Relative resistance of newly released apple rootstocks to Phytophthora cactorum

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Carisse ◽  
S. Khanizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Lesion Length ◽  
Phytophthora Cactorum ◽  
High Susceptibility ◽  
Apple Rootstocks ◽  
Relative Resistance ◽  
Moderate Susceptibility

New rootstocks from series SJM (St-Jean-Morden) and SJP84 (ST-Jean-1984) have been evaluated for agronomic qualities since 1970 and 1975, respectively. As a result of the evaluation, seven and nine rootstocks from the SJM and SJP84 series, respectively, were selected. However, these were not evaluated for crown rot resistance. Excised shoot assay was used to evaluate resistance of 22 apple rootstocks to crown rot caused by Phytophthora cactorum (Leb. and Cohn.) Schroet. The pathogenicity of four isolates of P. cactorum to apple rootstocks was confirmed using the same excised twig assay. For both tests, relative lesion length was used as a measure of susceptibility. The analysis of variance showed that there was a significant effect of rootstocks, isolate and the interaction between rootstock and isolate. In general, apple rootstocks were more susceptible to isolate PC04-02 followed by isolates PC04-03 and PC04-01 and less susceptible to isolate PC04-04. The selection SJM189 was the least susceptible to P. cactorum and SJP84-5162 and SJM15 were the most susceptible suggesting that these rootstocks may not be suitable in orchards with favourable conditions to P. cactorum infection. Excised twigs of the SJP84-5180, SJP84-5189, SJP845174, O.3, SJP84-5230, O.3A, SJP84-5198, SJM167 and M.44 showed low to moderate susceptibility, whereas, rootstocks SJP845231, SJM150 and M.26 showed moderate susceptibility to P. cactorum. Rootstocks SJM188, SJP84-5217, MM.111, SJM127, SJP84-5218 and MM.106 showed high susceptibility to P. cactorum. The present results confirmed that none of the released or commercial rootstocks are completely resistant to P. cactorum and an integrated approach including resistance, chemical control and cultural practices is recommended to manage P. cactorum in apple orchards. Key words: Apple breeding, crown rot, Malus domestica Borkh., root rot

scholarly journals Incidence and Severity of Crown and Root Rots on Four Apple Rootstocks Following Exposure to Phytophthora Species and Waterlogging

1993 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.F. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Disease Susceptibility ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Phytophthora Species ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Phytophthora Cactorum ◽  
Apple Rootstocks ◽  
Root Rots ◽  
Potting Medium

Plants of four apple (Malus ×domestica Borkh.) rootstock clones, M.7, M.26, MM.111, and Ottawa (O.) 3, were grown in unamended potting medium or in the same medium infested with Phytophthora cactorum (Leb. & Cohn) Schroet., P. cambivora (Petri) Buisman, P. cryptogea Pethyb. & Laff., or P. megasperma Drechsler, causal agents of crown and root rots. Plants were flooded for either 0, 24, 48, or 72 h every 7 days for 4 months, then assessed for disease incidence and severity. Averaged across all pathogens and rootstocks, mean crown rot incidences were 2.5%, 6.3%, 19%, and 50% following weekly flooding periods of 0, 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively; when averaged across all rootstocks and flooding treatments, mean incidences of crown rot caused by P. cryptogea, P. cactorum, P. cambivora, and P. megasperma were 36%, 26%, 15%, and 8.8%, respectively; when averaged across all four pathogens, mean crown rot incidences after 72 h of flooding were 40%, 45%, 50%, and 75% for M.26, 0.3, M.7, and MM.111, respectively. In contrast, 72-h flooding periods in the absence of a pathogen were least detrimental to growth of MM.111 clones and most detrimental to shoot growth of M-26. Exceptions to general trends were reflected by statistical interactions among pathogens, rootstocks, and flooding durations, e.g., after 72-h floodings, 0.3 was the rootstock with the greatest amount of root rot caused by P. cryptogea but the least amount caused by P. megasperma. Differential disease susceptibility among rootstocks appeared greatest with respect to P. cactorum and least with respect to P. cryptogea.

