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Chen L, Sun BX, Zhao Y, Miao ZY. Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Characteristics of Botrytis cinerea Field Isolate Resistance to Pyrisoxazole in Liaoning Province. PLANT DISEASE 2024; 108:866-876. [PMID: 37682225 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-23-0743-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: 09/09/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a broad-host-range necrotrophic phytopathogen responsible for serious diseases in leading crops worldwide. The novel sterol 14α-demethylase inhibitor (DMI) pyrisoxazole was recently registered for the control of tomato gray mold caused by B. cinerea in China. One hundred fifty-seven isolates of B. cinerea were collected from tomato greenhouses in 14 cities of Liaoning Province from 2016 to 2021 and examined for sensitivity to pyrisoxazole, with a mean EC50 value of 0.151 μg/ml. Three highly resistant isolates, XD-5, DG-4, and GQ-3, were screened, and the EC50 values were 0.734, 0.606, and 0.639 μg/ml with corresponding resistance factors of 12.88, 10.63, and 11.21, respectively. Compared with field-sensitive strains, the highly resistant isolate XD-5 exhibited fitness defects in traits, including mycelial growth, conidial production, and pathogenicity, but DG-4 and GQ-3 did not experience fitness costs. Positive cross-resistance was observed only between pyrisoxazole and the DMIs tebuconazole and prochloraz but not between pyrisoxazole and the non-DMIs iprodione, procymidone, pyrimethanil, fludioxonil, fluazinam, and fluopyram. Sequence alignment of the CYP51 gene indicated that three point mutations were observed in the highly resistant mutant, namely, V24I in XD-5, G461S in GQ-3, and R464K in DG-4. When exposed to pyrisoxazole, the induced expression levels of the ABC transporter AtrD and MFS transporter Mfs1 increased in the resistant isolates compared with those in the sensitive isolates, whereas the expression level of the CYP51 gene did not change significantly. Molecular docking suggested that the G461S and R464K mutations both led to a decrease in the binding energy between CYP51 and pyrisoxazole, whereas no change was found with the V24I mutation. Thus, two point mutations in the CYP51 protein combined with induced expression of the Mfs1 and AtrD genes appeared to mediate the pyrisoxazole resistance of the highly resistant mutants DG-4 and GQ-3, while the overexpression of the Mfs1 and AtrD genes was responsible for the highly resistant mutant XD-5.
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- Le Chen
- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110866, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110866, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110866, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110866, People's Republic of China
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Pintye A, Németh MZ, Molnár O, Horváth ÁN, Matolcsi F, Bókony V, Spitzmüller Z, Pálfi X, Váczy KZ, Kovács GM. Comprehensive analyses of the occurrence of a fungicide resistance marker and the genetic structure in Erysiphe necator populations. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15172. [PMID: 37704655 PMCID: PMC10499922 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41454-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Genetically distinct groups of Erysiphe necator, the fungus causing grapevine powdery mildew infect grapevine in Europe, yet the processes sustaining stable genetic differences between those groups are less understood. Genotyping of over 2000 field samples from six wine regions in Hungary collected between 2017 and 2019 was conducted to reveal E. necator genotypes and their possible differentiation. The demethylase inhibitor (DMI) fungicide resistance marker A495T was detected in all wine regions, in 16% of the samples. Its occurrence differed significantly among wine regions and grape cultivars, and sampling years, but it did not differ between DMI-treated and untreated fields. Multilocus sequence analyses of field samples and 59 in vitro maintained isolates revealed significant genetic differences among populations from distinct wine regions. We identified 14 E. necator genotypes, of which eight were previously unknown. In contrast to the previous concept of A and B groups, European E. necator populations should be considered genetically more complex. Isolation by geographic distance, growing season, and host variety influence the genetic structuring of E. necator, which should be considered both during diagnoses and when effective treatments are planned.
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- Alexandra Pintye
- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Food and Wine Research Institute, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Food and Wine Research Institute, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Food and Wine Research Institute, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Fang A, Zhang R, Qiao W, Peng T, Qin Y, Wang J, Tian B, Yu Y, Sun W, Yang Y, Bi C. Sensitivity Baselines, Resistance Monitoring, and Molecular Mechanisms of the Rice False Smut Pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens to Prochloraz and Azoxystrobin in Four Regions of Southern China. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:832. [PMID: 37623603 PMCID: PMC10456073 DOI: 10.3390/jof9080832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Rice false smut caused by Ustilaginoidea virens is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of rice (Oryza sativa) worldwide. Prochloraz and azoxystrobin belong to the groups of demethylation inhibitors and quinone outside inhibitors, respectively, and are commonly used for controlling this disease. In this study, we analyzed the sensitivities of 100 U. virens isolates from Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Zhejiang in Southern China to prochloraz and azoxystrobin. The ranges of EC50 for prochloraz and azoxystrobin were 0.004-0.536 and 0.020-0.510 μg/mL, with means and standard errors of 0.062 ± 0.008 and 0.120 ± 0.007 μg/mL, respectively. However, the sensitivity frequency distributions of U. virens to prochloraz and azoxystrobin indicated the emergence of subpopulations with decreased sensitivity. Therefore, the mean EC50 values of 74% and 68% of the isolates at the main peak, 0.031 ± 0.001 and 0.078 ± 0.004 μg/mL, were used as the sensitivity baselines of U. virens to prochloraz and azoxystrobin, respectively. We found significant sensitivity differences to azoxystrobin among different geographical populations and no correlation between the sensitivities of U. virens to prochloraz and azoxystrobin. Among 887 U. virens isolates, the isolate 5-3-1 from Zhejiang showed moderate resistance to prochloraz, with a resistance factor of 22.45, while no nucleotide variation in the 1986-bp upstream or 1827-bp gene regions of CYP51 from 5-3-1 was detected. Overexpression of CYP51 is probably responsible for its resistance to prochloraz. Finally, artificial inoculation showed that 5-3-1 was highly pathogenic to rice, suggesting that the resistance of U. virens to prochloraz must be monitored and managed in Zhejiang.
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- Anfei Fang
- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Rd., Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China; (A.F.); (R.Z.); (W.Q.); (T.P.); (Y.Q.); (J.W.); (B.T.); (Y.Y.)
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de Azevedo SLC, Catanho M, Guimarães ACR, Galvão TC. Genomic surveillance: a potential shortcut for effective Chagas disease management. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2023; 117:e220164. [PMID: 36700581 PMCID: PMC9870261 DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220164] [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: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Chagas disease is an enduring public health issue in many Latin American countries, receiving insufficient investment in research and development. Strategies for disease control and management currently lack efficient pharmaceuticals, commercial diagnostic kits with improved sensitivity, and vaccines. Genetic heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi is a key aspect for novel drug design since pharmacological technologies rely on the degree of conservation of parasite target proteins. Therefore, there is a need to expand the knowledge regarding parasite genetics which, if fulfilled, could leverage Chagas disease research and development, and improve disease control strategies. The growing capacity of whole-genome sequencing technology and its adoption as disease surveillance routine may be key for solving this long-lasting problem.
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- Sophia Lincoln Cardoso de Azevedo
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil,Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil,+ Corresponding author:
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Celia-Sanchez BN, Mangum B, Brewer M, Momany M. Analysis of Cyp51 protein sequences shows 4 major Cyp51 gene family groups across fungi. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac249. [PMID: 36130263 PMCID: PMC9635630 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Azole drugs target fungal sterol biosynthesis and are used to treat millions of human fungal infections each year. Resistance to azole drugs has emerged in multiple fungal pathogens including Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Aspergillus fumigatus. The most well-studied resistance mechanism in A. fumigatus arises from missense mutations in the coding sequence combined with a tandem repeat in the promoter of cyp51A, which encodes a cytochrome P450 enzyme in the fungal sterol biosynthesis pathway. Filamentous members of Ascomycota such as A. fumigatus have either 1 or 2 of 3 Cyp51 paralogs (Cyp51A, Cyp51B, and Cyp51C). Most previous research in A. fumigatus has focused on Cyp51A due to its role in azole resistance. We used the A. fumigatus Cyp51A protein sequence as the query in database searches to identify Cyp51 proteins across fungi. We found 435 Cyp51 proteins in 295 species spanning from early-diverging fungi (Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zoopagomycota, and Mucormycota) to late-diverging fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota). We found these sequences formed 4 major Cyp51 groups: Cyp51, Cyp51A, Cyp51B, and Cyp51C. Surprisingly, we found all filamentous Ascomycota had a Cyp51B paralog, while only 50% had a Cyp51A paralog. We created maximum likelihood trees to investigate the evolution of Cyp51 in fungi. Our results suggest Cyp51 is present in all fungi with 3 paralogs emerging in Pezizomycotina, including Cyp51C which appears to have diverged from the progenitor of the Cyp51A and Cyp51B groups.
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30606, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30606, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30606, USA
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Induction of resistance of Podosphaera xanthii (hull-less pumpkin powdery mildew) to triazole fungicides and its resistance mechanism. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0263068. [PMID: 35104292 PMCID: PMC8806069 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to uncover the molecular mechanism through which fungicide resistance develops in Podosphaera xanthii, a fungi that causes powdery mildew in hull-less pumpkin. Treatments of inoculated P. xanthii were carried out on leaves of hull-less pumpkin and subsequently treated with kinds of triazole fungicide for seven generations. Resistant strains of P. xanthii thus obtained were evaluated for their resistance levels. The resistance levels of the fungi to four fungicides of were high except that of the propiconazole-resistant strain, which showed moderate resistance. The F7 generations of five resistant strains thus obtained were cultured continuously for five generations without fungicide induction, and their resistance level were found to be relatively stable. The DNA of the sensitive strain and the five kinds of resistant strains were extracted by the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) method and its internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was amplified by using ITS1/ITS4 primer and specific primer F/R and they were sequenced respectively. The DNA sequence comparison of resistant and sensitive strains showed that the base pairs of tebuconazole-resistant strains and flusilazole-resistant strains were mutated, with mutation rates of 4.8% and 1.6%, respectively. The base pairs of the other three resistant strains did not change.
