Fusarium commune associated with wilt and root rot disease in rice

Wilt and root rot disease in plants has been caused mainly by Fusarium species. Previous studies reported that members of the Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC) were usually associated with this disease, but there has been no report of it being caused in rice by specific Fusarium species. However, in this study, Fusarium commune was identified and characterized as a causal agent of wilt and root rot disease of rice. Four Fusarium isolates (BD005R, BD014R, BD019R, and BD020R) were obtained from different parts (root, stem, and seeds) of diseased rice plants. In morphological studies, these isolates produced key characteristics of F. commune, such as long and slender monophialides, polyphialides, and abundant chlamydospores. In molecular studies, the isolates were identified as F. commune based on sequences of the translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1) gene that had 99.7%–100% sequence identity with the reference strain F. commune NRRL 28058. The phylogenetic tree showed that all four isolates belonged to the F. commune clade. A mating type test determined that three isolates carried MAT1-2. Their teleomorph stage was still unknown. Pathogenicity assays showed that all the isolates produced wilt and root rot symptoms and the isolate BD019R was observed as the most virulent among the isolates. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. commune causing wilt and root rot disease on rice.     

复合木霉制剂防治黄连根腐病及其机理研究

为评价复合木霉制剂对黄连根腐病的防治效果, 并揭示其防病机理, 为黄连根腐病专用微生物农药的研发奠定基础, 本试验将深绿木霉Trichoderma atroviride、长枝木霉T. longibrachiatum、钩状木霉T. hamatum、拟康宁木霉T. koningiopsis等4种木霉配制的复合制剂和尖镰孢Fusarium oxysporum以不同的方式分别施用于黄连, 统计根腐病发生情况, 检测黄连根部防御酶活性, 用高通量测序分析根际土壤真菌群落结构。结果表明, 复合木霉制剂对尖镰孢导致的根腐病具有明显预防效果;复合木霉制剂和尖镰孢分别接种黄连可提高SOD、POD、CAT、PAL、PPO等防御性酶活性, 产生诱导抗性;而它们先后接种黄连可产生强化效应, 从另一个途径提高植株抗病性。复合木霉制剂和尖镰孢都会降低真菌的数量、多样性, 和某些真菌的相对丰度, 而复合木霉制剂的抑菌作用更强烈, 尤其能明显抑制尖镰孢、Ilyonectria sp.等病原真菌的生长, 且能改善土壤真菌群落结构。木霉和尖镰孢都能在土壤中较长期定殖。可见, 复合木霉制剂可以预防尖镰孢导致的黄连根腐病, 防病机理包括诱导黄连植株产生抗性, 接种后再遭受病原菌侵染产生的强化效应, 优化土壤真菌群落结构, 抑制土壤中病原菌等, 且有效期较长。因此复合木霉制剂具有开发为微生物农药防治黄连根腐病的潜力。     

Fusarium crown and root rot of tomatoes in the UK

Fusarium crown and root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici was found in the UK in 1988 and 1989 mainly in rockwool-grown tomato crops. Up to 14% of plants were affected in individual crops. In experiments, leaf and stem symptoms did not appear until the time of first fruit harvest even when the plants were inoculated at planting, first flowers or fruit set. Conidial inoculum at 10⁶ spores/plant applied at seed sowing killed 70–83% of tomato seedlings, whereas similar levels of inoculum applied to young plants caused root and basal stem decay, and eventually death but only after fruit harvest began. Disease incidence and symptom severity increased with inoculum concentration. Experimentally, the disease was more severe in peat- or compost-grown plants than in rockwool. Disease spread was only a few centimetres in 50 days in experimental rockwool-grown plants. All tomato cultivars tested were highly susceptible. Prochloraz-Mn was highly effective against the pathogen in vitro and controlled the disease in the glasshouse, but only when applied preventively. Non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates and Trichoderma harzianum also reduced FCRR disease levels.     

Effect of metabolites from different Trichoderma strains on the growth of Rosellinia necatrix,the causal agent of avocado white root rot

