An unusual isolate of turnip mosaic potyvirus fromAbutilon theophrasti in Piedmont, Italy

An isolate of the poty virus turnip mosaic virus (TuMV-Ab) showing severe mosaic symptoms inAbutilon theophrasti from Piedmont (northwestern Italy) in 1993, has been found to be of an unusual pathotype and serotype. The isolate was easily transmitted byAphyis gossiypii and Myzus persicae and was not seed-transmitted inA. Theophrasti. The host range of TuMV-Ab was different from that of another Piedmont isolate of TuMV fromAlliaria officinalis and from a TuMV isolate fromBrassica napus. TuMV-Ab was characterized using the reactions on the fourB. Napus lines S4, R4, 165 and S1 as the rare pathotype 7, found only once previously in Europe. Tests with polyclonal antisera indicated that TuMV-Ab was only distantly related to the two other TuMV isolates. Serological characterization with a panel of 30 monoclonal antibodies showed that TuMV-Ab belonged to one of the less common serotypes (JPN).     

Major gene resistance in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) is overcome by changes in virulence of populations of Leptosphaeria maculans in France and Australia

Resistance of Brassica napus (oilseed rape, canola) conferred by three different major resistance genes has been overcome by changes in virulence of Leptosphaeria maculans populations in France and Australia. In South Australia where B. napus cultivars with major gene resistance derived from Brassica rapa ssp. sylvestris were grown extensively, resistance was rendered ineffective within 3 years of commercial release of the cultivar. Disease severity was higher on cultivars with sylvestris-derived resistance than cultivars with polygenic resistance. This Australian situation is compared to that in France, where resistance conferred by the Rlm1 gene was overcome nation-wide in 5 years under commercial cropping practices, and also where a source of resistance introgressed into B. napus from B. juncea was rendered inefficient in 3 years in experimental field plots near Rennes.     

Resistance to Turnip mosaic virus in Brassica rapa and B. napus and the analysis of genetic inheritance in selected lines

Forty-two Brassica rapa and Brassica napus lines were tested for resistance to Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) isolates representing the three major pathotypes in Europe. Of these lines, 11 were susceptible to all pathotypes; nine were resistant to one pathotype; eight were resistant to two pathotypes; and 14 were resistant to all three pathotypes. Of the lines tested, 23 were either able to, or had the potential to, discriminate between two different pathotype-3 isolates. Genetic models for inheritance of resistance were proposed for four B. rapa lines: Jong Bai No. 2 had dominant resistance to pathotype 1 conferred by a single allele; PI418957C and Jin G 55 had recessive resistance to pathotype 4 where a single allele was required; PI418957C also had recessive resistance to pathotype 3 where a model with one of two epistatic, unlinked loci was proposed. Jong Bai No. 1 also had recessive resistance to pathotype 3, apparently conferred by alleles at three loci, where any two of the three loci were epistatic and required for resistance.     

Major Gene and Polygenic Resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

The most common and effective way to control phoma stem canker (blackleg) caused by Leptosphaeria maculans in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is through the breeding of resistant cultivars. Race specific major genes that mediate resistance from the seedling stage have been identified in B. napus or have been introgressed from related species. Many race specific major genes have been described and some of them are probably identical in B. napus (allotetraploid AACC) and the parental species B. rapa (diploid AA). More work is needed using a set of well-characterised isolates to determine the number of different major resistance genes available. In some B. napus cultivars, there is resistance which is polygenic (mediated by Quantitative Trait Loci) and postulated to be race non-specific. Many of these major genes and Quantitative Trait Loci for resistance to L. maculans have been located on B. napus genetic maps. Genes involved in race specific and polygenic resistance are generally distinct.     

