diethofencarb (DEF), and zoxamide (ZOX), are widely used in crop protection against this pathogen. These groups of compounds exert their fungicidal activity by disrupting the microtubule assembly by binding to the β-tubulin subunit, provoking cell-cycle arrest and cell death. However, with the appearance of isolates resistant to these compounds, it is necessary to search for new alternatives to control this pathogenic fungus. In this work, we gained insight into the binding and stability of these fungicides in the benzimidazole binding site of B. cinerea β-tubulin through different computational approaches. Our molecular dynamics simulation replicas showed that R enantiomers of ZOX and its analog RH-4032 had better interaction profiles at the site compared to S enantiomers. The simulations also revealed that while the R-isomer fungicides formed H-bonds with the main chain carbonyl of V236 or the side chain residue of S314, only CBZ interacted with E198. Previous experimental data have identified key mutations in B. cinerea's β-tubulin gene that lead to the development of resistance or, on the contrary, increased sensitivity for treatment with these fungicide compounds. In agreement with experimental findings, alchemical free energy calculations showed that E198A and E198V mutations in B. cinerea β-tubulin have high sensitivity to (R)-ZOX, whereas the E198K mutation decreased its affinity. Similarly, the results obtained explain the resistance to CBZ of B. cinerea isolates with E198A/V/K mutations and the insensitivity of the wild-type organism to DEF. Our work provides a deeper insight into the molecular mechanism of action of these fungicides, highlighting the importance of understanding the interaction profiles to develop more effective antifungal agents.
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- M Andrés Velasco-Saavedra
- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Su Q, Baker L, Emery S, Balan B, Ansell B, Tichkule S, Mueller I, Svärd SG, Jex A. Transcriptomic analysis of albendazole resistance in human diarrheal parasite Giardia duodenalis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY: DRUGS AND DRUG RESISTANCE 2023; 22:9-19. [PMID: 37004489 PMCID: PMC10111952 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2023.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Benzimidazole-2-carbamates (BZ, e.g., albendazole; ALB), which bind β-tubulin to disrupt microtubule polymerization, are one of two primary compound classes used to treat giardiasis. In most parasitic nematodes and fungi, BZ-resistance is caused by β-tubulin mutations and its molecular mode of action (MOA) is well studied. In contrast, in Giardia duodenalis BZ MOA or resistance is less well understood, may involve target-specific and broader impacts including cellular damage and oxidative stress, and its underlying cause is not clearly determined. Previously, we identified acquisition of a single nucleotide polymorphism, E198K, in β-tubulin in ALB-resistant (ALB-R) G. duodenalis WB-1B relative to ALB-sensitive (ALB-S) parental controls. E198K is linked to BZ-resistance in fungi and its allelic frequency correlated with the magnitude of BZ-resistance in G. duodenalis WB-1B. Here, we undertook detailed transcriptomic comparisons of these ALB-S and ALB-R G. duodenalis WB-1B cultures. The primary transcriptional changes with ALB-R in G. duodenalis WB-1B indicated increased protein degradation and turnover, and up-regulation of tubulin, and related genes, associated with the adhesive disc and basal bodies. These findings are consistent with previous observations noting focused disintegration of the disc and associated structures in Giardia duodenalis upon ALB exposure. We also saw transcriptional changes with ALB-R in G. duodenalis WB-1B consistent with prior observations of a shift from glycolysis to arginine metabolism for ATP production and possible changes to aspects of the vesicular trafficking system that require further investigation. Finally, we saw mixed transcriptional changes associated with DNA repair and oxidative stress responses in the G. duodenalis WB-1B line. These changes may be indicative of a role for H2O2 degradation in ALB-R, as has been observed in other G. duodenalis cell cultures. However, they were below the transcriptional fold-change threshold (log2FC > 1) typically employed in transcriptomic analyses and appear to be contradicted in ALB-R G. duodenalis WB-1B by down-regulation of the NAD scavenging and conversion pathways required to support these stress pathways and up-regulation of many highly oxidation sensitive iron-sulphur (FeS) cluster based metabolic enzymes.
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Hu JJ, Liu D, Cai MZ, Zhou Y, Yin WX, Luo CX. One-Pot Assay for Rapid Detection of Benzimidazole Resistance in Venturia carpophila by Combining RPA and CRISPR/Cas12a. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:1381-1390. [PMID: 36624936 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c06549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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High resistance to benzimidazole fungicides in Venturia carpophila is caused by the point mutation E198K of the β-tubulin (TUB2) gene. Traditional methods for detection of fungicide resistance are time-consuming, which are routinely based on tedious operation, reliance on expensive equipment, and specially trained people. Therefore, it is important to establish efficient methods for field detection of benzimidazole resistance in V. carpophila to make suitable management strategies and ensure food safety. Based on recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) combined with CRISPR/Cas12a, a rapid one-pot assay ORCas12a-BRVc (one-pot RPA-CRISPR/Cas12 platform) was established for the detection of benzimidazole resistance in V. carpophila. The ORCas12a-BRVc assay enabled one-pot detection by adding components at the bottom and wall of the tube separately, solving the problems of aerosol contamination and decreased sensitivity caused by competing DNA substrates between Cas12a cleavage and RPA amplification. The ORCas12a-BRVc assay could accomplish the detection with a minimum of 7.82 × 103 fg μL-1 V. carpophila genomic DNA in 45 min at 37 °C. Meanwhile, this assay showed excellent specificity due to the specific recognition ability of the Cas12a-crRNA complex. Further, we combined a method that could rapidly extract DNA from V. carpophila within 2 min with the ORCas12a-BRVc to achieve more rapid and simple detection of V. carpophila with benzimidazole resistance in fields. The ORCas12a-BRVc assay has the advantages of simplicity, rapidity, high sensitivity, high specificity, and ease of operation without the need for precision instruments and the need to isolate and culture pathogens. This assay is the first application of the one-pot platform based on the combination of RPA and CRISPR/Cas12a in fungicide resistance detection and can be used for monitoring of resistant populations in fields, providing guidance on making suitable management strategies for peach scab.
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- Jia-Jie Hu
- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization for Fruit and Vegetable Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization for Fruit and Vegetable Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization for Fruit and Vegetable Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization for Fruit and Vegetable Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Song J, Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhang S, Lei T, Liang Y, Dai Q, Huo Z, Xu K, Chen S. Prevalence of Carbendazin Resistance in Field Populations of the Rice False Smut Pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens from Jiangsu, China, Molecular Mechanisms, and Fitness Stability. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8121311. [PMID: 36547644 PMCID: PMC9783980 DOI: 10.3390/jof8121311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Rice false smut (RFS), caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is an important fungal disease of rice. In China, Methyl Benzimidazole Carbamates (MBCs), including carbendazim, are common fungicides used to control RFS and other rice diseases. In this study, resistance of U. virens to carbendazim was monitored for three consecutive years during 2018 to 2020. A total of 321 U. virens isolates collected from Jiangsu Province of China were tested for their sensitivity to carbendazim on PSA. The concentration at which mycelial growth is inhibited by 50% (EC50) of the carbendazim-sensitive isolates was 0.11 to 1.38 µg/mL, with a mean EC50 value of 0.66 μg/mL. High level of resistance to carbendazim was detected in 14 out of 321 isolates. The resistance was stable but associated with a fitness penalty. There was a statistically significant and moderate negative correlation (r= −0.74, p < 0.001) in sensitivity between carbendazim and diethofencarb. Analysis of the U. virens genome revealed two potential MBC targets, Uvβ1Tub and Uvβ2Tub, that putatively encode β-tubulin gene. The two β-tubulin genes in U. virens share 78% amino acid sequence identity, but their function in MBC sensitivity has been unclear. Both genes were identified and sequenced from U. virens sensitive and resistant isolates. It is known that mutations in the β2-tubulin gene have been shown to confer resistance to carbendazim in other fungi. However, no mutation was found in the Uvβ2Tub gene in either resistant or sensitive isolates. Variations including point mutations, non-sense mutations, codon mutations, and frameshift mutations were found in the Uvβ1Tub gene from the 14 carbendazim-resistant isolates, which have not been reported in other fungi before. Thus, these results indicated that variations of Uvβ1Tub result in the resistance to carbendazim in field isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens.
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- Jiehui Song
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology & Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Correspondence: (K.X.); (S.C.)
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
- Correspondence: (K.X.); (S.C.)
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Mao Y, Li H, Song W, Zhao B, Cai Y, Wang J, Zhou M, Duan Y. Evolution of Benzimidazole Resistance Caused by Multiple Double Mutations of β -Tubulin in Corynespora cassiicola. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:15046-15056. [PMID: 36443900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c05912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cucumber target leaf spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola has devastated greenhouse cucumber production. In our previous study, the resistance monitoring of C. cassiicola to carbendazim was carried out, and a large number of resistant populations carrying various mutations (M163I&E198A, F167Y&E198A, F200S&E198A, or E198A) in β-tubulin were detected. However, the single-point mutations M163I, F167Y, and F200S have remained undetected. To investigate the evolutionary mechanism of double mutations in β-tubulin of C. cassiicola resistance to benzimidazoles, site-directed mutagenesis was used to construct alleles with corresponding mutation genotypes in β-tubulin. Through PEG-mediated protoplast transformation, all the mutants except for the M163I mutation were obtained and conferred resistance to benzimidazoles. It was found that the mutants conferring the E198A or double-point mutations showed high resistance to carbendazim and benomyl, but the mutants conferring the F167Y or F200S mutations showed moderate resistance. Except, the F200S mutants showed low resistance, the resistance level of the other mutants to thiabendazole seemed no difference. In addition, compared to the other mutants, the F167Y and F200S mutants suffered a more severe fitness penalty in mycelial growth, sporulation, and virulence. Thus, combined with the resistance level, fitness, and molecular docking results, we concluded that the field double mutations (F167Y&E198A and F200S&E198A) evolved from the single mutations F167Y and F200S, respectively.
