{"title":"Genome sequence analysis of two recombinant isolates of watermelon mosaic virus from Iran and Iraq","authors":"Hayder R. Alinizi, Zohreh Moradi, Mohsen Mehrvar","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01724-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01724-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The pathogenic watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) causes severe crop losses and threatens cucurbits production worldwide. This study presents the first sequenced genome of WMV from Iraq and the second from Iran. The near-complete genome sequences of Iranian (In) and Iraqi (Iq) isolates were, respectively, 9999 and 10,041 nucleotides in length, excluding the 3′-terminal poly(A) tail. WMV-Iq and WMV-In shared nucleotide identities of 92.61–96.32% with those of 30 worldwide representative WMV isolates in GenBank and identities of 93.04–93.90% with a previously reported Iranian isolate IR02-54. Phylogenetic analysis based on the genomic sequences clustered all 32 isolates into seven groups (G1–G7), in which WMV-Iq and WMV-In clustered alongside 12 isolates from Asia, Europe, and America in group G1. Phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide sequences of the coat protein gene of WMV isolates resolved into five phylogroups (I–V) and both isolates, WMV-Iq and WMV-In, clustered together with isolates in group I and contain the N-terminal KEA motif, which is the characteristic of group I isolates. Our results show that WMV-Iq and WMV-In are recombinant isolates with multiple recombination events detected across the genome. Symptom intensity of WMV isolates in experimental hosts was variable and depended upon the host species, virulence of isolates, and environmental conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141778250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daisy Furrokh, Sam McGreig, Ian P. Adams, Ben Barrett, Aimee Fowkes, Anna Skelton, Adrian Fox, Ines Vazquez-Iglesias
{"title":"Coding genome of a novel potyvirus, hogweed virus Y (HogVY)","authors":"Daisy Furrokh, Sam McGreig, Ian P. Adams, Ben Barrett, Aimee Fowkes, Anna Skelton, Adrian Fox, Ines Vazquez-Iglesias","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01672-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01672-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141718327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 3rd International Symposium on Fire Blight of Rosaceous Plants: a Journal of Plant Pathology special issue","authors":"Andreas Peil, Fabio Rezzonico","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01701-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01701-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141609201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quan Zeng, Ofere Francis Emeriewen, Fabio Rezzonico, George W. Sundin, Andreas Peil
{"title":"Burning questions for fire blight research. II. Critical next steps in disease management and in host resistance breeding of apple and pear","authors":"Quan Zeng, Ofere Francis Emeriewen, Fabio Rezzonico, George W. Sundin, Andreas Peil","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01678-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01678-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fire blight is a devastating disease of apple and pear worldwide. One reason fire blight is so difficult to manage is because of the lack of effective non-antibiotic management options as well as a limited host resistance gene pool. Traditional management approaches utilizing antibiotic and copper sprays face multiple problems including antibiotic resistance and human health concerns. Furthermore, most management materials are used to control the blossom blight stage of infection, and fewer materials are available to control shoot blight stage of infection. Breeding for host resistance against fire blight is limited by the heterozygosity of apple, as well as the lack of understanding of the host-pathogen interactions. In this review, we raised some of these “burning questions”, which suggest directions for future research in management and resistance breeding of fire blight.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141587172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teresa A. Coutinho, Gabrielle Carstensen, Stephanus N. Venter, ShuaiFei Chen, Marthin Tarigan, Michael J. Wingfield
{"title":"Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt","authors":"Teresa A. Coutinho, Gabrielle Carstensen, Stephanus N. Venter, ShuaiFei Chen, Marthin Tarigan, Michael J. Wingfield","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> and <i>R. pseudosolanacearum</i> are well-known bacterial plant pathogens that cause significant losses to both ornamental and agricultural plants. It has been suggested that they are not the primary cause of bacterial wilt in <i>Eucalyptus</i> species, but rather are opportunistic, taking advantage of trees predisposed to infection by abiotic and biotic factors. To test this hypothesis, the bacterial community within the vascular tissue of asymptomatic <i>Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla</i> trees, and those displaying varying stages of infection in China and Indonesia were compared using 16S rRNA profiling. Asymptomatic trees growing in areas where bacterial infections had never previously been reported to occur were included as controls. <i>Ralstonia</i> species were found within the vascular tissue of both asymptomatic and symptomatic trees, in high abundance. In the control samples, bacterial diversity within the vascular tissue was high with a low abundance of <i>Ralstonia</i> species. The presence of <i>Ralstonia</i> species in asymptomatic and control samples supports the hypothesis that these species are latent and/or opportunistic pathogens in <i>E. grandis x E. urophylla trees.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141587171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z. Rahimi-Nia, H. Mohammadi, M. Sohrabi, H. Voglmayr