Relation between pathogenicity and genetic variation within <Emphasis Type="Italic">Plasmodiophora brassicae</Emphasis>

The relation between diversity of pathogenicity on clubroot-resistant (CR) cultivars of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) bred in Japan and DNA polymorphisms in 17 populations of Plasmodiophora brassicae from cruciferous plants was examined by inoculation tests and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis using 18 arbitrary primers. Four pathotypes (A–D) were identified after inoculation of six CR cultivars of Chinese cabbage in the 17 populations from cruciferous crops. A relatively high level of genetic diversity was also detected among these populations in the RAPD analysis. Although the four pathotypes could not be clearly differentiated using the RAPD data, most populations of three pathotypes had a consistent location on the dendrogram. All pathotype B (virulent on five cultivars except Utage 70) and D (avirulent on all cultivars) populations, which were common in incompatible interactions with cv. Utage 70, were located in a single subcluster. All five pathotype C populations (virulent only on cv. Utage 70) except for one population grouped in another single subcluster. Because four pathotype A populations (virulent on all six cultivars, races 4 and 9) fell in different subclusters, the populations may be genetically polyphyletic. Populations from cruciferous weed Cardamine flexuosa differed remarkably from those from cruciferous crops in pathogenicity on common cultivars of Chinese cabbage and turnip and C. flexuosa, but they grouped in a single cluster with all race 9 populations from crops. Race 9 populations from crops may thus be closely related to populations from the weed rather than to races 1 and 4 from crops.     

Genome-wide analysis and identification of TIR-NBS-LRR genes in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) reveal expression patterns to TuMV infection

TIR-NBS-LRR (TNL) genes greatly affect plant growth and development. Ninety TNL-type genes were identified and characterized in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Tissue-expression profiling revealed different expression levels in different tissues. qRT-PCR analysis revealed the expression patterns of 69 genes challenged by Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV): 42 genes were up-regulated, and 11 genes down-regulated; genes were grouped according to their different expression patterns. Sixteen candidate genes were identified as responding to TuMV infection. This study supplies information on resistance genes involved in Chinese cabbage's response against TuMV, and furthers the understanding of resistance mechanisms in B. rapa crops.     

Molecular characterisation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Turnip mosaic virus</Emphasis> isolates from Brassicaceae weeds

Eight provinces of Iran were surveyed during 2003–2008 to find Brassicaceae reservoir weed hosts of Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). A total of 532 weed samples were collected from plants with virus-like symptoms. The samples were tested for the presence of TuMV by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using specific antibodies. Among those tested, 340 samples (64%) were found to be infected with TuMV. Rapistrum rugosum, Sisymberium loeselii, S. irio and Hirschfeldia incana were identified as the Brassicaceae weed hosts of TuMV, and the former two plant species were found to be the most important weed hosts for the virus in Iran. The full-length sequences of the genomic RNAs of IRN TRa6 and IRN SS5 isolates from R. rugosum and S. loeselii were determined. No evidence of recombination was found in both isolates using different recombination-detecting programmes. Phylogenetic analyses of the weed isolates with representative isolates from the world showed that the IRN TRa6 and IRN SS5 isolates fell into an ancestral basal-Brassica group. This study shows for the first time the wide distribution and phylogenetic relationships of TuMV from weeds in the mid-Eurasia of Iran.     

白菜型冬油菜抗倒伏性评价及其与株型性状的相关分析

于2018—2019年以44份不同抗倒性的白菜型冬油品系(种)为试材,依据改良倒伏系数(ILC)法对其抗倒伏性进行聚类分析和评价,探讨白菜型冬油菜株型、茎秆力学特性、干物质积累量等对其倒伏性的影响。结果表明:依据ILC可将白菜型冬油菜参试材料聚为3类:Ⅰ类为强抗倒性材料,包含2个品系(种);Ⅱ类为中等抗倒性材料,包含15个品系(种);Ⅲ类材料抗倒性最弱,包含27个品系(种)。聚类结果与田间倒伏分级结果基本吻合,两者呈极显著正相关(r=0.452~(**)),表明利用ILC评价白菜型冬油菜的抗倒伏性具有可靠性。与Ⅱ类、Ⅲ类材料相比,抗倒性强的Ⅰ类材料株高显著变矮,重心高度显著降低,其平均株高和重心高度比倒伏Ⅲ类材料分别降低19.8 cm和17.8 cm。白菜型冬油菜茎秆抗折力在三类材料间均存在显著差异,抗倒伏Ⅰ类参试材料平均茎秆抗折力是Ⅲ类材料的2.59倍。白菜型冬油菜倒伏系数与株高(r=0.346~*)、地上部鲜质量(r=0.344~*)、重心高度(r=0.579~*)呈显著正相关,与茎秆抗折力(r=-0.518~*)呈显著负相关。与Ⅱ类、Ⅲ类材料相比,Ⅰ类参试材料根长增长38%～41%,根鲜质量增大71%～102%,分枝部位降低32%～44%,一次分枝数增加10%左右、单株角果数增加30%～38%、角果长度增长1%左右、每角粒数增加11%～14%,千粒重增加21%～23%。白菜型冬油菜参试材料抗倒伏性存在显著差异,植株高度、重心高度、地上部鲜质量、茎秆抗折力等是影响其抗倒伏性的关键因素,株高较小、重心高度较低、茎秆抗折力大的白菜型冬油菜品种更高产抗倒伏。     

