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Grünwald NJ, Bock CH, Chang JH, De Souza AA, Ponte EMD, du Toit LJ, Dorrance AE, Dung J, Gent D, Goss EM, Lowe-Power TM, Madden LV, Martin FN, McDowell J, Naegele RP, Potnis N, Quesada-Ocampo LM, Sundin GW, Thiessen L, Vinatzer BA, Zeng Q. Open Access and Reproducibility in Plant Pathology Research: Guidelines and Best Practices. Phytopathology 2024:PHYTO12230483IA. [PMID: 38330057 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-23-0483-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
The landscape of scientific publishing is experiencing a transformative shift toward open access, a paradigm that mandates the availability of research outputs such as data, code, materials, and publications. Open access provides increased reproducibility and allows for reuse of these resources. This article provides guidance for best publishing practices of scientific research, data, and associated resources, including code, in The American Phytopathological Society journals. Key areas such as diagnostic assays, experimental design, data sharing, and code deposition are explored in detail. This guidance aligns with that observed by other leading journals. We hope the information assembled in this paper will raise awareness of best practices and enable greater appraisal of the true effects of biological phenomena in plant pathology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Niklaus J Grünwald
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station, Byron, GA 31008, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Madras, OR 97741, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Protection and Improvement Research Center, Salinas, CA 93905, U.S.A
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Sugarbeet and Bean Research Unit, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, U.S.A
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and NC Plant Sciences Initiative, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A
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- Domestic and Emergency Scientific Support, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service-Plant Protection and Quarantine, Raleigh, NC 27606, U.S.A
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06511, U.S.A
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Hoang Hua GK, Wilson R, Dung J. Evaluation of Bait Crops for the Integrated Management of White Rot ( Sclerotium cepivorum) in Allium Crops. Plant Dis 2024; 108:118-124. [PMID: 37498633 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-23-0688-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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White rot, caused by Sclerotium cepivorum, is a serious disease that causes significant yield losses in Allium production. The pathogen persists in soil as sclerotia, which germinate in response to sulfur compounds in Allium root exudates. This study was aimed at investigating the potential of early-terminated Allium bait crops to reduce densities of S. cepivorum sclerotia in soil. In growth chamber experiments with white onion (A. cepa cultivar 'Southport White Globe'), red onion (A. cepa cultivar 'Marenge'), sweet onion (A. cepa cultivar 'Walla Walla'), and bunching onion (A. fistulosum cultivar 'Parade'), termination of all four Alliums at the first- and second-leaf stages reduced soil sclerotia populations by up to 62 and 76%, respectively. Examination of soil samples collected 4 weeks after crop termination indicated that sclerotia populations in bait crop treatments remained low when seedlings were terminated at the first- and second-leaf stages. In contrast, crop termination at the third-leaf stage resulted in an increase in sclerotia counts due to the pathogen reproduction on the bait crops. The reduction in sclerotia populations in soil due to early crop termination was also observed in replicated field trials. Greater reductions in sclerotia counts were observed when plants in these experiments were terminated chemically as opposed to mechanically. In-furrow fungicides did not reduce sclerotia numbers under the conditions tested. This study demonstrates the potential for early termination of Allium bait crops to help reduce white rot inoculum in soil.
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- Gia Khuong Hoang Hua
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Madras, OR 97741
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- Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agricultural and Natural Resources Intermountain Research and Extension Center, University of California, Tulelake, CA 96134
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Madras, OR 97741
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Li X, Skillman V, Dung J, Frost K. Legacy effects of fumigation on soil bacterial and fungal communities and their response to metam sodium application. Environ Microbiome 2022; 17:59. [PMID: 36461097 PMCID: PMC9719244 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-022-00454-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soil microorganisms are integral to maintaining soil health and crop productivity, but fumigation used to suppress soilborne diseases may affect soil microbiota. Currently, little is known about the legacy effects of soil fumigation on soil microbial communities and their response to fumigation at the production scale. Here, 16S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer amplicon sequencing was used to characterize the bacterial and fungal communities in soils from intensively managed crop fields with and without previous exposure to metam sodium (MS) fumigation. The effect of fumigation history, soil series, and rotation crop diversity on microbial community variation was estimated and the response of the soil microbiome to MS application in an open microcosm system was documented. RESULTS We found that previous MS fumigation reduced soil bacterial diversity but did not affect microbial richness and fungal diversity. Fumigation history, soil series, and rotation crop diversity were the main contributors to the variation in microbial β-diversity. Between fumigated and non-fumigated soils, predominant bacterial and fungal taxa were similar; however, their relative abundance varied with fumigation history. In particular, the abundance of Basidiomycete yeasts was decreased in fumigated soils. MS fumigation also altered soil bacterial and fungal co-occurrence network structure and associations. In microcosms, application of MS reduced soil microbial richness and bacterial diversity. Soil microbial β-diversity was also affected but microbial communities of the microcosm soils were always similar to that of the field soils used to establish the microcosms. MS application also induced changes in relative abundance of several predominant bacterial and fungal genera based on a soil's previous fumigation exposure. CONCLUSIONS The legacy effects of MS fumigation are more pronounced on soil bacterial diversity, β-diversity and networks. Repeated fumigant applications shift soil microbial compositions and may contribute to differential MS sensitivity among soil microorganisms. Following MS application, microbial richness and bacterial diversity decreases, but microbial β-diversity was similar to that of the field soils used to establish the microcosms in the short-term (< 6 weeks). The responses of soil microbiome to MS fumigation are context dependent and rely on abiotic, biotic, and agricultural management practices.
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- Xiaoping Li
- Virginia Tech, Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Beach, VA, 23455, USA
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- Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR, 97838, USA
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- Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Madras, OR, 97741, USA
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA
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- Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR, 97838, USA.
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA.
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Alderman SC, Walenta DL, Hamm PB, Martin RC, Dung J, Kosman E. Afternoon Ascospore Release in Claviceps purpurea Optimizes Perennial Ryegrass Infection. Plant Dis 2015; 99:1410-1415. [PMID: 30690988 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-14-0978-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of ergot, typically releases ascospores during the early-morning hours, between about midnight and 10:00 a.m., corresponding to time of flowering, when the unfertilized ovaries are most susceptible to infection. During aeromycology studies of C. purpurea in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in northeastern Oregon during 2008 to 2010 and 2013, a strain of C. purpurea was found that released ascospores in the afternoon, coinciding with flowering in perennial ryegrass. Under controlled environmental conditions, sclerotia from perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass released spores in the afternoon and morning, respectively, consistent with timing of spore release under field conditions. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of single sclerotial isolates from Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass were consistent with C. purpurea, although minor variations in ITS sequences among isolates were noted. Differences between Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass isolates were observed in random amplified polymorphic DNA. Evidence is provided for adaptation of C. purpurea to perennial ryegrass by means of delayed spore release that coincides with afternoon flowering in perennial ryegrass.
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- Stephen C Alderman
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) National Forage Seed Production Research Center, Corvallis OR, 97331
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- Oregon State University Union County Extension Service, La Grande 97850
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Hermiston, OR 97838
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- USDA-ARS National Forage Seed Production Research Center
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Madras 97741
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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