PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-08-24-0246-R
Xiaolin Zhang, Fenghua Liu, Dongxue Li, Di Guo, Yue Ma, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Delu Wang, Zhuo Chen
{"title":"Pyriofenone Interacts with the Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter of Phytopathogenic Fungi to Potentially Control Tea Leaf Spot Caused by <i>Lasiodiplodia theobromae</i>.","authors":"Xiaolin Zhang, Fenghua Liu, Dongxue Li, Di Guo, Yue Ma, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Delu Wang, Zhuo Chen","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-08-24-0246-R","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-24-0246-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tea leaf spot caused by <i>Lasiodiplodia theobromae</i> is a newly discovered fungal disease in southwest China. Due to a lack of knowledge of its epidemiology and control strategies, the disease has a marked impact on tea yield and quality. Pyriofenone is a new fungicide belonging to the aryl phenyl ketone fungicide group, which has shown marked efficacy in controlling various fungal diseases. However, its mechanism of action is not yet understood. This study found that pyriofenone exhibits strong in vitro inhibitory activity against various phytopathogenic fungi. Specifically, it showed strong inhibitory activity against <i>L. theobromae</i>, with a half-maximal effective concentration (EC<sub>50</sub>) value of 0.428 μg/ml determined by measuring mycelial growth rate. Morphological observations, using optical, scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopy, revealed that pyriofenone induces morphological abnormalities in <i>L. theobromae</i> hyphae. At lower doses, the hyphae became swollen, the distance between septa decreased, and the hyphal growth rate slowed. At higher doses and longer exposures, the hyphae collapsed. Transcriptomic and bioinformatic analyses indicated that pyriofenone can affect the expression of genes related to membrane transporters. Homology modeling suggested that pyriofenone may bind to a candidate target protein of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter, with a free binding energy of -7.1 kcal/mol. This study suggests that pyriofenone may potentially regulate the transport of metabolites in <i>L. theobromae</i>, thus affecting hyphal metabolism and interfering with hyphal growth. Pyriofenone exhibits in vitro inhibitory activity against various tea foliar pathogens and holds promise for future applications to the control of tea foliar diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0191-R
Ai Akami, Kenji Fukuda
{"title":"Relationship between the distribution of the pinewood nematode (<i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i>) and the development of xylem embolism in the stems of Japanese black pine (<i>Pinus thunbergii</i>) seedlings monitored by magnetic resonance imaging.","authors":"Ai Akami, Kenji Fukuda","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0191-R","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0191-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of xylem embolism in 1-year-old stems of Japanese black pine (<i>Pinus thunbergii</i>) seedlings was monitored by compact magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after inoculation with the pinewood nematode (<i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i>). In parallel, the nematode distribution and population structure in the stems were examined by isolating the nematodes using the Baermann funnel technique. The vertical length and volume of massive embolisms in each seedling were strongly correlated with the maximum relative embolized area (REA) in stem cross-sections. Embolism development and nematode reproduction were not restricted to the inoculation site, as any portion of the stem could be the initial point of a population burst. The nematode population in the stem xylem was strongly correlated with the REA and with the circumferential proportion of cambial death in cross-sections monitored by MRI. The proportion of second-stage juveniles was also correlated with the REA in the xylem. In contrast, the nematode population in bark tissue was not correlated with either the REA or cambial death. These results suggested that nematode reproduction in the cambial zone is the key step in pine wilt disease, and second-stage juveniles were suggested to induce massive embolisms in the advanced stage of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0189-R
Justin L Eagan, Evan R Digman, Martijn den Boon, Roberto Regalado, Mira S A Rawa, Christina M Hull, Nancy P Keller
{"title":"Patulin inhibition of specific apple microbiome members uncovers <i>Hanseniaspora uvarum</i> as a potential biocontrol agent.","authors":"Justin L Eagan, Evan R Digman, Martijn den Boon, Roberto Regalado, Mira S A Rawa, Christina M Hull, Nancy P Keller","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0189-R","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-24-0189-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Penicillium expansum</i> is a major postharvest pathogen of apples, causing loss in fruits through tissue damage, as well as in apple products due to contamination with the mycotoxin patulin. During infections, patulin is a cultivar-dependent virulence factor that facilitates apple lesion development. Patulin also has characterized antimicrobial activity and is important for inhibiting other