Variation in the pathogenicity of two Turnip mosaic virus isolates in wild UK Brassica rapa provenances

Brassica rapa can be infected with Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) as a result of manual inoculation or aphid transmission, but infected plants have not been found in the field. In this study, B. rapa plants grown from seed collected from two field sites in southern England were mechanically inoculated with one of two distinct isolates (pathotypes) of TuMV under glasshouse conditions. These had either been isolated from Brassica oleracea growing wild in Wales, (GBR 83, pathotype 3) or Dorset (GBR 98, pathotype 1). Use of ELISA as an index of infection in manually inoculated B. rapa showed that although seed provenance had a small effect on the proportion of plants infected, the biggest factor was the virus isolate. Both virus isolates infected both lines of B. rapa , but invaded at different rates, although both resulted in easily discernible symptoms. The severity of symptoms was not related to amounts of virus in the infected plants. A significantly greater proportion of plants were infected with GBR 83 at 45 days post-inoculation (d.p.i.) than GBR 98. but GBR 98 caused significantly more severe and obvious symptoms as well as greater mortality at 119 d.p.i., in plants from both sites than GBR 83.     

Comparative Study of Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity Among Populations of Verticillium Dahliae from Cotton in Spain and Israel

Genetic diversity and phenotypic diversity in Verticillium dahliae populations on cotton were studied among 62 isolates from Spain and 49 isolates from Israel, using vegetative compatibility grouping (VCG), virulence and molecular assays. In Spain, defoliating V. dahliae isolates (D pathotype) belong to VCG1, and non-defoliating isolates (ND) belong to VCG2A (often associated with tomato) and VCG4B (often associated with potato). The D pathotype was not identified in Israel. The ND pathotype in Israel is comprised of VCG2B and VCG4B. Isolates in VCG2B and VCG4B ranged in virulence from weakly virulent to highly virulent. The highly virulent isolates induced either partial defoliation or no defoliation. Virulence characteristics varied with inoculation method and cotton cultivar. Highly virulent isolates from Israel were as virulent as D isolates from Spain under conditions conducive to severe disease. The D pathotype is pathologically and genetically homogeneous, whereas the ND pathotype is heterogeneous with respect to virulence, VCG, and molecular markers based on single-primer RAPD and on PCR primer pairs.     

Genetic and pathogenic diversity within Ascochyta rabiei(Pass.) Lab. populations in Pakistan causing blight of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Pathogenic and genetic diversity in Ascochyta rabiei populations in Pakistan were evaluated. Biological pathotyping of 130 A. rabiei isolates (obtained from hierarchically collected samples) was conducted on a set of three chickpea differentials, i.e. ILC 1929 (susceptible), ILC 482 (tolerant) and ILC 3279 (resistant), under controlled conditions. Disease severity data were recorded 12 days after inoculation. Statistical analysis grouped the isolates into three pathotype classes. Four isolates belonged to pathotype I (least aggressive), 79 isolates to pathotype II (medium aggressive) and 47 isolates to pathotype-III (highly aggressive).Genetic analysis was performed using RAPDs and oligonucleotide fingerprinting, where Hinf I-digested DNA was hybridized to the³²P-endlabeled oligonucleotide probes (CAA)₅, (GAA)₅, (GA)₈, (CA)₈and (GATA)₄. Dendrograms produced by cluster analysis discriminated 46 genotypes in the A. rabiei population of Pakistan. Genetic distances and relatedness between isolates were calculated. At a genetic distance of 0.3, genotypes were divided into six distinct genotype groups A, B, C, D, E and F containing 16, 11, 2, 5, 5 and 7 isolates, respectively. Most of the genotypes were area specific or predominated in certain areas but did not belong to a distinct pathotype, while most of the aggressive isolates (pathotype III) occurred in Northern Punjab and in the North Western Frontier Province.     