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Hoffmeister M, Zito R, Stammler G. Fungicides as efficient tools in integrated control of grape powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator). BIO WEB OF CONFERENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20225003016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Fungicide Resistance in Citrus Postharvest Green Mold. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7090783. [PMID: 34575821 PMCID: PMC8471628 DOI: 10.3390/jof7090783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The necrotrophic fungus Penicillium digitatum (Pd) is responsible for the green mold disease that occurs during postharvest of citrus and causes enormous economic losses around the world. Fungicides remain the main method used to control postharvest green mold in citrus fruit storage despite numerous occurrences of resistance to them. Hence, it is necessary to find new and more effective strategies to control this type of disease. This involves delving into the molecular mechanisms underlying the appearance of resistance to fungicides during the plant–pathogen interaction. Although mechanisms involved in resistance to fungicides have been studied for many years, there have now been great advances in the molecular aspects that drive fungicide resistance, which facilitates the design of new means to control green mold. A wide review allows the mechanisms underlying fungicide resistance in Pd to be unveiled, taking into account not only the chemical nature of the compounds and their target of action but also the general mechanism that could contribute to resistance to others compounds to generate what we call multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotypes. In this context, fungal transporters seem to play a relevant role, and their mode of action may be controlled along with other processes of interest, such as oxidative stress and fungal pathogenicity. Thus, the mechanisms for acquisition of resistance to fungicides seem to be part of a complex framework involving aspects of response to stress and processes of fungal virulence.
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Hudson O, Waliullah S, Ji P, Ali ME. Molecular Characterization of Laboratory Mutants of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Resistant to Prothioconazole, a Demethylation Inhibitor (DMI) Fungicide. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7090704. [PMID: 34575742 PMCID: PMC8466437 DOI: 10.3390/jof7090704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (FON) is the causal agent of Fusarium wilt in watermelon, an international growth-limiting pathogen of watermelon cultivation. A single demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, prothioconazole, is registered to control this pathogen, so the risk of resistance arising in the field is high. To determine and predict the mechanism by which FON could develop resistance to prothioconazole, FON isolates were mutagenized using UV irradiation and subsequent fungicide exposure to create artificially resistant mutants. Isolates were then put into three groups based on the EC50 values: sensitive, intermediately resistant, and highly resistant. The mean EC50 values were 4.98 µg/mL for the sensitive, 31.77 µg/mL for the intermediately resistant, and 108.33 µg/mL for the highly resistant isolates. Isolates were then sequenced and analyzed for differences in both the coding and promoter regions. Two mutations were found that conferred amino acid changes in the target gene, CYP51A, in both intermediately and highly resistant mutants. An expression analysis for the gene CYP51A also showed a significant increase in the expression of the highly resistant mutants compared to the sensitive controls. In this study, we were able to identify two potential mechanisms of resistance to the DMI fungicide prothioconazole in FON isolates: gene overexpression and multiple point mutations. This research should expedite growers’ and researchers’ ability to detect and manage fungicide-resistant phytopathogens.
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Kunova A, Pizzatti C, Saracchi M, Pasquali M, Cortesi P. Grapevine Powdery Mildew: Fungicides for Its Management and Advances in Molecular Detection of Markers Associated with Resistance. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1541. [PMID: 34361976 PMCID: PMC8307186 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9071541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Grapevine powdery mildew is a principal fungal disease of grapevine worldwide. Even though it usually does not cause plant death directly, heavy infections can lead to extensive yield losses, and even low levels of the disease can negatively affect the quality of the wine. Therefore, intensive spraying programs are commonly applied to control the disease, which often leads to the emergence and spread of powdery mildew strains resistant to different fungicides. In this review, we describe major fungicide classes used for grapevine powdery mildew management and the most common single nucleotide mutations in target genes known to confer resistance to different classes of fungicides. We searched the current literature to review the development of novel molecular methods for quick detection and monitoring of resistance to commonly used single-site fungicides against Erysiphe necator. We analyze and compare the developed methods. From our investigation it became evident that this research topic has been strongly neglected and we hope that effective molecular methods will be developed also for resistance monitoring in biotroph pathogens.
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- Andrea Kunova
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science (DeFENS), University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy; (C.P.); (M.S.); (M.P.); (P.C.)
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Chong P, Essoh JN, Arango Isaza RE, Keizer P, Stergiopoulos I, Seidl MF, Guzman M, Sandoval J, Verweij PE, Scalliet G, Sierotzski H, de Lapeyre de Bellaire L, Crous PW, Carlier J, Cros S, Meijer HJG, Peralta EL, Kema GHJ. A world-wide analysis of reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicides in the banana pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:3273-3288. [PMID: 33764651 PMCID: PMC8252799 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pseudocercospora fijiensis is the causal agent of the black leaf streak disease (BLSD) of banana. Bananas are important global export commodities and a major staple food. Their susceptibility to BLSD pushes disease management towards excessive fungicide use, largely relying on multisite inhibitors and sterol demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). These fungicides are ubiquitous in plant disease control, targeting the CYP51 enzyme. We examined sensitivity to DMIs in P. fijiensis field isolates collected from various major banana production zones in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, the Philippines, Guadalupe, Martinique and Cameroon and determined the underlying genetic reasons for the observed phenotypes. RESULTS We observed a continuous range of sensitivity towards the DMI fungicides difenoconazole, epoxiconazole and propiconazole with clear cross-sensitivity. Sequence analyses of PfCYP51 in 266 isolates showed 28 independent amino acid substitutions, nine of which correlated with reduced sensitivity to DMIs. In addition to the mutations, we observed up to six insertions in the Pfcyp51 promoter. Such promoter insertions contain repeated elements with a palindromic core and correlate with the enhanced expression of Pfcyp51 and hence with reduced DMI sensitivity. Wild-type isolates from unsprayed bananas fields did not contain any promoter insertions. CONCLUSION The presented data significantly contribute to understanding of the evolution and global distribution of DMI resistance mechanisms in P. fijiensis field populations and facilitate the prediction of different DMI efficacy. The overall reduced DMI sensitivity calls for the deployment of a wider range of solutions for sustainable control of this major banana disease. © 2021 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Pablo Chong
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, CIBELaboratorio de FitopatologíaEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL.km 30.5 via perimetralGuayaquil090112Ecuador
- Wageningen ResearchWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Systèmes de Production Durables (SYSPROD)Laboratoire de PhytopathologieCentre Africain de Recherches sur Bananiers et Plantain, CARBAPDoualaCameroun
- UPR GECOCIRADMontpellierFrance
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- Escuela de BiocienciasUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín (UNALMED)MedellínColombia
- Corporación para Investigaciones BiológicasUnidad de biotecnología Vegetal (CIB)MedellínColombia
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- BiometrisWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Departamento de FitoprotecciónCorporación Bananera Nacional (CORBANA S.A.)LimónCosta Rica
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- Departamento de FitoprotecciónCorporación Bananera Nacional (CORBANA S.A.)LimónCosta Rica
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- Department of Medical MicrobiologyRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Disease control groupSyngenta Crop Protection AGSteinSwitzerland
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- Disease control groupSyngenta Crop Protection AGSteinSwitzerland
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- Hugo R. KruytgebouwUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
- Lab of Evolutionary PhytopahtologyCBS‐KNAW Fungal Biodiversity CenterUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- UMR BGPICIRADMontpellierFrance
- BGPIMontpellier University, Cirad, Inrae, Montpellier SupAgroMontpellierFrance
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- BGPIMontpellier University, Cirad, Inrae, Montpellier SupAgroMontpellierFrance
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- Wageningen ResearchWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, CIBELaboratorio de FitopatologíaEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL.km 30.5 via perimetralGuayaquil090112Ecuador
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- Wageningen ResearchWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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Sun C, Li F, Wei M, Xiang Z, Chen C, Xu D. Detection and Biological Characteristics of Alternaria alternata Resistant to Difenoconazole from Paris polyphylla var. chinensis, an Indigenous Medicinal Herb. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:1546-1554. [PMID: 33349004 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-19-2699-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Black spot caused by Alternaria alternata (BSAA) is one of the most common diseases of Paris polyphylla var. chinensis, causing yield losses in China. Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been used to control this disease in China for decades. Some farmers have complained about the decreased efficacy of DMIs against BSAA. The objective of this study was to detect and characterize the resistance of A. alternata against difenoconazole from P. polyphylla var. chinensis during 2018. Of the 22 isolates of A. alternata obtained from Sichuan Province in the southwest of China, 20 were resistant to difenoconazole. Mycelial growth rates and sporulation of the difenoconazole-resistant (DfnR) isolates were not different from those of the difenoconazole-sensitive (DfnS) isolates. No cross resistance between difenoconazole and tebuconazole or propiconazole was observed. Mutations were identified at gene AaCYP51 of DfnR isolates based on the sequence alignment of the DfnR and DfnS isolates. All of the mutations could be divided into three resistant genotypes, I (K715R + Y781C), II (K715R + D1140G + T1628A), and III (no mutation). The docking total score of the DfnS isolates was 5.6020, higher than the resistant genotype I (4.4599) or the resistant genotype II (3.8651), suggesting that the DMI resistance of A. alternata may be caused by the decreased affinity between AaCYP51 and difenoconazole.
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- Chunxia Sun
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095 China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095 China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095 China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095 China
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- Tea Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214125 China
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Lesniak KE, Peng J, Proffer TJ, Outwater CA, Eldred LI, Rothwell NL, Sundin GW. Survey and Genetic Analysis of Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicide Resistance in Monilinia fructicola From Michigan Orchards. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:958-964. [PMID: 32886041 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-20-1561-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Resistance to sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides in Monilinia fructicola, causal agent of brown rot of stone fruit, has been reported in the southeastern and eastern United States and in Brazil. DMI resistance of some M. fructicola isolates, in particular those recovered from the southeastern United States, is associated with a sequence element termed "Mona" that causes overexpression of the cytochrome demethylase target gene MfCYP51. In this study, we conducted statewide surveys of Michigan stone fruit orchards from 2009 to 2011 and in 2019, and we determined the sensitivity to propiconazole of a total of 813 isolates of M. fructicola. A total of 80.7% of Michigan isolates were characterized as resistant to propiconazole by relative growth assays, but the Mona insert was not uniformly detected and was present in some isolates that were not characterized as DMI resistant. Gene expression assays indicated that elevated expression of MfCYP51 was only weakly correlated with DMI resistance in M. fructicola isolates from Michigan, and there was no obvious correlation between the presence of the Mona element and elevated expression of MfCYP51. However, sequence analysis of MfCYP51 from 25 DMI-resistant isolates did not reveal any point mutations that could be correlated with resistance. Amplification and sequencing upstream of MfCYP51 resulted in detection of DNA insertions in a wide range of isolates typed by DMI phenotype and the presence of Mona or other unique sequences. The function of these unique sequences or their presence upstream of MfCYP51 cannot be correlated to a DMI-resistant genotype at this time. Our results indicate that DMI resistance was established in Michigan populations of M. fructicola by 2009 to 2011, and that relative resistance levels have continued to increase to the point that practical resistance is present in most orchards. In addition, the presence of the Mona insert is not a marker for identifying DMI-resistant isolates of M. fructicola in Michigan.