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- Yushuai Mao
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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Fan F, Li XB, Yang YY, Zhang JY, Zhu YX, Yin WX, Li GQ, Luo CX. Benzimidazole-Resistant Isolates with E198A/V/K Mutations in the β-Tubulin Gene Possess Different Fitness and Competitive Ability in Botrytis cinerea. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2321-2328. [PMID: 35731021 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-22-0120-r] [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] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Previous studies in Botrytis cinerea showed that resistance to methyl benzimidazole carbamates (MBCs) was mainly related to E198A/V/K and F200Y mutations of the β-tubulin gene, and E198V was the dominant mutation in the resistant subpopulation in Hubei Province of China, indicating that resistant mutations might influence fitness. However, little is known about the effect of each E198A/V/K mutation on fitness. In this study, the fitness and competitive ability of isolates with E198A/V/K mutations were investigated. Results showed that E198A/V/K isolates and wild-type isolates shared similar fitness components in terms of virulence, sporulation, conidial germination, oxidative sensitivity, and sclerotial production and viability. However, slower mycelial growth at 4°C, higher sensitivity to 4% NaCl, and increased sclerotial production percentage at 4°C were observed in the isolates with E198V, E198K, and E198A mutations, respectively. Competitive analysis showed that the wild-type subpopulation became dominant after three disease cycles in the absence of fungicide selection pressure, whereas the resistant subpopulation seized the space of the sensitive subpopulation upon MBC application. Unexpectedly, the frequency of E198V isolates decreased dramatically after the first disease cycle with or without fungicide selection pressure. These results suggest that MBC-resistant isolates suffer little fitness penalty but possess competitive disadvantages in the absence of fungicide selection pressure. Under fungicide selection pressure, E198V isolates could not compete with E198A/K isolates. According to the current results, there is a great possibility that the E198V mutation will lose dominance in the future in China.
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- Fei Fan
- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, and Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, and Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Plant Science and Technology, and Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Ke D, Meng H, Lei W, Zheng Y, Li L, Wang M, Zhong R, Wang M, Chen F. Prevalence of H6Y mutation in β-tubulin causing thiophanate-methyl resistant in Monilinia fructicola from Fujian, China. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:105262. [PMID: 36464367 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Brown rot disease broke out in stone fruit orchards of Fujian, China in 2019, despite pre-harvest application of methyl benzimidazole carbamate (MBC). To determine the reason, a total of 44 Monilinia fructicola strains were collected from nectarine, plum and peach fruits in this study, among which 79.5% strains were resistant to thiophanate-methyl, indicated by discriminatory dose of 5 μg/mL. The resistance of these strains was confirmed by treating detached peach fruit with label rates of formulated thiophanate-methyl which only completely inhibit infection of the sensitive strains, but not the resistant strains. Further analysis of the mechanism of MBC resistance revealed that all resistant strains carry a H6Y mutation in β-tubulin protein Tub2, which was only reported previously in the M. fructicola strains from California, USA, and do not display obvious fitness penalties, as no significant defects in mycelial growth rate, sporulation, conidia germination, aggressiveness on detached peach fruit and temperature sensitivity was detected. In addition, we found that diethofencarb, the agent for managing MBC-resistance strains, was unable to inhibit growth of the H6Y strains. Taken together, our study, for the first time, identified a mutation form of H6Y in the β-tubulin protein of M. fructicola in China, rendering the strains wide resistance to thiophanate-methyl. This mechanism of M. fructicola gaining resistance to MBC fungicides needs to be fully considered, when designing management strategies to control brown rot disease in stone fruit orchards.
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- Dufang Ke
- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Fujian Universities Key Laboratory for Plant-Microbe Interaction, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Fujian Universities Key Laboratory for Plant-Microbe Interaction, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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Moyo P, Cook G, Basson E, Steyn C, Bester R, Olivier C, Fourie PH. Monitoring Benzimidazole Resistance in Phyllosticta citricarpa Using a Molecular Assay Targeting Mutations in Codons 198 and 200 of the β-Tubulin Gene. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:1374-1380. [PMID: 34879724 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-21-1459-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Citrus black spot (CBS), caused by Phyllosticta citricarpa, is an economically important disease, which is effectively controlled by repeated fungicide applications to protect fruit from infection. Systemic fungicides such as benzimidazoles are widely used for controlling CBS in South Africa, but the molecular mechanisms of benzimidazole resistance in P. citricarpa had not been investigated. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the β-tubulin gene in P. citricarpa revealed mutations inducing three amino acid replacements in benzimidazole-resistant isolates when compared with those of sensitive strains. Amino acid replacements in benzimidazole-resistant isolates included the change of glutamic acid to either alanine or lysine at codon 198 of the β-tubulin gene and the change from phenylalanine to tyrosine at codon 200. All three mutations were previously implicated in benzimidazole resistance in several fungal pathogens. A PCR assay was designed to amplify a portion of the β-tubulin gene, which is subsequently sequenced to identify benzimidazole resistance in P. citricarpa. This PCR and sequence assay was found to be a more rapid and reliable method for detecting resistance compared with the fungicide-amended plate tests and is valuable for monitoring the occurrence of benzimidazole-resistant P. citricarpa and for assessment of the need for alternative CBS management practices.
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- Citrus Research International, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa
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- Citrus Research International, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa
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- Citrus Research International, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa
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- Citrus Research International, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa
- Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Citrus Research International, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa
- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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Chen S, Yuan H, Yan X. Rapid visual detection of benzimidazole resistance in Botrytis cinerea by recombinase polymerase amplification combined with a lateral flow dipstick. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:821-830. [PMID: 34719103 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6697] [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: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Benzimidazole resistance in Botrytis cinerea is related to point mutations in the target β-tubulin gene (TUB2). Three mutations (E198A, E198K, E198V) at codon 198 account for most of the resistant strains. A rapid on-site diagnostic assay would be useful to detect the presence and monitor further spread of this resistance mechanism. RESULTS A recombinase polymerase amplification combined with lateral flow detection (RPA-LFD) method was established for the rapid detection of methyl benzimidazole carbamate (MBC) resistance in B. cinerea. Based on the three mutations at TUB2 codon 198, three sets of RPA-LFD primers were designed, and each of these primer sets was able to specifically amplify the DNA containing its corresponding mutation; no amplification was detected with other mutated or wild-type DNA. The assay was optimized for specificity and sensitivity and was shown to detect the presence of 2 × 102 copies μl-1 of target DNA per reaction within 10 min. DNA from eight other common fungal species of small fruit did not yield a signal. The system worked well over a wide range of temperatures from 25 to 45°C. Crude DNA obtained from boiled mycelium and conidia of symptomatic fruit could be used as templates, which simplified the assay process. CONCLUSION This study developed a novel assay based on RPA-LFD for the rapid and equipment-free detection of MBC-resistant isolates. In combination with a simple DNA extraction method, the assay could detect B. cinerea MBC-resistant isolates even without specialized equipment within 30 min. Considering its specificity, stability and simplicity, the RPA-LFD assay could be a promising tool for rapid on-site diagnosis of fungicide-resistant isolates. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Shuning Chen
- China and Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China and Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China and Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li FJ, Komura R, Nakashima C, Shimizu M, Kageyama K, Suga H. Molecular Diagnosis of Thiophanate-Methyl-Resistant Strains of Fusarium fujikuroi in Japan. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:634-640. [PMID: 34494869 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-21-1501-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Fusarium fujikuroi is the pathogen of rice bakanae disease and is subclassified into gibberellin and fumonisin groups (G and F groups). Thiophanate-methyl (TM), a benzimidazole fungicide, has been used extensively to control F. fujikuroi. Previous investigation showed that F-group strains are TM sensitive (TMS), whereas most G-group strains are TM resistant (TMR) in Japan. The minimum inhibitory concentration in TMS strains was 1 to 10 μg ml-1, whereas that in TMR strains was >100 μg ml-1. E198K and F200Y mutations in β2-tubulin were detected in TMR strains. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification-fluorescent loop primer method was developed for diagnosis of these mutations and applied to 37 TMR strains and 56 TMS strains. The results indicated that 100% of TMR strains were identified as having either the E198K mutation (41%) or the F200Y mutation (59%), whereas none of the TMS strains tested showed either mutation. We found one remarkable TMR strain in the F group that had an F200Y mutation. These results suggest that E198K and F200Y mutations in β2-tubulin contribute to TM resistance in F. fujikuroi.
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- Fang Jing Li
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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Wang L, Tu H, Hou H, Zhou Z, Yuan H, Luo C, Gu Q. Occurrence and Detection of Carbendazim Resistance in Botryosphaeria dothidea from Apple Orchards in China. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:207-214. [PMID: 34227835 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-20-1204-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Botryosphaeria dothidea causes white rot, which is among the most devastating diseases affecting apple crops globally. In this study, we assessed B. dothidea resistance to carbendazim by collecting samples from warts on the infected branches of apple trees or from fruits exhibiting evidence of white rot. All samples were collected from different orchards in nine provinces of China in 2018 and 2019. In total, 440 B. dothidea isolates were evaluated, of which 19 isolates from three provinces were found to exhibit carbendazim resistance. We additionally explored the fitness and resistance stability of these isolates, revealing that they were no less fit than carbendazim-sensitive isolates in terms of pathogenicity, sporulation, and mycelial growth and that the observed carbendazim resistance was stable. Sequencing of the β-tubulin gene in carbendazim-resistant isolates showed the presence of a substitution at codon 198 (GAG to GCG) that results in an alanine substitution in place of glutamic acid (E198A) in all 19 resistant isolates. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method was then developed to rapidly and specifically identify this E198A mutation. This LAMP method offers value as a tool for rapidly detecting carbendazim-resistant isolates bearing this E198A mutation and can thus be used for the widespread monitoring of apple crops to detect and control the development of such resistance.