Seven different strains of Trichoderma isolated from avocado roots showed antagonism to Rosellinia necatrix, which is the causal agent of white root rot. We studied these Trichoderma strains on the basis of the secondary metabolites produced in liquid culture. Five different compounds, namely, 6PP (6-pentyl-α-pyrone), Harzianolide (4-hexa-2,4-dienyl-3-(2-hydroxy-propyl)-5H-furan-2-one), T39butenolide (4-hexa-2,4-dienyl-3-(2-oxo-propyl)-5H-furan-2-one), Dehydroharzianolide (4-hexa-2,4-dienyl-3-propenyl-5H-furan-2-one) and Cerinolactone [(3-hydroxy-5-(6-isopropyl-3-methylene-3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a-octahydronaphthalen-2-yl) dihydrofuran-2-one); a recently discovered novel metabolite], were obtained. In vitro studies of the effects of these compounds on different R. necatrix strains isolated from avocado roots and with different virulence demonstrated that 6PP had the strongest effect even at a low concentration. Although unstable, Cerinolactone and T39butenolide also had large effects on R. necatrix, mainly at a concentration of 200 μg. Harzianolide and Dehydroharzianolide exhibited the lowest effects on the pathogen. In vivo studies of Trichoderma metabolites on Lupinus luteus plants demonstrated the delay of white root rot epidemic through preventive application of 6PP or Harzianolide to seeds or plantlets by immersion in solutions of these metabolites at 1 mg l^?1 (minimum effective dosage). In contrast, Cerinolactone only was effective at 10 mg l^?1 when applied by plantlet immersion. Thus, this study reports the role that these metabolites could play for controlling avocado white root rot caused by R. necatrix.     

我国甘薯新病害-茎腐病的研究初报

 2006年以来广东省主要甘薯产区发现1种甘薯新病害,主要症状表现为叶片变黄,茎基部呈黑色水浸状腐烂,并逐渐沿茎枝向顶端腐烂,后整株倒伏、死亡。从甘薯病茎部分离得到了病菌,经柯赫法则验证为致病病原菌。根据病原菌的形态特征、培养性状、生理生化及16S rDNA序列分析,鉴定其为菊欧文氏菌(Erwinia chrysanthemi)。采用茎枝、菌液共培养法接种8个甘薯品种,结果表明8个品种均无抗病性,病原菌致病性较强。这是我国首次发现该病害。      

Integration of soil application and seed treatment formulations of Trichoderma species for management of wet root rot of mungbean caused by Rhizoctonia solani

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of seed dressing and soil application formulations from the isolates of Trichoderma viride (IARI P1; MTCC 5369), T. virens (IARI P3; MTCC 5370) and T. harzianum (IARI P4; MTCC 5371) were evaluated individually and in combination in pot and field experiments during the rainy seasons of 2005, 2006 and 2007 for the management of wet root rot (Rhizoctonia solani) and improvement in the yield of mungbean. RESULTS: A seed dressing formulation, Pusa 5SD, and soil application formulations, Pusa Biogranule 6 (PBG 6) and Pusa Biopellet 16G (PBP 16G), based on Trichoderma virens, were found to be superior to other formulations in reducing disease incidence and increasing seed germination and shoot and root lengths in mungbean. In field experiments, a combination of soil application with PBP 16G (T. virens) and seed treatment with Pusa 5SD (T. virens) + carboxin was superior to any of these formulations individually in increasing seed germination, shoot and root lengths and grain yield and reducing wet root rot incidence in mungbean. Seed treatment was more effective than soil application for all the evaluated parameters. The combined application of Pusa 5SD and carboxin was also superior to individual treatment. CONCLUSION: The efficacy of the evaluated formulations against wet root rot of mungbean proved that the integration of soil application of PBP 16G and seed treatment with Pusa 5SD + carboxin is highly effective for the management of wet root rot, increasing plant growth and grain yield of mungbean Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

The occurrence of Fusarium crown and root rot of tomato in Israel

Based upon symptomatology and the results of pathogenicity tests, it has been shown that the Fusarium crown and root rot organism of tomato — previously reported only from North America and Japan — is present in Israel.     

Fusarium stem and fruit rot of sweet peppers in the glasshouse

A stem and fruit rot of sweet peppers ( Capsicum annuum ) occurred in 1992 in West Sussex affecting a large proportion of plants of cv. Tasty and to a lesser extent cv. Mazurka. Fusarium solani was isolated from the stem lesions and also from a short distance above and below them. The disease was largely nodal. Distinctive fruit symptoms also occurred. Symptoms were reproduced by inoculation of wounds on the stem. On agar and in a small in vivo test the pathogen was sensitise to benomyl at 2 μg ml. The disinfectants, commercial sodium hypochlorite, Purogene and Tego 51 effectively killed macrospores following exposure for 15 min.     