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- Kimberley E Lesniak
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center, Traverse City, MI 49684
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of in-Host Developed Azole-Resistant Aspergillus flavus Isolates. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7030164. [PMID: 33668871 PMCID: PMC7996152 DOI: 10.3390/jof7030164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aspergillus flavus is a pathogenic fungal species that can cause pulmonary aspergillosis, and triazole compounds are used for the treatment of these infections. Prolonged exposure to azoles may select for compensatory mutations in the A. flavus genome, resulting in azole resistance. Here, we characterize a series of 11 isogenic A. flavus strains isolated from a patient with pulmonary aspergillosis. Over a period of three months, the initially azole-susceptible strain developed itraconazole and voriconazole resistance. Short tandem repeat analysis and whole-genome sequencing revealed the high genetic relatedness of all isolates, indicating an infection with one single isolate. In contrast, the isolates were macroscopically highly diverse, suggesting an adaptation to the environment due to (epi)genetic changes. The whole-genome sequencing of susceptible and azole-resistant strains showed a number of mutations that might be associated with azole resistance. The majority of resistant strains contain a Y119F mutation in the Cyp51A gene, which corresponds to the Y121F mutation found in A. fumigatus. One azole-resistant strain demonstrated a divergent set of mutations, including a V99A mutation in a major facilitator superfamily (MSF) multidrug transporter (AFLA 083950).
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Zhang Y, Mao CX, Zhai XY, Jamieson PA, Zhang CQ. Mutation in cyp51b and overexpression of cyp51a and cyp51b confer multiple resistant to DMIs fungicide prochloraz in Fusarium fujikuroi. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:824-833. [PMID: 32926597 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fusarium fujikuroi is a plant pathogen that causes rice bakanae disease. Prochloraz is an imidazole-class sterol, 14α-demethylase inhibitor (DMI), which has been in use for several years as a foliar spray to control Fusarium spp. on agriculturally important monocot crops. F. fujikuroi is highly resistant to prochloraz treatment, and the aim of this study was to clarify the mechanism by which F. fujikuroi renders itself resistant to prochloraz. RESULTS Recently, prochloraz-resistant strains were identified over a vast geographical area in the agricultural regions of Zhejiang Province, China. It was found that 21.13% and 3.96% of the strains examined were highly resistant (HR) to prochloraz during 2017 to 2018. The HR strains contained a point mutation (S312T) in the FfCYP51B protein, while the strains identified with prochloraz susceptibility had no such point mutation in FfCYP51A/B/C. To confirm whether the mutations in FfCYP51B confer resistance to prochloraz, we exchanged the CYP51B locus between the sensitive strain and the resistant strain by homologous double exchange. The transformed mutants with a copy of the resistant fragment exhibited resistance to prochloraz, and the transformed mutants with a copy of the sensitive fragment exhibited sensitivity to prochloraz. Furthermore, qRT-PCR analysis of Ffcyp51a/b/c gene expression revealed that Ffcyp51a and Ffcyp51b were significantly up-regulated in the prochloraz-resistant strains relative to the sensitive strains in F. fujikuroi. Contrary to our expectation, docking of prochloraz into the modeled binding pocket of FfCYP51B indicated that the affinity between prochloraz and the FfCYP51B increased after the amino acid at codon 312 changed to Thr. CONCLUSION The point mutation S312T in FfCYP51B and overexpression of Ffcyp51a and Ffcyp51b together lead to the prochloraz-resistant phenotype in F. fujikuroi.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Crop Protection, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Crop Protection, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Crop Protection, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, and Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Crop Protection, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, China
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Roles for Structural Biology in the Discovery of Drugs and Agrochemicals Targeting Sterol 14α-Demethylases. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7020067. [PMID: 33498194 PMCID: PMC7908997 DOI: 10.3390/jof7020067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Antifungal drugs and antifungal agrochemicals have significant limitations. These include several unintended consequences of their use including the growing importance of intrinsic and acquired resistance. These problems underpin an increasingly urgent need to improve the existing classes of antifungals and to discover novel antifungals. Structural insights into drug targets and their complexes with both substrates and inhibitory ligands increase opportunity for the discovery of more effective antifungals. Implementation of this promise, which requires multiple skill sets, is beginning to yield candidates from discovery programs that could more quickly find their place in the clinic. This review will describe how structural biology is providing information for the improvement and discovery of inhibitors targeting the essential fungal enzyme sterol 14α-demethylase.
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Wang J, Shi D, Wei L, Chen W, Ma W, Chen C, Wang K. Mutations at sterol 14α-demethylases (CYP51A&B) confer the DMI resistance in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from grape. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2020; 76:4093-4103. [PMID: 32569396 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grape anthracnose caused by the ascomycete fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides has been widely controlled by demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) for decades in China. The resistance status and mechanism of C. gloeosporioides against DMIs is not well understood. RESULTS All difenoconazole-resistant (DfnR ) isolates from vineyards exhibited decreased fitness. Positive cross-resistance was detected between DMI triazoles. Sequence alignment results from the DfnR and DfnS isolates revealed that multiple mutations are distributed at CgCYP51A, concomitant with mutations at CgCYP51B. The half maximal effective concentration (EC50 ) values of single deleted and complemented mutants of CgCYP51A and CgCYP51B showed that ΔCgCYP51A became more sensitive to difenoconazole, but not ΔCgCYP51B. Furthermore, all single complemented mutants had a stronger biological fitness than the progenitor strain. All the defectives of ΔCgCYP51A and ΔCgCYP51B could be restored by complementation of the whole corresponding gene from the resistant strains. Relative gene expression of CgCYP51A and CgCYP51B in most of the mutants was greatly upregulated relative to the progenitor isolate when treated with difenoconazole at the same concentration. Moreover, the extension of five amino acids (GNETI) caused by mutation at the stop codon of CgCYP51A, concurrent with other seven amino acid substitutions and the synonymous mutation P10P (CCG → CCT), significantly enhanced DMI resistance. CONCLUSION The DMI resistance of C. gloeosporioides selected in vineyards is conferred by mutations at CgCYP51s, and validated by a genetics method. The roles of CgCYP51A and CgCYP51B overlap, and are counter-balanced, but cannot be replaced reciprocally. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science, Yancheng, China
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Wang Y, Wang M, Xu L, Sun Y, Feng J. Baseline Sensitivity and Toxic Action of the Sterol Demethylation Inhibitor Flusilazole Against Botrytis cinerea. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:2986-2993. [PMID: 32852244 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-19-2478-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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In the present study, a total of 95 Botrytis cinerea single-spore strains collected from different hosts in Shaanxi Province of China were characterized for their sensitivity to the sterol demethylation inhibitor fungicide flusilazole. The effective concentration for 50% inhibition of mycelial growth (EC50) of flusilazole ranged from 0.021 to 0.372 µg/ml, with an average value of 0.093 µg/ml. Cross-resistance between flusilazole and commonly used fungicides was not detected, and no flusilazole-resistant mutants were induced. Both on detached strawberry leaves and in greenhouse experiments, flusilazole was more effective than the commonly used fungicide carbendazim at reducing gray mold. After culture on PDA plates or detached strawberry leaves, no difference in sclerotia production or pathogenicity was detected between two strains, WG12 (most sensitive to flusilazole) and MX18 (least sensitive to flusilazole). After treatment with flusilazole, however, the two strains lost the ability to produce sclerotia, and oxalic acid and ergosterol contents in mycelium decreased. Interestingly, the inhibition rate of ergosterol content in MX18 was significantly lower than that in WG12. Expression of Cyp51, BcatrD, and Bcmfs1 genes all increased after treatment with flusilazole, especially the Cyp51 and BcatrD genes. However, the expression of Cyp51 gene or BcatrD gene in WG12 and MX18 were significantly different from each other after treatment with flusilazole. In addition, no point mutations in Cyp51 gene were found in MX18. These data suggest flusilazole is a promising fungicide for resistance management of gray mold and also provided novel insights into understanding the resistance mechanism of flusilazole against plant pathogens.
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- Yong Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Fungicide Resistance in Powdery Mildew Fungi. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8091431. [PMID: 32957583 PMCID: PMC7564317 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphales) are among the most common and important plant fungal pathogens. These fungi are obligate biotrophic parasites that attack nearly 10,000 species of angiosperms, including major crops, such as cereals and grapes. Although cultural and biological practices may reduce the risk of infection by powdery mildew, they do not provide sufficient protection. Therefore, in practice, chemical control, including the use of fungicides from multiple chemical groups, is the most effective tool for managing powdery mildew. Unfortunately, the risk of resistance development is high because typical spray programs include multiple applications per season. In addition, some of the most economically destructive species of powdery mildew fungi are considered to be high-risk pathogens and are able to develop resistance to several chemical classes within a few years. This situation has decreased the efficacy of the major fungicide classes, such as sterol demethylation inhibitors, quinone outside inhibitors and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors, that are employed against powdery mildews. In this review, we present cases of reduction in sensitivity, development of resistance and failure of control by fungicides that have been or are being used to manage powdery mildew. In addition, the molecular mechanisms underlying resistance to fungicides are also outlined. Finally, a number of recommendations are provided to decrease the probability of resistance development when fungicides are employed.
