Usefulness of winter canola (Brassica napus) race-specific resistance genes against blackleg (causal agent Leptosphaeria maculans) in southern Australian growing conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Light ◽  
N. N. Gororo ◽  
P. A. Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Brassica Species ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Control Line ◽  
Blackleg Disease ◽  
Blackleg Resistance ◽  
Spring Canola

Studies on the blackleg resistance of Brassica lines containing known race-specific, Rlm resistance genes can provide information on the potential use of these genes in the genetic improvement of Australian spring canola lines. Lines of four Brassica species (winter B. napus, B. nigra, B. juncea, B. rapa) containing one or more known specific Rlm genes were assessed for seedling and adult plant survival, on infected stubble derived from crops of both polygenic and B. rapa ssp. sylvestris resistance types, to determine their potential usefulness as sources of blackleg disease resistance in diverse environments in southern Australia. Seedling and adult plant resistance of lines differed depending on the stubble type used. The seedling and adult plant blackleg resistance of several lines containing the resistance genes Rlm1, Rlm1/Rlm3, Rlm7, and Rlm10 was consistently higher than the control line, AV-Sapphire, which carries polygenic resistance. The superior performance of these lines indicates that winter B. napus and B. nigra lines have outstanding potential for improving blackleg disease resistance under Australian conditions.

Identifying resistance genes to Leptosphaeria maculans in Australian Brassica napus cultivars based on reactions to isolates with known avirulence genotypes

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve J. Marcroft ◽  
Vicki L. Elliott ◽  
Anton J. Cozijnsen ◽  
Phillip A. Salisbury ◽  
Barbara J. Howlett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Adult Plant Resistance ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Blackleg Disease ◽  
Seedling Resistance ◽  
Breeding Lines ◽  
Fungal Populations

Blackleg disease, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is the major disease of canola (Brassica napus) worldwide. A set of 12 Australian L. maculans isolates was developed and used to characterise seedling resistance in 127 Australian cultivars and advanced breeding lines. Plant mortality data used to assess the effectiveness of seedling resistance in canola growing regions of Australia showed that Rlm3 and Rlm4 resistance genes were less effective than other seedling resistance genes. This finding was consistent with regional surveys of the pathogen, which showed the frequency of Rlm4-attacking isolates was >70% in fungal populations over a 10-year period. Differences in adult plant resistance were identified in a subset of Australian cultivars, indicating that some adult gene resistance is isolate-specific.

scholarly journals Adult Plant Resistance in Maize to Northern Leaf Spot Is a Feature of Partial Loss-of-function Alleles ofHm1

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep R. Marla ◽  
Kevin Chu ◽  
Satya Chintamanani ◽  
Dilbag Multani ◽  
Antje Klempien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Plant Resistance ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Adult Plant Resistance ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Hc Toxin ◽  
Differential Transcription

ABSTRACTAdult plant resistance (APR) is an enigmatic phenomenon in which resistance genes are ineffective in protecting seedlings from disease but confer robust resistance at maturity. Maize has multiple cases in which genes confer APR to northern leaf spot, a lethal disease caused byCochliobolus carbonumrace 1 (CCR1). The first identified case of APR in maize is encoded by a hypomorphic allele,Hm1A, at thehm1locus. In contrast, wild type alleles ofhm1provide complete protection at all developmental stages and in every part of the maize plant.Hm1encodes an NADPH-dependent reductase, which inactivates HC-toxin, a key virulence effector of CCR1. Cloning and characterization ofHm1Aruled out differential transcription or translation for its APR phenotype and identified an amino acid substitution that reduced HC-toxin reductase (HCTR) activity. The possibility of a causal relationship between the weak nature ofHm1Aand its APR phenotype was confirmed by the generation of two new APR alleles ofHm1by mutagenesis. The HCTRs encoded by these new APR alleles had undergone relatively conservative missense changes that partially reduced their enzymatic activity similar to HM1A. No difference in accumulation of HCTR was observed between adult and juvenile plants, suggesting that the susceptibility of seedlings derives from a greater need for HCTR activity, not reduced accumulation of the gene product. Conditions and treatments that altered the photosynthetic output of the host had a dramatic effect on resistance imparted by the APR alleles, demonstrating a link between the energetic or metabolic status of the host and disease resistance affected by HC-toxin catabolism by the APR alleles of HCTR.AUTHOR SUMMARYAdult plant resistance (APR) is a phenomenon in which disease resistance genes are able to confer resistance at the adult stages of the plant but somehow fail to do so at the seedling stages. Despite the widespread occurrence of APR in various plant diseases, the mechanism underlying this trait remains obscure. It is not due to the differential transcription of these genes, and here we show that it is also not due to the differential translation or activity of the APR alleles of the maizehm1gene at different stages of development. Using a combination of molecular genetics, biochemistry and physiology, we present multiple lines of evidence that demonstrate that APR is a feature or symptom of weak forms of resistance. While the mature parts of the plant are metabolically robust enough to manifest resistance, seedling tissues are not, leaving them vulnerable to disease. Growth conditions that compromise the photosynthetic output of the plant further deteriorate the ability of the seedlings to protect themselves from pathogens.One sentence summaryCharacterization of adult plant resistance in the maize-CCR1 pathosystem reveals a causal link between weak resistance and APR.