USE OF THE EXCISED SHOOT ASSAY TO EVALUATE RESISTANCE TO Phytophthora cactorum OF APPLE ROOTSTOCK CULTIVARS

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 851-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. UTKHEDE ◽  
H. A. QUAMME
Keyword(s):  
Malus Domestica ◽  
Root Rot ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Lesion Length ◽  
Malus Domestica Borkh ◽  
Root Stock ◽  
P 16 ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Crown And Root Rot ◽  
Moderately Resistant

The excised shoot assay was used to evaluate crown and root rot (P. cactorum (Leb & Cohn) Schroeter) resistance of several apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) rootstock cultivars using relative lesion length as a measure of resistance. To determine the best time to assess crown rot resistance, three cultivars, M.26 (moderately resistant), MM.111 (moderately susceptible) and MM.106 (susceptible) were tested monthly for a 12-mo period. The best separation of the three cultivars of known resistance was from the period of February to June and again in November. In another test on 27 apple root-stock cultivars tested quarterly, good separation of known standards was achieved only on the April sampling date. In both tests the organism appeared to overwhelm resistance of the tissue during the most active stage of shoot growth in July and August. Based on the mean for the three dates (April, October and January) the cultivars P. 16, J9, P.2, M.4, 0.3, P.1, M.9, M.26, P.22 and P.18 were significantly more resistant than the field-susceptible rootstocks, MM.106. None was significantly more resistant than M.9 and M.4, the resistant standards.Key words: Crown rot, Malus domestica Borkh, root rot, P. cactorum, rootstocks, apple

scholarly journals Resistance to Phytophthora Species among Rootstocks for Cultivated Prunus Species

HortScience ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 1471-1476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory T. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Phytophthora Species ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Phytophthora Cactorum ◽  
Prunus Species ◽  
Phytophthora Megasperma ◽  
Soil Flooding ◽  
Root And Crown Rot ◽  
Crown And Root Rot ◽  
Multiple Species

Many species of Phytophthora de Bary are important pathogens of cultivated Prunus L. species worldwide, often invading the trees via their rootstocks. In a series of greenhouse trials, resistance to Phytophthora was tested in new and standard rootstocks for cultivated stone fruits, including almond. Successive sets of the rootstocks, propagated as hardwood cuttings or via micropropagation, were transplanted into either noninfested potting soil or potting soil infested with Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schöt., Phytophthora citricola Sawada, Phytophthora megasperma Drechs, or Phytophthora niederhauserii Z.G. Abad & J.A. Abad. Soil flooding was included in all trials to facilitate pathogen infection. In some trials, soil flooding treatments were varied to examine their effects on the rootstocks in both the absence and presence of Phytophthora. Two to 3 months after transplanting, resistance to the pathogens was assessed based on the severity of root and crown rot. ‘Hansen 536’ was consistently more susceptible than ‘Lovell’, ‘Nemaguard’, ‘Atlas’, ‘Viking’, ‘Citation’, and ‘Marianna 2624’ to root and/or crown rot caused by P. cactorum, P. citricola, and P. megasperma. By contrast, susceptibility to P. niederhauserii was similarly high among all eight tested genotypes of peach, four genotypes of peach × almond, two genotypes of (almond × peach) × peach, and one genotype of plum × almond. Most plum hybrids were highly and consistently resistant to crown rot caused by P. niederhauserii, but only ‘Marianna 2624’ was highly resistant to both crown and root rot caused by all of the Phytophthora species. The results indicate that there is a broad tendency for susceptibility of peach × almond rootstocks and a broad tendency for resistance of plum hybrid rootstocks to multiple species of Phytophthora.

scholarly journals Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans

BioControl ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mudassir Iqbal ◽  
Maha Jamshaid ◽  
Muhammad Awais Zahid ◽  
Erik Andreasson ◽  
Ramesh R. Vetukuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Aureobasidium Pullulans ◽  
Grey Mould ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Whole Plants