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Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Tian P, Li Y, Duan G, Li D, Zhan J, Chen F. Induced expression of CYP51 associated with difenoconazole resistance in the pathogenic Alternaria sect. on potato in China. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2020; 76:1751-1760. [PMID: 31785067 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early blight caused by Alternaria spp. is amongst the most important diseases in potato. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides are widely used to control the disease but long-term use may decrease its control efficacy due to fungicide resistance. This study investigated the occurrence of difenoconazole resistance in Alternaria spp. and molecular resistant mechanisms. RESULTS EC50 values of 160 isolates to difenoconazole ranged from 0.026 μg mL-1 to 15.506 μg mL-1 and the frequency of difenoconazole sensitivity formed a non-normal distribution curve with a major and a minor peak. Isolates with EC50 values of 4.121 and 5.461 μg mL-1 were not controlled effectively at fungicide doses of 50 and 100 μg mL-1 . Cross-resistance was observed between DMI fungicides difenoconazole and propiconazole, but not between difenoconazole and other fungicide groups, including boscalid, iprodione, or carbendazim. The CYP51gene was 1673 bp encoding 525 amino acids in length and contained two introns. All sensitive and resistant isolates had the identical amino acid sequence of CYP51, with the exception of one resistant isolate carrying a mutation of R511W. A 6 bp insertion in the upstream region was observed in half of the resistant isolates. In the absence of propiconazole, the relative expression of CYP51 was not significantly different in sensitive and resistant isolates. In the presence of difenoconazole, expression of CYP51 gene was induced significantly in the DMI-resistant isolates but not in the sensitive ones. CONCLUSION Induced expression of CYP51 in resistant isolates exposed to difenoconazole is an important determinant for DMI resistance in potato pathogens Alternaria sect. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Yue Zhang
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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de Ramón-Carbonell M, Sánchez-Torres P. Significance of 195 bp-enhancer of PdCYP51B in the acquisition of Penicillium digitatum DMI resistance and increase of fungal virulence. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 165:104522. [PMID: 32359549 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two sterol 14α-demethylase genes from Penicillium digitatum, PdCYP51A and PdCYP51B, were evaluated and revealed that 95% of Imazalil (IMZ)-resistant isolates carried a 195-bp insertion in the PdCYP51B promoter. We functionally characterized both sterol 14α-demethylases by overexpression. Molecular analysis of overexpression mutants showed that the introduction of PdCYP51B insertion is more stable than the five-tandem repeat PdCYP51A sequence previously described that confers DMI fungicide resistance. The both enhancers can coexist in P. digitatum isolates that initially contained the 195-bp PdCYP51B insertion but the introduction of 195-bp PdCYP51B enhancer promoted the loss of the five-tandem repeat of PdCYP51A. The incorporation of 195-bp PdCYP51B resulted in an increase of DMI fungicide resistance in mutants from already resistant isolates and confers resistance to DMIs in mutants from sensitive isolates. Transcription evaluation of the both genes showed noticeable induction in all overexpression mutants, except for those coming from the five-tandem repeat PdCYP51A sequence, whereas PdCYP51A expression dropped dramatically. Only PdCYP51B exhibited up-regulation during citrus infection compared to axenic growth, and the role of PdCYP51B in fungal virulence was further reinforced since strains with low virulence showed increased infectivity in overexpression mutants. This study suggested the predominant role of the PdCYP51B enhancer in the acquisition of DMI resistance and fungal virulence, by replacing homologues genes with same putative function.
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- Marta de Ramón-Carbonell
- Valencian Institute for Agricultural Research (IVIA), Plant Protection and Biotechnology Research Center, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Valencian Institute for Agricultural Research (IVIA), Plant Protection and Biotechnology Research Center, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain; Department of Food Biotechnology. Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Calle Catedrático Agustín Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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Chen S, Hu M, Schnabel G, Yang D, Yan X, Yuan H. Paralogous CYP51 Genes of Colletotrichum spp. Mediate Differential Sensitivity to Sterol Demethylation Inhibitors. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:615-625. [PMID: 31799899 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-19-0385-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Colletotrichum spp. isolates contain two paralogous CYP51 genes that encode sterol 14-demethylase enzymes; however, their role in sensitivity to demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides is yet to be determined. In this study, each of the two genes from Colletotrichum fioriniae and C. nymphaeae was able to rescue the function of CYP51 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, demonstrating their independent function. Deletion of CYP51A led to increased sensitivity to propiconazole, diniconazole, prothioconazole, cyproconazole, epoxiconazole, flutriafol, prochloraz, and difenoconazole in C. fioriniae, and to the same fungicides and tebuconazole in C. nymphaeae, with the exception of prochloraz. Deletion of CYP51B in C. fioriniae and CYP51B in C. nymphaeae made mutants increasingly sensitive to five of nine DMI fungicides tested. The results suggest species-specific, differential binding of DMI fungicides onto the two CYP51 enzymes. Pairing DMIs with different effects on CYP51A and -B deletion mutants resulted in synergistic effects, as determined in mycelial growth inhibition experiments. Deletion mutants showed no fitness penalty in terms of mycelial growth, sporulation, and virulence. Our study elucidates the effect of CYP51A and CYP51B of Colletotrichum spp. on DMI sensitivity, suggesting that using a mixture of DMIs may improve the efficacy for anthracnose management.
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- Shuning Chen
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Wei LL, Chen WC, Zhao WC, Wang J, Wang BR, Li FJ, Wei MD, Guo J, Chen CJ, Zheng JQ, Wang K. Mutations and Overexpression of CYP51 Associated with DMI-Resistance in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from Chili. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:668-676. [PMID: 31951509 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-19-1628-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chili anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp. is an annual production concern for growers in China. Sterol C14-demethylation inhibitors (DMIs, such as tebuconazole) have been widely used to control this disease for more than three decades. In the current study, of 48 isolates collected from commercial chili farms in Jiangsu Province of China during 2018 and 2019, 8 single-spore isolates were identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and the rest were identified as C. acutatum. To determine whether the DMI resistance of isolates develops in the field, mycelial growth of the 48 isolates was measured in culture medium with and without tebuconazole. In all, 6 of the 8 C. gloeosporioides isolates were resistant to tebuconazole, but all 40 of the C. acutatum isolates were sensitive to tebuconazole. The fitness cost of resistance was low based on a comparison of fitness parameters between the sensitive and resistant isolates of C. gloeosporioides. Positive cross-resistance was observed between tebuconazole and difenconazole or propiconazole, but not prochloraz. Alignment results of the CgCYP51 amino acid sequences from the sensitive and resistant isolates indicated that mutations can be divided into three genotypes. Genotype I possessed four substitutions (V18F, L58V, S175P, and P341A) at the CgCYP51A gene but no substitutions at CgCYP51B, while genotype II had five substitutions (L58V, S175P, A340S, T379A, and N476T) at CgCYP51A, concomitant with three substitutions (D121N, T132A, and F391Y) at CgCYP51B. In addition, genotype III contained two substitutions (L58V and S175P) at CgCYP51A, concomitant with one substitution (T262A) at CgCYP51B. Molecular docking models illustrated that the affinity of tebuconazole to the binding site of the CgCYP51 protein from the resistant isolates was decreased when compared with binding site affinity of the sensitive isolates. Our findings provide not only novel insights into understanding the resistance mechanism to DMIs, but also some important references for resistance management of C. gloeosporioides on chili.
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- Ling-Ling Wei
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Agricultural Science Institute of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, Yancheng 224000, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Pesticide, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Agricultural Science Institute of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, Yancheng 224000, China
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- Agricultural Science Institute of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, Yancheng 224000, China
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Pirrello C, Mizzotti C, Tomazetti TC, Colombo M, Bettinelli P, Prodorutti D, Peressotti E, Zulini L, Stefanini M, Angeli G, Masiero S, Welter LJ, Hausmann L, Vezzulli S. Emergent Ascomycetes in Viticulture: An Interdisciplinary Overview. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1394. [PMID: 31824521 PMCID: PMC6883492 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The reduction of pesticide usage is a current imperative and the implementation of sustainable viticulture is an urgent necessity. A potential solution, which is being increasingly adopted, is offered by the use of grapevine cultivars resistant to its main pathogenic threats. This, however, has contributed to changes in defense strategies resulting in the occurrence of secondary diseases, which were previously controlled. Concomitantly, the ongoing climate crisis is contributing to destabilizing the increasingly dynamic viticultural context. In this review, we explore the available knowledge on three Ascomycetes which are considered emergent and causal agents of powdery mildew, black rot and anthracnose. We also aim to provide a survey on methods for phenotyping disease symptoms in fields, greenhouse and lab conditions, and for disease control underlying the insurgence of pathogen resistance to fungicide. Thus, we discuss fungal genetic variability, highlighting the usage and development of molecular markers and barcoding, coupled with genome sequencing. Moreover, we extensively report on the current knowledge available on grapevine-ascomycete interactions, as well as the mechanisms developed by the host to counteract the attack. Indeed, to better understand these resistance mechanisms, it is relevant to identify pathogen effectors which are involved in the infection process and how grapevine resistance genes function and impact the downstream cascade. Dealing with such a wealth of information on both pathogens and the host, the horizon is now represented by multidisciplinary approaches, combining traditional and innovative methods of cultivation. This will support the translation from theory to practice, in an attempt to understand biology very deeply and manage the spread of these Ascomycetes.
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- Carlotta Pirrello
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Center of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Rodovia Admar Gonzaga, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Natural and Social Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus of Curitibanos, Rodovia Ulysses Gaboardi, Curitibanos, Brazil
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, Siebeldingen, Germany
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Xu W, Ma F, Li R, Zhou Q, Yao W, Jiao Y, Zhang C, Zhang J, Wang X, Xu Y, Wang Y. VpSTS29/STS2 enhances fungal tolerance in grapevine through a positive feedback loop. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:2979-2998. [PMID: 31309591 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Accumulation of stilbene phytoalexins stimulates resistance mechanisms against the grapevine fungus Uncinula necator. However, the defensive mechanisms triggered by stilbene synthase (STS) genes, remain largely unknown. Here, we report the function and molecular mechanism of the stilbene synthase gene VpSTS29/STS2 from Vitis pseudoreticulata in the regulation of plant responses to powdery mildew. Stilbene synthesis occurred mainly in root tips and mesophyll cells of transgenic grapevines via transport through the vascular bundles. Overexpression of VpSTS29/STS2 in Vitis vinifera increased the abundance of STSs in mesophyll tissue and resulted in the accumulation of biologically active resveratrol derivatives at the invasion site. Similarly, expression of VpSTS29/STS2 in Arabidopsis increased resistance to Golovinomyces cichoracearum. The VpSTS29/STS2-expressing Arabidopsis lines showed increased piceid accumulation together with more local hypersensitive reactions, inhibition of mycelial growth, and a reduced incidence of pathogens. Transcriptome profiling analyses demonstrated that VpSTS29/STS2-induced defences led to reprograming of global gene expression and activation of salicylic acid (SA) signalling, thus increasing expression of WRKY-MYB transcription factors and other defence response genes. We propose a model for resveratrol-mediated coordination of defence responses in which SA participates in a positive feedback loop.
