scholarly journals Isolation and Variation in Virulence of Single-Spore Isolates of Plasmodiophora brassicae from Canada

Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 456-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Xue ◽  
T. Cao ◽  
R. J. Howard ◽  
S. F. Hwang ◽  
S. E. Strelkov
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Breeding Strategy ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Susceptible Host ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Resting Spores ◽  
Important Disease

Clubroot of crucifers, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is emerging as an important disease of canola (Brassica napus) in Alberta, Canada. Populations of the pathogen often consist of a mixture of different pathotypes. Therefore, a simple and efficient method to isolate single resting spores of P. brassicae was developed, based on serial dilution of spore suspensions. The virulence of 24 single-spore isolates, representing five populations of the pathogen from Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia, was characterized on the differentials of Williams and Somé et al. Symptoms were rated 6 weeks after inoculation and Fisher's least significant difference (P < 0.05) was used to differentiate resistant from susceptible host reactions. The pathotype composition of P. brassicae in Canada appeared more diverse when single-spore isolates were examined rather than populations of the pathogen. In Alberta, at least three and possibly four pathotypes were identified among the 14 isolates tested, whereas a maximum of only two pathotypes had been reported previously when populations of the pathogen were examined. Pathotype 3 or P2, as classified on the differentials of Williams and Somé et al., respectively, was found to be predominant in the province. The occurrence of other pathotypes at lower frequencies suggests that caution should be used in any breeding strategy, because rare pathotypes of P. brassicae may quickly become predominant if susceptible host genotypes are continuously grown.

scholarly journals Virulence Spectrum of Single-Spore and Field Isolates of Plasmodiophora brassicae Able to Overcome Resistance in Canola (Brassica napus)

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homa Askarian ◽  
Alireza Akhavan ◽  
Victor P. Manolii ◽  
Tiesen Cao ◽  
Sheau-Fang Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Clubroot Resistance ◽  
Field Isolates ◽  
Virulence Spectrum ◽  
Important Disease

Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, is an important disease of canola (Brassica napus L.) that is managed mainly by planting clubroot-resistant (CR) cultivars. Field isolates of P. brassicae can be heterogeneous mixtures of various pathotypes, making assessments of the genetics of host–pathogen interactions challenging. Thirty-four single-spore isolates were obtained from nine field isolates of the pathogen collected from CR canola cultivars. The virulence patterns of the single-spore and field isolates were assessed on the 13 host genotypes of the Canadian Clubroot Differential (CCD) set, which includes the differentials of Williams and Somé et al. Indices of disease (IDs) severity of 25, 33, and 50% (±95% confidence interval) were compared as potential thresholds to distinguish between resistant and susceptible reactions, with an ID of 50% giving the most consistent responses for pathotype classification purposes. With this threshold, 13 pathotypes could be distinguished based on the CCD system, 7 on the differentials of Williams, and 3 on the hosts of Somé et al. The highest correlations were observed among virulence matrices generated using the three threshold IDs on the CCD set. Genetically homogeneous single-spore isolates gave a clearer profile of the P. brassicae pathotype structure. Novel pathotypes, not reported in Canada previously, were identified among the isolates. This large collection of single-spore isolates can serve as a reference in screening and breeding for clubroot resistance.

scholarly journals Plasmodiophora brassicae infection threshold – How many resting spores are required for infection of canola (Brassica napus)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kher Zahr ◽  
Yalong Yang ◽  
Snezana Dijanovic ◽  
Heting Fu ◽  
Michael Harding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Clubroot Disease ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Resting Spores ◽  
Low Probability ◽  
Highly Sensitive Detection ◽  
Important Disease

Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is an important disease of canola and other brassica crops. Improved understanding of host and pathogen biology is frequently useful in guiding management strategies. In order to better understand infection thresholds, seven-day old seedlings of canola cultivar Westar were inoculated with serially diluted concentrations of P. brassicae resting spores. Controlled soil and plant inoculation assays were performed and the plants maintained in a greenhouse for 42 days and clubroot disease severity evaluated visually. Clubroot symptoms were observed in soils containing as low as one spore/mL soil and on plants inoculated with as few as ≤ 100 resting spores. These thresholds were lower than any previously reported. The results indicated the importance of highly sensitive detection methods for P. brassicae diagnosis and quantification methods for clubroot risk prediction in soils. Furthermore, these results highlighted the low probability of obtaining P. brassicae single spore isolates.