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- Li Wang
- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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Bradshaw MJ, Bartholomew HP, Hendricks D, Maust A, Jurick WM. An Analysis of Postharvest Fungal Pathogens Reveals Temporal-Spatial and Host-Pathogen Associations with Fungicide Resistance-Related Mutations. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:1942-1951. [PMID: 33938237 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-21-0119-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: 06/12/2023]
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Fungicides are the primary tools to control a wide range of postharvest fungal pathogens. Fungicide resistance is a widespread problem that has reduced the efficacy of fungicides. Resistance to FRAC-1 (Fungicide Resistance Action Committee-1) chemistries is associated with mutations in amino acid position 198 in the β-tubulin gene. In our study, we conducted a meta-analysis of β-tubulin sequences to infer temporal, spatial, plant host, and pathogen genus patterns of fungicide resistance in postharvest fungal pathogens. In total, data were acquired from 2,647 specimens from 12 genera of fungal phytopathogens residing in 53 countries on >200 hosts collected between 1926 and 2020. The specimens containing a position 198 mutation were globally distributed in a variety of pathosystems. Analyses showed that there are associations among the mutation and the year an isolate was collected, the pathogen genus, the pathogen host, and the collection region. Interestingly, fungicide-resistant β-tubulin genotypes have been in a decline since their peak between 2005 and 2009. FRAC-1 fungicide usage data followed a similar pattern in that applications have been in a decline since their peak between 1997 and 2003. The data show that, with the reduction of selection pressure, FRAC-1 fungicide resistance in fungal populations will decline within 5 to 10 years. Based on this line of evidence, we contend that a β-tubulin position 198 mutation has uncharacterized fitness cost(s) on fungi in nature. The compiled dataset can inform end users on the regions and hosts that are most prone to contain resistant pathogens and assist decisions concerning fungicide resistance management strategies.
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- Michael J Bradshaw
- Food Quality Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Food Quality Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Food Quality Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Obydennov KL, Kalinina TA, Galieva NA, Beryozkina TV, Zhang Y, Fan Z, Glukhareva TV, Bakulev VA. Synthesis, Fungicidal Activity, and Molecular Docking of 2-Acylamino and 2-Thioacylamino Derivatives of 1 H-benzo[ d]imidazoles as Anti-Tubulin Agents. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:12048-12062. [PMID: 34609138 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This work deals with the synthesis and evaluation of fungicidal activity of benzimidazole derivatives, which are structural analogues of commercial anti-tubulin fungicides. A number of N-acyl and N-thioacyl derivatives of 2-amino-1H-benzo[d]imidazole were prepared, and their fungicidal activity against 13 strains of phytopathogenic fungi was studied. The most active compounds against the majority of the studied strains were 3a, 4l, and 4o, and the EC50 values of these compounds were in the range 2.5-20 μg/mL. Compound 3a showed the highest activity against the P. infestans strain, the growth of which is not suppressed by carbendazim. The formation of ligand-receptor complexes of various tautomeric forms of the studied benzimidazoles with homologous models of β-tubulins of B. cinerea, F. oxysporum, and P. infestans was modeled. Induced fit docking has been used for the simulation. The obtained data suggest the possibility of binding of benzimidazole fungicides to β-tubulin in the ″nocodazole cavity″ in the tautomeric form bearing a double exocyclic C═N bond. The importance of the formation of hydrogen bonds of benzimidazoles with the amino acid residue Val236 along with the Glu198 residue is also revealed in the present study.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
- Postovsky Institute of Organic Synthesis UB RAS, 22 Sofia Kovalevskaya Str., Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia
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Wittlin S, Mäser P. From Magic Bullet to Magic Bomb: Reductive Bioactivation of Antiparasitic Agents. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:2777-2786. [PMID: 34472830 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Paul Ehrlich coined the term "magic bullet" to describe how a drug kills the parasite inside its human host without harming the host itself. Ehrlich concluded that the drug must have a greater affinity to the parasite than to human cells. Today, the specificity of drug action is understood in terms of the drug target. An ideal target is a protein that is essential for the proliferation of the pathogen but absent in human cells. Examples are the enzymes of folate synthesis or of the nonmevalonate pathway in the malaria parasites. However, there are other ways how a drug can kill selectively. Of particular relevance is the specific activation of a prodrug inside the pathogen but not in the host, as this is how the current frontrunners of parasite chemotherapy work. Artemisinins for malaria, fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis, benznidazole for Chagas' disease, metronidazole for intestinal protozoa: these molecules are "magic bombs" that are triggered selectively. They are prodrugs that need to be activated by chemical reduction, i.e., the acquisition of an electron, which occurs in the parasite. Such a mode of action is shared by the novel antimalarial peroxides arterolane and artefenomel, which are activated by reduction of the endoperoxide bond with ferrous heme as the likely electron donor, a metabolic end-product of Plasmodium falciparum. Here we provide an overview on the molecular basis of selectivity of antiparasitic drug action with particular reference to the ozonides, the new generation of antimalarial peroxides designed by Jonathan Vennerstrom.
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- Sergio Wittlin
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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Garge RK, Cha HJ, Lee C, Gollihar JD, Kachroo AH, Wallingford JB, Marcotte EM. Discovery of new vascular disrupting agents based on evolutionarily conserved drug action, pesticide resistance mutations, and humanized yeast. Genetics 2021; 219:6317676. [PMID: 34849907 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Thiabendazole (TBZ) is an FDA-approved benzimidazole widely used for its antifungal and antihelminthic properties. We showed previously that TBZ is also a potent vascular disrupting agent and inhibits angiogenesis at the tissue level by dissociating vascular endothelial cells in newly formed blood vessels. Here, we uncover TBZ's molecular target and mechanism of action. Using human cell culture, molecular modeling, and humanized yeast, we find that TBZ selectively targets only 1 of 9 human β-tubulin isotypes (TUBB8) to specifically disrupt endothelial cell microtubules. By leveraging epidemiological pesticide resistance data and mining chemical features of commercially used benzimidazoles, we discover that a broader class of benzimidazole compounds, in extensive use for 50 years, also potently disrupt immature blood vessels and inhibit angiogenesis. Thus, besides identifying the molecular mechanism of benzimidazole-mediated vascular disruption, this study presents evidence relevant to the widespread use of these compounds while offering potential new clinical applications.
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- Riddhiman K Garge
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.,US Army Research Laboratory-South, Austin, TX 78758, USA
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- The Department of Biology, Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Emery-Corbin SJ, Su Q, Tichkule S, Baker L, Lacey E, Jex AR. In vitro selection of Giardia duodenalis for Albendazole resistance identifies a β-tubulin mutation at amino acid E198K. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-DRUGS AND DRUG RESISTANCE 2021; 16:162-173. [PMID: 34237690 PMCID: PMC8267433 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Benzimidazole-2-carbamate (BZ) compounds, including Albendazole (Alb), are one of just two drug classes approved to treat the gastrointestinal protist Giardia duodenalis. Benzimidazoles bind to the tubulin dimer interface overlapping the colchicine binding site (CBS) of β-tubulin, thereby inhibiting microtubule polymerisation and disrupting microtubule networks. These BZ compounds are widely used as anthelmintic, anti-fungal and anti-giardial drugs. However, in helminths and fungi, BZ-resistance is widespread and caused by specific point mutations primarily occurring at F167, E198 and F200 in β-tubulin isoform 1. BZ-resistance in Giardia is reported clinically and readily generated in vitro, with significant implications for Giardia control. In Giardia, BZ mode of action (MOA) and resistance mechanisms are presumed but not proven, and no mutations in β-tubulin have been reported in association with Alb resistance (AlbR). Herein, we undertook detailed in vitro drug-susceptibility screens of 13 BZ compounds and 7 Alb structural analogues in isogenic G. duodenalis isolates selected for AlbR and podophyllotoxin, another β-tubulin inhibitor, as well as explored cross-resistance to structurally unrelated, metronidazole (Mtz). AlbR lines exhibited co-resistance to many structural variants in the BZ-pharmacophore, and cross-resistance to podophyllotoxin. AlbR lines were not cross-resistant to Mtz, but MtzR lines had enhanced survival in Alb. Lastly, Alb analogues with longer thioether substituents had decreased potency against our AlbR lines. In silico modelling indicated the Alb-β-tubulin interaction in Giardia partially overlaps the CBS and corresponds to residues associated with BZ-resistance in helminths and fungi (F167, E198, F200). Sequencing of Giardia β-tubulin identified a single nucleotide polymorphism resulting in a mutation from glutamic acid to lysine at amino acid 198 (E198K). To our knowledge, this is the first β-tubulin mutation reported for protistan BZ-resistance. This study provides insight into BZ mode of action and resistance in Giardia, and presents a potential avenue for a genetic test for clinically resistance isolates. In vitro albendazole-resistant Giardia were broadly resistant to benzimidazole-2-carbamates. Cross-resistance to structurally unrelated microtubule inhibitors was observed. The predicted Giardia benzimidazole binding overlaps the colchicine binding site. The E198K β-tubulin mutation was identified in the albendazole-resistant line. Metronidazole-resistance may enhance acquisition of albendazole-resistance.
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- Samantha J Emery-Corbin
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Microbial Screening Technologies, Smithfield, NSW, Australia; Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Hatamoto M, Aizawa R, Koda K, Fukuchi T. Aminopyrifen, a novel 2-aminonicotinate fungicide with a unique effect and broad-spectrum activity against plant pathogenic fungi. JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE SCIENCE 2021; 46:198-205. [PMID: 34135681 PMCID: PMC8175217 DOI: 10.1584/jpestics.d20-094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Aminopyrifen is a novel 2-aminonicotinate fungicide with unique chemistry and a novel mode of action. The fungicide showed high antifungal activity mainly against Ascomycetes and its related anamorphic fungi under in vitro and pot conditions (EC50 values: 0.0039-0.23 mg/L and 1.2-12 mg/L, respectively). The active ingredient strongly inhibited germ-tube elongation of Botrytis cinerea below 0.1 mg/L and invasion into a plant. The compound exhibited no cross-resistance to commercial fungicides in B. cinerea. The antifungal agent showed high preventive efficacy and translaminar action. In the field, aminopyrifen controlled gray mold and powdery mildew at 150 mg/L. Our findings suggest that aminopyrifen is useful for protecting crops from various plant pathogens.