{"title":"Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with dieback and canker of Tamarix and Haloxylon species in Iran","authors":"Z. Rahimi-Nia, H. Mohammadi, M. Sohrabi, H. Voglmayr","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01695-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01695-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Tamarix</i> and <i>Haloxylon</i> species are considered important trees in the desert regions. During a survey conducted on <i>Tamarix</i> and <i>Haloxylon</i> trunk diseases in Iran, numerous Botryosphaeriaceae isolates were recovered from infected wood tissues of trees showing dieback and canker symptoms. Our study aimed to identify and evaluate the pathogenicity of these isolates. Based on cultural characteristics, microscopic morphological features and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and partial large subunit (LSU) nrDNA, translation elongation factor 1α (<i>EF-1α</i>), and β-tubulin (<i>BT</i>) gene sequences combination, eight Botryosphariaceae species, including <i>Botryosphaeria dothidea, Diplodia citricarpa, Dothiorella plurivora, Dothiorella sarmentorum, Lasiodiplodia mahajangana, Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Neofusicoccum parvum</i> and <i>Neoscytalidium dimidiatum</i>, were isolated and identified from <i>Tamarix</i> and <i>Haloxylon</i> species. <i>Botryosphaeria dothidea</i>, <i>Neofusicoccum parvum</i>, <i>Lasiodiplodia theobromae</i> and <i>Neoscytalidium dimidiatum</i> were recorded on both <i>Tamarix</i> and <i>Haloxylon</i> species, while the remaining species were detected only from <i>Tamarix</i> or <i>Haloxylon</i> species. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on detached shoots of <i>Tamarix aphylla</i> and <i>Haloxylon ammodendron</i> as well as branches of both tree species under field conditions. <i>Lasiodiplodia mahajangana</i> was the most virulent species and caused the longest wood lesion lengths on both tree species. Most of these species are reported for the first time from their respective hosts. Our findings in this study may be able to improve the basic information on the importance of Botryosphaeriaceae family on desert trees in Iran as well as other countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"150 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141576878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. H. Sai Bhavana, K. B. Palanna, Farooqkhan, T. Tharana Poonacha, Gutha Venkata Ramesh, Prasanna S. Koti, Sujata Bhat, H. R. Raveendra, T. S. S. K. Patro, S. Saralamma, G. Rajesha, T. E. Nagaraja
{"title":"Postulation of putative host differentials and pathotyping of Pyricularia setariae (Nishikado) causing leaf blast on foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) Beauv] in India","authors":"C. H. Sai Bhavana, K. B. Palanna, Farooqkhan, T. Tharana Poonacha, Gutha Venkata Ramesh, Prasanna S. Koti, Sujata Bhat, H. R. Raveendra, T. S. S. K. Patro, S. Saralamma, G. Rajesha, T. E. Nagaraja","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01684-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01684-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present investigation attempted to postulate foxtail millet genotypes as putative host differentials for studying pathogen variability. Initially, a diverse panel of 95 genotypes were evaluated against foxtail millet leaf blast under field conditions at four different hotspot locations viz., Bangalore, Mandya. Nandyal and Vizianagaram during <i>Kharif</i> 2021. Based on the field reaction, 22 genotypes were selected for further screening under glasshouse conditions along with ISe175 (resistant check) and SiA326 (susceptible check). Four (4) leaf blast isolates namely FoxPs-3, 5, 6 and 15 from different locations were used to identify putative host differentials based on differential reaction. A set of 12 putative host differentials viz., ISe1256, GS55, GS2261, ISe1408, GS73, ISe1299, GS101, ISe746, ISe1655 and ISe1745 along with a resistant (ISe175) and susceptible check (SiA326), showing differential host responses were proposed as candidate host differentials to assess the pathogenic variability. The pathogenic profiling of 15 isolates on the identified putative host differential set has revealed four major pathogenic groups indicating the existence of pathotypes in <i>Pyricularia</i> population infecting foxtail millet in India. A set of putative host differentials identified and information on pathotypes of <i>P. setariae</i> is highly useful in better understanding of host pathogen interaction, existence of pathotype in a crop ecosystem and also serve as tools for identification of suitable disease resistant genotypes for resistant breeding programme.