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- Weirong Xu
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People's Republic of China
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Monk BC, Sagatova AA, Hosseini P, Ruma YN, Wilson RK, Keniya MV. Fungal Lanosterol 14α-demethylase: A target for next-generation antifungal design. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2019; 1868:140206. [PMID: 30851431 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The cytochrome P450 enzyme lanosterol 14α-demethylase (LDM) is the target of the azole antifungals used widely in medicine and agriculture as prophylaxis or treatments of infections or diseases caused by fungal pathogens. These drugs and agrochemicals contain an imidazole, triazole or tetrazole substituent, with one of the nitrogens in the azole ring coordinating as the sixth axial ligand to the LDM heme iron. Structural studies show that this membrane bound enzyme contains a relatively rigid ligand binding pocket comprised of a deeply buried heme-containing active site together with a substrate entry channel and putative product exit channel that reach to the membrane. Within the ligand binding pocket the azole antifungals have additional affinity determining interactions with hydrophobic side-chains, the polypeptide backbone and via water-mediated hydrogen bond networks. This review will describe the tools that can be used to identify and characterise the next generation of antifungals targeting LDM, with the goal of obtaining highly potent broad-spectrum fungicides that will be able to avoid target and drug efflux mediated antifungal resistance.
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- Brian C Monk
- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Zheng B, Yan L, Liang W, Yang Q. Paralogous Cyp51s mediate the differential sensitivity of Fusarium oxysporum to sterol demethylation inhibitors. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:396-404. [PMID: 29931739 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND As a soilborne fungus, Fusarium oxysporum can cause vascular wilt in numerous economically important crops. Application of antifungal drugs is the primary method for the control of F. oxysporum. Cyp51, a key enzyme of sterol biosynthesis is the main target of sterol demethylation inhibitors. RESULTS The F. oxysporum genome contains three paralogous CYP51 genes (named FoCYP51A, FoCYP51B and FoCYP51C) that putatively encode sterol 14α-demethylase enzymes. Each of the three genes was able to partially complement the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG11 mutant. Growth assays demonstrated that deletion mutants of FoCYP51B, but not FoCYP51A and FoCYP51C were significantly retarded in hyphal growth. Deletion of FoCYP51A (ΔFoCyp51A and ΔFoCyp51AC) led to increased sensitivity to 11 sterol demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). Interestingly, FoCYP51B deletion mutants (ΔFoCyp51B and ΔFoCyp51BC) exhibited significantly increased sensitivity to only four DMIs (two of which are in common with the 11 DMIs mentioned earlier). Deletion of FoCYP51C did not change DMI sensitivity of F. oxysporum. None of the three FoCYP51s are involved in F. oxysporum virulence. The sensitivity of F. oxysporum isolates increased significantly when subjected to a mixture of different subgroups of DMIs classified based on the different sensitivities of FoCYP51 mutants to DMIs compared to the individual components. CONCLUSIONS FoCYP51A and FoCYP51B are responsible for sensitivity to different azoles. These findings have direct implications for fungicide application strategies of plant and human diseases caused by F. oxysporum. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Bangxian Zheng
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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- Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Ningbo, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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Zhou Y, Yu J, Pan X, Yu M, Du Y, Qi Z, Zhang R, Song T, Yin X, Liu Y. Characterization of propiconazole field-resistant isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 153:144-151. [PMID: 30744888 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The plant-pathogenic fungus Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takah causes rice false smut (RFS), which is responsible for significant quantitative and qualitative losses in rice industry. Propiconazole is a triazole fungicide which belongs to Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). It is used to control RFS in China. We previously screened 158 isolates of U. virens collected in the fields in 2015 in Jiangsu province of China, and found two of them were highly resistant to propiconazole (named 82 and 88, respectively). In this study, we have analyzed the physiological and biochemical characters of six field-sensitive isolates and the two field-resistant isolates, including mycelial growth and cell wall integrity. We found there was cross-resistance between different DMIs fungicides, but was no cross-resistance between DMIs and QoIs fungicides. We also analyzed the fitness, and found the pathogenicity in 88 was stronger than the field-sensitive isolates, but was completely lost in 82. Sequence analyses of CYP51 and the 1000-bp upstream of CYP51 coding region showed no mutation in 82 compared to the field-sensitive strains, but two more bases CC were identified at 154-bp upstream of the coding region in the field-resistant isolate 88. Moreover, the expression of CYP51 gene in all tested isolates was significantly induced by propiconazole. However, the up-regulation expression level in both 82 and 88 was much higher than that in the field-sensitive isolates. We also found propiconazole could inhibit the ergosterol biosynthesis in the field-sensitive isolates, but stimulated it in both field-resistant isolates 82 and 88. Given the high level of U. virens developing propiconazole resistance and the good fitness of the field-resistant isolate 88, the resistance of U. virens to DMIs must be monitored and managed in rice fields.
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- Yuxin Zhou
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China; Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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Chen S, Wang Y, Schnabel G, Peng CA, Lagishetty S, Smith K, Luo C, Yuan H. Inherent Resistance to 14α-Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides in Colletotrichum truncatum Is Likely Linked to CYP51A and/or CYP51B Gene Variants. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 108:1263-1275. [PMID: 29792573 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-18-0054-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Anthracnose disease, caused by Colletotrichum truncatum, affects marketable yield during preharvest production and postharvest storage of fruits and vegetables worldwide. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides are among the very few chemical classes of single-site mode of action fungicides that are effective in controlling anthracnose disease. However, some species are inherently resistant to DMIs and more information is needed to understand this phenomenon. Isolates of C. truncatum were collected from the United States and China from peach, soybean, citrus, and begonia and sensitivity to six DMIs (difenoconazole, propiconazole, metconazole, tebuconazole, flutriafol, and fenbuconazole) was determined. Compared with DMI sensitive isolates of C. fructicola, C. siamense, and C. fioriniae (EC50 value ranging from 0.03 to 16.2 µg/ml to six DMIs), C. truncatum and C. nymphaeae were resistant to flutriafol and fenbuconazole (with EC50 values of more 50 µg/ml). Moreover, C. truncatum was resistant to tebuconazole and metconazole (with resistance factors of 27.4 and 96.0) and displayed reduced sensitivity to difenoconazole and propiconazole (with resistance factors of 5.1 and 5.2). Analysis of the Colletotrichum spp. genome revealed two potential DMI targets, CYP51A and CYP51B, that putatively encode P450 sterol 14α-demethylases. Both genes were identified and sequenced from C. truncatum and other species and no correlation between CYP51 gene expression levels and fungicide sensitivity was found. Four amino acid variations L208Y, H238R, S302A, and I366L in CYP51A, and three variations H373 N, M376L, and S511T in CYP51B correlated with the DMI resistance phenotype. CYP51A structure model analysis suggested the four alterations may reduce azole affinity. Likewise, CYP51B structure analysis suggested the H373 N and M376L variants may change the conformation of the DMI binding pocket, thereby causing differential sensitivity to DMI fungicides in C. truncatum.
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- Shuning Chen
- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Ali EM, Amiri A. Selection Pressure Pathways and Mechanisms of Resistance to the Demethylation Inhibitor-Difenoconazole in Penicillium expansum. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2472. [PMID: 30429831 PMCID: PMC6220093 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Penicillium expansum causes blue mold, the most economically important postharvest disease of pome fruit worldwide. Beside sanitation practices, the disease is managed through fungicide applications at harvest. Difenoconazole (DIF) is a new demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide registered recently to manage postharvest diseases of pome fruit. Herein, we evaluated the sensitivity of 130 P. expansum baseline isolates never exposed to DIF and determined the effective concentration (EC50) necessary to inhibit 50% germination, germ tube length, and mycelial growth. The respective mean EC50 values of 0.32, 0.26, and 0.18 μg/ml indicate a high sensitivity of P. expansum baseline isolates to DIF. We also found full and extended control efficacy in vivo after 6 months of storage at 1°C. We conducted a risk assessment for DIF-resistance development using ultraviolet excitation combined with or without DIF-selection pressure to generate and characterize lab mutants. Fifteen DIF-resistant mutants were selected and showed EC50 values of 0.92 to 1.4 μg/ml and 1.7 to 3.8 μg/ml without and with a DIF selection pressure, respectively. Resistance to DIF was stable in vitro over a 10-week period without selection pressure. Alignment of the full CYP51 gene sequences from the three wild-type and 15 mutant isolates revealed a tyrosine to phenylalanine mutation at codon 126 (Y126F) in all of the 15 mutants but not in the wild-type parental isolates. Resistance factors increased 5 to 15-fold in the mutants compared to the wild-type-isolates. DIF-resistant mutants also displayed enhanced CYP51 expression by 2 to 14-fold and was positively correlated with the EC50 values (R 2 = 0.8264). Cross resistance between DIF and fludioxonil, the mixing-partner in the commercial product, was not observed. Our findings suggest P. expansum resistance to DIF is likely to emerge in commercial packinghouse when used frequently. Future studies will determine whether resistance to DIF is qualitative or quantitative which will be determinant in the speed at which resistance will develop and spread in commercial packinghouses and to develop appropriate strategies to extend the lifespan of this new fungicide.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Wenatchee, WA, United States
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Lichtemberg PSF, Luo Y, Doussoulin H, Michailides TJ. Using Allele-specific PCR for detecting multiple amino acid substitutions associated with SDHI resistance in Alternaria alternata causing Alternaria late blight in pistachio. Lett Appl Microbiol 2018; 67:506-512. [PMID: 30142243 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Alternaria late blight caused by Alternaria alternata is a major disease affecting pistachios grown in California and to some degree those grown in Arizona. Alternaria alternata is prone to quick fungicide resistance selection when single-mode of action fungicides are used. For the specific detection of five possible amino acid alterations associated with Alternaria alternata resistance to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors used in California and Arizona pistachio orchards, we have designed five primer sets to be used as an allele-specific PCR assay (AS-PCR). Within a couple of hours from DNA extraction, the new specific-primers amplify the different PCR product sizes, according to the chosen target, allowing their differentiation on gel agarose. In our study, the AS-PCR assay consistently detected the mutations H277L and H277R at the AaSdhB gene, the mutations H134R and S135R at the AaSdhC gene, and the mutation D123E at the AaSdhD gene from A. alternata isolates collected from pistachio orchards in California and Arizona. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study provides a rapid and cost-effective way to identify five different genotypes associated with Alternaria alternata resistance to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors fungicides, used to control Alternaria late blight in pistachio. With the allele-specific method developed here, users will be able to identify genotypes with nucleotide substitutions which lead to a reduced sensitivity or resistance selection using a one-step PCR assay, without the use of restriction enzymes which elevates the reaction costs and the chance for errors. In addition, this study formally includes the identification and sequence accession for SdhB-H277L and SdhC-S135R amino acid substitution in A. alternata sampled from California and Arizona pistachio orchards.
