scholarly journals Differential Communications between Fungi and Host Plants Revealed by Secretome Analysis of Phylogenetically Related Endophytic and Pathogenic Fungi

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. e0163368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihui Xu ◽  
Qin He ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Chulong Zhang
1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Nielsen

An unidentified volatile substance, released by smut fungi, their host plants, and facultative pathogenic fungi, changed the germination type from sporidial to mycelial in Ustilago kolleri, U. avenae, U. hordei, and U. nigra. Imidazole caused similar changes. U. maydis did not respond to either the gas or imidazole. These compounds increase sexual affinity, which is expressed by fusion of compatible promycelial cells. The gas and similarly acting solid compounds seem to be responsible for the change in germination type of spores that germinate on host tissue or in the soil, thereby immediately initiating the parasitic dikaryophase. The importance of high sexual affinity for the maintenance of the dikaryophase of smut fungi both on artificial media and in the host is discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiesław Mułenko

The paper presents the taxonomic list and localities of parasitic fungi coDected from Łęczna-Włodawa Lake District in 1981-1984. Among them there is a noumerous group of new species for Poland, rare species and the species colonizing new host plants.


Author(s):  
Nicole C Soal ◽  
Martin H A Coetzee ◽  
Magriet A van der Nest ◽  
Almuth Hammerbacher ◽  
Brenda D Wingfield

Abstract Fungal species of the Ceratocystidaceae grow on their host plants using a variety of different lifestyles, from saprophytic to highly pathogenic. Although many genomes of fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae are publicly available, it is not known how the genes that encode catechol dioxygenases (CDOs), enzymes involved in the degradation of phenolic plant defence compounds, differ among members of the Ceratocystidaceae. The aim of this study was therefore to identify and characterize the genes encoding CDOs in the genomes of Ceratocystidaceae representatives. We found that genes encoding CDOs are more abundant in pathogenic necrotrophic species of the Ceratocystidaceae and less abundant in saprophytic species. The loss of the CDO genes and the associated 3-oxoadipate catabolic pathway appears to have occurred in a lineage-specific manner. Taken together, this study revealed a positive association between CDO gene copy number and fungal lifestyle in Ceratocystidaceae representatives.


2020 ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Kitti Csüllög ◽  
Gábor Tarcali

In Hungary, sunflower is the third most important arable crop, which has a lot of pathogenic fungi. One of these fungi is the Macrophomina phaseolina, which is a well-known fungus in all over the world, since this pathogen has more than 700 host plants. In Hungary, several host plants can be found as well. The M. phaseolina produces microsclerotia, which can survive in the soil and residues for almost 10 years. For now, there is no efficient treatment against this pathogen because of this fungus, since it is extremely resistant and cannot be destroyed easily. The only effective treatment against the fungus is genetic defence. In this study, three different fungicides were tested in vitro against the fungus. The Mirage (prochloraz) seemed to be the most effective fungicide as it completely arrested the hyphal growth. In contrast, the Amistar Xtra (azoxystrobin and ciprochonazol) has only a minor effect on the growth of M. phaseolina. Thirdly, the Retengo (pyrachlostrobin) arrested the hyhpal growth of the fungus with 71% at 100 ppm, in other words, the use of this fungicide seems promising. 


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Галина Белоусова ◽  
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Надежда Михня ◽  

Pathogenic fungi are the cause of various diseases of crops. Phytopathogens infect seeds as well as the host-plants in the course of the whole duration of their ontogenesis. Plants are infected when grown in greenhouses or in open fields by a single causal agent or several pathogenic fungi. In current study, a nested PCR protocol was applied for identification of tomatoes’ infection. An infestation with Alternaria spp. and Myrothecium roridum in the lowest leaves on the stem was stated using molecular diagnostics. The ‘Tomis’ and ‘Mary Gratefully’ tomato cultivars were used in current study. Alternaria spp. was iden-tified in each of the samples. The pathogen’s species was defined. Myrothecium roridum infested 10 sam-ples of the ‘Tomis’ genotype and 11 samples of the ‘Mary Gratefully’ genotype of the 12 samples.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Shi-Kunne ◽  
Roger de Pedro Jové ◽  
Jasper R.L. Depotter ◽  
Malaika Ebert ◽  
Michael F. Seidl ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTFungi are renowned producers of natural compounds, also known as secondary metabolites (SMs) that display a wide array of biological activities. Typically, the genes that are involved in the biosynthesis of SMs are located in close proximity to each other in so-called secondary metabolite clusters (SMCs). Many plant-pathogenic fungi secrete SMs during infection in order to promote disease establishment, for instance as cytocoxic compounds. Verticillium dahliae is a notorious plant pathogen that can infect over 200 host plants worldwide. However, the SM repertoire of this vascular pathogen remains mostly uncharted. To unravel the SM potential of V. dahliae, we performed in silico predictions and in-depth analyses of its SM clusters (SMC). We identified 25 potential SMCs in the V. dahliae genome, including loci that can be implicated in DHN-melanin, ferricrocin, triacetyl fusarinine and fujikurin production.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Soal ◽  
Martin HA Coetzee ◽  
Magriet A van der Nest ◽  
Almuth Hammerbacher ◽  
Brenda Wingfield

Fungal species of the Ceratocystidaceae grow on their host plants using a variety of different lifestyles, from saprophytic to highly pathogenic. Although many genomes of fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae are publicly available, it is not known how the genes that encode catechol dioxygenases (CDOs), enzymes involved in the degradation of phenolic plant defence compounds, differ among members of the Ceratocystidaceae. The aim of this study was therefore to identify and characterize the genes encoding CDOs in the genomes of Ceratocystidaceae representatives. We found that genes encoding CDOs are more abundant in pathogenic necrotrophic species of the Ceratocystidaceae and less abundant in saprophytic species. The loss of the CDO genes and the associated 3-oxoadipate catabolic pathway appears to have occurred in a lineage-specific manner. Taken together, this study revealed a positive association between CDO gene copy number and fungal lifestyle in Ceratocystidaceae representatives.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 299 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATARÍNA PASTIRČÁKOVÁ ◽  
HYEON-DONG SHIN

This paper presents the first checklist of pathogenic fungi on woody plants in North Korea. The checklist enumerates 146 species of fungi belonging to 79 genera, growing on 108 host plants belonging to 58 genera and 35 families. Two hosts and 57 fungal species represent first records in North Korea.


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