competitive phytopathogens, but the role of this inhibitory activity has not been investigated in the context of the apple microbiome. In our current study, we isolated 68 apple microbiota and characterized their susceptibility to <i>P. expansum</i> extracts. We found Gram-negative bacteria and Basidiomycete yeast to demonstrate largely patulin-specific growth inhibition compared to Gram-positive and Ascomycete isolates. From co-cultures, we identified a <i>Hanseniaspora</i> and <i>Gluconobacter</i> pairing that reduced <i>P. expansum</i> biomass and found that <i>Hanseniaspora uvarum</i> alone is sufficient to reduce apple disease progression in vivo. We investigated possible mechanisms of <i>H. uvarum</i> biocontrol activity and found modest inhibition on apple puree plates, as well as a trend toward lower patulin levels at the wound site. Active biocontrol activity required live yeast, which also were effective in controlling <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> apple infections. Lastly, we explored the breadth of <i>H. uvarum</i> biocontrol activity with over 30 <i>H. uvarum</i> isolates and found consistent inhibition of <i>P. expansum</i> apple disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0378-KC
Leon M Hodgson, Francisco J Lopez-Ruiz, Mark R Gibberd, Geoff J Thomas, Ayalsew Zerihun
{"title":"Field-scale gene flow of fungicide resistance in <i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i> and the effect of selection pressure on the population structure.","authors":"Leon M Hodgson, Francisco J Lopez-Ruiz, Mark R Gibberd, Geoff J Thomas, Ayalsew Zerihun","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0378-KC","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0378-KC","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effectiveness of fungicides to control foliar fungal crop diseases is being diminished by the increasing spread of resistances to fungicides. One approach that may help to maintain efficacy is remediation of resistant populations by sensitive ones. However, the success of such approaches can be compromised by re-incursion of resistance through aerial spore dispersal; although, knowledge of localized gene flow is lacking. Here, we report on a replicated mark-release-recapture field experiment with several treatments set up to study spore-dispersal-mediated gene flow of a mutated allele that confers demethylase inhibitor resistance in <i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i> (<i>Ptt</i>). Artificial inoculation of the host, barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>), was successful across the 12-ha trial, where the introduced sensitive- and resistant-populations were, respectively, 6- and 13-fold the DNA concentration of the native <i>Ptt</i> population. Subsequent disease pressure remained low which hampered spread of the epidemic to such extent that gene flow was not detected at, or beyond 2.5 m from source points. In the absence of gene flow, plots were assessed for treatment effects; fungicide applied to populations that contained 14.3% of allele mutation increased in frequency to 24.5%, whereas sensitive populations had no change in structure. Untreated controls of native <i>Ptt</i> population remained genetically stable, yet untreated controls that were inoculated with sensitive <i>Ptt</i> had half the resistance frequency of the native population structure. The trial demonstrates the potential for management to remediate fungicide resistant pathogen populations, where localized gene flow is minimal; to safeguard chemical crop protection into the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142366279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0034-R
Lorena I Rangel, Nathan Wyatt, Isaac Courneya, Mari B Natwick, Gary A Secor, Viviana Rivera-Varas, Melvin D Bolton
{"title":"<i>CbCyp51</i>-Mediated Demethylation Inhibitor Resistance Is Modulated by Codon Bias.","authors":"Lorena I Rangel, Nathan Wyatt, Isaac Courneya, Mari B Natwick, Gary A Secor, Viviana Rivera-Varas, Melvin D Bolton","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0034-R","DOIUrl":"10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0034-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cercospora leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora beticola, is the most destructive foliar disease of sugarbeet worldwide. Resistance to the sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide tetraconazole has been previously correlated with synonymous and nonsynonymous mutations in <i>CbCyp51</i>. Here, we extend these analyses to the DMI fungicides prothioconazole, difenoconazole, and mefentrifluconazole in addition to tetraconazole to confirm whether the synonymous and nonsynonymous mutations at amino acid positions 144 and 170 are associated with resistance to these fungicides. Nearly half of the 593 isolates of <i>C. beticola</i> collected in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota in 2021 were resistant to all four DMIs. Another 20% were resistant to tetraconazole and prothioconazole but sensitive to difenoconazole and mefentrifluconazole. A total of 13% of isolates were sensitive to all DMIs tested. We found five <i>CbCyp51</i> haplotypes and associated them with phenotypes to the four DMIs. The most predominant haplotype (E170_A/L144F_C) correlated with resistance to all four DMIs with up to 97.6% accuracy. The second most common haplotype (E170_A/L144) consisted of isolates associated with resistance phenotypes to tetraconazole and prothioconazole while also exhibiting sensitive phenotypes to difenoconazole and mefentrifluconazole with up to 98.4% accuracy. Quantitative PCR did not identify differences in <i>CbCyp51</i> expression between haplotypes. This study offers an understanding of the importance of codon usage in fungicide resistance and provides crop management acuity for fungicide application decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2262-2272"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-03DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0402-KC