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- P S F Lichtemberg
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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Song Y, Li L, Li C, Lu Z, Men X, Chen F. Evaluating the Sensitivity and Efficacy of Fungicides with Different Modes of Action Against Botryosphaeria dothidea. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1785-1793. [PMID: 30125189 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-18-0118-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Botryosphaeria dothidea, the causal agent of apple ring rot, is an important fungal plant pathogen that can cause serious reductions in crop yield, and fungicides still play a crucial role in management. In the present study, the sensitivity of B. dothidea to fludioxonil, fluazinam, and pyrisoxazole was assessed in 162 isolates. Moreover, the protective and curative activity of the three fungicides on detached apple fruit as well as the control efficacy in the field were determined. The results showed that the mean 50% effective concentration (EC50) values (± standard deviation) were 0.01 ± 0.008, 0.04 ± 0.03, and 0.02 ± 0.01 μg ml-1, with individual EC50 values of 0.002 to 0.05, 0.003 to 0.19, and 0.005 to 0.26 μg ml-1 for fludioxonil, fluazinam, and pyrisoxazole, respectively. In addition, the frequency distributions of EC50 values were both unimodal curves. However, significant correlations (P < 0.05) were found between fludioxonil and iprodione, between fluazinam and iprodione, as well as between pyrisoxazole and difenoconazole. In field trials conducted during 2016 and 2017, the control efficacy ranged from 75.91 to 87.41% when fludioxonil was applied at 100 to 150 mg active ingredient (a.i.) kg-1, 81.90 to 85.13% when fluazinam was applied at 400 mg a.i. kg-1, and 77.43 to 80.97% when pyrisoxazole was applied at 400 mg a.i. kg-1. The control efficacy of the fungicides in storage was higher than 60%, with the exception of fluazinam. These results demonstrated that fludioxonil, fluazinam, and pyrisoxazole have considerable potential to control apple ring rot.
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- Yingying Song
- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, P.R. China; and Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Laboratory of Insect Information and Ecology, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Laboratory of Insect Information and Ecology
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Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. Fitness Penalties in the Evolution of Fungicide Resistance. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 56:339-360. [PMID: 29958074 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-050012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The evolution of resistance poses an ongoing threat to crop protection. Fungicide resistance provides a selective advantage under fungicide selection, but resistance-conferring mutations may also result in fitness penalties, resulting in an evolutionary trade-off. These penalties may result from the functional constraints of an evolving target site or from the resource allocation costs of overexpression or active transport. The extent to which such fitness penalties are present has important implications for resistance management strategies, determining whether resistance persists or declines between treatments, and for resistance risk assessments for new modes of action. Experimental results have proven variable, depending on factors such as temperature, nutrient status, osmotic or oxidative stress, and pathogen life-cycle stage. Functional genetics tools allow pathogen genetic background to be controlled, but this in turn raises the question of epistatic interactions. Combining fitness penalties under various conditions into a field-realistic scenario poses an important future challenge.
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- N J Hawkins
- Biointeractions and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;
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Otoguro M, Suzuki S. Status and future of disease protection and grape berry quality alteration by micro-organisms in viticulture. Lett Appl Microbiol 2018; 67:106-112. [PMID: 29908033 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Grapevine is one of the most widely grown fruit crops in the world. At present, however, there is much concern regarding chemical pollution in viticulture due to the application of chemical fungicides and fertilizers. One viticultural practice to resolve this issue is the application of micro-organisms to grapevine as a substitute for chemicals. Some micro-organisms act as an enhancer of grape berry quality as well as a suppresser of disease in grapevine through their antagonistic ability and/or systemic resistance inducing ability. Herein, we review current and prospective applications of micro-organisms in viticulture. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY In this review, we evaluate the applicability of micro-organisms in viticulture. Micro-organisms can improve grape berry quality through grapevine disease protection and grape berry quality alteration. Because the use of micro-organisms to protect grapevine from plant diseases is safer than the use of chemical fungicides, the use of biofungicides in viticulture is expected to be enhanced by the increasing consumer concern towards chemical fungicides. Micro-organisms also modify plant secondary metabolites for use as flavours, pharmaceuticals and food additives. Studies of micro-organisms that promote polyphenol, anthocyanin and aroma compound biosynthesis are in progress with an eye to improving grape berry quality.
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- M Otoguro
- The Institute of Enology and Viticulture, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
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- The Institute of Enology and Viticulture, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
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Lichtemberg PSF, Luo Y, Morales RG, Muehlmann-Fischer JM, Michailides TJ, May De Mio LL. The Point Mutation G461S in the MfCYP51 Gene is Associated with Tebuconazole Resistance in Monilinia fructicola Populations in Brazil. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2017; 107:1507-1514. [PMID: 28697663 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-17-0050-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The ascomycete Monilinia fructicola is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruit in Brazil, causing major pre- and postharvest losses. For many years, the demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide tebuconazole has been used as the most effective active ingredient for controlling brown rot and, as a result, strains of M. fructicola resistant to this ingredient have emerged in many Brazilian states producing stone fruit. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms associated with the resistance of M. fructicola to DMI tebuconazole. By sequencing the M. fructicola CYP51 (MfCYP51) gene, encoding the azole target sterol 14α-demethylase, a mutation was identified at the nucleotide position 1,492, causing the amino acid substitution from glycine to serine at the codon position 461, associated with reduced tebuconazole sensitivity. In addition, it was observed that MfCYP51 gene expression could play a secondary role in DMI fungicide resistance of M. fructicola strains in Brazil. However, for the specific isolate found to exhibit elevated expression levels of MfCYP51, no insertions that would trigger gene expression were found. Based on the point mutation associated with tebuconazole resistance, an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction method was developed to quickly identify resistant genotypes within the Brazilian population. This is the first report determining molecular mechanisms for DMI resistance identification for M. fructicola isolates from Brazil. This information provides an important advancement for risk assessment of DMI fungicides used to manage brown rot of stone fruit.
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- Paulo S F Lichtemberg
- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- First, second, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648; third and sixth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80035-050, Brazil; and fourth author: Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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Caramalho R, Tyndall JDA, Monk BC, Larentis T, Lass-Flörl C, Lackner M. Intrinsic short-tailed azole resistance in mucormycetes is due to an evolutionary conserved aminoacid substitution of the lanosterol 14α-demethylase. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15898. [PMID: 29162893 PMCID: PMC5698289 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mucormycoses are emerging and potentially lethal infections. An increase of breakthrough infections has been found in cohorts receiving short-tailed azoles prophylaxis (e.g. voriconazole (VCZ)). Although VCZ is ineffective in vitro and in vivo, long-tailed triazoles such as posaconazole remain active against mucormycetes. Our goal was to validate the molecular mechanism of resistance to short-tailed triazoles in Mucorales. The paralogous cytochrome P450 genes (CYP51 F1 and CYP51 F5) of Rhizopus arrhizus, Rhizopus microsporus, and Mucor circinelloides were amplified and sequenced. Alignment of the protein sequences of the R. arrhizus, R. microsporus, and M. circinelloides CYP51 F1 and F5 with additional Mucorales species (n = 3) and other fungi (n = 16) confirmed the sequences to be lanosterol 14α-demethylases (LDMs). Sequence alignment identified a pan-Mucorales conservation of a phenylalanine129 substitution in all CYP51 F5s analyzed. A high resolution X-ray crystal structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae LDM in complex with VCZ was used for generating a homology model of R. arrhizus CYP51 F5. Structural and functional knowledge of S. cerevisiae CYP51 shows that the F129 residue in Mucorales CYP51 F5 is responsible for intrinsic resistance of Mucorales against short-tailed triazoles, with a V to A substitution in Helix I also potentially playing a role.
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- Rita Caramalho
- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute and the Department of Oral Sciences, New Zealand's National Centre for Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Pereira DA, McDonald BA, Brunner PC. Mutations in the CYP51 gene reduce DMI sensitivity in Parastagonospora nodorum populations in Europe and China. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:1503-1510. [PMID: 27860315 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sterol demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been widely used to manage agronomically important fungal diseases in wheat, but reports of DMI-resistant pathogens continue to mount. Parastagonospora nodorum shows a wide range of sensitivity to DMIs, but until now no molecular mechanisms have been identified to explain these differences. The aim of this study was to correlate the DMI sensitivity of a global collection of P. nodorum isolates with mutations in the CYP51 gene that encodes the target of DMI fungicides. RESULTS Two non-synonymous mutations connected to DMI resistance in other plant pathogenic fungi were detected for the first time in the CYP51 gene of P. nodorum. The two mutations occurred at amino acid position 144, which is homologous to position 137 in other pathogens. The Y144F mutation was detected in China, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland while the Y144H mutation was found in China and Switzerland. Both mutations were correlated with significantly reduced sensitivity to the DMI fungicide propiconazole. CONCLUSION CYP51 mutations conferred reduced sensitivity against DMIs in field populations of P. nodorum originating from China, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Danilo As Pereira
- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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Agurto M, Schlechter RO, Armijo G, Solano E, Serrano C, Contreras RA, Zúñiga GE, Arce-Johnson P. RUN1 and REN1 Pyramiding in Grapevine ( Vitis vinifera cv. Crimson Seedless) Displays an Improved Defense Response Leading to Enhanced Resistance to Powdery Mildew ( Erysiphe necator). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:758. [PMID: 28553300 PMCID: PMC5427124 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Fungal pathogens are the cause of the most common diseases in grapevine and among them powdery mildew represents a major focus for disease management. Different strategies for introgression of resistance in grapevine are currently undertaken in breeding programs. For example, introgression of several resistance genes (R) from different sources for making it more durable and also strengthening the plant defense response. Taking this into account, we cross-pollinated P09-105/34, a grapevine plant carrying both RUN1 and REN1 pyramided loci of resistance to Erysiphe necator inherited from a pseudo-backcrossing scheme with Muscadinia rotundifolia and Vitis vinifera 'Dzhandzhal Kara,' respectively, with the susceptible commercial table grape cv. 'Crimson Seedless.' We developed RUN1REN1 resistant genotypes through conventional breeding and identified them by marker assisted selection. The characterization of defense response showed a highly effective defense mechanism against powdery mildew in these plants. Our results reveal that RUN1REN1 grapevine plants display a robust defense response against E. necator, leading to unsuccessful fungal establishment with low penetration rate and poor hypha development. This resistance mechanism includes reactive oxygen species production, callose accumulation, programmed cell death induction and mainly VvSTS36 and VvPEN1 gene activation. RUN1REN1 plants have a great potential as new table grape cultivars with durable complete resistance to E. necator, and are valuable germplasm to be included in grape breeding programs to continue pyramiding with other sources of resistance to grapevine diseases.
