The use of Pluronic F-127 to study the development of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida

Nematology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 869-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayano Sasaki-Crawley ◽  
Rosane Curtis ◽  
Michael Birkett ◽  
Apostolos Papadopoulos ◽  
Rod Blackshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Solanum Tuberosum ◽  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic

This paper demonstrates a simple novel in vitro method using Pluronic F-127 aqueous solution to study the development of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, in Solanum spp. without any need for sterilisation of either the plants or the nematodes. In this study, this method was successfully applied to comparative studies on the development of G. pallida in Solanum tuberosum (potato) or S. sisymbriifolium (sticky nightshade). The protocol described here could be useful for screening transgenic plants or different plant cultivars/species for their ability to allow development not only of G. pallida but also any other plant-parasitic nematodes.

scholarly journals Identification and characterisation of serotonin signalling in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida reveals new targets for crop protection

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Crisford ◽  
Fernando Calahorro ◽  
Elizabeth Ludlow ◽  
Jessica M.C. Marvin ◽  
Jennifer K. Hibbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biogenic Amines ◽  
Tryptophan Hydroxylase ◽  
Plant Root ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic

AbstractPlant parasitic nematodes are microscopic pests that invade plant roots and cause extensive damage to crops worldwide. To investigate mechanisms underpinning their parasitic behaviour we used a chemical biology approach: We discovered that reserpine, a plant alkaloid known for its antagonism of the mammalian vesicular monoamine transporter VMAT and ability to impart a global depletion of synaptic biogenic amines in the nervous system, potently impairs the ability of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida to enter the host plant root. We show that this effect of reserpine is mediated by an inhibition of serotonergic signalling that is essential for activation of the stylet, a lance-like organ that protrudes from the mouth of the worm and which is used to pierce the host root to gain access. Prompted by this we identified core molecular components of G. pallida serotonin signalling encompassing the target of reserpine, VMAT; the synthetic enzyme for serotonin, tryptophan hydroxylase; the G protein coupled receptor SER-7 and the serotonin-gated chloride channel MOD-1. We found that inhibitors of tryptophan hydroxylase, SER-7 and MOD-1 phenocopy the plant protecting action of reserpine. Thus targeting the serotonin signalling pathway presents a promising new route to control plant parasitic nematodes.SummaryIndian snakeroot, an herbal medicine prepared from the roots of the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina, has been used for centuries for its calming action. The major active constituent is reserpine which works by depleting a specific class of mood regulating chemical in the brain, the biogenic amines. We have discovered a remarkable effect of reserpine on a pest of global concern, the plant parasitic nematodes. These microscopic worms invade the roots of crops presenting a severe threat to food production. We show that reserpine disables serotonin signalling in the worm’s ‘brain’ that regulates the rhythmic thrusting of the stylet: a lance-like structure that protrudes from its mouth to pierce the plant root and which is essential to its parasitic lifecycle. Thus, reserpine joins nicotine as another intriguing example of Nature evolving its own protection against pests. We have identified key components of the serotonin signalling pathway in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida and show that chemicals that target these sites inhibit the ability of the nematode to invade its host plant. We conclude that biogenic amine transmitters are intimately involved in the worm’s parasitic behaviour and provide a new discrete route to crop protection.

The impact of management strategies on the development and status of potato cyst nematode populations in Switzerland: An overview from 1958 to present

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Caroline Ruthes ◽  
Paul Dahlin
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida are some of the most successful and highly specialized plant-parasitic nematodes, and appear among the most regulated quarantine pests globally. In Switzerland, they have been monitored by annual surveys since their first detection in Swiss soil, in 1958. The dataset created was reviewed to give an overview of the development and actual status of PCN in Switzerland. Positive fields represent 0.2% of all the samples analyzed, and currently their distribution is limited to central-west and western Switzerland, suggesting that new introduction of PCN and the spread of the initial introduced PCN populations did not occur. In this way, the integrated management used in Switzerland appears to be effective. However, the increasing availability of potato varieties with resistance to G. rostochiensis and the limited availability of varieties with resistance to G. pallida, together with other biotic and abiotic factors promoted changes in the dominance of either species. Consequently, an extended monitoring program would be of interest to Swiss farmers, to avoid favoring virulent traits that could be present within Swiss Globodera populations.

scholarly journals Functional Analysis of Pathogenicity Proteins of the Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera rostochiensis Using RNAi

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 621-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Chen ◽  
S. Rehman ◽  
G. Smant ◽  
John T. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Host Location ◽  
Globodera Rostochiensis ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Modified Method ◽  
Plant Parasitic

RNA interference (RNAi) has been used widely as a tool for examining gene function and a method that allows its use with plant-parasitic nematodes recently has been described. Here, we use a modified method to analyze the function of secreted β-1,4, endoglucanases of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis, the first in vivo functional analysis of a pathogenicity protein of a plant-parasitic nematode. Knockout of the β-1,4, endoglucanases reduced the ability of the nematodes to invade roots. We also use RNAi to show that gr-ams-1, a secreted protein of the main sense organs (the amphids), is essential for host location.