越冬前北方不同类型强冬性冬油菜形态及生理响应研究

为了研究比较越冬前北方两种不同类型冬油菜的生长特性,于2020年10—11月选用强冬性白菜型冬油菜和强冬性甘蓝型冬油菜品种,分析其越冬前降温过程中的形态特征、光合特性和渗透调节物质含量变化,并与越冬率进行了相关性分析。结果表明,越冬前随着温度的降低,白菜型冬油菜根冠比增加164.7%,甘蓝型冬油菜根冠比变化不大,两个品种间差异显著,但二者组织含水量变化为69%~89%,变化幅度较小。随着温度的降低,白菜型冬油菜和甘蓝型冬油菜的叶面积逐渐减小,下降幅度为5%~16%,叶绿素SPAD值整体呈现增加的趋势;光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度均逐渐下降,降幅为54%~64%,胞间CO₂浓度逐渐上升19%~29%。叶片和根部的可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸含量均增大,增幅为26%~91%;叶片可溶性糖含量先增加后降低,根部可溶性糖含量先降低后增加。叶片的钠离子和钾离子含量逐渐降低了20%~47%,钙离子含量先增加后降低;根部钾离子和钙离子含量先下降后上升;白菜型冬油菜根部钠离子含量呈现出逐渐上升的趋势,甘蓝型冬油菜呈现出先上升后下降的趋势。由此推断白菜型冬油菜陇油6号的抗寒性强于甘蓝型冬油菜2019-QL-GAU-30。     

Variability among turnip mosaic potyvirus isolates

ABSTRACT Eight turnip mosaic potyvirus (TuMV) isolates from the Campania region of Italy were characterized. Experiments based on host range and symptomatology indicated that the isolates were biologically different. In addition, the isolates, with the exception of ITA1 and ITA3, were distinguished from each other by using a combination of monoclonal antibodies recognizing the coat protein. Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the coat protein gene revealed that each isolate produced a specific SSCP profile, except for isolates ITA1 and ITA3. This study indicates that (i) even in a small geographical region, there is a great deal of variation in TuMV isolates; (ii) the use of a set of four differential hosts does not always specify the same pathotype in different environments; (iii) the TuMV isolates with the same pathotype on Brassica napus test lines can still differ in host range, symptoms, serology, and SSCP; and (iv) there was perfect correlation between the panel of antibodies and SSCP in differentiating among the isolates; ITA1 and ITA3 were indistinguishable by either assay.     

Potential loss of clubroot resistance genes from donor parent Brassica rapa subsp. rapifera (ECD 04) during doubled haploid production

Clubroot resistance derived from the oilseed rape/canola Brassica napus ‘Mendel’ has been overcome in some fields in Alberta, Canada, by the emergence of ‘new’ strains of the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae. Resistance to the pathogen was assessed in 112 doubled haploid (DH) lines, derived from B. rapa subsp. rapifera (European clubroot differential (ECD) 04). The lines were evaluated against five single‐spore isolates representing the ‘old’ pathotypes 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8, and 15 field populations representing new strains of P. brassicae. The disease severity index (ID%) data revealed that none of the DH lines were resistant or moderately resistant to the new pathotype 5X (field populations L‐G1, L‐G2, L‐G3) and D‐G3, while 3–42% were resistant or moderately resistant to the other 11 new strains. Using the mean ID induced by the old pathotype 3 (approx. 13.5%) as the baseline, clubroot severity increased by 300–600% when inoculated with the new pathotypes. A significant finding of this study was the fact that ECD 04 showed absolute resistance to all of the old and new P. brassicae strains while the B. napus ‘Mendel’, although resistant to all of the old pathotypes, was resistant to only about 50% of the new strains. Similarly, all of the selected clubroot‐resistant commercial canola cultivars evaluated in this study were susceptible to 87% of the new P. brassicae strains. The molecular data revealed that the breakdown of clubroot resistance in Mendel and the canola cultivars was in part due to the non‐inheritance of the Crr1 gene on the A08 chromosome from ECD 04.     