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- Masahiro Hatamoto
- Biological Section Research Department, AGRO-KANESHO Co., Ltd., 9511-4, Yuki Ibaraki 307-0001, Japan
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- Chemical Synthesis Section Research Department, AGRO-KANESHO Co., Ltd., Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-0024, Japan
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- Biological Section Research Department, AGRO-KANESHO Co., Ltd., 9511-4, Yuki Ibaraki 307-0001, Japan
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- Biological Section Research Department, AGRO-KANESHO Co., Ltd., 9511-4, Yuki Ibaraki 307-0001, Japan
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Cosseboom SD, Hu M. Identification and Characterization of Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis Populations from Small Fruit Fields in the Mid-Atlantic United States. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:2366-2373. [PMID: 33719541 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0487-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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From 2014 to 2019, 249 isolates of Botrytis sp. were collected from blackberry, black raspberry, grape, red raspberry, and strawberry showing gray mold symptoms. All isolates were phylogenetically characterized as Botrytis cinerea. A mycelial growth assay determined the following overall frequencies of resistance to fungicides: 92% to pyraclostrobin, 86% to cyprodinil, 71% to thiophanate-methyl, 48% to fenhexamid, 47% to iprodione, 26% to boscalid, 11% to fludioxonil, 8% to penthiopyrad, 7% to benzovindiflupyr, 4% to pydiflumetofen , and 4% to isofetamid. Isolates collected from blackberry, red raspberry, and strawberry had a higher median chemical class resistance value compared to isolates from black raspberry and grape. Resistance conferring mutations were found in a selection of isolates characterized as resistant to thiophanate-methyl, iprodione, pyraclostrobin, fenhexamid, and boscalid including E198A in β-tubulin; I365N/S, Q369P, and N373S in bos1; G143A in cytb; P238S, N369D, and F412I/S in erg27; and P225F and H272R/Y in sdhB, respectively. Also, multiple drug resistance phenotypes MDR1 and MDR1h were identified by analyzing fludioxonil sensitivity and mrr1 sequences. MDR1 and MDR1h isolates had multiple amino acid variations and two insertions in mrr1 that resembled the group S genotype . A detached grape assay confirmed that the aforementioned mutations in isolates from different small fruit crops resulted in field-relevant resistance. An additional in-vitro assay found that EC50 values of B. cinerea isolates to pydiflumetofen and inpyrfluxam averaged 0.4 and 1.0, 0.8 and 0.7, 149.8 and 23.2, 0.9 and 0.9, and 38.8 and 48.8 µg/ml for the wild-type, H272R, H272Y, N230I, and P225F genotypes, respectively. These results revealed widespread fungicide resistance in B. cinerea from Mid-Atlantic small fruit fields, highlighting the need for resistance management alternatives.
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- Scott David Cosseboom
- University of Maryland at College Park, 1068, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, College Park, Maryland, United States;
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- University of Maryland at College Park, 1068, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, College Park, Maryland, United States;
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Shao W, Zhao Y, Ma Z. Advances in Understanding Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis cinerea in China. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:455-463. [PMID: 33174825 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-20-0313-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a devastating disease that causes significant yield losses in various economically important plants. Fungicide application is one of the main strategies for management of gray mold; however, B. cinerea has developed resistance to various groups of fungicide. In China, benzimidazole-, dicarboximide-, and quinone outside inhibitor-resistant populations of B. cinerea have become dominant. Substitute mutations in fungicide target genes are responsible for resistance in B. cinerea. Based on known resistance mechanisms, molecular methods including loop-mediated isothermal amplification have been developed for rapid detection of resistant isolates of B. cinerea. Because B. cinerea is able to quickly develop resistance to various fungicides, various integrated strategies have been implemented in the last decade, including biological and agricultural practices, to manage fungicide resistance in B. cinerea.
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- Wenyong Shao
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, U.S.A
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Liu S, Fu L, Tan H, Jiang J, Che Z, Tian Y, Chen G. Resistance to Boscalid in Botrytis cinerea From Greenhouse-Grown Tomato. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:628-635. [PMID: 32820676 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-20-1191-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Gray mold, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea Pers ex Fr., is one of the most destructive spoilage diseases, severely affecting tomato production in Henan Province, China. Spraying fungicides from the flowering to the harvest stage is a necessary measure to reduce losses associated with B. cinerea infection. However, B. cinerea has developed resistance to fungicides in many countries. Boscalid is a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicide and was registered for the control of gray mold. In this study, a total of 269 B. cinerea isolates were collected from tomato in commercial greenhouses in different locations of Henan Province in 2014 and 2015. The sensitivity and resistance of B. cinerea field isolates were determined based on mycelial growth. The effective concentration 50 ranged from 0.11 to 15.92 µg/ml and 0.16 to 8.54 µg/ml, in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The frequency of low resistance to boscalid was 12.6 and 7.6%, and moderate resistance was 2.7 and 1.3% in 2014 and 2015, respectively. No highly resistant isolates were found in Henan Province, China. Mycelial growth, mycelial dry weight, spore production, and pathogenicity were not significantly different between resistant and sensitive phenotypes of the B. cinerea isolates. The results of cross-resistance testing showed no correlation between boscalid and carbendazim, procymidone, pyrimethanil, fluazinam, or fluopyram. In this study, the succinate dehydrogenase genes B (sdhB), C (sdhC), and D (sdhD) were analyzed and compared in sensitive and low-resistance and moderately resistant B. cinerea isolates to boscalid. Results showed that point mutations occurred simultaneously at sdhC amino acid positions 85 (G85A), 93 (I93V), 158 (M158V), and 168 (V168I) in 4 out of 10 sensitive isolates and 23 of 26 low-resistance and 5 of 5 moderately resistant B. cinerea isolates to boscalid. No point mutations were found in the sdhB and sdhD genes of all isolates. Furthermore, no point mutations were found in sdhB, sdhC, and sdhD genes in 3 of 26 low-resistance B. cinerea isolates to boscalid. Therefore, we speculate that the simultaneous point mutations in the sdhC gene may not be related to the resistance of B. cinerea to boscalid. These results suggested that there might be a substitution mechanism for the resistance of B. cinerea to the SDHI fungicide boscalid.
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- Shengming Liu
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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He L, Cui K, Li T, Song Y, Liu N, Mu W, Liu F. Evolution of the Resistance of Botrytis cinerea to Carbendazim and the Current Efficacy of Carbendazim Against Gray Mold After Long-Term Discontinuation. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:1647-1653. [PMID: 32347789 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-19-2457-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea is a fungal disease that critically threatens agricultural production, and carbendazim was the first fungicide used to control B. cinerea. However, B. cinerea developed serious resistance to carbendazim, and this fungicide has thus rarely been used in the past decade in China. Due to the extended discontinuation of carbendazim use, the evolution of the resistance of B. cinerea to carbendazim in recent years is unclear, and whether carbendazim can effectively control gray mold is largely unknown. Therefore, this study determined the sensitivity of 407 B. cinerea isolates collected from 2014 to 2018 to carbendazim and the ability of carbendazim to control gray mold in the field. The results showed that the frequency of B. cinerea isolates resistant to carbendazim remained above 95%. Three different mutation types responsible for the resistance of B. cinerea to carbendazim were identified at codon 198 in the β-tubulin gene sequence: E198V (changed from GAG to GTG), E198A (changed from GAG to GCG), and E198K (changed from GAG to AAG). Over the last 5 years, E198V was the major mutation. However, an analysis of its evolution revealed that the percentage of the E198V mutation declined after 2017 to 56.5% in 2018. In addition, the proportion of isolates with the E198K mutation decreased over time, and no isolates with this mutation were found in either 2017 or 2018. The proportion of the E198A mutation increased over the 5-year test period to reach 43.5% in 2018. Furthermore, three greenhouse experiments demonstrated that carbendazim has lost its ability to control gray mold. We attribute the above findings to our results showing that the carbendazim-resistant isolates had no fitness penalties compared with the carbendazim-sensitive isolates for sporulation and mycelial growth. In particular, the E198A mutant isolates exhibited a strong ability to sporulate, suggesting that the E198A mutation might become dominant in the future. Interestingly, the results showed that carbendazim-sensitive isolates could be easily controlled by four conventional fungicides, namely boscalid, procymidone, iprodione, and pyrimethanil, with mean EC50 values of 0.71 ± 0.2 mg liter-1, 1.33 ± 0.39 mg liter-1, 0.59 ± 0.33 mg liter-1, and 6.02 ± 3.02 mg liter-1, respectively. In conclusion, carbendazim has lost its application value and is ineffective for the control of gray mold.
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- Leiming He
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Department of Mycology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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Assessing anthelmintic resistance risk in the post-genomic era: a proof-of-concept study assessing the potential for widespread benzimidazole-resistant gastrointestinal nematodes in North American cattle and bison. Parasitology 2020; 147:897-906. [PMID: 32138794 PMCID: PMC7391874 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182020000426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As genomic research continues to improve our understanding of the genetics of anthelmintic drug resistance, the revolution in DNA sequencing technologies will provide increasing opportunities for large-scale surveillance for the emergence of drug resistance. In most countries, parasite control in cattle and bison has mainly depended on pour-on macrocyclic lactone formulations resulting in widespread ivermectin resistance. Consequently, there is an increased interest in using benzimidazole drugs which have been used comparatively little in cattle and bison in recent years. This situation, together with our understanding of benzimidazole resistance genetics, provides a practical opportunity to use deep-amplicon sequencing to assess the risk of drug resistance emergence. In this paper, we use deep-amplicon sequencing to scan for those mutations in the isotype-1 β-tubulin gene previously associated with benzimidazole resistance in many trichostrongylid nematode species. We found that several of these mutations occur at low frequency in many cattle and bison parasite populations in North America, suggesting increased use of benzimidazole drugs in cattle has the potential to result in widespread emergence of resistance in multiple parasite species. This work illustrates a post-genomic approach to large-scale surveillance of early emergence of anthelmintic resistance in the field.