scholarly journals Monosaccharide constituents of potato root exudate influence hatching of the white potato cyst nematode

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A Bell ◽  
Waddah Mobayed ◽  
Catherine J Lilley ◽  
Peter Urwin
Keyword(s):  
Root Exudate ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Infested Soil ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Potato Root ◽  
White Potato ◽  
Management Schemes

Plants secrete a large array of compounds into the rhizosphere to facilitate interactions with their biotic environment. Some of these exuded-compounds stimulate the hatching of obligate plant-parasitic nematodes, ultimately leading to a detrimental effect on the host plant. Determining these cues can help to provide new mechanisms for control and aid nematode management schemes. Here we show that glucose, fructose and arabinose, which are all present in potato root exudate (PRE), induce hatching of white potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida) eggs whereas five other PRE-sugars had no effect. Although these monosaccharides resulted in significant hatching none induced the same level as PRE, suggesting that other components, possibly in combination, contribute to stimulation of nematode hatching. Glucose, but not arabinose or fructose, was also observed to attract juvenile G. pallida, indicating that these hatch-inducing components can have different roles in different stages of the life cycle. Applying a solution of these monosaccharides to G. pallida-infested soil pre-potato planting initiated hatching in the absence of a host. Host absence resulted in nematode mortality and a reduction in the G. pallida population. Therefore, subsequent invasion of the crop post-planting was also reduced, compared to untreated soil. Our data suggest that monosaccharide components of PRE play an important role in the hatching and attraction of G. pallida. As a result the hatch-inducing monosaccharides can be applied as a pre-planting treatment to induce hatching and reduce subsequent infection rates.  

An investigation of resistance to the white potato cyst-nematode

1982 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. B. Dale ◽  
M. S. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Tuberosum ◽  
Major Gene ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Inheritance Of Resistance ◽  
White Potato

SUMMARYThe inheritance of resistance to Globodera pallida was studied in seedling progenies derived from Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 2802 (H3) and S. vernei and compared with resistance to G. rostochiensis derived from S. tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 1673(H1). The resistance of CPC 2802 was originally thought to be due to a major gene (H3), but results presented here demonstrate that it and that derived from S. vernei are inherited in a similar manner quite distinct from the major gene inheritance from CPC 1673 (HI). It is concluded that the resistances derived from CPC 2802 and S. vernei are both polygenic in nature. These findings are discussed in relation to breeding policy and screening methods.

The ability of rhizosphere bacteria isolated from nematode host and non-host plants to influence the hatch in vitro of the two potato cyst nematode species, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida

Nematology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Aileen Ryan ◽  
Peter Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Bacterial Isolates ◽  
Bacillus Spp

AbstractSeventy bacteria, isolated from the rhizosphere of the potato cyst nematode (PCN) host plant, potato, were cultured in the presence and absence of potato root leachate (PRL) and the resultant culture filtrates were analysed for their ability to affect the hatch in vitro of the two PCN species. Of the isolates tested, nine had a significant effect on PCN hatch. Six affected Globodera pallida hatch and three affected G. rostochiensis hatch. Five of the isolates significantly increased hatch only when cultured in the presence of PRL. Three of the isolates decreased PCN hatch significantly in PRL. Only one isolate increased hatch significantly in the absence of PRL. No isolate affected the hatch of both species. Six of the nine isolates that significantly affected PCN hatch had been pre-selected by culturing on PRL. Bacterial isolates from PCN non-hosts (14 from wheat, 17 from sugar beet) were also tested for hatching activity. The principal effect of the hatch-active isolates from the PCN non-host plants was to increase PCN hatch in the presence of PRL. In contrast to the host bacteria results, the isolates from non-host plants affected only G. rostochiensis hatch (three wheat isolates and four sugar beet isolates significantly increased G. rostochiensis hatch); no such isolate affected G. pallida hatch significantly in the presence of PRL. Ten isolates (32%) from non-host plants had the ability to increase significantly the hatch of PCN in the absence of PRL (eight of these affected G. rostochiensis hatch and four affected G. pallida hatch), compared to only one bacterial isolate (1%) from a host plant. The majority of the isolates from non-hosts produced PCN species-specific effects, as with the bacteria isolated from potatoes, although two wheat isolates increased the hatch of both species significantly in the absence of PRL. Of 20 hatch-active bacterial isolates (from all three plants) identified, 70% were Bacillus spp. Other genera identified were Arthrobacter , Acinetobacter and Staphylococcus .

scholarly journals First Report of Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Kenya

Plant Disease ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 1671-1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Mburu ◽  
L. Cortada ◽  
G. Mwangi ◽  
K. Gitau ◽  
A. Kiriga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Tuberosum ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
First Report

Biological attributes of Salibro™, a novel sulfonamide nematicide. Part 2: Impact on the fitness of various non-target nematodes

Nematology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim C. Thoden ◽  
Mariam A. Alkader ◽  
John A. Wiles
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Agar Plate ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Plant Parasitic ◽  
Novel Products