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141576877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drought heightens severity of diseases caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea and Cryptostroma corticale and needs to be factored in to properly assess pathogenicity or fulfill Koch’s postulates","authors":"Matteo Garbelotto","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01702-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01702-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Climate change is driving the emergence of novel tree diseases at the global scale, requiring new approaches for the formal confirmation of the pathogenicity of novel pathogens on novel hosts. At the same time, predictive models need to account for the possible effect of environmental changes and of abiotic stressors on disease severity for all diseases. By wound-inoculating <i>Botryosphaeria dothidea</i> on potted California coast live oaks and <i>Cryptostroma corticale</i> on potted silver maples, simultaneously in well-watered and in water-deprived conditions, I show that drought conditions increase the severity of disease symptoms. I also show that, by including a water-stressed treatment, I can formally prove pathogenicity and fulfill Koch’s postulates for putative pathogens that could not be confirmed in the absence of the stressor. Additionally, I show that the inclusion of data obtained in water stress conditions increases the differentiation between symptoms caused by fungal infection vs. symptoms caused by wound trauma, thus reducing the possible effect of outliers, a significant problem affecting many trials for fulfilling Koch’s postulates conducted with a limited number of replicates. The availability of comparable datasets in the presence and the absence of an abiotic stressor allows for the calculation of an Environmental Disease Component Index. Positive values of the index indicate a significant role of environmental change in disease progression and identify those pathogens that must be modeled factoring in climatic stressors. I suggest that this index may be extremely valuable for identifying pathogens likely to become emergent as climate changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141576879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Omer Abassy, Alexander Balamurugan, Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu, Asharani Patel, Neelam Sheoran, Bhaskar Reddy, Robin Gogoi, Krishna Kumar Singh, Aundy Kumar
{"title":"Pathogenicity and multigene sequence analysis reveal the widespread distribution of Alternaria alternata causing early blight in tomato","authors":"Omer Abassy, Alexander Balamurugan, Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu, Asharani Patel, Neelam Sheoran, Bhaskar Reddy, Robin Gogoi, Krishna Kumar Singh, Aundy Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01683-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01683-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study investigated early blight, a major fungal disease affecting tomatoes, across two distinct agroclimatic zones in India, resulting in a collection of 90 <i>Alternaria</i> isolates. Morpho-cultural characterization grouped these isolates into 11 putative clusters, which were subjected to further analysis. Pathogenicity tests revealed that all 11 isolates were pathogenic on the Pusa-Ruby tomato cultivar. Molecular analysis, specifically comparing nucleotide sequences of the ß-tubulin (<i>ß-tub</i>), cytochrome-B (<i>cyt-B</i>) and <i>Alternaria</i> major allergen gene (<i>Alt a1</i>) using the MycoCosm and NCBI databases, identified these isolates as <i>Alternaria alternata</i>. The phylogenetic tree, constructed via the Maximum-Likelihood method using the <i>Alt a1</i> gene, demonstrated that all 11 isolates clustered with <i>A. alternata</i>, Sector<i>—Alternaria</i>, alongside reference strains from the NCBI database. Additionally, <i>Alt a1</i> showed the capability to differentiate sub-groups within Sect.<i>—Alternaria</i>, indicating its intraspecific discriminatory potential. In conclusion, the study confirms the widespread presence of pathogenic <i>A. alternata</i> on tomatoes and highlights the importance of marker gene, <i>Alt a1</i> in discerning the identity of <i>Alternaria</i> species.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141576880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salvador Osuna-Caballero, Nicolas Rispail, Eleonora Barilli, Diego Rubiales
{"title":"Management and breeding for rust resistance in legumes","authors":"Salvador Osuna-Caballero, Nicolas Rispail, Eleonora Barilli, Diego Rubiales","doi":"10.1007/s42161-024-01679-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01679-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rust diseases are a major concern in legume production worldwide causing heavy losses especially in developing countries that depend on grain legumes as staple food. Fungal species from <i>Uromyces</i>, <i>Phakopsora</i> and <i>Puccinia</i> genera are the main causal agents of the various legume rust diseases. They induce up to 100% yield losses on susceptible cultivars and are emerging as a substantial threat to global food security. Developing durable resistance to rust has thus become a critical breeding objective alongside efforts to improve cultural and disease management practices. This review specifically focuses on the recent advances in understanding and enhancing genetic rust resistance across diverse legume crops. Key topics covered include: (i) the diversity and host range of the rust species affecting legumes; (ii) the disease management strategies from cultural practices to chemical control; (iii) the available screening methods for identifying new sources of resistance; (iv) the genetic basis of resistance, encompassing both major resistance genes and quantitative trait loci; (v) insights into gene regulation and effector molecules leading to legume-rust interactions; and (vi) emerging genomic-assisted breeding techniques that can accelerate the development of durable rust resistance in legumes. Overall, this review highlights the progress made to date and the remaining challenges in sustainably managing rust diseases across diverse legume crops through integrated approaches spanning pathogen biology, advanced phenotyping, genetic resistance, and molecular breeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":16837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Pathology","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141531177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}