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- Mario Agurto
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología y CEDENNA, Universidad de Santiago de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología y CEDENNA, Universidad de Santiago de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología Vegetal, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile
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Aspergillus species are ubiquitous fungal saprophytes found in diverse ecological niches worldwide. Among them, Aspergillus fumigatus is the most prevalent and is largely responsible for the increased incidence of invasive aspergillosis with high mortality rates in some immunocompromised hosts. Azoles are the first-line drugs in treating diseases caused by Aspergillus spp. However, increasing reports in A. fumigatus azole resistance, both in the clinical setting and in the environment, are threatening the effectiveness of clinical and agricultural azole drugs. The azole target is the 14-α sterol demethylase encoded by cyp51A gene and the main mechanisms of resistance involve the integration of tandem repeats in its promoter and/or single point mutations in this gene. In A. fumigatus, azole resistance can emerge in two different scenarios: a medical route in which azole resistance is generated during long periods of azole treatment in the clinical setting and a route of resistance derived from environmental origin due to extended use of demethylation inhibitors in agriculture. The understanding of A. fumigatus azole resistance development and its evolution is needed in order to prevent or minimize its impact. In this article, we review the current situation of azole resistance epidemiology and the predominant molecular mechanisms described based on the resistance acquisition routes. In addition, the clinical implications of A. fumigatus azole resistance and future research are discussed.
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Chen S, Yuan N, Schnabel G, Luo C. Function of the genetic element 'Mona' associated with fungicide resistance in Monilinia fructicola. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:90-97. [PMID: 26918759 PMCID: PMC6638277 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The genetic element 'Mona' has been shown previously to be associated with resistance to demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) in Monilinia fructicola. In this study, the promoter activity of the 'Mona' element was demonstrated genetically and the activity was narrowed down to a 20-bp active region through a series of deletions. 'Mona' knockout transformants (ΔMona) were generated from DMI-resistant isolate Bmpc7, and EC50 values and expression of the MfCYP51 gene were found to be reduced in transformants compared with the parental isolate. When the 'Mona' element was inserted into the upstream region of the MfCYP51 gene of the DMI-sensitive isolate HG3, the EC50 values and expression of the MfCYP51 gene increased in the transformants compared with the parental sensitive isolate. These results indicate that the 'Mona' element determines the DMI fungicide resistance through the up-regulation of the expression of the downstream MfCYP51 gene. No fitness penalty was observed in knockout and insertion transformants, i.e. transformants showed similar mycelial growth rate, sporulation and ability to cause lesions on fruit compared with their parental isolates, suggesting that the 'Mona' element does not affect basal life activities.
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- Shuning Chen
- Department of Plant ProtectionCollege of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Laboratory of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan430070China
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- Department of Plant ProtectionCollege of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Laboratory of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan430070China
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesClemson UniversityClemsonSC29634USA
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- Department of Plant ProtectionCollege of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Laboratory of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan430070China
- The Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan430070China
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Chen SN, Luo CX, Hu MJ, Schnabel G. Sensitivity of Colletotrichum Species, Including C. fioriniae and C. nymphaeae, from Peach to Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:2434-2441. [PMID: 30686167 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-16-0574-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Few fungicides are effective against anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., and emerging resistance makes the search for chemical alternatives more relevant. Isolates of the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex were collected from South Carolina and Georgia peach orchards and phylogenetic analysis of the combined internal transcribed spacer region, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and β-tubulin gene sequences separated the isolates into C. nymphaeae and C. fioriniae. The sensitivity of these and three other previously reported Colletotrichum spp. from peach, including C. fructicola, C. siamense, and C. truncatum, to demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides difenoconazole, propiconazole, tebuconazole, metconazole, flutriafol, and fenbuconazole was determined based upon mycelial growth inhibition. C. truncatum was resistant to tebuconazole, metconazole, flutriafol, and fenbuconazole and C. nymphaeae was resistant to flutriafol and fenbuconazole based on 50% effective concentration (EC50) values >100 μg/ml. C. fructicola and C. siamense were sensitive to all DMI fungicides (EC50 values of 0.2 to 13.1 μg/ml). C. fioriniae subgroup 2 isolates were less sensitive to DMI fungicides (EC50 values of 0.5 to 16.2 μg/ml) compared with C. fioriniae subgroup 1 (EC50 values of 0.03 to 2.1 μg/ml). Difenoconazole and propiconazole provided the best control efficacy in vitro to all five species, with EC50 values of 0.2 to 2.7 μg/ml. Tebuconazole and metconazole were effective against all Colletotrichum spp., except for C. truncatum. The strong in vitro activity of some DMI fungicides against Colletotrichum spp. may be exploited for improved anthracnose disease management of peach.
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- S N Chen
- 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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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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Liu H, Shen G, Ma Z, Yang Q, Xia J, Fang X, Wang X. Conspecific Leaf Litter-Mediated Effect of Conspecific Adult Neighborhood on Early-Stage Seedling Survival in A Subtropical Forest. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37830. [PMID: 27886275 PMCID: PMC5122888 DOI: 10.1038/srep37830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Conspecific adults have strong negative effect on the survival of nearby early-stage seedlings and thus can promote species coexistence by providing space for the regeneration of heterospecifics. The leaf litter fall from the conspecific adults, and it could mediate this conspecific negative adult effect. However, field evidence for such effect of conspecific leaf litter remains absent. In this study, we used generalized linear mixed models to assess the effects of conspecific leaf litter on the early-stage seedling survival of four dominant species (Machilus leptophylla, Litsea elongate, Acer pubinerve and Distylium myricoides) in early-stage seedlings in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in eastern China. Our results consistently showed that the conspecific leaf litter of three species negatively affected the seedling survival. Meanwhile, the traditional conspecific adult neighborhood indices failed to detect this negative conspecific adult effect. Our study revealed that the accumulation of conspecific leaf litter around adults can largely reduce the survival rate of nearby seedlings. Ignoring it could result in underestimation of the importance of negative density dependence and negative species interactions in the natural forest communities.
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- Heming Liu
- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315114, China
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Mair WJ, Deng W, Mullins JGL, West S, Wang P, Besharat N, Ellwood SR, Oliver RP, Lopez-Ruiz FJ. Demethylase Inhibitor Fungicide Resistance in Pyrenophora teres f. sp. teres Associated with Target Site Modification and Inducible Overexpression of Cyp51. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1279. [PMID: 27594852 PMCID: PMC4990540 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Pyrenophora teres f. sp. teres is the cause of net form of net blotch (NFNB), an economically important foliar disease in barley (Hordeum vulgare). Net and spot forms of net blotch are widely controlled using site-specific systemic fungicides. Although resistance to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors and quinone outside inhibitors has been addressed before in net blotches, mechanisms controlling demethylation inhibitor resistance have not yet been reported at the molecular level. Here we report the isolation of strains of NFNB in Australia since 2013 resistant to a range of demethylase inhibitor fungicides. Cyp51A:KO103-A1, an allele with the mutation F489L, corresponding to the archetype F495I in Aspergillus fumigatus, was only present in resistant strains and was correlated with resistance factors to various demethylase inhibitors ranging from 1.1 for epoxiconazole to 31.7 for prochloraz. Structural in silico modeling of the sensitive and resistant CYP51A proteins docked with different demethylase inhibitor fungicides showed how the interaction of F489L within the heme cavity produced a localized constriction of the region adjacent to the docking site that is predicted to result in lower binding affinities. Resistant strains also displayed enhanced induced expression of the two Cyp51A paralogs and of Cyp51B genes. While Cyp51B was found to be constitutively expressed in the absence of fungicide, Cyp51A was only detected at extremely low levels. Under fungicide induction, expression of Cyp51B, Cyp51A2, and Cyp51A1 was shown to be 1.6-, 3,- and 5.3-fold higher, respectively in the resistant isolate compared to the wild type. These increased levels of expression were not supported by changes in the promoters of any of the three genes. The implications of these findings on demethylase inhibitor activity will require current net blotch management strategies to be reconsidered in order to avoid the development of further resistance and preserve the lifespan of fungicides in use.