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Mohammedsalih KM, Krücken J, Khalafalla A, Bashar A, Juma FR, Abakar A, Abdalmalaik AAH, Coles G, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. New codon 198 β-tubulin polymorphisms in highly benzimidazole resistant Haemonchus contortus from goats in three different states in Sudan. Parasit Vectors 2020; 13:114. [PMID: 32122383 PMCID: PMC7053126 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-3978-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background Benzimidazole (BZ) resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes is a worldwide problem for livestock production, particularly in small ruminants. Assignment of the emergence of resistance using sensitive and reliable methods is required to adopt the correct strategies for control. In Sudan, BZ resistant Haemonchus contortus populations were recently reported in goats in South Darfur. This study aimed to provide additional data regarding albendazole efficacy and to describe the prevailing molecular BZ resistance mechanisms. Methods Faecal egg count reduction and egg hatch tests (EHT) were used to evaluate albendazole efficacy in three different areas of South Darfur using naturally (Rehed Al-Birdi and Tulus) and experimentally infected (Tulus and Um Dafuq) goats. Using samples from Central, East and South Darfur, pyro- and Sanger sequencing were used to detect the polymorphisms F167Y, E198A and F200Y in H. contortus isotype 1 β-tubulin in DNA extracted from pooled third-stage larval (L3) samples (n = 36) on days 0 and 10 during trials, and from pooled adult male H. contortus (treated goats, n = 14; abattoirs, n = 83) including samples from populations previously found to be resistant in South Darfur. Results Albendazole efficacies at 5, 7.5 and 10 mg/kg doses were 73.5–90.2% on day 14 in natural and experimental infections while 12.5 mg/kg showed > 96.6% efficacy. EC50 in the EHT were 0.8 and 0.11 µg/ml thiabendazole in natural and experimental infection trials, respectively. PCRs detected Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus and Cooperia in L3 samples from albendazole-treated goats. Haemonchus contortus allele frequencies in codons 167 and 200 using pyrosequencing assays were ≤ 7.4% while codon 198 assays failed. Sanger sequencing revealed five novel polymorphisms at codon 198. Noteworthy, an E198L substitution was present in 82% of the samples (L3 and adults) including all post-treatment samples. Moreover, E198V, E198K and potentially E198I, and E198Stop were identified in a few samples. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first report of E198L in BZ resistant H. contortus and the second where this is the predominant genotype associated with resistance in any strongyle species. Since this variant cannot be quantified using pyrosequencing, the results highlight important limitations in the general applicability of pyrosequencing to quantify BZ resistance genotypes.![]()
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, PO Box 32, Khartoum North, Sudan
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- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Nyala, Nyala, Sudan
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- Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Gezira, PO Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan
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- Ubley Biologics, PO Box 170, Ubley, Bristol, BS40 6JA, UK
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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Du S, Zhang K, Yao X, Du J. Investigation on the fungicide resistance mechanism against Botrytis cinerea β-tubulin inhibitor zoxamide by computational study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 38:4304-4312. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1671230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Songjie Du
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Huang D, Qiu F, Zhang Z, Shi L, Cao C, Ke S. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of Substituted 2‐Aryl Benzimidazoles Derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Daye Huang
- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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- National Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research CentreHubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences Wuhan 430064 China
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Materatski P, Varanda C, Carvalho T, Dias AB, Campos MD, Gomes L, Nobre T, Rei F, Félix MDR. Effect of Long-Term Fungicide Applications on Virulence and Diversity of Colletotrichum spp. Associated to Olive Anthracnose. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8090311. [PMID: 31470646 PMCID: PMC6784085 DOI: 10.3390/plants8090311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, the presence and variability of Colletotrichum spp. was evaluated by comparing fungal isolates obtained from olive trees under long-time phytosanitary treatments with trees without any phytosanitary treatments (treated and untreated, respectively). Olive fruits of trees of the highly susceptible ‘Galega vulgar’ cultivar growing in the Alentejo region were used as samples. From the 210 olive trees sampled (half from treated and half from untreated orchards), 125 (59.5%) presented Colletotrichum spp., with a significant lower number of infected trees in treated (39) when compared to untreated orchards (86). The alignment and analysis of beta-tubulin (tub2), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), actin (ACT), chitin synthase (CHS-1) and histone H3 (HIS-3) gene sequences allowed the identification of all 125 isolates as belonging to the C. acutatum complex. The vast majority of the isolates (124) were identified as C. nymphaeae and one isolate, from an untreated tree, was identified as C. godetiae. Isolates were divided into five different groups: Group A: 39 isolates from treated trees matched in 100% with C. nymphaeae sequences from the database; Group B: 76 isolates from untreated trees matched in 100% with C. nymphaeae sequences from the database; Group C: one isolate from untreated trees presenting a single nucleotidic difference in the HIS-3 sequence; Group D: eight isolates from untreated trees presenting differences in two nucleotides in the tub2 sequences that changed the protein structure, together with differences in two specific nucleotides of the GAPDH sequences; Group E: one isolate, from untreated olive trees, matched 100% with C. godetiae sequences from the database in all genes. Considering the similarities of the sampled areas, our results show that the long-time application of fungicides may have caused a reduction in the number of olive trees infected with Colletotrichum spp. but an increase in the number of fruits positive to Colletotrichum spp. within each tree, which may suggest different degrees of virulence of Colletotrichum isolates from trees growing different management regimes. It is imperative that the fungicides described as causing resistance are applied at appropriate times and intervals, since their efficiency decreases when applied incorrectly and new and more virulent species may arise.
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- Patrick Materatski
- ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal.
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- ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- INIAV - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. Estrada de Gil Vaz, Apartado 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- Departamento de Engenharia Rural, ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Polo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
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Su Z, Zhang X, Zhao J, Wang W, Shang L, Ma S, Adzavon YM, Lu F, Weng M, Han X, Yang L, Zhao Q, Zhao P, Xie F, Ma X. Combination of Suspension Array and Mycelial Growth Assay for Detecting Multiple-Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis cinerea in Hebei Province in China. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:1213-1219. [PMID: 30964418 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-18-1269-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To provide a high-throughput, efficient, and accurate method to monitor multiple-fungicide resistance of Botrytis cinerea in the field, we used the suspension array, sequencing, and mycelial growth assay in our research. Discriminating-dose bioassays for detecting carbendazim, diethofencarb, boscalid, and iprodione resistance (CarR, DieR, BosR, and IprR, respectively) were used to analyze 257 isolates collected from Hebei Province in China during 2016 and 2017. High resistance frequencies to carbendazim (100%), diethofencarb (92.08%), and iprodione (86.59%) were detected. BosR isolates accounted for 11.67% of the total. In addition, 103 isolates were randomly selected for phenotype and genotype detection. The high-throughput suspension array was utilized to detect eight genotypes simultaneously, including BenA-E198, BenA-198A, SdhB-H272, SdhB-272Y, BcOS1-I365, BcOS1-365S, erg27-F412, and erg27-412S, which were associated with resistance toward carbendazim or diethofencarb, boscalid, iprodione, and fenhexamid (FenR), respectively. Most of the benzimidazole-resistant isolates (81.55%) possessed the E198V mutation in the BenA gene. Ninety-three isolates with dual resistance to carbendazim and diethofencarb showed the E198V/K mutation. All BosR isolates carried the H272R mutation in the SdhB gene. The I365S and Q369P+N373S (66.99%) mutations in the BcOS1 gene were more frequently observed. No mutation was detected in the erg27 gene in Hebei isolates. There were 13 resistance profile phenotypes. Phenotypes with triple resistance were the most common (83.50%), and CarRDieRBosSIprRFenS was the major type. CarR isolates that carried E198V/K/A were all highly resistant (HR) and only one F200Y mutant was moderately resistant (MR) to carbendazim. Isolates that possessed E198V/K were MR or HR to diethofencarb. BosR isolates that possessed H272R mutation were lowly resistant (LR). IprR isolates were all LR or MR. The distribution of half maximal effective concentrations of CarR isolates with E198V/K mutations and IprR isolates with Q369P+N373S mutations significantly increased from 2016 to 2017. Combined with our observations, a combination method of the high-throughput suspension array and the mycelial growth assay was suggested to accurately monitor multiple resistance of B. cinerea in the field.
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- Zehua Su
- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
- 2 College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; and
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- 3 Plant Protection Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Baoding 071000, China
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- 3 Plant Protection Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Baoding 071000, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 3 Plant Protection Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Baoding 071000, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 3 Plant Protection Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Baoding 071000, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Bio-engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Hatamoto M, Aizawa R, Kobayashi Y, Fujimura M. A novel fungicide aminopyrifen inhibits GWT-1 protein in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor biosynthesis in Neurospora crassa. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 156:1-8. [PMID: 31027568 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aminopyrifen, 4-phenoxybenzyl 2-amino-6-methylnicotinate, strongly inhibited the mycelial growth of a wild-type Neurospora crassa strain on Vogel's minimal medium containing 1.2% sucrose, with a 0.001 mg/L concentration required for 50% growth inhibition. Similar to micafungin, an inhibitor of beta-1, 3-glucan synthetase, aminopyrifen further inhibited the growth of N. crassa deletion mutants of MAP kinase cascade genes, such as mak-1 and mak-2, than the wild-type strain, suggesting that aminopyrifen perturbs cell wall-related processes. Furthermore, we found that three chitin synthase gene mutants (chs-1, chs-5, and chs-7) were highly sensitive to both chemicals; however, aminopyrifen, but not micafungin, induced a swollen germ tube from the conidia of chs-5 and chs-7 mutants on Vogel's medium containing 1.2% sucrose. To elucidate the target protein of aminopyrifen, we isolated mutants resistant to aminopyrifen after UV treatment of conidia of the wild-type strain or the chs-5 strain. The resistance mutations were localized to the gwt-1 gene that encodes an acyltransferase, GWT-1, which participates in the biosynthesis of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) precursor, and were found to result in S180F and V178A alterations in the protein. These results strongly suggest that aminopyrifen works as an inhibitor targeting GWT-1, a protein involved in GPI-anchor biosynthesis.