Mapping genes for resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica juncea

Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Christianson ◽  
S R Rimmer ◽  
A G Good ◽  
D J Lydiate
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Brassica Juncea ◽  
Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Recessive Gene ◽  
Brassica Species ◽  
Blackleg Disease ◽  
Recessive Resistance ◽  
B Genome ◽  
Restriction Fragment Length

Blackleg disease of crucifers, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is a major concern to oilseed rape producers worldwide. Brassica species containing the B genome have high levels of resistance to blackleg. Brassica juncea F2 and first-backcross (B1) populations segregating for resistance to a PG2 isolate of L. maculans were created. Segregation for resistance to L. maculans in these populations suggested that resistance was controlled by two independent genes, one dominant and one recessive in nature. A map of the B. juncea genome was constructed using segregation in the F2 population of a combination of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and microsatel lite markers. The B. juncea map consisted of 325 loci and was aligned with previous maps of the Brassica A and B genomes. The gene controlling dominant resistance to L. maculans was positioned on linkage group J13 based on segregation for resistance in the F2 population. This position was confirmed in the B1 population in which the resistance gene was definitively mapped in the interval flanked by pN199RV and sB31143F. The provisional location of the recessive gene controlling resistance to L. maculans on linkage group J18 was identified using a subset of informative F2 individuals.Key words: blackleg, B genome, phoma, recessive resistance.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Fungicide Seed Treatments in Controlling Blackleg of Canola

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
Sudha GC Upadhaya ◽  
Venkataramana Chapara ◽  
Mukhlesur Rahman ◽  
Luis E. del Río Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Leaf Growth ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Blackleg Disease ◽  
Seed Treatments ◽  
Spring Canola ◽  
Plant Stand

The efficacy of five fungicide seed treatments as a management tool against blackleg on spring canola was evaluated under greenhouse and field conditions in North Dakota. Blackleg, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, inflicts the greatest yield losses when infecting seedlings before they reach the six-leaf growth stage. In greenhouse studies, 10-day-old seedlings were inoculated with L. maculans spore suspensions and evaluated 12 days later and at maturity or inoculated 12, 20, or 28 days after planting and evaluated at maturity. In field trials conducted in 2017 and 2018, severity was assessed at maturity. In the greenhouse, all fungicide seed treatments reduced (P = 0.05) disease severity at the seedling stage, but only the protection provided by Obvius (fluxapyroxad + pyraclostrobin + metalaxyl) and Helix Vibrance (mefenoxam + fludioxonil + sedaxane + difenoconazole + thiamethoxam) reduced (P < 0.05) severity at the adult stage; however, none of them provide effective protection when plants were inoculated 20 days after planting or later. In field trials, none of the treatments significantly (P > 0.05) improved plant stand and yield or reduced disease incidence and severity. Although fungicide seed treatment is a valuable tool, it should not be used as the only method to manage blackleg disease.