Genetic structure of Plasmodiophora brassicae populations virulent on clubroot resistant canola (Brassica napus)

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homa Askarian ◽  
Alireza Akhavan ◽  
Leonardo Galindo González ◽  
Sheau-Fang Hwang ◽  
Stephen Ernest Strelkov
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Specific Primers ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Differential Hosts ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Simple Sequence

Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, is a significant threat to the canola (Brassica napus L.) industry in Canada. Clubroot resistance has been overcome in more than 200 fields since 2013, representing one of the biggest challenges to sustainable canola production. The genetic structure of 36 single-spore isolates derived from 12 field isolates of P. brassicae collected before and after the introduction of clubroot resistant (CR) canola cultivars (2005-2014) was evaluated by simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker analysis. Polymorphisms were detected in 32 loci with the identification of 93 distinct alleles. A low level of genetic diversity was found among the single-spore isolates. Haploid linkage disequilibrium and number of migrants suggested that recombination and migration were rare or almost absent in the tested P. brassicae population. A relatively clear relationship was found between the genetic structure and virulence phenotypes of the pathogen as defined on the differential hosts of Somé et al., Williams and the Canadian Clubroot Differential (CCD) set. Although genetic variability within each pathotype group, as classified on each differential system, was low, significant genetic differentiation was observed among the pathotypes. The highest correlation between genetic structure and virulence was found among matrices produced with genetic data and the hosts of the CCD set, with a threshold index of disease of 50% to distinguish susceptible from resistant reactions. Genetically homogeneous single-spore isolates provided a more complete and clearer picture of the population genetic structure of P. brassicae, and the results suggest some promise for the development of pathotype-specific primers.

Variation for virulence on Brassica napus L. amongst Plasmodiophora brassicae collections from France and derived single‐spore isolates

1996 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SOME ◽  
M. J. MANZANARES ◽  
F. LAURENS ◽  
F. BARON ◽  
G. THOMAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Brassica Napus L

Seed treatment of canola (Brassica napus) with the endomycorrhizal fungus Piriformospora indica does not reduce clubroot

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afsaneh Sedaghatkish ◽  
Bruce D. Gossen ◽  
Mary Ruth McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Microscopic Observation ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Piriformospora Indica ◽  
Brassica Crops ◽  
Growth Room ◽  
Treated Seed ◽  
Important Disease

A Basidiomycete endomycorrhizal fungus, Piriformospora indica, colonizes and promotes the growth of canola and other Brassica crops, and can reduce diseases of other crops. Clubroot is an important disease of Bbrassica crops caused by the obligate, soil-borne pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. The effect of P. indica on clubroot severity in canola was assessed in replicated growth room studies. Seed was treated with P. indica using a proprietary process. Microscopic observation confirmed that canola roots grown from treated seed were colonized by P. indica. However, P. indica did not consistently reduce clubroot severity and did not promote the growth of canola.

scholarly journals First Report of Clubroot of Eruca sativa Caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brazil

Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Paz Lima ◽  
A. C. Café-Filho ◽  
N. L. Nogueira ◽  
M. L. Rossi ◽  
L. R. Schuta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eruca Sativa ◽  
American Phytopathological Society ◽  
Susceptible Host ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
First Report ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
Resting Spores

Eruca sativa Mill. (family Brassicaceae), with its origin in western Asia, is a culinary and pharmacological species cultivated in Europe, Brazil, and other countries. In the United States, it is a minor crop known as arugula or roquette. Clubroot on E. sativa has not been reported in Brazil and has been reported once in the United States in 1914 (1,2,3). On several occasions since 2000, stunted and wilted plants (cv. Rúcula Cultivada) were collected from growers' fields and greenhouses that had been direct-seeded in Vargem Bonita, DF (two fields and one greenhouse) and Quatro Barras, PR (two fields). The infected arugula crops were found in areas where other plants from the genus Brassica were traditionally cultivated. Disease incidence in individual fields varied from 20 to 80%. Diseased plants were severely affected with hypertrophic, malformed roots, and root galls resembling Woronin's description (4). Plasmodia and resting spores in thin sections prepared from root galls were observed with compound and electron microscopes. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on arugula and Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr. (universal host) with inoculum from naturally infected arugula. The soil of potted test plants at the four-to-five-leaf stage was drenched with a suspension of resting spores. Symptoms identical to those observed on the original plants were produced on all inoculated plants 2 to 3 weeks after inoculation. Control plants remained symptomless. The pathogen was positively identified as Plasmodiophora brassicae Wor. with the combination of macroscopic and microscopic symptoms and signs of the disease and pathogen. P. brassicae was first reported in Brazil in 1965 in the state of São Paulo and in the 1980s in Distrito Federal on several members of the Brassicae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. brassicae infecting E. sativa in Brazil. Arugula is a susceptible host and should not be planted on P. brassicae-infested land. References: (1) D. Farr et al. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN. 1989. (2) D. F. Farr et al. Fungal Databases. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, On-line publication. ARS, USDA, 2003. (3) J. S. Karling. The Plasmodiophorales. Published by J. S. karling, NY. 1942. (4) M. S. Woronin. Plasmodiophora brassicae the Cause of Cabbage Hernia. Phytopathological Classics 4. The American Phytopathological Society, Ithaca, NY, 1934.

