Patterns of virulence variation in the interaction between Lactuca spp. and lettuce powdery mildew (Golovinomyces cichoracearum)

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lebeda ◽  
B. Mieslerová ◽  
I. Petrželová ◽  
P. Korbelová ◽  
E. Česneková
2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Dean A. Glawe ◽  
Gary G. Grove ◽  
Mark Nelson

In 2005, the authors encountered a previously unreported powdery mildew disease of Coreopsis verticillata L. (whorled tickseed) ‘Zagreb’ and C. auriculata L. (lobed tickseed) ‘Nana’ in central Washington and determined the causal agent to be Golovinomyces cichoracearum (DC.) VP Gelyuta. This report documents the occurrence of G. cichoracearum on Coreopsis species in the Pacific Northwest, and describes diagnostic features of the disease and causal agent. Accepted for publication 2 March 2006. Published 5 April 2006.


Plant Disease ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (9) ◽  
pp. 1188-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-G. Tsay ◽  
R.-S. Chen ◽  
H.-L. Wang ◽  
W.-L. Wang ◽  
B.-C. Weng

Powdery mildew can be found in most papaya (Carica papaya L.) fields during the winter and spring seasons in Taiwan. It usually causes severe yellowing of the leaf lamina and petiole and serious defoliation. Three types of powdery mildew fungi were isolated from papaya leaves in Chiayi City (23.28°N, 120.28°E) at the beginning of 2008. Conidia of the first one were single, globose, hyaline, and 24 to 36 × 14 to 18 μm (average 30.2 × 15.6 μm) without fibrosin bodies and with straight or occasionally flexuous conidiophores at the base. The second one had short pseudo-chains of two to four conidia which were ellipsoidal to ovoid, hyaline, and 24 to 40 × 12 to 16 μm (average 29.7 × 13.4 μm) without fibrosin bodies. The third type had chains of ellipsoidal conidia that were hyaline, 24 to 28 × 12 to 16 μm (average 26.3 × 14.4 μm) and contained fibrosin bodies. To confirm the identity of the three fungi, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified using the primer pairs G1 (5′-TCC GTA GGT GAA CCT GCG GAA GGA T-3′)/Ed2 (5′-CGC GTA GAG CCC ACG TCG GA-3′), G1 (5′-TCC GTA GGT GAA CCT GCG GAA GGA T-3′)/On2 (5′-TGT GAT CCA TGT GAC TGG AA-3′), and S1 (5′-GGA TCA TTA CTG AGC GCG AGG CCC CG-3′)/S2 (5′-CGC CGC CCT GGC GCG AGA TAC A-3′). The alignment of obtained sequences (GenBank Accession Nos. GU358452, 507 bp; GU358451, 580 bp; and GU358450, 455 bp) showed a sequence identity of 100, 99, and 99% with the ITS sequences of Erysiphe diffusa, Oidium neolycopersici, and Podosphaera xanthii (GenBank Accession Nos. FJ378880, EU909694, and GQ927254), respectively. On the basis of morphological characteristics and ITS sequence similarities, these fungi were identified as E. diffusa (Cooke & Peck) U. Braun & S. Takam., O. neolycopersici L. Kiss, and P. xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & S. Takam., respectively (1,3). Single colonies on papaya leaves infected with powdery mildew were identified in the laboratory and maintained on papaya leaves as inoculum. Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculations by gently pressing a single colony of each fungus onto leaves of healthy papaya seedlings (cv. Horng-Fe). Five seedlings were inoculated for each fungus and then covered with plastic bags for 2 days. Five noninoculated seedlings served as control. After inoculation, treated plants were maintained separately from the control in different rooms of a greenhouse at 25°C under natural daylight conditions. Seven days after inoculation, typical symptoms of powdery mildew were observed on inoculated plants, but not on noninoculated plants. The same species from diseased lesions following artificial inoculation with each fungus were identified with light microscopy. Papaya was previously described as a host to O. caricae Noack in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world including Taiwan (2). However E. cruciferarum, Golovinomyces cichoracearum, Oidiopsis sicula, O. caricae, O. caricae-papayae, O. caricicola, O. indicum, O. papayae, Ovulariopsis papayae, P. caricae-papayae, P. macularis, P. xanthii, and Streptopodium caricae were reported to infect papaya (4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of papaya powdery mildew caused by E. diffusa and O. neolycopersici in the world and the first report of the three fungi found on papaya in Taiwan. References: (1) U. Braun and S. Takamatsu. Schlechtendalia 4:1, 2000. (2) H. S. Chien and H. L. Wang. J. Agric. Res. China 33:320, 1984. (3) L. Kiss et al. Mycol. Res. 105:684, 2001. (4) J. R. Liberato et al. Mycol. Res. 108:1185, 2004.