AbstractUtilization of biocontrol agents is a sustainable approach to reduce plant diseases caused by fungal pathogens. In the present study, we tested the effect of the candidate biocontrol fungus Aureobasidium pullulans (De Bary) G. Armaud on strawberry under in vitro and in vivo conditions to control crown rot, root rot and grey mould caused by Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert and Cohn) and Botrytis cinerea Pers, respectively. A dual plate confrontation assay showed that mycelial growth of P. cactorum and B. cinerea was reduced by 33–48% when challenged by A. pullulans as compared with control treatments. Likewise, detached leaf and fruit assays showed that A. pullulans significantly reduced necrotic lesion size on leaves and disease severity on fruits caused by P. cactorum and B. cinerea. In addition, greenhouse experiments with whole plants revealed enhanced biocontrol efficacy against root rot and grey mould when treated with A. pullulans either in combination with the pathogen or pre-treated with A. pullulans followed by inoculation of the pathogens. Our results demonstrate that A. pullulans is an effective biocontrol agent to control strawberry diseases caused by fungal pathogens and can be an effective alternative to chemical-based fungicides.

scholarly journals First Report of a Phytopythium litorale Species Causing Crown and Root Rot on Rhododendron pulchrum in China

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaxing Li ◽  
Yangfan Feng ◽  
Cuiping Wu ◽  
Junxin Xue ◽  
Binbin Jiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Sterile Water ◽  
First Report ◽  
Inoculation Method ◽  
Platanus Orientalis ◽  
Crown And Root Rot ◽  
Root Tissues

During a survey of pathogenic oomycetes in Nanjing, China from June 2019 to October 2020, at least ten adjacent Rhododendron pulchrum plants at a Jiangjun Mountain scenic spot showed symptoms of blight, and crown and root discoloration . Symptomatic root tissues collected from three 6-year-old plants were rinsed with water, cut into 10-mm pieces, surface sterilized with 70% ethanol for 1 min, and plated onto 10% clarified V8 PARP agar (cV8A-PARP) containing pimaricin (20 mg/liter), ampicillin (125 mg/liter), rifampicin (10 mg/liter), and pentachloronitrobenzene (20 mg/liter). Four Pythium-like isolates were recovered after three days of incubation at 26°C, and purified using hyphal-tipping. Ten agar plugs (2×2 mm2) of each isolate were grown in 10 mL of 10% clarified V8 juice (cV8) in a 10 cm plate at 26°C for 3 days to produce mycelial mats, and then the cV8 was replaced with sterile water. To stimulate sporangial production, three to five drops of soil extract solution were added to each plate. Sporangia were terminal, ovoid to globose, and the size is 24 to 45.6 (mean 34.7) (n=10.8) in length x 23.6 to 36.0 (mean 29.8) (n=6.2) in width. Gametangia were not observed in cV8A or liquid media after 30 days. For colony morphology, the isolates were sub-cultured onto three solid microbial media (cV8A-PARP, potato dextrose agar, corn meal agar) . All isolates had identical morphological features in the three media. Complete ITS and partial LSU and cox2 gene regions were amplified using primer pairs ITS1/ITS4, NL1/NL4, and FM58/FM66 , respectively. The ITS, LSU, and cox2 sequences of isolate PC-dj1 (GenBank Acc. No. MW205746, MW208002, MW208003) were 100.00% (936/936 nt), 100.00% (772/772 nt), and 99.64% (554/556 nt) identical to those of JX985743, MT042003, and GU133521, respectively. We built a maximum-likelihood tree of Phytopythium species using the concatenated dataset (ITS, LSU, cox2) to observe interspecific differences. Based on the morphological characters and sequences, isolate PC-djl was identified as Phytopythium litorale . As the four isolates (PC-dj1, PC-dj2, PC-dj3 and PC-dj4) tested had identical morphological characters and molecular marker sequences, the pathogenicity of the representative isolate, PC-dj1, was tested using two inoculation methods on ten one-year-old R. pulchrum plants. For the first inoculation method, plants were removed from the pot, and their roots were rinsed with tap water to remove the soil. Each of these plants was placed in a glass flask containing 250 mL of sterile water and 10 blocks (10 x 10 mm2) of mycelial mats harvested from a three-day-old culture of P. litorale, while the other plant was placed in sterile water as a control, and incubated at 26°C. After three days, symptoms including crown rot, root rot and blight was observed on the inoculated plants whereas the control remained asymptomatic. For the second inoculation method, ten plants were dug up to expose the root ball. Ten three-day-old cV8A plugs (5×5 mm2) from a PC-dj1 culture or sterile cV8A plugs were evenly insert into the root ball of a plant before it was planted back into the original pots. Both plants were maintained in a growth chamber set at 26°C with a 12/12 h light/dark cycle and irrigated as needed. After 14 to 21 days, the inoculated plant had symptoms resembling those in the field , while the control plant remained asymptomatic. Each inoculation method was repeated at triplicate and the outcomes were identical. Phytopythium isolates with morphological features and sequences identical to those of PC-dj1 were recovered from rotted crown and root tissues of all inoculated plants. Previously, P. litorale was found causing diseases of apple and Platanus orientalis in Turkey, fruit rot and seedling damping-off of yellow squash in southern Georgia, USA. This is the first report of this species causing crown and root rot on R. pulchrum, an important ornamental plant species in China. Additional surveys are ongoing to determine the distribution of P. litorale in the city of Nanjing.