番茄颈腐根腐病病原鉴定及不同条件对其生长的影响

 对湖南省百合生长期鳞茎腐烂病的病原至今未见报道。受隆回县科技局委托,我们对该县鳞茎腐烂病病原进行了形态学和分子生物学鉴定。研究结果为该病害的防治奠定了基础。     

Influence of glyphosate on Rhizoctonia and Fusarium root rot in sugar beet

This study tests the effect of glyphosate application on disease severity in glyphosate-resistant sugar beet, and examines whether the increase in disease is fungal or plant mediated. In greenhouse studies of glyphosate-resistant sugar beet, increased disease severity was observed following glyphosate application and inoculation with certain isolates of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn and Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f. sp. betae Snyd. & Hans. Significant increases in disease severity were noted for R. solani AG-2-2 isolate R-9 and moderately virulent F. oxysporum isolate FOB13 on both cultivars tested, regardless of the duration between glyphosate application and pathogen challenge, but not with highly virulent F. oxysporum isolate F-19 or an isolate of R. solani AG-4. The increase in disease does not appear to be fungal mediated, since in vitro studies showed no positive impact of glyphosate on fungal growth or overwintering structure production or germination for either pathogen. Studies of glyphosate impact on sugar beet physiology showed that shikimic acid accumulation is tissue specific and the rate of accumulation is greatly reduced in resistant cultivars when compared with a susceptible cultivar. The results indicate that precautions need to be taken when certain soil-borne diseases are present if weed management for sugar beet is to include post-emergence glyphosate treatments.     

河北省甘薯茎腐病研究初报

甘薯茎腐病是近几年在我国发现的一种新的细菌性病害,目前该病已在我国的福建、广东、江西、广西、海南、河南、重庆、江苏等地发生。2013年10月在对河北省甘薯病害的调查中在文安县发现了大量疑似甘薯茎腐病的病株,给当地的甘薯生产造成了严重的影响。经对疑似病株病原菌的分离纯化、柯赫氏法则验证、形态观察以及基于16SrDNA序列的分析,最终确定该病害为甘薯茎腐病,病原菌为达旦提狄克氏菌(Dickeya dadantii)。这是该病害首次在河北省被发现。     

Trichothecenes and aggressiveness of Fusarium graminearum causing seedling blight and root rot in cereals

Greenhouse trials conducted in 2003 and 2004 investigated the impact of trichothecenes on the severity of seedling blight and root rot in common wheat ( Triticum aestivum ), durum wheat ( Triticum turgidum var. durum ), barley ( Hordeum vulgare ) and triticale (× Triticosecale 6x ) using two trichothecene-producing and two trichothecene-nonproducing Fusarium graminearum strains. In 2003 seedling emergence and survival following soil infestation of the trichothecene-producing strain (Gz3639) were significantly reduced compared with the trichothecene-nonproducing strain (GzT40), while root-rot incidence and severity were increased significantly. In 2004, two trichothecene-producing strains (Gz3639 and GzT106) reduced seedling emergence and survival ( P  ≤ 0·01) in eight of 10 crops/cultivars based on single-degree-of-freedom contrasts. However, when results from all strains were combined no significant differences were observed between two trichothecene-producing and two trichothecene-nonproducing F. graminearum strains. Inoculation with GzT106, a trichothecene-producing 'add-back' strain, resulted in more severe root rot symptoms in eight of 10 cultivars ( P  ≤ 0·01–0·05) and lower seedling emergence and survival in seven of 10 cultivars ( P  ≤ 0·01–0·10), compared with the wild-type parental strain Gz3639. The presence of trichothecenes may play an important role in the aggressiveness of F. graminearum .     

高山红景天根腐病发病因素及防治研究

对吉林省龙井市高山红景天根腐病发病因素调查明确,低海拔地区种植和连作红景天是根腐病流行的主要原因之一。铲地时适当扒土使高山红景天根颈部裸出地面和人工摘除花序等措施可以减轻根腐病的危害。室内及田间药剂防治试验表明,多菌灵、多菌灵+福美双混剂600倍液对高山红景天根腐病防治效果分别为82.15％和85.46％。     

西葫芦根腐和茎基腐病新病原-露湿拟漆斑菌Paramyrothecium roridum

 2013年12月,甘肃省白银市水川镇日光温室中的西葫芦发生了严重的根腐和茎基腐,部分棚室病株率达50%,从病根和病茎上分离得到拟漆斑菌属真菌3株,病株分出率27.3%。采用胚根和茎基部接种法测定了菌株FG-62对西葫芦的致病性:茎基部接种后27 d,植株开始出现凋萎;接种后40 d,两种接种法的西葫芦苗均呈现严重根腐和茎基腐症状,茎基部接种的西葫芦凋萎株率达30%;从病根和病茎上均可再分离出原接种菌。菌株FG-62在PDA平板上25℃培养14 d,产生大量墨绿色至黑色分生孢子座,分生孢子无色至淡榄黑色,单胞,杆状或腰鼓状,两端钝圆,大小为(7.04~9.15)μm ×(1.97~2.46)μm,聚集的分生孢子呈黑色。BLASTn分析结果显示,菌株FG-62(GenBank 登录号 MK252098)的rDNA-ITS序列与露湿拟漆斑菌Paramyrothecium roridum分离物E-469 (GenBank 登录号KY582183.1)和CBS 357.89(源自模式材料,GenBank 登录号NR_145077.1)的序列相似性分别达99.65%和96.83%。依据病原菌形态学和rDNA-ITS序列,将其鉴定为露湿拟漆斑菌P. roridum (Basionym:Myrothecium roridum)。这是露湿拟漆斑菌引起西葫芦根腐和茎基腐的首次报道。     

