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Abstract
Abstract Boxwood (Buxus spp.) blight is a devastating disease caused by the Ascomycete fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata in the U.S. and Europe. A second Calonectria species, C. henricotiae, is also pathogenic on boxwood in Europe, but is not present in the U.S. where it is classified as a quarantine pathogen. Composting can eradicate various plant pathogens and high temperature is likely the most important factor influencing pathogen eradication. We previously reported that C. pseudonaviculata microsclerotia survived exposure to 40 °C in an incubator without compost, whereas exposure to the same temperature and time, but with compost added, greatly decreased survival. That is, the decrease in Calonectria growth and survival in compost was greater than could be accounted for by high temperature alone. We hypothesized that the enhanced decrease in Calonectria growth and survival might be due to ammonia, a fungitoxic gas produced during composting. In this laboratory study, we determined that ammonia within agar in Petri plates reduced radial growth of both C. pseudonaviculata and C. henricotiae. In studies with C. pseudonaviculata, gaseous ammonia reduced microsclerotia survival. Our findings suggest that composting dead or dying blighted boxwoods in the presence of ammonia could reduce dissemination of both Calonectria species from blighted to healthy boxwoods.
黄杨木疫病是由黄杨子囊菌真菌Calonectria pseudonaviculata引起的一种美国和欧洲的毁灭性病害。第二种calonectriae, C. henricotiae,在欧洲也能在黄杨上致病,但在美国不存在,在那里它被归类为检疫病原体。堆肥可以根除多种植物病原体,高温可能是影响病原体根除的最重要因素。我们之前报道过,在不添加堆肥的培养箱中,将假aviculata微核菌暴露在40°C下存活,而暴露在相同温度和时间但添加堆肥的情况下,存活率大大降低。也就是说,堆肥中calonecia生长和存活的下降大于单独高温所能解释的。研究人员推测,堆肥过程中产生的氨(一种真菌毒性气体)可能会导致calonecaria生长和存活的急剧下降。在本实验室研究中,我们确定了培养皿中琼脂中的氨会降低假鼻假单胞菌和亨里科假单胞菌的径向生长。在对假棘球绦虫的研究中,气态氨降低了微核菌的存活率。我们的研究结果表明,在氨的存在下堆肥死亡或垂死的黄杨木可以减少两种Calonectria物种从枯萎的黄杨木向健康的黄杨木传播。
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