María Julia CARBONE, Rossana REYNA, Pedro MONDINO, Sandra ALANIZ
Black foot is a serious soilborne fungal disease causing decline of young grapevines. Affected plants show brown to dark streaks developing from the rootstock bases, wood necroses at trunk bases, sunken necrotic lesions on roots, and reduced root biomass. Several fungi, commonly known as Cylindrocarpon-like asexual morphs, have been associated with black foot. Nursery vines are infected during rooting in propagation processes, which is important for dissemination of the pathogens. Species associated with black foot in nursery vines produced in Uruguay were characterized by molecular, phenotypical and pathogenicity studies. From 2017 to 2019, 181 rooted vines grafted onto ‘1103P’, ‘SO4’, ‘101-14’, ‘3309C’ or ‘Gravesac’ rootstocks were sampled, and 71 Cylindrocarpon-like fungal isolates were recovered from rootstock tissues (basal ends and roots). Based on multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of HIS3, TEF and TUB2, and supported by phenotypical characterization, five species of Dactylonectria and Ilyonoectria were identified, with D. macrodidyma being the most prevalent followed by D. novozelandica, D. torresensis, D. palmicola and I. liriodendri. Four Ilyonectria isolates could not be identified to species level. Isolate pathogenicity was assessed using healthy rooted ‘Gravesac’ plants. After three months, isolates of all species infected the plants, causing necrotic lesions on roots and reducing root biomass. On average, 39% of ready-to-plant nursery vines were affected by black foot, emphasizing the need to develop integrated management to reduce black foot incidence in Uruguayan grapevine nurseries, based on studies under local conditions.
{"title":"Black foot in nursery grapevines in Uruguay caused by Dactylonectria and Ilyonectria","authors":"María Julia CARBONE, Rossana REYNA, Pedro MONDINO, Sandra ALANIZ","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14498","url":null,"abstract":"Black foot is a serious soilborne fungal disease causing decline of young grapevines. Affected plants show brown to dark streaks developing from the rootstock bases, wood necroses at trunk bases, sunken necrotic lesions on roots, and reduced root biomass. Several fungi, commonly known as Cylindrocarpon-like asexual morphs, have been associated with black foot. Nursery vines are infected during rooting in propagation processes, which is important for dissemination of the pathogens. Species associated with black foot in nursery vines produced in Uruguay were characterized by molecular, phenotypical and pathogenicity studies. From 2017 to 2019, 181 rooted vines grafted onto ‘1103P’, ‘SO4’, ‘101-14’, ‘3309C’ or ‘Gravesac’ rootstocks were sampled, and 71 Cylindrocarpon-like fungal isolates were recovered from rootstock tissues (basal ends and roots). Based on multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of HIS3, TEF and TUB2, and supported by phenotypical characterization, five species of Dactylonectria and Ilyonoectria were identified, with D. macrodidyma being the most prevalent followed by D. novozelandica, D. torresensis, D. palmicola and I. liriodendri. Four Ilyonectria isolates could not be identified to species level. Isolate pathogenicity was assessed using healthy rooted ‘Gravesac’ plants. After three months, isolates of all species infected the plants, causing necrotic lesions on roots and reducing root biomass. On average, 39% of ready-to-plant nursery vines were affected by black foot, emphasizing the need to develop integrated management to reduce black foot incidence in Uruguayan grapevine nurseries, based on studies under local conditions.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherina AGUIRRE, Luz M. PEREZ, Jaime R. MONTEALEGRE
Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) can cause large losses in vineyards. Diplodia seriata is an important GTD pathogen in Chile. Development and use of bioprotectors is a complementary alternative to the use of agrochemicals for disease management. To produce bioformulations for management of D. seriata, additives could be used to maintain viability and survival of biocontrol agents, such as Trichoderma harzianum and Clonostachys rosea. Effects of drying supports (inulin, maltodextrin, lactose, or talc) and adhesive polymers (carboxymethylcellulose, Aloe vera gel, or chitosan) were assessed on D. seriata conidium viability and mycelium development of T. harzianum and C. rosea, and for their biocontrol capacity against D. seriata. T. harzianum and C. rosea cultured in Potato Dextrose Agar containing inulin (at 10% w/v) maltodextrin (10% w/v), lactose (6% w/v), or talc (4% w/v), or the adhesive polymers carboxymethylcellulose (0.5% w/v), Aloe vera gel (0.5% w/v), or chitosan (1.5% w/v), maintained their biocontrol activity against D. seriata. These additives did not enhance D. seriata development. Therefore, these preparations, at the respective indicated concentrations, can be included in bioformulations for management of disease caused by this pathogen.