Characterization of an opsin gene from the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

Genome ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Idnurm ◽  
Barbara J Howlett
Keyword(s):  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Brassica Species ◽  
Binding Pocket ◽  
Opsin Gene ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Blackleg Disease ◽  
Type Locus ◽  
Cloned Gene ◽  
Retinal Binding Pocket

An opsin gene (ops) has been characterized from Leptosphaeria maculans, the ascomycete that causes blackleg disease of Brassica species. This is the second opsin identified outside the archaeal and animal kingdoms. The gene encodes a predicted protein with high similarity (70.3%) and identity (53.3%) to the nop-1 opsin of another ascomycete Neurospora crassa. The L. maculans opsin also has identical amino acid residues in 20 of the 22 residues in the retinal-binding pocket of archaeal opsins. Opsin, on the fourth largest chromosome of L. maculans and 22 cM from the mating type locus, is the first cloned gene to be mapped in L. maculans. Opsin is transcribed at high levels in mycelia grown in the presence and absence of light; this pattern is in contrast with that of the N. crassa opsin, which is transcribed only in the light.Key words: opsin, Phoma lingam, Brassica napus.

scholarly journals Strains of Leptosphaeria maculans with the Capacity to Cause Crown Canker on Brassica carinata are Present in Western Australia

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 832-832
Author(s):  
R. Khangura ◽  
M. Aberra
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Hypersensitive Reaction ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Conidial Suspension ◽  
Pressure Potential ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Blackleg Resistance ◽  
B Genome

Blackleg, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.) Ces. et de Not., is the most important disease of canola (Brassica napus L.) in Australia, Europe, Canada, and North America (2). During the early 1990s, new cultivars of canola with resistance to blackleg were released in Australia. Despite good adult-plant resistance, these cultivars still suffered significant yield losses from blackleg under high disease pressure. Potential new sources of blackleg resistance such as B. nigra L., B. carinata L., and Sinapis alba L. are being evaluated. B. carinata is believed to be highly resistant to blackleg by virtue of its B-genome. However, some L. maculans isolates that can attack B. carinata have been reported from Germany (1). During the 2003 growing season, 22 isolates of L. maculans were collected from different canola-growing areas of Western Australia and tested for their reaction on 24 seedlings of each of various Brassica genotypes, including B. carinata, in a controlled environment chamber. Twenty-four seeds per genotype were sown in 100-ml plastic pots (12 seeds per pot) and both cotyledons of 10-day-old seedlings were wound inoculated with a conidial suspension (1 × 107 conidia/ml) of each isolate of L. maculans. Disease assessments were made 2 weeks after inoculation. The majority of isolates induced a noninvasive hypersensitive reaction on B. carinata without pycnidial development. However, four of the isolates caused lesions with abundant pycnidia on B. carinata cotyledons. The lesion size ranged between 3 and 7 mm and appeared similar to that on susceptible B. napus cultivars. B. carinata seedlings were grown for another 8 weeks in a glasshouse, and crown cankers were observed from plants inoculated with three of the four seedling virulent isolates. The severity of crown cankers as percent of stem circumference (percent disease index) ranged between 20 and 54%. Twenty-five stem pieces from mature B. carinata plants infected with one of the three isolates were plated on V8 juice agar and L. maculans was recovered from 70% of pieces. Abundant pycnidia were also observed on these stem pieces. These results have important implications for using B. carinata as a source of blackleg resistance in canola breeding. To our knowledge, this is the first report of L. maculans isolates with the capacity to induce crown cankers on B. carinata in Australia. References: (1) C. Sjöidin and K. Glimelius. J. Phytopathol. 123:322, 1988. (2) J. West et al. Plant Pathol. 51:454, 2002.