甘薯茎腐病症状及其病原鉴定

 甘薯茎腐病是危害甘薯的一种严重病害,甘薯茎、叶柄、叶片和块根均可被害。该病典型症状是茎基部发黑和变软腐烂,叶发黄,茎和块根维管束黑褐色,引起块根腐烂、有臭味。通过对甘薯茎腐病典型症状样本的采集、病原菌的分离和纯化以及致病性测定,明确该病害是一种细菌病害。通过对甘薯茎腐病菌的菌体形态和培养特性观察发现,病原菌是革兰氏阴性细菌,菌体短杆状,大小约为2.36 μm×0.4 μm, 周生鞭毛,可在烟草上激发过敏性反应(HR)。Biolog测定、脂肪酸分析、16S rDNA序列分析、MALDI-TOF质谱鉴定和8个看家基因(dnaX、rplB、fusA、gapA、gyrA、purA、recA和rpoS)的序列系统发育分析,发现该病原菌与达旦提狄克氏菌Dickeya dadantii高度一致。这些结果说明,浙江省发生的小番薯病害是甘薯茎腐病,病原为D. dadantii。     

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis‐vanillae is the causal agent of root and stem rot of vanilla

Root and stem rot (RSR) is a very detrimental disease of vanilla worldwide. Fusarium oxysporum is frequently associated with the disease but other Fusarium species are also reported. In this international study, 52 vanilla plots were surveyed in three of the most important vanilla producing countries (Madagascar, Reunion Island and French Polynesia) in order to determine the aetiology of RSR disease. Subsets from the 377 single‐spored Fusarium isolates recovered from rotten roots and stems in the surveys were characterized by molecular genotyping (EF1α and IGS gene sequences) and pathogenicity assays on Vanilla planifolia and V. ×tahitensis, the two commercially grown vanilla species. Fusarium oxysporum was shown to be the principal species responsible for the disease, representing 79% of the isolates recovered from the RSR tissues, 40% of which induced severe symptoms on inoculated plantlets. Fusarium oxysporum isolates were highly polyphyletic regardless of geographic origin or pathogenicity. Fusarium solani, found in 15% of the samples and inducing only mild symptoms on plantlets, was considered a secondary pathogen of vanilla. Three additional Fusarium species were occasionally isolated in the study (F. proliferatum, F. concentricum and F. mangiferae) but were nonpathogenic. Histopathological preparations observed in wide field and multiphoton microscopy showed that F. oxysporum penetrated the root hair region of roots, then invaded the cortical cells where it induced necrosis in both V. planifolia and V. ×tahitensis. The hyphae never invaded the root vascular system up to 9 days post‐inoculation. As a whole, the data demonstrated that RSR of vanilla is present worldwide and that its causal agent should be named F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis‐vanillae.     

Fusarium spp. as a cause of crown and root rot of asparagus in Greece

Specimens of diseased asparagus (108) were selected from 17 fields in northern Greece. The asparagus crowns showed limited or widespread brown discoloration or extensive internal rot with fibrous tissues. A red-brown discoloration was also observed on the roots and, in a serious infection, most of the roots were totally destroyed and only their epidermis and ribbon-like central axis remained. 68 strains of Fusarium proliferatum , 25 of F. oxysporum , 19 of F. solani , and 1 strain of Rhizoctonia solani were isolated from crowns and roots. Single-spore isolates were subcultured from 50 strains of F. proliferatum , 21 of F. oxysporum and 7 of F. solani. These isolates were evaluated for pathogenicity by inoculating cultivar UC157F₁ of asparagus in an in vitro agar test-tube assay for 21 days at 29–32°C, with a light period of 16 h. Isolates of F. proliferatum and F. oxysporum were found to be the most pathogenic. The pathogenic F. oxysporum isolates were characterized as f.sp. asparagi.     

2006年如皋豇豆根腐病重发原因分析及防治对策

豇豆根腐病(Fusariumsp.)是近年来如皋市豇豆上的重发病害之一,常年病株率30%～100%,病指34.5,严重影响本市的豇豆生产和市场供应。