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- Masahiro Hatamoto
- Biological Section Research Department, Agro-Kanesho Co., Ltd., 9511-4 Yuki, Yuki-City, Ibaraki 307-0001, Japan
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- Chemical Synthesis Section Research Department, Agro-Kanesho Co., Ltd., 852, Shimoyasumatsu, Tokorozawa-City, Saitama 359-0024, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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Liu X, Zeng R, Gao S, Xu L, Dai F. Rapid Detection of SdhB P225F and SdhB H272R Mutations in Boscalid Resistant Botrytis cinerea Strains by ARMS-PCR. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 35:71-76. [PMID: 30828281 PMCID: PMC6385654 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.nt.08.2018.0151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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SdhB P225Fand SdhB H272R mutations have been found associated with boscalid resistance in Botrytis cinerea from strawberry in Shanghai, China. For rapid detection of two mutations, tetra-primers were designed and optimized to gain the relatively high accuracy and specificity based on the ARMS-PCR technique, by which resistance can be identified with different lengths of products on agarose gels. The tetra-primer ARMS-PCR systems for SdhB P225F and SdhB H272R were validated by 9 SdhB-squenced strains repeatedly. Then, sensitivity of 30 more strains were also tested by the methods, which were accordant with genotypes by sequencing and the sensitivity of conidial germination to boscalid by 100%. Thus, the methods developed in this study are proved to be rapid, inexpensive, accurate and practical for resistance detection of Botrytis cinerea caused by SdhB P225F and SdhB H272R mutations.
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- Corresponding author: Phone) (86)2162202956, FAX) (86)2152210082, E-mail)
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Deep amplicon sequencing as a powerful new tool to screen for sequence polymorphisms associated with anthelmintic resistance in parasitic nematode populations. Int J Parasitol 2019; 49:13-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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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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Cosseboom SD, Ivors KL, Schnabel G, Bryson PK, Holmes GJ. Within-Season Shift in Fungicide Resistance Profiles of Botrytis cinerea in California Strawberry Fields. PLANT DISEASE 2019; 103:59-64. [PMID: 30422743 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-18-0406-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea to seven fungicide chemical classes was determined for 888 isolates collected in 2016 from 47 California strawberry fields. Isolates were collected early season (minimum fungicide exposure) and late season (maximum fungicide exposure) from the same planting block in each field. Resistance was determined using a mycelial growth assay, and variable frequencies of resistance were observed to each fungicide at both sampling times (early season %, late season %): boscalid (12, 35), cyprodinil (12, 46), fenhexamid (53, 91), fludioxonil (1, 4), fluopyram (2, 7), iprodione (25, 8), isofetamid (0, 1), penthiopyrad (8, 25), pyraclostrobin (77, 98), and thiophanate-methyl (81, 96). Analysis of number of chemical class resistances (CCRs) revealed an increasing shift in CCR from the early to late season. Phenotypes of 40 isolates that were resistant or sensitive to different chemical classes were associated with presence or absence of mutations in target genes. Fungicide-resistance phenotypes determined in the mycelial growth assay closely matched (93.8%) the genotype observed. Previously described resistance-conferring mutations were found for each gene. A survey of fungicide use from 32 of the sampled fields revealed an average of 15 applications of gray mold-labeled fungicides per season at an average interval of 12 days. The most frequently applied fungicides (average number of applications during the 2016 season) were captan (7.3), pyraclostrobin (2.5), cyprodinil (2.3), fludioxonil (2.3), boscalid (1.8), and fenhexamid (1.4). Multifungicide resistance is widespread in California. Resistance management tactics that reduce selection pressure by limiting fungicide use, rotating among Fungicide Resistance Action Committee codes, and mixing/rotating site-specific fungicides with multisite fungicides need to be improved and implemented.
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- Scott D Cosseboom
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 93407
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 93407
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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Yin WX, Adnan M, Shang Y, Lin Y, Luo CX. Sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea From Nectarine/Cherry in China to Six Fungicides and Characterization of Resistant Isolates. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:2578-2585. [PMID: 30299208 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-18-0244-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of gray mold, can result in considerable preharvest and postharvest losses in many economically valuable plant species. Fungicides were widely used to minimize such losses, but fungicide resistances were detected frequently. In the present study, we collected 164 isolates from nectarine and cherry in China and tested the sensitivity to six fungicides. Among the tested isolates, 71 (43.3%) were resistant to azoxystrobin, 14 (8.5%) to cyprodinil, 7 (4.3%) to boscalid, 4 (2.4%) to carbendazim, 1 (0.6%) to iprodione, and no isolates were found to be resistant to fludioxonil. The EC50 value and resistance factor (RF) of resistant isolates were determined. Fitness analysis showed that there were no significant differences between sensitive and resistant isolates for osmotic stress and pathogenicity, while more conidia production was observed for some resistant isolates. Control efficacy of fungicides showed that the resistant isolates could not be controlled efficiently by using corresponding fungicides. The point mutation G143A was detected in the Cyt b gene of the isolates resistant to azoxystrobin, while the point mutation H272R of SdhB gene was confirmed in boscalid-resistant isolates, and mutations E198V/A of TUB2 gene and mutation I365S of BcOs1 occurred in carbendazim-resistant and iprodione-resistant isolates, respectively. These results indicate that the occurrence of fungicide resistance greatly threatens the management of gray mold on stone fruits nectarine and cherry.
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- W X Yin
- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Science and Technology and Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Science and Technology and Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Science and Technology and Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Science and Technology and Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Science and Technology and Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Baggio JS, Peres NA, Amorim L. Sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea Isolates from Conventional and Organic Strawberry Fields in Brazil to Azoxystrobin, Iprodione, Pyrimethanil, and Thiophanate-Methyl. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1803-1810. [PMID: 30125196 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-17-1221-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Botrytis fruit rot, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is one of the most important strawberry diseases worldwide, and fungicide applications are often used to manage the disease in commercial production. Isolates of B. cinerea were collected from conventional and organic strawberry fields in four Brazilian States from 2013 to 2015 and their sensitivity to the main single-site mode-of action fungicides used in Brazil was tested. Resistance to azoxystrobin, iprodione, pyrimethanil, and thiophanate-methyl was found and values for effective concentration that inhibited mycelial growth by 50% were higher than 71.9, 1.2, 5.0, and 688 µg/ml, respectively, regardless the production system. Resistance to these fungicides was observed in 87.5, 76.6, 23.4, and 92.2% of isolates from conventional fields and 31.4, 22.9, 14.3, and 51.4% of isolates from organic fields, respectively. Moreover, frequencies of isolates with multiple fungicide resistance to the four active ingredients were 20.6 and 2.8% whereas 6.3 and 27.8% were sensitive to the four fungicides for conventional and organic areas, respectively. Molecular analyses of the cytochrome b, β-tubulin, and bos1 genes revealed the presence of G143A; E198A; and I365 N/S, Q369P, or N373S mutations, respectively, in resistant isolates of B. cinerea. Field rates of fungicides sprayed preventively to inoculated strawberry fruit failed to control disease caused by the respective resistant isolates.
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- Juliana S Baggio
- Departamento de Fitopatologia, ESALQ, University of Sao Paulo, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Wimauma
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- Departmento de Fitopatologia, ESALQ, University of São Paulo, CEP 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Adnan M, Hamada MS, Li GQ, Luo CX. Detection and Molecular Characterization of Resistance to the Dicarboximide and Benzamide Fungicides in Botrytis cinerea From Tomato in Hubei Province, China. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1299-1306. [PMID: 30673571 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-17-1531-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Altogether, 192 Botrytis cinerea isolates collected from tomato greenhouses at different locations in Hubei Province were evaluated for their sensitivity to fungicides procymidone and zoxamide. The mean effective concentration to cause 50% growth inhibition (EC50) values of procymidone for sensitive and resistant isolates were 0.25 and 3.60 μg/ml, respectively. The frequency of procymidone-resistant (ProR) isolates was 18%, and the highest frequency was recorded in Jingmen. Positive cross-resistance was observed for ProR isolates to other dicarboximide fungicides but not to phenylpyrroles. Significant differences were observed for fitness parameters (i.e., mycelial growth, osmotic sensitivity, and virulence between sensitive and resistant isolates). Amino acid sequence of the Bos1 gene revealed that ProR isolates carried either point mutations at codon 365 (I365S) or a pair of point mutations at codons 369 (Q369P) and 373 (N373S). For zoxamide, the mean EC50 values for sensitive and resistant isolates were 0.22 and 5.32 μg/ml, respectively. Approximately 14% of the isolates were found to be resistant to zoxamide, and the highest frequency of resistance was also observed in Jingmen. There was positive cross-resistance for zoxamide-resistant (ZoxR) isolates to carbendazim. No significant differences were observed for fitness parameters between zoxamide-sensitive and ZoxR isolates. Sequence analysis of the β-tubulin gene of Botrytis cinerea revealed two previously reported point mutations (E198A and E198K) and one new point mutation (T351I). This new mutation was detected in only those isolates which possessed the E198K but not E198A substitution. This study allows for a better understanding of the resistance development profile in Hubei Province. Results will be useful for the improvement of fungicide resistance management strategies.