白菜型油菜BraSAUR基因家族鉴定及其表达分析

SAUR(Small auxin-up RNA)是生长素早期响应逆境胁迫的基因,本文研究白菜型油菜全基因组中SAUR家族的信息,分析了该家族成员的基本特征。以强抗寒性白菜型冬油菜品种陇油7号（L7）和弱抗寒性冬油菜品种陇Lenox（X）为试验材料,采用低温和干旱处理,应用荧光定量技术分析不同基因在不同品种中的表达特性,筛选差异表达基因,为研究生长素早期应答基因调控白菜型冬油菜生长点发育机理提供支撑。结果表明：白菜型油菜的BraSAUR基因共有142个,在10条染色体中不对称分布,主要分布在2、3号染色体上,基因长度较短,且大多数基因没有内含子。qRT-PCR结果表明,低温处理后,与CK相比,在两个品种的叶片中,Bra029452的表达量变化趋势不同,24 h时在L7中的表达量是X的24倍,在生长点中,Bra010501在L7中24 h时表达量达到CK的4倍,而在X中是先增加后降低的趋势。模拟干旱胁迫后,Bra029452在L7的叶片中的表达量均显著高于CK,在X中则是逐渐降低,在L7的生长点中1 h和24 h表达量均高于CK,但在X中则表现为先降低后升高。低温胁迫和干旱胁迫条件下,Bra029452基因表达量在强抗寒性油菜品种L7的叶片及生长点中均逐渐升高,可推断该基因同时参与白菜型冬油菜耐受低温、干旱的调控过程。     

A phylogenetically distinct lineage of Pyrenopeziza brassicae associated with chlorotic leaf spot of Brassicaceae in North America

Light leaf spot, caused by the ascomycete Pyrenopeziza brassicae, is an established disease of Brassicaceae in the United Kingdom (UK), continental Europe, and Oceania (OC, including New Zealand and Australia). The disease was reported in North America (NA) for the first time in 2014 on Brassica spp. in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon, followed by detection in Brassica juncea cover crops and on Brassica rapa weeds in northwestern Washington in 2016. Preliminary DNA sequence data and field observations suggest that isolates of the pathogen present in NA might be distinct from those in the UK, continental Europe, and OC. Comparisons of isolates from these regions using genetic (multilocus sequence analysis, MAT gene sequences, and rep-PCR DNA fingerprinting), pathogenic (B. rapa inoculation studies), biological (sexual compatibility), and morphological (colony and conidial morphology) analyses demonstrated two genetically distinct evolutionary lineages. Lineage 1 comprised isolates from the UK, continental Europe, and OC, and included the P. brassicae type specimen. Lineage 2 contained the NA isolates associated with recent disease outbreaks in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA. Symptoms caused by isolates of the two lineages on B. rapa and B. juncea differed, and therefore “chlorotic leaf spot” is proposed for the disease caused by Lineage 2 isolates of P. brassicae. Isolates of the two lineages differed in genetic diversity as well as sensitivity to the fungicides carbendazim and prothioconazole.     