scholarly journals Greenhouse Evaluation of Clubroot Resistant-Brassica napus cv. Mendel and Its Efficacy Concerning Virulence and Soil Inoculum Levels of Plasmodiophora brassicae

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazanin Zamani-Noor ◽  
Imke Krohne ◽  
Birger Koopmann
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Root Weight ◽  
Susceptible Cultivar ◽  
Clubroot Resistance ◽  
Soil Inoculum ◽  
Resting Spore ◽  
Greenhouse Evaluation ◽  
Major Resistance Gene ◽  
Resting Spores

Clubroot resistance of oilseed rape (OSR) cultivars frequently relies on a major resistance gene originating from cv. Mendel. The efficacy of this resistance was studied in greenhouse experiments using two Plasmodiophora brassicae isolates, which were either virulent (P1(+)) or avirulent (P1) on Mendel. Seeds of clubroot-susceptible cultivar Visby and clubroot-resistant cultivar Mendel were sown in soil mixtures inoculated with different concentrations of resting spores (101, 103, 105, and 107 resting spores/g soil). Clubroot severity, plant height, shoot and root weight as well as resting spore propagation were assessed for each isolate and cultivar separately at four dates after sowing. The OSR cultivars behaved significantly different in the measured parameters. The threshold of inoculum density to cause disease depended strongly on the virulence of the pathogen and susceptibility of the host plant. In Visby grown in soil infested with P1, clubroot symptoms and increases in root weight and the number of propagated resting spores occurred at inoculum levels of 101 resting spores and higher, whereas Mendel was not affected in soils under the three lowest inoculum densities. In contrast, the P1(+) isolate led to earlier and more severe symptoms, heavier galls, and a significantly higher number of new resting spores in both cultivars.

scholarly journals Adaptation to Brassica Host Genotypes by a Single-Spore Isolate and Population of Plasmodiophora brassicae (Clubroot)

Plant Disease ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. LeBoldus ◽  
V. P. Manolii ◽  
T. K. Turkington ◽  
S. E. Strelkov
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Repeated Exposure ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Single Spore Isolate

Plasmodiophora brassicae, the cause of clubroot of crucifers, is an increasingly important pathogen of canola (Brassica napus) in Alberta, Canada. In response, clubroot-resistant canola genotypes are being deployed to help reduce yield losses. Two experiments were conducted to examine the effect on P. brassicae virulence of repeated exposure of a population and single-spore isolate of the pathogen to the same host. The first experiment examined changes in the index of disease over five cycles of infection on seven Brassica hosts (European Clubroot Differential [ECD] 02, ECD 04, ECD 05, ECD 15, ‘45H26’, ‘45H29’, and 08N823R). The second experiment tested the virulence of five cycled populations (‘45H29’, 08N823R, ECD 05, and ECD 15) and three cycled single-spore isolates (‘45H29’, 08N823R, and ECD05) on four resistant canola genotypes (‘73-77’, ‘73-67’, VT-SD-09, and ‘9558C’). The results from these experiments clearly demonstrate the ability of both single-spore isolates and populations of P. brassicae to rapidly erode the resistance present in the two canola genotypes, ‘45H29’ and 08N823R. Although the index of disease increased on these two genotypes, the four resistant canola genotypes remained resistant to all the cycled populations and single-spore isolates in the second experiment. These results underscore the importance of crop rotation in the management of clubroot in Alberta.

Germination of Plasmodiophora brassicae resting spores stimulated by a non-host plant

2005 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Friberg ◽  
Jan Lagerlöf ◽  
Birgitta Rämert
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plasmodiophora Brassicae ◽  
Resting Spores
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