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- M Adnan
- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University; and Pesticides Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
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Aguayo-Ortiz R, Cano-González L, Castillo R, Hernández-Campos A, Dominguez L. Structure-based approaches for the design of benzimidazole-2-carbamate derivatives as tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Chem Biol Drug Des 2017; 90:40-51. [PMID: 28004475 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Microtubules are highly dynamic assemblies of α/β-tubulin heterodimers whose polymerization inhibition is among one of the most successful approaches for anticancer drug development. Overexpression of the class I (βI) and class III (βIII) β-tubulin isotypes in breast and lung cancers and the highly expressed class VI (βVI) β-tubulin isotype in normal blood cells have increased the interest for designing specific tubulin-binding anticancer therapies. To this end, we employed our previously proposed model of the β-tubulin-nocodazole complex, supported by the recently determined X-ray structure, to identify the fundamental structural differences between β-tubulin isotypes. Moreover, we employed docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to determine the binding mode of a series of benzimidazole-2-carbamete (BzC) derivatives in the βI-, βIII-, and βVI-tubulin isotypes. Our results demonstrate that Ala198 in the βVI isotype reduces the affinity of BzCs, explaining the low bone marrow toxicity for nocodazole. Additionally, no significant differences in the binding modes between βI- and βIII-BzC complexes were observed; however, Ser239 in the βIII isotype might be associated with the low affinity of BzCs to this isotype. Finally, our study provides insight into the β-tubulin-BzC interaction features essential for the development of more selective and less toxic anticancer therapeutics.
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- Rodrigo Aguayo-Ortiz
- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico.,Facultad de Química, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, México, Mexico
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Kilani J, Fillinger S. Phenylpyrroles: 30 Years, Two Molecules and (Nearly) No Resistance. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2014. [PMID: 28018333 PMCID: PMC5159414 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Phenylpyrroles are chemical analogs of the natural antifungal compound pyrrolnitrin. Fenpiclonil, but mainly fludioxonil are registered against multiple fungal crop diseases since over 25 years for seed or foliar treatment. They have severe physiological impacts on the pathogen, including membrane hyperpolarization, changes in carbon metabolism and the accumulation of metabolites leading to hyphal swelling and burst. The selection and characterization of mutants resistant to phenylpyrroles have revealed that these fungicides activate the fungal osmotic signal transduction pathway through their perception by a typical fungal hybrid histidine kinase (HHK). The HHK is prone to point mutations that confer fungicide resistance and affect its sensor domain, composed of tandem repeats of HAMP motifs. Fludioxonil resistant mutants have been selected in many fungal species under laboratory conditions. Generally they present severe impacts on fitness parameters. Since only few cases of field resistance specific to phenylpyrroles have been reported one may suspect that the fitness penalty of phenylpyrrole resistance is the reason for the lack of field resistance.
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- Jaafar Kilani
- UMR BIOGER, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Université Paris SaclayThiverval-Grignon, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-SaclayOrsay, France
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- UMR BIOGER, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Université Paris SaclayThiverval-Grignon, France
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Fan F, Li N, Li GQ, Luo CX. Occurrence of Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis cinerea from Greenhouse Tomato in Hubei Province, China. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:2414-2421. [PMID: 30686177 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-16-0395-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During the early summer of 2012 and 2013, samples of gray mold were collected from greenhouse tomato at eight locations in Hubei Province, and 221 isolates of Botrytis cinerea were obtained and evaluated for the sensitivity to fungicides carbendazim, diethofencarb, boscalid, fludioxonil, and cyprodinil. Results showed that isolates with resistance to carbendazim and cyprodinil were widespread, whereas isolates with resistance to carbendazim and diethofencarb were found at only two locations. No isolates with resistance to boscalid or fludioxonil were detected. Altogether, four resistant phenotypes were determined (i.e., CarRDieSCypS, CarRDieRCypS, CarRDieSCypR, and CarRDieRCypR). Among them, CarRDieSCypS and CarRDieSCypR were widely distributed, and there was a dominant resistant phenotype at each location. Interestingly, isolates resistant only to cyprodinil were not obtained because the resistance to cyprodinil was always associated with the resistance to carbendazim, demonstrating that a phenotype of multiple fungicide resistance of B. cinerea was more likely to have evolved from previously resistant subpopulations. Stability of resistance to carbendazim, diethofencarb, and cyprodinil was assessed, and the resistance was stable. Fitness tests showed that, as a group, the carbendazim-resistant isolates were not significantly different from sensitive isolates. However, the mycelial growth and virulence of the carbendazim, diethofencarb, and cyprodinil triple-resistant group were significantly lower than the sensitive group, indicating that the triple-resistant isolates suffered from the disability of colonizing the hosts. It should be noted that there was no significant difference for other fitness components (e.g., sporulation or osmotic sensitivity to NaCl), suggesting that the triple-resistant isolates were still competitive in these traits. To investigate the mechanisms of resistance to carbendazim and diethofencarb, partial β-tubulin genes of 10 carbendazim-resistant isolates and 5 isolates resistant to carbendazim and diethofencarb were sequenced, and all 10 carbendazim-resistant isolates harbored the mutation E198V or E198A. For the 5 isolates resistant to carbendazim and diethofencarb, all of them possessed the mutation E198K, and no other mutations were detected. The location-specific resistance profiles found in this study are crucial in designing proper gray mold management strategies in these areas.
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology
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- College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province
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- College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province
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- Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Zhang X, Xie F, Lv B, Zhao P, Ma X. Suspension Array for Multiplex Detection of Eight Fungicide-Resistance Related Alleles in Botrytis cinerea. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1482. [PMID: 27708631 PMCID: PMC5030824 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A simple and high-throughput assay to detect fungicide resistance is required for large-scale monitoring of the emergence of resistant strains of Botrytis cinerea. Using suspension array technology performed on a Bio-Plex 200 System, we developed a single-tube allele-specific primer extension assay that can simultaneously detect eight alleles in one reaction. These eight alleles include E198 and 198A of the β-Tubulin gene (BenA), H272 and 272Y of the Succinate dehydrogenase iron–sulfur subunit gene (SdhB), I365 and 365S of the putative osmosensor histidine kinase gene (BcOS1), and F412 and 412S of the 3-ketoreductase gene (erg27). This assay was first established and optimized with eight plasmid templates containing the DNA sequence variants BenA-E198, BenA-198A, SdhB-H272, SdhB-272Y, BcOS1-I365, BcOS1-365S, erg27-F412, and erg27-412S. Results indicated that none of the probes showed cross-reactivity with one another. The minimum limit of detection for these genotypes was one copy per test. Four mutant plasmids were mixed with 10 ng/μL wild-type genomic DNA in different ratios. Detection sensitivity of mutant loci was 0.45% for BenA-E198A, BcOS1-I365S, and erg27-F412S, and was 4.5% for SdhB-H272Y. A minimum quantity of 0.1 ng of genomic DNA was necessary to obtain reliable results. This is the first reported assay that can simultaneously detect mutations in BenA, SdhB, BcOS1, and erg27.
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- Xin Zhang
- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China
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Chen SN, Luo CX, Hu MJ, Schnabel G. Fitness and Competitive Ability of Botrytis cinerea Isolates with Resistance to Multiple Chemical Classes of Fungicides. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2016; 106:997-1005. [PMID: 27161219 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-16-0061-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Resistance to multiple chemical classes of fungicides in Botrytis cinerea isolates from eastern United States strawberry fields is common and strategies to control them are needed. In this study, we compared fitness and competitive ability of eight sensitive isolates (S), eight isolates resistant to five or six chemical classes of fungicides but not to phenylpyrroles (5CCR), and eight isolates resistant to six or seven chemical classes including phenylpyrroles (6CCR/MDR1h). The latter included the MDR1h phenotype due to overexpression of atrB based on Δ497V/L in mrr1. The 6CCR/MDR1h isolates grew more slowly at 4°C on potato dextrose agar, and both 5CCR and 6CCR/MDR1h isolates were hypersensitive to osmotic stress compared with S isolates. In contrast, no differences were found in oxidative sensitivity, aggressiveness, and spore production in vivo, and sclerotia production and viability in vitro. In competition experiments, the 5CCR and 6CCR/MDR1h isolates were both outcompeted by S isolates and 6CCR/MDR1h isolates were outcompeted by 5CCR isolates in the absence of fungicide pressure. Under selective pressure of a fludioxonil/pyraclostrobin rotation, the 6CCR/MDR1h isolates dominated after coinoculation with 5CCR and S isolates. The competitive disadvantage of 5CCR and especially 6CCR/MDR1h isolates suggest that, in the absence of fungicide selection pressure, S isolates may reduce inoculum potential of multifungicide-resistant isolates under field conditions.
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- S N Chen
- First and second authors: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Plant Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; and third and fourth authors: Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, SC 29634
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- First and second authors: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Plant Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; and third and fourth authors: Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, SC 29634
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- First and second authors: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Plant Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; and third and fourth authors: Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, SC 29634
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- First and second authors: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Plant Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; and third and fourth authors: Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, SC 29634
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Lamichhane JR, Dachbrodt-Saaydeh S, Kudsk P, Messéan A. Toward a Reduced Reliance on Conventional Pesticides in European Agriculture. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:10-24. [PMID: 30688570 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-15-0574-fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Whether modern agriculture without conventional pesticides will be possible or not is a matter of debate. The debate is meaningful within the context of rising health and environmental awareness on one hand, and the global challenge of feeding a steadily growing human population on the other. Conventional pesticide use has come under pressure in many countries, and some European Union (EU) Member States have adopted policies for risk reduction following Directive 2009/128/EC, the sustainable use of pesticides. Highly diverse crop production systems across Europe, having varied geographic and climatic conditions, increase the complexity of European crop protection. The economic competitiveness of European agriculture is challenged by the current legislation, which banned the use of many previously authorized pesticides that are still available and applied in other parts of the world. This challenge could place EU agricultural production at a disadvantage, so EU farmers are seeking help from the research community to foster and support integrated pest management (IPM). Ensuring stable crop yields and quality while reducing the reliance on pesticides is a challenge facing the farming community is today. Considering this, we focus on several diverse situations in European agriculture in general and in European crop protection in particular. We emphasize that the marked biophysical and socio-economic differences across Europe have led to a situation where a meaningful reduction in pesticide use can hardly be achieved. Nevertheless, improvements and/or adoption of the knowledge and technologies of IPM can still achieve large gains in pesticide reduction. In this overview, the current pest problems and their integrated management are discussed in the context of specific geographic regions of Europe, with a particular emphasis on reduced pesticide use. We conclude that there are opportunities for reduction in many parts of Europe without significant losses in crop yields.