重庆市萝卜芜菁花叶病毒的检测与序列分析

为明确重庆市萝卜感染芜菁花叶病毒(Turnip mosaic virus,TuMV)的情况,在重庆市巴南区、九龙坡区、北碚区等14个区县共采集了146份萝卜病毒病样品,采用酶联免疫吸附试验法(enzymelinked immunosorbent assay,ELISA)对病样进行TuMV检测,并通过PCR、克隆和测序等技术获得13个TuMV分离物CP核苷酸序列,利用软件分析重庆市TuMV CP基因序列的相似性,利用系统进化树分析CP基因遗传变异与系统进化。结果表明,共有105份样品的TuMV检测为阳性,检出率为71.9%;所得13个分离物CP基因均为864 bp,测序的13个分离物CP核苷酸相似性为89.1%~99.2%,与国内已报道的TuMV各分离物CP核苷酸相似性在88.3%~99.4%之间;所得的13个分离物均分布在basal-BR和world-B组中,在Asian-BR和basal-B组中均无分布,进一步分析发现有9个分离物属于word-B组,仅4个分离物属于basal-BR组。研究表明,TuMV在重庆市萝卜各种植区普遍发生,且word-B组为重庆市萝卜的优势毒源。     

Serotypic variation in turnip mosaic virus

A panel of 30 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) was produced against four isolates of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). The panel was tested in plate-trapped antigen ELISA tests against 41 TuMV isolates (with different host and geographical origins and of differing pathotypes). The antibodies were also tested against four other potyviruses (bean common mosaic virus, bean common mosaic necrosis virus, lettuce mosaic virus and zucchini yellow mosaic virus). The reactions were assessed quantitatively (using multivariate analysis) and qualitatively (using the standard deviation obtained against healthy leaf material). The MAbs recognized 16–17 TuMV epitopes that were not present in the other potyviruses and a further two potyvirus epitopes. The isolates were grouped into three serotypes. Only one isolate did not fit this grouping. The classification of seven isolates in coat protein amino acid sequence homology groups correlated with serotypes. There was no correlation between serotype and pathotype, or between reactions to individual MAbs and single lines. There was therefore no evidence that the epitopes recognized by the MAbs are elicitors for the resistance genes present in the Brassica napus lines. However, the sensitivity and specificity of the MAbs will be useful for both routine detection of TuMV and fundamental studies on plant–virus interactions.     

Resistance to a highly aggressive isolate of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in a Brassica napus diversity set

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) of oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus), caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a serious problem in the UK and worldwide. As fungicide‐based control approaches are not always reliable, identifying host resistance is a desirable and sustainable approach to disease management. This research initially examined the aggressiveness of 18 Sclerotinia isolates (17 S. sclerotiorum, one S. subarctica) on cultivated representatives of B. rapa, B. oleracea and B. napus using a young plant test. Significant differences were observed between isolates and susceptibility of the brassica crop types, with B. rapa being the most susceptible. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates from crop hosts were more aggressive than those from wild buttercup (Ranunculus acris). Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates P7 (pea) and DG4 (buttercup), identified as ‘aggressive’ and ‘weakly aggressive’, respectively, were used to screen 96 B. napus lines for SSR resistance in a young plant test. A subset of 20 lines was further evaluated using the same test and also in a stem inoculation test on flowering plants. A high level of SSR resistance was observed for five lines and, although there was some variability between tests, one winter OSR (line 3, Czech Republic) and one rape kale (line 83, UK) demonstrated consistent resistance. Additionally, one swede (line 69, Norway) showed an outstanding level of resistance in the stem test. Resistant lines also had fewer sclerotia forming in stems. New pre‐breeding material for the production of SSR resistant OSR cultivars relevant to conditions in the UK and Europe has therefore been identified.     

Root hair infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae in clubrootresistant and susceptible genotypes of Brassica oleracea,B. rapa and B. napus

The pathogenesis of clubroot, a disease of cruciferous crops caused by the fungusPlasmodiophora brassicae, starts with infection of the root hairs. This process was studied in 13 accessions ofBrassica oleracea, B. napus and B. rapa with varying levels of plant resitance toP. brassicae. Seedlings were grown in a mineral solution, inoculated with resting spores ofP. brassicae, and the number of plasmodia developing in root hairs was recorded. When compared with the standard susceptible cultivar Septa, both higher and lower resistance to root hair infection was found in the accessions of the differentBrassica species. No complete resistance to root hair infection was found. Over the accessions studied, there was no correlation between the plant resistance estimated from greenhouse tests and the resistance to root hair infection of seedlings. The resistance of all accessions must at least partly be caused by other mechanisms which operate after the root hair plasmodia are formed.