scholarly journals Preliminary Findings of New Citrus Rootstocks Potentially Tolerant to Foot Rot Caused by Phytophthora

Horticulturae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 389
Author(s):  
Lidia Aparicio-Durán ◽  
Juan M. Arjona-López ◽  
Aurea Hervalejo ◽  
Rocío Calero-Velázquez ◽  
Francisco J. Arenas-Arenas
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Brown Rot ◽  
Lesion Length ◽  
Post Inoculation ◽  
Foot Rot ◽  
Damping Off ◽  
Citrus Industry ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Phytophthora Spp ◽  
Branch Canker

Phytophthora spp. are one the most common soil-borne pathogens in citrus crops, in which Phytophthoranicotianae and P. citrophthora are the most relevant species, causing disease problems worldwide, such as foot rot and gummosis of the trunk, branch canker, brown rot of fruit, feeder root rot in orchards, and seedling damping-off in nurseries. Phytophthora-tolerant citrus rootstocks are essential for its control and for the success of the citrus industry. The aim of this study was to determine the susceptibility of new citrus rootstocks with low HLB incidence to Phytophthora diseases. Thus, plants of several commercial and new citrus rootstocks originating in different breeding programs were inoculated with an isolate of P. nicotianae. Thirty days post inoculation (DPI), the damage of lesion length in stem was measured for each plant. These results displayed a different susceptibility response to the damage caused by P. nicotianae among the citrus rootstocks tested. Thus, eleven new citrus rootstocks (B11R3T25, B11R5T25, B11R5T49, B11R5T60, B11R5T64, N40R1T18, N40R1T19, N40R3T25, WGFT + 50-7, UFR-6, and CL-5146), which have not been previously studied against Phytophthora diseases, improved the tolerance effect of Carrizo citrange. Our findings provide useful information for citrus growers on rootstock selection to address incidence problems caused by Phytophthora spp.

scholarly journals Genetic Determinants of Wheat Resistance to Common Root Rot (Spot Blotch), Fusarium Crown Rot, and Sharp Eyespot

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Su ◽  
Jiaojie Zhao ◽  
Shuqing Zhao ◽  
Mengyu Li ◽  
Xiaofeng Shang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Spot Blotch ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Genetic Determinants ◽  
Common Root ◽  
Fusarium Crown Rot ◽  
Common Root Rot ◽  
Sharp Eyespot ◽  
Root And Crown Rot ◽  
Moderate Resistance

Due to the field soil changes, high density planting, and straw-returning methods, wheat common root rot (spot blotch), Fusarium crown rot (FCR), and sharp eyespot have become severe threatens to global wheat productions. Only a few wheat genotypes show moderate resistance to these root and crown rot fungal diseases, and the genetic determinants of wheat resistance to these devastating diseases have been poorly understood. This review summarizes the recent progress of genetic studies on wheat resistance to common root rot, Fusarium crown rot, and sharp eyespot. Wheat germplasms with relative higher resistance are highlighted and genetic loci controlling the resistance to each of the disease are summarized.

scholarly journals First report of crown rot of Photinia fraseri caused by Phytophthora cactorum

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Vettraino ◽  
L. Antonacci ◽  
L. Flamini ◽  
P. Nipoti ◽  
E. Rossini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crown Rot ◽  
Phytophthora Cactorum ◽  
First Report
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