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- Wesley J Mair
- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University Swansea, UK
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University Bentley, WA, Australia
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Pap D, Riaz S, Dry IB, Jermakow A, Tenscher AC, Cantu D, Oláh R, Walker MA. Identification of two novel powdery mildew resistance loci, Ren6 and Ren7, from the wild Chinese grape species Vitis piasezkii. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:170. [PMID: 27473850 PMCID: PMC4966781 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0855-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grapevine powdery mildew Erysiphe necator is a major fungal disease in all grape growing countries worldwide. Breeding for resistance to this disease is crucial to avoid extensive fungicide applications that are costly, labor intensive and may have detrimental effects on the environment. In the past decade, Chinese Vitis species have attracted attention from grape breeders because of their strong resistance to powdery mildew and their lack of negative fruit quality attributes that are often present in resistant North American species. In this study, we investigated powdery mildew resistance in multiple accessions of the Chinese species Vitis piasezkii that were collected during the 1980 Sino-American botanical expedition to the western Hubei province of China. RESULTS A framework genetic map was developed using simple sequence repeat markers in 277 seedlings of an F1 mapping population arising from a cross of the powdery mildew susceptible Vitis vinifera selection F2-35 and a resistant accession of V. piasezkii DVIT2027. Quantitative trait locus analyses identified two major powdery mildew resistance loci on chromosome 9 (Ren6) and chromosome 19 (Ren7) explaining 74.8 % of the cumulative phenotypic variation. The quantitative trait locus analysis for each locus, in the absence of the other, explained 95.4 % phenotypic variation for Ren6, while Ren7 accounted for 71.9 % of the phenotypic variation. Screening of an additional 259 seedlings of the F1 population and 910 seedlings from four pseudo-backcross populations with SSR markers defined regions of 22 kb and 330 kb for Ren6 and Ren7 in the V. vinifera PN40024 (12X) genome sequence, respectively. Both R loci operate post-penetration through the induction of programmed cell death, but vary significantly in the speed of response and degree of resistance; Ren6 confers complete resistance whereas Ren7 confers partial resistance to the disease with reduced colony size. A comparison of the kinetics of induction of powdery mildew resistance mediated by Ren6, Ren7 and the Run1 locus from Muscadinia rotundifolia, indicated that the speed and strength of resistance conferred by Ren6 is greater than that of Run1 which, in turn, is superior to that conferred by Ren7. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of mapping powdery mildew resistance in the Chinese species V. piasezkii. Two distinct powdery mildew R loci designated Ren6 and Ren7 were found in multiple accessions of this Chinese grape species. Their location on different chromosomes to previously reported powdery mildew resistance R loci offers the potential for grape breeders to combine these R genes with existing powdery mildew R loci to produce grape germplasm with more durable resistance against this rapidly evolving fungal pathogen.
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- Dániel Pap
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Corvinus University of Budapest, Villányi út 29-34, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- CSIRO Agriculture, Glen Osmond, SA Australia
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Corvinus University of Budapest, Villányi út 29-34, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Villani SM, Hulvey J, Hily JM, Cox KD. Overexpression of the CYP51A1 Gene and Repeated Elements are Associated with Differential Sensitivity to DMI Fungicides in Venturia inaequalis. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2016; 106:562-71. [PMID: 26863444 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-15-0254-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The involvement of overexpression of the CYP51A1 gene in Venturia inaequalis was investigated for isolates exhibiting differential sensitivity to the triazole demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides myclobutanil and difenoconazole. Relative expression (RE) of the CYP51A1 gene was significantly greater (P < 0.0001) for isolates with resistance to both fungicides (MRDR phenotype) or with resistance to difenoconazole only (MSDR phenotype) compared with isolates that were resistant only to myclobutanil (MRDS phenotype) or sensitive to both fungicides (MSDS phenotype). An average of 9- and 13-fold increases in CYP51A1 RE were observed in isolates resistant to difenoconazole compared with isolates with MRDS and MSDS phenotypes, respectively. Linear regression analysis between isolate relative growth on myclobutanil-amended medium and log10 RE revealed that little to no variability in sensitivity to myclobutanil could be explained by CYP51A1 overexpression (R(2) = 0.078). To investigate CYP51A1 upstream anomalies associated with CYP51A1 overexpression or resistance to difenoconazole, Illumina sequencing was conducted for three isolates with resistance to difenoconazole and one baseline isolate. A repeated element, "EL 3,1,2", with the properties of a transcriptional enhancer was identified two to four times upstream of CYP51A1 in difenoconazole-resistant isolates but was not found in isolates with the MRDS phenotype. These results suggest that different mechanisms may govern resistance to different DMI fungicides in the triazole group.
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- Sara M Villani
- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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Sagatova AA, Keniya MV, Wilson RK, Sabherwal M, Tyndall JDA, Monk BC. Triazole resistance mediated by mutations of a conserved active site tyrosine in fungal lanosterol 14α-demethylase. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26213. [PMID: 27188873 PMCID: PMC4870556 DOI: 10.1038/srep26213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Emergence of fungal strains showing resistance to triazole drugs can make treatment of fungal disease problematic. Triazole resistance can arise due to single mutations in the drug target lanosterol 14α-demethylase (Erg11p/CYP51). We have determined how commonly occurring single site mutations in pathogenic fungi affect triazole binding using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Erg11p (ScErg11p) as a target surrogate. The mutations Y140F/H were introduced into full-length hexahistidine-tagged ScErg11p. Phenotypes and high-resolution X-ray crystal structures were determined for the mutant enzymes complexed with short-tailed (fluconazole and voriconazole) or long-tailed (itraconazole and posaconazole) triazoles and wild type enzyme complexed with voriconazole. The mutations disrupted a water-mediated hydrogen bond network involved in binding of short-tailed triazoles, which contain a tertiary hydroxyl not present in long-tailed triazoles. This appears to be the mechanism by which resistance to these short chain azoles occurs. Understanding how these mutations affect drug affinity will aid the design of azoles that overcome resistance.
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- Alia A Sagatova
- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- New Zealand's National School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.,Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Rallos LEE, Baudoin AB. Co-Occurrence of Two Allelic Variants of CYP51 in Erysiphe necator and Their Correlation with Over-Expression for DMI Resistance. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148025. [PMID: 26839970 PMCID: PMC4740414 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been an important tool in the management of grapevine powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator. Long-term, intensive use of DMIs has resulted in reduced sensitivity in field populations. To further characterize DMI resistance and understand resistance mechanisms in this pathogen, we investigated the cyp51 sequence of 24 single-spored isolates from Virginia and surrounding states and analyzed gene expression in isolates representing a wide range of sensitivity. Two cyp51 alleles were found with respect to the 136th codon of the predicted EnCYP51 sequence: the wild-type (TAT) and the mutant (TTT), which results in the known Y136F amino acid change. Some isolates possessed both alleles, demonstrating gene duplication or increased gene copy number and possibly a requirement for at least one mutant copy of CYP51 for resistance. Cyp51 was over-expressed 1.4- to 19-fold in Y136F-mutant isolates. However, the Y136F mutation was absent in one isolate with moderate to high resistance factor. Two additional synonymous mutations were detected as well, one of which, A1119C was present only in isolates with high cyp51 expression. Overall, our results indicate that at least two mechanisms, cyp51 over-expression and the known target-site mutation in CYP51, contribute to resistance in E. necator, and may be working in conjunction with each other.
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- Lynn Esther E. Rallos
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Rallos LEE, Baudoin AB. Co-Occurrence of Two Allelic Variants of CYP51 in Erysiphe necator and Their Correlation with Over-Expression for DMI Resistance. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148025. [PMID: 26839970 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.014802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been an important tool in the management of grapevine powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator. Long-term, intensive use of DMIs has resulted in reduced sensitivity in field populations. To further characterize DMI resistance and understand resistance mechanisms in this pathogen, we investigated the cyp51 sequence of 24 single-spored isolates from Virginia and surrounding states and analyzed gene expression in isolates representing a wide range of sensitivity. Two cyp51 alleles were found with respect to the 136th codon of the predicted EnCYP51 sequence: the wild-type (TAT) and the mutant (TTT), which results in the known Y136F amino acid change. Some isolates possessed both alleles, demonstrating gene duplication or increased gene copy number and possibly a requirement for at least one mutant copy of CYP51 for resistance. Cyp51 was over-expressed 1.4- to 19-fold in Y136F-mutant isolates. However, the Y136F mutation was absent in one isolate with moderate to high resistance factor. Two additional synonymous mutations were detected as well, one of which, A1119C was present only in isolates with high cyp51 expression. Overall, our results indicate that at least two mechanisms, cyp51 over-expression and the known target-site mutation in CYP51, contribute to resistance in E. necator, and may be working in conjunction with each other.
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- Lynn Esther E Rallos
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Kunova A, Pizzatti C, Bonaldi M, Cortesi P. Metrafenone resistance in a population of Erysiphe necator in northern Italy. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2016; 72:398-404. [PMID: 26079510 PMCID: PMC5034827 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Metrafenone has been used in Europe in integrated pest management programmes since 2006 to control powdery mildews, including Erysiphe necator. Its exact mode of action is not known, but it is unique among fungicide classes used in powdery mildew management. Recently, resistance to metrafenone was reported in Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici. In this study we investigated metrafenone resistance in Erysiphe necator in northern Italy. RESULTS Metrafenone efficacy to control grapevine powdery mildew was monitored in three consecutive years in the field, and its reduced activity was observed in 2013. Out of 13 monoconidial isolates, two sensitive strains were identified, which did not grow at the fungicide concentration recommended for field application. The remaining strains showed variable response to metrafenone, and five of them grew and sporulated similarly to the control, even at 1250 mg L(-1) of metrafenone. Moreover, the resistant strains showed cross-resistance to pyriofenone, which belongs to the same FRAC group as metrafenone. CONCLUSION The results indicate the emergence of metrafenone resistance in an Italian population of Erysiphe necator. Further studies are needed to gain insight into the metrafenone's mode of action and to understand the impact of resistance on changes in the pathogen population structure, fitness and spread of resistant strains, which will be indicative for designing appropriate antiresistance measures.
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- Andrea Kunova
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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Wang F, Lin Y, Yin WX, Peng YL, Schnabel G, Huang JB, Luo CX. The Y137H mutation of VvCYP51 gene confers the reduced sensitivity to tebuconazole in Villosiclava virens. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17575. [PMID: 26631591 PMCID: PMC4668384 DOI: 10.1038/srep17575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Management of rice false smut disease caused by Villosiclava virens is dependent on demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides. Investigation of molecular mechanisms of resistance is therefore of upmost importance. In this study the gene encoding the target protein for DMI fungicides (VvCYP51) was cloned and investigated. The VvCYP51 gene in the resistant mutant revealed both a change from tyrosine to histidine at position 137 (Y137H) and elevated gene expression compared to the parental isolate. In order to determine which of these mechanisms was responsible for the reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicide tebuconazole, transformants expressing the mutated or the wild type VvCYP51 gene were generated. Transformants carrying the mutated gene were more resistant to tebuconazole compared to control transformants lacking the mutation, but the expression of the VvCYP51 gene was not significantly correlated with EC50 values. The wild type VvCYP51 protein exhibited stronger affinity for tebuconazole compared to the VvCYP51/Y137H in both molecular docking analysis and experimental binding assays. The UV-generated mutant as well as transformants expressing the VvCYP51/Y137H did not exhibit significant fitness penalties based on mycelial growth and spore germination, suggesting that isolates resistant to DMI fungicides based on the Y137H mutation may develop and be competitive in the field.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fei Wang
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - Wei-Xiao Yin
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - Chao-Xi Luo
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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