Growth response of the cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) to waterlogging stress and Fusarium oxysporum infection

2017 ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Villarreal-Navarrete ◽  
G. Fischer ◽  
L.M. Melgarejo ◽  
G. Correa ◽  
L. Hoyos-Carvajal
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-128
Author(s):  
Franklin Mayorga-Cubillos ◽  
Jorge Argüelles-Cárdenas ◽  
Edwin Rodríguez-Velásquez ◽  
Carolina González-Almario ◽  
Claudia Ariza-Nieto ◽  
...  

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) is a fruit of great interest, due to its high nutritional and potential medicinal value. Vascular wilt disease caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Physali (Foph) is responsible for crop losses of up to 100% which makes necessary to identify resistant cultivars. To contribute to crop improvement processes, a physicochemical characterization was performed on fruits of 33 cape gooseberry genotypes using 18 quantitative descriptors. The genotypes were planted in the field under high and no pressure of Foph. The Student’s t test detected statistically significant differences (P<0.05) between the two conditions for yield, fruit cracking (%) and fruit juice pH. The principal component analysis explained in five factors 84.96% of the total variance, in which the fruit physical variables were the major contributor to the first component (41.65%). Cluster analysis grouped the genotypes under high and no pressure in seven and eight clusters, respectively. Two contrasting genotypesshowing differential resistance response to the pathogen wereanalyzed for fruit antioxidant capacity, in which DPPH and ORAC methods presented significant differences (P<0.05) between the two genotypes with greater antioxidant activity in the susceptible material.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime A. Osorio-Guarín ◽  
Felix E. Enciso-Rodríguez ◽  
Carolina González ◽  
Noé Fernández-Pozo ◽  
Lukas A. Mueller ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Diana Garcia ◽  
Lizeth Lorena Dávila ◽  
Adriana González ◽  
Alejandro Caro ◽  
Alba Marina Cotes

The cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) is a Solanaceae species with enormous economic importance in Colombia; it is the second most exported fruit, after bananas. Vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Fox) is the most limiting factor of this crop, with losses of up to 80% of production. Biological control is a promising alternative for controlling this pathogen. Bacteria and fungi, originally isolated from potentially suppressive soils of cape gooseberry crops in Nariño, Colombia with different management (organic and conventional), were evaluated as biocontrol agents of Fox using a gnotobiotic model (seedlings cultured under axenic conditions with defined microbial strains). Of the 64 isolated microorganisms, 37.5% (15 bacteria and 9 fungi) were discarded because of toxicological risks and an unknow potential biological control. The remaining 62.5% of the microorganisms, 14 bacteria and 26 fungi, were evaluated to assess their potential as biological control agents against Fox. The gnotobiotic model system evaluated the protection and plant growth promotion characteristics. Response variables were used to group the microorganism using a principal component analysis (PCA), and five clusters were obtained. Cluster number four concentrated the 10 microorganisms (three bacteria and seven fungi) with the highest protection values against Fox, with a positive effect on growth. The isolates were identified as two Bacillus subtilis strains, Rhodococcus sp., Podospora setosa, Debaryomyces vindobonensis, Plectosphaerella plurivora, Acinetobacter rhizosphaerae, Umbelopsis sp. and two strains of Trichoderma koningiopsis. The gnobiotic system offered clear advantages for evaluating and selecting microorganisms with a biological control potential against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physalis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-313
Author(s):  
Cristhian Giraldo-Betancourt ◽  
Edisson Andrés Velandia-Sánchez ◽  
Gerhard Fischer ◽  
Sandra Gómez-Caro ◽  
Luís Joel Martínez

This study used greenhouse conditions to determine the hyperspectral responses of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) plants inoculated with different Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali densities because the causal agent of vascular wilt generates great economic losses for farmers. A completely randomized design with four replicates was established. The evaluated treatments were inoculum densities 0.0, 1.0·103 and 1.0·106 conidia/mL of the pathogen. The inoculation was done with immersion of roots in conidia suspensions. The spectral response was directly measured on the plant leaves with a spectroradiometer. Non-invasive detection in the P. peruviana - F. oxysporum pathosystem with reflectance values was used with different spectral indices related to the visible and Red Edge, which were calculated and correlated with the disease variables. The treatments showed significant differences in the visible spectrum starting 14 days after inoculation with higher reflectance values. The chlorophyll index at the red edge (ChRE), the modified chlorophyll absorption index (MCARI), the simple ratio index (SR) and the Zarco & Miller index (ZM) showed highly significant correlations with the area under the disease progress curve for leaves (AUDPCL), leaf area and fresh weight of the aerial part of the plants. This study showed the potential of spectral patterns for the detection and study of Fusarium wilt in P. peruviana.


PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11135
Author(s):  
Gina A. Garzón-Martínez ◽  
Francy L. García-Arias ◽  
Felix E. Enciso-Rodríguez ◽  
Mauricio Soto-Suárez ◽  
Carolina González ◽  
...  

Vascular wilt, caused by the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Foph), is a major disease of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) in Andean countries. Despite the economic losses caused by this disease, there are few studies related to molecular mechanisms in the P. peruviana—Foph pathosystem as a useful tool for crop improvement. This study evaluates eight candidate genes associated with this pathosystem, using real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The genes were identified and selected from 1,653 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) derived from RNA-Seq analysis and from a previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) of this plant-pathogen interaction. Based on the RT-qPCR analysis, the tubuline (TUB) reference gene was selected for its highly stable expression in cape gooseberry. The RT-qPCR validation of the candidate genes revealed the biological variation in their expression according to their known biological function. Three genes related to the first line of resistance/defense responses were highly expressed earlier during infection in a susceptible genotype, while three others were overexpressed later, mostly in the tolerant genotype. These genes are mainly involved in signaling pathways after pathogen recognition, mediated by hormones such as ethylene and salicylic acid. This study provided the first insight to uncover the molecular mechanism from the P. peruviana—Foph pathosystem. The genes validated here have important implications in the disease progress and allow a better understanding of the defense response in cape gooseberry at the molecular level. Derived molecular markers from these genes could facilitate the identification of tolerant/susceptible genotypes for use in breeding schemes.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2756
Author(s):  
Daissy Monroy-Velandia ◽  
Ericsson Coy-Barrera

Colombia is the main producer of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.), a plant known for its various consumption practices and medicinal properties. This plant is generally grown in eroded soils and is considered moderately tolerant to unfavorable conditions, such as nutrient-poor soils or high salt concentrations. Most studies conducted on this plant focus on fruit production and composition because it is the target product, but a small number of studies have been conducted to describe the effect of abiotic stress, e.g., salt stress, on growth and biochemical responses. In order to better understand the mechanism of inherent tolerance of this plant facing salt stress, the present study was conducted to determine the metabolic and growth differences of P. peruviana plants at three different BBCH-based growth substages, varying salt conditions. Hence, plants were independently treated with two NaCl solutions, and growth parameters and LC-ESI-MS-derived semi-quantitative levels of metabolites were then measured and compared between salt treatments per growth substage. A 90 mM NaCl treatment caused the greatest effect on plants, provoking low growth and particular metabolite variations. The treatment discrimination-driving feature classification suggested that glycosylated flavonols increased under 30 mM NaCl at 209 substages, withanolides decreased under 90 mM NaCl at 603 and 703 substages, and up-regulation of a free flavonol at all selected stages can be considered a salt stress response. Findings locate such response into a metabolic context and afford some insights into the plant response associated with antioxidant compound up-regulation.


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