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- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany
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- Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology, Forsoegsvej 1, 4200 Slagelse 14 Denmark
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- INRA, UAR 1240 Eco-Innov, BP 01, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Fujimura M, Banno S, Kamei M, Ishigami Y, Tsukada Y. Detection and monitoring of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens using pyrosequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1584/jpestics.w15-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Japan Plant Protection Association, Yamanashi Experiment Station
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- The University of Georgia, Department of Microbiology, Athens
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Lehner MS, Paula Júnior TJ, Silva RA, Vieira RF, Carneiro JES, Schnabel G, Mizubuti ESG. Fungicide Sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: A Thorough Assessment Using Discriminatory Dose, EC 50, High-Resolution Melting analysis, and Description of New Point Mutation Associated with Thiophanate-Methyl Resistance. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:1537-1543. [PMID: 30695953 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-14-1231-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Thiophanate-methyl (TM), fluazinam, and procymidone are fungicides extensively used for white mold control of common bean in Brazil. We assessed the sensitivity of Brazilian isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to these three fungicides using discriminatory doses and concentration that results in 50% mycelial growth inhibition (EC50) values. In total, 282 isolates from the most important production areas were screened and none was resistant to fluazinam or procymidone. The EC50 values varied from 0.003 to 0.007 and from 0.11 to 0.72 μg/ml for fluazinam and procymidone, respectively. One isolate was resistant to TM. The EC50 of the TM-resistant isolate was greater than 100 μg/ml, whereas the EC50 of the sensitive isolates varied from 0.38 to 2.23 μg/ml. The TM-resistant isolate had a L240F mutation in the β-tubulin gene. This is the first report of mutation at codon 240 causing resistance to a benzimidazole fungicide in S. sclerotiorum. The high-resolution melting analysis allowed the distinction of TM-sensitive and -resistant isolates by specific melting peaks and curves. The TM-resistant isolate had mycelial growth, sclerotia production, and aggressiveness comparable with that of the sensitive isolates, indicating that this genotype will likely compete well against sensitive isolates in the field. This study demonstrates that resistance to TM, fluazinam, and procymidone is nonexistent or rare. Resistance management practices should be implemented, however, to delay the spread of TM-resistant genotypes.
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- M S Lehner
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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- School of Agricultural, Forest, & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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Hu MJ, Grabke A, Dowling ME, Holstein HJ, Schnabel G. Resistance in Colletotrichum siamense From Peach and Blueberry to Thiophanate-Methyl and Azoxystrobin. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:806-814. [PMID: 30699530 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-14-1077-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Anthracnose fruit rot was observed in some late-season peach cultivars in South Carolina in the 2012 and 2013 production seasons as well as increased anthracnose leaf spot of blueberry in a commercial operation of the same state in 2012. Single-spore isolates of Colletotrichum siamense were either sensitive or resistant to both thiophanate-methyl and azoxystrobin with the concentration of the fungicide at which fungal development is inhibited by 50% of ≥100 μg/ml. Resistant isolates revealed the E198A mutation in β-tubulin and the G143A mutation in cytochrome b. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the complete CYTB gene from genomic DNA of C. siamense isolates revealed an intronless genotype (CsI) and a genotype revealing two introns (CsII) at amino acid positions 131 and 164. Resistance to thiophanate-methyl or azoxystrobin was not found in isolates of C. fructicola collected from peach fruit. The CYTB gene of isolates of this species was of the CfII genotype or revealed a unique CfIIa genotype. Phylogenetic analysis of C. siamense isolates from different locations and different crops showed that the resistant isolates were genetically closer to each other than to sensitive isolates, suggesting that field resistance to thiophanate-methyl and azoxystrobin fungicides is derived from a common ancestor.
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- Meng-Jun Hu
- School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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Fernández-Ortuño D, Grabke A, Li X, Schnabel G. Independent Emergence of Resistance to Seven Chemical Classes of Fungicides in Botrytis cinerea. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 105:424-432. [PMID: 25317841 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-14-0161-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Gray mold, caused by the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea, is one of the most destructive diseases of small fruit crops and control is largely dependent on the application of fungicides. As part of a region-wide resistance-monitoring program that investigated 1,890 B. cinerea isolates from 189 fields in 10 states of the United States, we identified seven isolates (0.4%) from five locations in four different states with unprecedented resistance to all seven Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) codes with single-site modes of action including FRAC 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 17 registered in the United States for gray mold control. Resistance to thiophanate-methyl, iprodione, boscalid, pyraclostrobin, and fenhexamid was based on target gene mutations that conferred E198A and F200Y in β-tubulin, I365N/S in Bos1, H272R/Y in SdhB, G143A in Cytb, and T63I and F412S in Erg27. Isolates were grouped into MDR1 and MDR1h phenotypes based on sensitivity to fludioxonil and variations in transcription factor mrr1. MDR1h isolates had a previously described 3-bp deletion at position 497 in mrr1. Expression of ABC transporter atrB was increased in MDR1 isolates but highest in MDR1h isolates. None of the isolates with seven single resistances (SR) had identical nucleotide variations in target genes, indicating that they emerged independently. Multifungicide resistance phenotypes did not exhibit significant fitness penalties for the parameters used in this study, but MDR1h isolates produced more sclerotia at low temperatures and exhibited increased sensitivity to salt stress. In this study we show that current resistance management strategies have not been able to prevent the geographically independent development of resistance to all seven site-specific fungicides currently registered for gray mold control in the United States and document the presence of MDR1h in North America.
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- Dolores Fernández-Ortuño
- First, second, third, and fourth authors: School of Agricultural, Forest, & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and first author: Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora"-Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Dept. de Microbiología, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Lucas JA, Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. The evolution of fungicide resistance. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2014; 90:29-92. [PMID: 25596029 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fungicides are widely used in developed agricultural systems to control disease and safeguard crop yield and quality. Over time, however, resistance to many of the most effective fungicides has emerged and spread in pathogen populations, compromising disease control. This review describes the development of resistance using case histories based on four important diseases of temperate cereal crops: eyespot (Oculimacula yallundae and Oculimacula acuformis), Septoria tritici blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici), powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis), and Fusarium ear blight (a complex of Fusarium and Microdochium spp). The sequential emergence of variant genotypes of these pathogens with reduced sensitivity to the most active single-site fungicides, methyl benzimidazole carbamates, demethylation inhibitors, quinone outside inhibitors, and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors illustrates an ongoing evolutionary process in response to the introduction and use of different chemical classes. Analysis of the molecular mechanisms and genetic basis of resistance has provided more rapid and precise methods for detecting and monitoring the incidence of resistance in field populations, but when or where resistance will occur remains difficult to predict. The extent to which the predictability of resistance evolution can be improved by laboratory mutagenesis studies and fitness measurements, comparison between pathogens, and reconstruction of evolutionary pathways is discussed. Risk models based on fungal life cycles, fungicide properties, and exposure to the fungicide are now being refined to take account of additional traits associated with the rate of pathogen evolution. Experimental data on the selection of specific mutations or resistant genotypes in pathogen populations in response to fungicide treatments can be used in models evaluating the most effective strategies for reducing or preventing resistance. Resistance management based on robust scientific evidence is vital to prolong the effective life of fungicides and safeguard their future use in crop protection.
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- John A Lucas
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
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Hahn M. The rising threat of fungicide resistance in plant pathogenic fungi: Botrytis as a case study. J Chem Biol 2014; 7:133-41. [PMID: 25320647 PMCID: PMC4182335 DOI: 10.1007/s12154-014-0113-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The introduction of site-specific fungicides almost 50 years ago has revolutionized chemical plant protection, providing highly efficient, low toxicity compounds for control of fungal diseases. However, it was soon discovered that plant pathogenic fungi can adapt to fungicide treatments by mutations leading to resistance and loss of fungicide efficacy. The grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea, a major cause of pre- and post-harvest losses in fruit and vegetable production, is notorious as a 'high risk' organism for rapid resistance development. In this review, the mechanisms and the history of fungicide resistance in Botrytis are outlined. The introduction of new fungicide classes for grey mould control was always followed by the appearance of resistance in field populations. In addition to target site resistance, B. cinerea has also developed a resistance mechanism based on drug efflux transport. Excessive spraying programmes have resulted in the selection of multiresistant strains in several countries, in particular in strawberry fields. The rapid erosion of fungicide activity against these strains represents a major challenge for the future of fungicides against Botrytis. To maintain adequate protection of intensive cultures against grey mould, strict implementation of resistance management measures are required as well as alternative strategies with non-chemical products.
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- Matthias Hahn
- Department of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. box 3049, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Chatzidimopoulos M, Ganopoulos I, Vellios E, Madesis P, Tsaftaris A, Pappas AC. Development of a two-step high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis for screening sequence variants associated with resistance to the QoIs, benzimidazoles and dicarboximides in airborne inoculum of Botrytis cinerea. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 360:126-31. [PMID: 25196894 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A rapid, high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis protocol was developed to detect sequence variations associated with resistance to the QoIs, benzimidazoles and dicarboximides in Botrytis cinerea airborne inoculum. HRM analysis was applied directly in fungal DNA collected from air samplers with selective medium. Three and five different genotypes were detected and classified according to their melting profiles in BenA and bos1 genes associated with resistance to benzimidazoles and dicarboximides, respectively. The sensitivity of the methodology was evident in the case of the QoIs, where genotypes varying either by a single nucleotide polymorphism or an additional 1205-bp intron were separated accurately with a single pair of primers. The developed two-step protocol was completed in 82 min and showed reduced variation in the melting curves' formation. HRM analysis rapidly detected the major mutations found in greenhouse strains providing accurate data for successfully controlling grey mould.
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- Michael Chatzidimopoulos
- Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
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