2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 578-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wawrzynska ◽  
Natalie L. Rodibaugh ◽  
Roger W. Innes

Loss-of-function mutations in the EDR1 gene of Arabidopsis confer enhanced resistance to Golovinomyces cichoracearum (powdery mildew). Disease resistance mediated by the edr1 mutation is dependent on an intact salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway, but edr1 mutant plants do not constitutively express the SA-inducible gene PR-1 and are not dwarfed. To identify other components of the EDR1 signaling network, we screened for mutations that enhanced the edr1 mutant phenotype. Here, we describe an enhancer of edr1 mutant, eed3, which forms spontaneous lesions in the absence of pathogen infection, constitutively expresses both SA- and methyl jasmonate (JA)–inducible defense genes, and is dwarfed. Positional cloning of eed3 revealed that the mutation causes a premature stop codon in GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE 5 (GSL5, also known as POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANT 4), which encodes a callose synthase required for pathogen-induced callose production. Significantly, gsl5 single mutants do not constitutively express PR-1 or AtERF1 (a JA-inducible gene) and are not dwarfed. Thus, loss of both EDR1 and GSL5 function has a synergistic effect. Our data suggest that EDR1 and GSL5 negatively regulate SA and JA production or signaling by independent mechanisms and that negative regulation of defense signaling by GSL5 may be independent of callose production.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Eun Cho ◽  
Mi-Jeong Park ◽  
Ji-Hyun Park ◽  
Kyung-Sook Han ◽  
Hyeon-Dong Shin

Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
pp. 1135-1135
Author(s):  
A. Garibaldi ◽  
D. Bertetti ◽  
S. Frati ◽  
A. Minuto ◽  
M. L. Gullino

Paris daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens), also known as Marguerite daisy, is an economically important crop in the Riviera Ligure (northern Italy) where approximately 18 million potted plants per year are produced for export. During the fall and winter of 2007, Paris daisy ‘Bright Carmen’ plants, started in a greenhouse and growing outside in a commercial nursery at Albenga, showed a previously unknown powdery mildew. Young stems, particularly in the interior portions of the plant, were covered with a white mycelium. As the disease progressed, leaves became covered with the mycelium, resulting in smaller, chlorotic leaves. Conidia were hyaline, cylindrical, borne in chains (two to three conidia per chain) and measured 30 × 12 μm (20 to 34 × 10 to 15 μm). Conidia were generated by conidiophores represented by a foot cell measuring 55 to 101 × 11 to 12 μm followed by two shorter cells measuring 19 to 29 × 11 to 14 and 24 to 33 × 12 to 14 μm. Fibrosin bodies were absent. Chasmothecia were not observed in the collected samples. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified using primers ITS4/ITS6 and sequenced. BLASTn analysis (1) of the 441 bp showed a 100% homology with the sequence of Golovinomyces cichoracearum (= Erysiphe cichoracearum) (3). The nucleotide sequence has been assigned GenBank Accession No. EU486992. Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently pressing diseased leaves onto leaves of healthy Paris daisy plants of cvs. Blazer Rose, Bright Carmine, Cherry Harmony, Crowned Rose, Fulvia, Sole Mio, Stella 2000, Summit Pink, and Sun Light. Three plants per cultivar were inoculated, while the same number served as noninoculated controls. The pathogenicity test was carried out twice. Plants were maintained in a greenhouse at temperatures ranging from 15 to 21°C. Fifteen days after inoculation, typical symptoms of powdery mildew developed on inoculated plants of all cultivars, with the exception of Stella 2000. The fungus observed on inoculated plants was morphologically identical to that originally observed. Noninoculated plants did not show symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew on A. frutescens in Italy. G. cichoracearum has been reported on Chrysanthemum frutescens in Switzerland (2). The economic impact of this disease is limited but can easily increase because of the intensive cultivation of this crop. The availability of resistant or partially resistant cultivars will help reduce the impact of this new disease. Voucher specimens are available at the AGROINNOVA Collection, University of Torino. References: (1) S. F. Altschul et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389, 1997. (2) A. Bolay, Cryptogam. Helv. 20:1, 2005. (3) U. Braun and S. Takamatsu. Schlechtendalia 4:1, 2000.


Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 484-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Garibaldi ◽  
A. Minuto ◽  
M. L. Gullino

Bellis perennis (English daisy) is a flowering plant belonging to the Asteraceae and is increasingly grown as a potted plant in Liguria (northern Italy). In February 2007, severe outbreaks of a previously unknown powdery mildew were observed on plants in commercial farms at Albenga (northern Italy). Both surfaces of leaves of affected plants were covered with white mycelia and conidia. As the disease progressed, infected leaves turned yellow. Mycelia and conidia also were observed on stems and flower calyxes. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoid, borne in chains (as many as three conidia per chain), and measured 27.7 × 16.9 (15.0 to 45.0 × 10.0 to 30.0) μm. Conidiophores measured 114.0 × 12.0 (109.0 to 117.0 × 11.0 to 13.0) μm and showed a foot cell measuring 78.0 × 11.0 (72.0 to 80.0 × 11.0 to 12.0) μm followed by two shorter cells. Fibrosin bodies were absent. Chasmothecia were not observed in the collected samples. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified using primers ITS4/ITS6 and sequenced. BLASTn analysis (1) of the 415 bp obtained showed an E-value of 7e–155 with Golovinomyces cichoracearum (3). The nucleotide sequence has been assigned the GenBank Accession No. AB077627.1 Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculations by gently pressing diseased leaves onto leaves of healthy B. perennis plants. Twenty plants were inoculated. Fifteen noninoculated plants served as a control. Plants were maintained in a greenhouse at temperatures ranging from 10 to 30°C. Seven days after inoculation, typical symptoms of powdery mildew developed on inoculated plants. The fungus observed on inoculated plants was morphologically identical to that originally observed. Noninoculated plants did not show symptoms. The pathogenicity test was carried out twice. To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew on B. perennis in Italy. The disease was already reported in other European countries (2). Voucher specimens are available at the AGROINNOVA Collection, University of Torino. References: (1) S. F. Altschul et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389, 1997. (2) U. Braun The Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales) of Europe. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, Germany, 1995. (3) U. Braun and S. Takamatsu. Schlechtendalia 4:1, 2000.


Plant Disease ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (5) ◽  
pp. 1028-1028
Author(s):  
A. Garibaldi ◽  
D. Bertetti ◽  
S. Matić ◽  
M. L. Gullino

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-220
Author(s):  
N M Praveen ◽  
Reshmy Vijayaraghavan ◽  
S Beena ◽  
S Krishnan

A purposive sampling survey on the hilly tracts of Wayanad, Kerala revealed the existence ofpowdery mildew disease in gerbera crops, grown under both protected and open field condition.Among the other fungal diseases of gerbera, powdery mildew disease causes decisive damageto the ornamental cut flower crop, thereby decline in the industrial value of the crop. Symptomof the disease include as white powdery mat on the upper surface of leaf lamina that graduallyturned pale yellow to brown. Powdery mildew existed in two locations of Wayanad viz.,Ambalavayal and Chulliyode where highest per cent disease severity (PDS) of 50.72 wasobserved at Chulliyode and 47.2 per cent was observed at Ambalavayal during November-December. In Ambalavayal, the disease was non-significant and no correlation existed betweenweather parameters and disease progress. But, in Chulliyode, correlation studies revealed thatit was significant with positive correlation to relative humidity and a reverse relation existedwith temperature and rainfall. The weather data clearly depicts that at a low rainfall of 96 mmand above average relative humidity of 80.27 per cent during November-December was thecongenial factor influencing the disease development. But during summer, decline in relativehumidity (78.37%) and rainfall (63.13 mm) caused a slight reduction in mean per cent diseaseseverity of 49.12 per cent and 33.6 per cent at Chulliyode and Ambalavayal respectively.Morohological and cultural characters of the pathogen depicts presence of two distinct organismviz., Golovinomyces cichoracearum (Erysiphe cichoracearum) and Podosphaera sp. as thecausative organism of the disease. Golovinomyces cichoracearumproduced hyaline, septatemycelia with globose conidia with irregular peripheral end formed in a chain and Podosphaerasp. produced superficial, hyaline, coenocytic mycelium with oval or ellipsoidal, catenate conidiawith dimension ranging from 22.1-30.18 x 13.36-18.08ìm formed in unbranched erectconidiophores.


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