A Leptosphaeria maculans set of isolates characterised on all available differentials and used as control to identify virulence frequencies in a current French population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bousset ◽  
M. Ermel ◽  
R. Delourme
Keyword(s):  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Spring Canola ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Carry Over ◽  
The One ◽  
A Current

AbstractThe characterization of virulence frequencies has to be regularly updated to identify which genes are currently efficient and use this information to advise gene deployment by choosing varieties depending on the current composition of local pathogen population. In L. maculans on Brassica napus, because different genes were characterized by different teams, because new interactions are continuously identified and seed of differentials are difficult to obtain, we today still lack isolates characterized on all current resistance genes. On the one hand, we assembled a set of 12 isolates characterized on 13 of the 17 described resistance genes, having clearly compatible and clearly incompatible isolates for each interaction. This set can be used to characterize the L. maculans – B. napus interaction at cotyledon stage. Expanding the set of isolates with clearly virulent ones allowed us to detect inconsistent behaviour or intermediate (avirulent) phenotypes. On the other hand, we used this set of isolates as controls to identify virulence frequencies in a current French L. maculans population sampled in 2018 at Le Rheu. We provide the current status for 13 avirulence frequencies, including LepR1, LepR2 and LepR3 available in near isogenic lines of spring canola but not yet documented in France. Avirulence frequencies on the genes Rlm1, Rlm2, Rlm3, Rlm4, Rlm7, Rlm9 and LepR3 were low, indicating the lack of efficacy of these genes against the current population. In the opposite, all or most of isolates were avirulent for the genes Rlm5, Rlm6, Rlm10, Rlm11, LepR1 and LepR2. An optimistic point of view could conclude that there are ample resources for oilseed rape breeding. However, as compared to previous studies, so far all the resistance genes used on significant acreage without additional management practices have lost efficacy and only avirulences corresponding to resistance genes not deployed in France retain efficacy. While the call to wisely manage the available host resistance genes is not recent, it is still relevant. Adding, management practices to the deployment of resistance genes in order to reduce inoculum carry-over from one growing season to the next and to lower population sizes is key to maintain their efficacy over time.

Reaction of a range of Brassica species under Australian conditions to the fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 587 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Marcroft ◽  
N. Wratten ◽  
A. Purwantara ◽  
P. A. Salisbury ◽  
T. D. Potter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Survival ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Brassica Species ◽  
Causal Agent ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Sources Of Resistance ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Resistant Species ◽  
B Genome

A range of Brassica species was screened for resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg. The lines were assessed in 8 disease nurseries in 4 canola growing regions of Australia and in 1�glasshouse trial, with a view to identifying alternative sources of resistance to L. maculans for Australian breeding programs. Lines were screened for degree of internal and external blackleg symptoms during both the seedling and adult plant growth stages. Correlation for resistance with ranking between disease nurseries was very strong (0.41-0.98). Brassica carinata and B. nigra were the most resistant species in the disease nurseries, being even more resistant than B. juncea. The 7 European winter B. napus lines tested were significantly more resistant than the 7�Australian spring B. napus lines, with another crucifer, Sinapis alba, being intermediate in resistance between the European and Australian B. napus lines. The same ranking of lines from most to least resistant was also seen when cotyledons and stems were inoculated in the glasshouse with 2 well-characterised Australian isolates. With the exception of the B. napus susceptible control Westar, all lines had similar frequencies of seedling survival in the nurseries. However, mature plants of these lines varied significantly in their degree of resistance. This indicates that screening for seedling survival is not useful in selecting L. maculans resistant lines in Australia. The Brassica lines with the B genome, especially B. carinata, and the winter B. napus types are now being used as sources of resistance in Australian breeding programs.

Seedling and adult plant evaluation of race variability in Leptosphaeria maculans on Brassica species in Australia

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Ballinger ◽  
PA Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Plant Resistance ◽  
Adult Plant Resistance ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Brassica Species ◽  
Adult Plant ◽  
Host Pathogen Interactions ◽  
Differential Host ◽  
Host Pathogen ◽  
Napus Line ◽  
Plant Evaluation

Seedling and adult plant studies were used to identify the race structure of Leptosphaeria maculans (the cause of blackleg) on oilseed Brassica species in Australia. Host-pathogen interactions using a set of 12 differential host lines identified 14 seedling relationship, however, between seedling and adult plant reactions to individual isolates, indicating that seedling and adult plant resistance are under different genetic control. While non-specific adult plant resistance was observed in the B. napus line Jet Neuf, host-pathogen interactions confirmed the existence of race-specific adult plant resistances in other differential lines.

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