Elizabeth M Hellman, Thomas Turini, Cassandra L Swett
{"title":"Impacts of Increasing Soil Salinity on Genetic Resistance (<i>I-3</i> Gene)-Based Management of Fusarium Wilt (<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>lycopercisi</i> Race 3) in California Processing Tomatoes.","authors":"Elizabeth M Hellman, Thomas Turini, Cassandra L Swett","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0402-KC","DOIUrl":"10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0402-KC","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>California is the primary processing tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) producer in the United States. <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>lycopercisi</i> race 3 (Fol3), the cause of Fusarium wilt, is a major driver of yield losses. Fol3 has recently been observed causing disease in resistant cultivars (<i>I-3</i> R-gene), often reported in association with high soil salinity. This study was undertaken to better understand the role of salinity in compromising resistance-based management of Fol3. Surveys established opportunity for salinity-Fol3-tomato interactions in 44% of commercial fields examined, with harmful soil salt levels up to 3.6 dS/m (<i>P</i> < 0.001), high sodium (<i>P</i> < 0.001), and high sodicity (sodium adsorption ratio > 13; <i>P</i> < 0.001). In controlled field studies of Fol3 in NaCl/CaCl<sub>2</sub>-treated soil, Fol3-resistant cultivars either only developed wilt under salt or only developed wilt above the industry non-hybrid threshold (2%) under salt across two trial years. The absence of yield differences indicates low to no economic impact of disease enhancement (<i>P</i> > 0.05). NaCl, CaCl<sub>2</sub>, and Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> had no effect on Fol3 propagule production in liquid agar versus water agar controls (<i>P</i> > 0.05), although CaCl<sub>2</sub> increased propagule loads sevenfold versus ionic controls (polyethylene glycol) (<i>P</i> = 0.036). NaCl/CaCl<sub>2</sub> (2:1) reduced propagule loads up to 65% versus no salt (<i>P</i> = 0.029) in soil with pathogen-infested tomato tissue. These results together establish the opportunity for salinity-Fol3-tomato interactions and potential for salt to influence the efficacy of resistant cultivar-based management-this does not appear to be primarily due to salt enhancement of pathogen populations, pointing to a yet-unexplored direct influence of salt on host resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2252-2261"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-04-24-0127-R
Jae Young Hwang, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Shirshendu Chatterjee, Thomas L Marsh, Joshua F Pedro, David H Gent
{"title":"What Explains Hop Growers' Fungicide Use Intensity and Management Costs in Response to Powdery Mildew?","authors":"Jae Young Hwang, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Shirshendu Chatterjee, Thomas L Marsh, Joshua F Pedro, David H Gent","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-04-24-0127-R","DOIUrl":"10.1094/PHYTO-04-24-0127-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methods for causal inference from observational data are common in human disease epidemiology and social sciences but are used relatively little in plant pathology. We draw upon an extensive data set of the incidence of hop plants with powdery mildew (caused by <i>Podosphaera macularis</i>) collected from yards in Oregon from 2014 to 2017 and associated metadata on grower cultural practices, cultivar susceptibility to powdery mildew, and pesticide application records to understand variation in and causes of growers' fungicide use and associated costs. An instrumental causal forest model identified growers' spring pruning thoroughness, cultivar susceptibility to two of the dominant pathogenic races of <i>P. macularis</i>, network centrality of yards during May-June and June-July time transitions, and the initial strain of the fungus detected as important variables determining the number of pesticide active constituents applied by growers and the associated costs they incurred in response to powdery mildew. Exposure-response function models fit after covariate weighting indicated that both the number of pesticide active constituents applied and their associated costs scaled linearly with the seasonal mean incidence of plants with powdery mildew. Although the causes of pesticide use intensity are multifaceted, biological and production factors collectively influence the incidence of powdery mildew, which has a direct exposure-response relationship with the number of pesticide active constituents that growers apply and their costs. Our analyses point to several potential strategies for reducing pesticide use and costs for management of powdery mildew