Summary Currently a renaissance in chemical nematicides is taking place with novel products like Nimitz® (a.s. fluensulfone), Velum Prime® (a.s. fluopyram) and Salibro™ (a.s. fluazaindolizine – Reklemel™ active) entering the marketplace. Although a considerable amount of published data is already available on their laboratory and field impact on plant-parasitic nematodes, little is understood of their compatibility with the beneficial or free-living nematodes that are part of the soil health network. In a range of laboratory studies, the effects of these nematicides on the vitality and reproduction of several species was tested, including both cosmopolitan free-living nematodes (Acrobeloides, Cruznema, Panagrobelus) as well as commercially applied entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema, Heterorhabditis). Within aqueous exposure and agar plate in vitro assays, species sensitivity to those nematicides differed significantly but their fitness (vitality and reproduction; infectivity to insect hosts) was generally not adversely impacted by concentrations of 5-50 ppm (a.s.) of Salibro. Even at 250 ppm (a.s.) of Salibro only some species of the bacterial-feeding species showed some negative impact. By contrast, both Nimitz at 50 ppm (a.s.) and Velum at 5 ppm (a.s.) consistently demonstrated stronger adverse impacts. In second level soil drenching assays, either no, or occasionally slight, adverse effects on the natural community of free-living nematodes were observed if soils were drenched with different volumes of Salibro at 5-50 ppm (a.s.), while relatively stronger reductions were measured within the plant-parasitic species (especially root-knot nematodes). Both Nimitz and Vydate (a.s. oxamyl) showed some degree of compatibility at 5 and 25 ppm (a.s.), respectively, which was generally higher than for Velum Prime at 5 ppm (a.s.). Overall, these data indicate that, when used at common field rates, Salibro will be one of the best options as part of integrated nematode management programmes where the use of chemical nematicides is required.

scholarly journals Differential Response of Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Globodera, and Xiphinema Species to the Nematicide Fluazaindolizine

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (12) ◽  
pp. 2003-2009
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Wram ◽  
Inga Zasada
Keyword(s):  
Untreated Control ◽  
Exposure Dose ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Greenhouse Study ◽  
Meloidogyne Spp ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plant Parasitic

This research focused on the effects of fluazaindolizine on a diversity of plant-parasitic nematodes. In microwell assays, 24-h dose-response curves were generated for several species and populations of Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus neglectus, P. penetrans, Globodera ellingtonae, and Xiphinema americanum. In a greenhouse study, the impact of fluazaindolizine on fecundity of M. incognita, M. hapla, and M. chitwoodi was tested by exposing nematodes for 24 h in solution and inoculating on tomato. The average 24-h ED50s (dose that resulted in the immobility of 50% of exposed nematodes) for M. hapla, M. chitwoodi, and M. incognita were 325.7, 223.4, and 100.7 ppm, respectively. M. hapla had the most variation among populations, with 24-h ED50s ranging from 72 to 788 ppm. G. ellingtonae had the lowest 24-h ED50 at 30 ppm. Pratylenchus spp. were unaffected by fluazaindolizine. X. americanum was the only species where effects of fluazaindolizine were reversible, but had a 24-h ED50 that fell in the range of the Meloidogyne spp. In the greenhouse study, M. chitwoodi was the least sensitive with reproduction reaching 62% of the untreated control after a pre-exposure to 47 ppm, whereas M. incognita and M. hapla at the same exposure dose had reproduction rates of 27 and 36% of the untreated control, respectively. Despite varying in in vitro responses to fluazaindolizine, reproduction of all Meloidogyne spp. was suppressed after only 24 h of exposure. This study expanded our understanding of how G. ellingtonae, P. thornei, P. penetrans, and X. americanum respond to fluazaindolizine.

scholarly journals Activity of Saponins from Medicago Species against Phytoparasitic Nematodes

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trifone D’Addabbo ◽  
Maria Pia Argentieri ◽  
Jerzy Żuchowski ◽  
Elisa Biazzi ◽  
Aldo Tava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
In Vitro Assays ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Phytoparasitic Nematodes ◽  
Phytochemical Profile ◽  
Medicago Species ◽  
Phytoparasitic Nematode ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Content of bioactive saponins of Medicago species suggests that they may also exert, as previously demonstrated on M. sativa, nematicidal properties exploitable for the formulation of new products for sustainable phytoparasitic nematode management. This study was addressed to highlight the bioactivity of saponins from five different Medicago species still poorly known for their biological efficacy, i.e., M. heyniana, M. hybrida, M. lupulina, M. murex and M. truncatula, against the plant parasitic nematodes Meloidogyne incognita, Xiphinema index and Globodera rostochiensis. The bioactivity of the extracts from the five Medicago species was assessed by in vitro assays on the juveniles (J2) and eggs of M. incognita and G. rostochiensis and the adult females of X. index. The suppressiveness to M. incognita of soil treatments with the Medicago plant biomasses was also investigated in a tomato experiment. The nematicidal activity of the five Medicago species was reported and discussed in relation to their phytochemical profile.

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