on hop. We also highlight the utility of these methods for causal inference in observational studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2287-2299"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141910035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i> Venom Allergen-Like Protein BxVAP1, Triggering Plant Defense-Related Programmed Cell Death, Plays an Important Role in Regulating <i>Pinus massoniana</i> Terpene Defense Responses.","authors":"Yuqian Feng, Yongxia Li, Zhenkai Liu, Xuan Wang, Wei Zhang, Dongzhen Li, Xiaojian Wen, Xingyao Zhang","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0026-R","DOIUrl":"10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0026-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i> (pine wood nematode, PWN), a migratory plant-parasitic nematode, acts as an etiological agent, inflicting considerable damage to pine forests worldwide. Plant immunity constitutes a crucial factor in resisting various pathogenic invasions. The primary defensive responses of host pines against PWN infection encompass terpene accumulation, defense response-related gene expression, and programmed cell death. Venom allergen-like proteins (VAPs), as potential effectors, are instrumental in facilitating the successful colonization of PWNs. In this study, we investigated the inhibition of <i>B. xylophilus</i> VAP (<i>BxVAP1</i>) expression by RNA interference in vitro. Following <i>BxVAP1</i> silencing, the reproduction rate and migration rate of the PWN population in <i>Pinus massoniana</i> decreased, the expression of the α-pinene synthase gene was induced, other terpene synthase and pathogenesis-related genes were inhibited and delayed, the peak times and levels of terpene-related substances were changed, and the degree of cavitation in <i>P. massoniana</i> was diminished. Transient expression of BxVAP1 in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> revealed that BxVAP1 was expressed in both the cell membrane and nucleus, inducing programmed cell death and the expression of pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity marker genes (<i>NbAcre31</i> and <i>NbPTI5</i>). This study is the first to demonstrate that silencing the <i>BxVAP1</i> gene affects host defense responses, including terpenoid metabolism in <i>P. massoniana</i>, and that BxVAP1 can be recognized by <i>N. benthamiana</i> as an effector to trigger its innate immunity, expanding our understanding of the parasitic mechanism of <i>B. xylophilus</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2331-2340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142352509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytopathologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-03DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0491-R
Carlos C Góngora-Canul, Alexandria Volkening, Jorge Cuéllar, Lidia Calderón, Mariela Fernández-Campos, Da Young Lee, Jorge Salgado, Andres Cruz-Sancan, C D Cruz
{"title":"Effect of Initial Inoculum on the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Wheat Blast Under Field Conditions in Bolivia.","authors":"Carlos C Góngora-Canul, Alexandria Volkening, Jorge Cuéllar, Lidia Calderón, Mariela Fernández-Campos, Da Young Lee, Jorge Salgado, Andres Cruz-Sancan, C D Cruz","doi":"10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0491-R","DOIUrl":"10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0491-R","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epidemiological studies to better understand wheat blast (WB) spatial and temporal patterns were conducted in three field environments in Bolivia between 2019 and 2020. The temporal dynamics of wheat leaf blast (W<sub>L</sub>B) and spike blast (W<sub>S</sub>B) were best described by the logistic model compared with the Gompertz and exponential models. The nonlinear logistic infection rates were higher under defined inoculation in experiments two and three than under undefined inoculation in experiment one, and they were also higher for W<sub>S</sub>B than for W<sub>L</sub>B. The onset of W<sub>L</sub>B began with a spatial clustering pattern according to autocorrelation analysis and Moran's index values, with higher severity and earlier onset for defined than for undefined inoculation until the last sampling time. The W<sub>S</sub>B onset did not start with a spatial clustering pattern; instead, it was detected later until the last sampling date across experiments, with higher severity and earlier onset for defined than for undefined inoculation. Maximum severity (<i>K<sub>max</sub></i>) was 1.0 for W<sub>S</sub>B and less than 1.0 for W<sub>L</sub>B. Aggregation of W<sub>L</sub>B and W<sub>S</sub>B was higher for defined than for undefined inoculation. The directionality of hotspot development was similar for both W<sub>L</sub>B and W<sub>S</sub>B, mainly occurring concentrically for defined inoculation. Our results show no evidence of synchronized development but suggest a temporal and spatial progression of disease symptoms on wheat leaves and spikes. Thus, we recommend that monitoring and management of WB should be considered during early growth stages of wheat planted in areas of high risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":20410,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathology","volume":" ","pages":"2273-2286"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141559505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}