{"title":"In vitro evaluation of drying supports and adhesive polymers as adjuvants for biocontrol of Diplodia seriata by Trichoderma harzianum and Clonostachys rosea","authors":"Katherina AGUIRRE, Luz M. PEREZ, Jaime R. MONTEALEGRE","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14096","url":null,"abstract":"Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) can cause large losses in vineyards. Diplodia seriata is an important GTD pathogen in Chile. Development and use of bioprotectors is a complementary alternative to the use of agrochemicals for disease management. To produce bioformulations for management of D. seriata, additives could be used to maintain viability and survival of biocontrol agents, such as Trichoderma harzianum and Clonostachys rosea. Effects of drying supports (inulin, maltodextrin, lactose, or talc) and adhesive polymers (carboxymethylcellulose, Aloe vera gel, or chitosan) were assessed on D. seriata conidium viability and mycelium development of T. harzianum and C. rosea, and for their biocontrol capacity against D. seriata. T. harzianum and C. rosea cultured in Potato Dextrose Agar containing inulin (at 10% w/v) maltodextrin (10% w/v), lactose (6% w/v), or talc (4% w/v), or the adhesive polymers carboxymethylcellulose (0.5% w/v), Aloe vera gel (0.5% w/v), or chitosan (1.5% w/v), maintained their biocontrol activity against D. seriata. These additives did not enhance D. seriata development. Therefore, these preparations, at the respective indicated concentrations, can be included in bioformulations for management of disease caused by this pathogen.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Firas Abu EL SAMEN, Marwa NASRALLAH, Mahmoud A. ALFAQIH, Kholoud M. ALANANBEH
Grapevines (Vitis vinifera) are important fruit producers in Jordan, and grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are suspected to cause problems in many Jordanian vineyards. This study aimed to estimate GTDs incidence and severity in selected vineyards, and to isolate and identify the causal agents associated with GTDs in this country. Field surveys were carried out and representative samples of diseased vines showing GTDs symptoms were collected to isolate and identify the causal organisms. Molecular analyses of DNA sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions of fungal ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were used to confirm the morphological identifications of the fungal isolates. GTDs were present in all the surveyed vineyards. Mean GTD incidence was 44% across all the fields evaluated, ranging from 9 to 69% in individual vineyards. Disease severity ranged from 52–74% (mean = 62%) across all vineyards and locations. A total of 325 fungal isolates were recovered from infected grapevines. The most prevalent pathogens identified were those associated with Botryosphaeria dieback, including Diplodia seriata, Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Neofusicoccum parvum, followed by the Esca disease pathogens Phaeoacremonium parasiticum, P. aleophilum, P. rubrigenum, and Fomitiporia spp. Ilyonectria liriodendri and I. spp., known to be associated with black foot of grapevines, were also isolated. Plant pathogens causing vascular wilts and root rots, including Fusarium proliferatum, F. oxysporum, Verticillium spp., and Rhizoctonia solani, were also identified from diseased plant samples, and were found in mixed infections with GTDs pathogens. Most of the identified pathogens, except those associated with vascular wilt and root rot, are reported for the first time in Jordan. Results of this study indicate that GTDs are widespread in Jordan, and that there is urgent need to adopt a “national strategy” for GTD management in this country.
{"title":"Prevalence and pathogenicity of fungi associated with grapevine trunk diseases in Jordan","authors":"Firas Abu EL SAMEN, Marwa NASRALLAH, Mahmoud A. ALFAQIH, Kholoud M. ALANANBEH","doi":"10.36253/phyto-13766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-13766","url":null,"abstract":"Grapevines (Vitis vinifera) are important fruit producers in Jordan, and grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are suspected to cause problems in many Jordanian vineyards. This study aimed to estimate GTDs incidence and severity in selected vineyards, and to isolate and identify the causal agents associated with GTDs in this country. Field surveys were carried out and representative samples of diseased vines showing GTDs symptoms were collected to isolate and identify the causal organisms. Molecular analyses of DNA sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions of fungal ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were used to confirm the morphological identifications of the fungal isolates. GTDs were present in all the surveyed vineyards. Mean GTD incidence was 44% across all the fields evaluated, ranging from 9 to 69% in individual vineyards. Disease severity ranged from 52–74% (mean = 62%) across all vineyards and locations. A total of 325 fungal isolates were recovered from infected grapevines. The most prevalent pathogens identified were those associated with Botryosphaeria dieback, including Diplodia seriata, Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Neofusicoccum parvum, followed by the Esca disease pathogens Phaeoacremonium parasiticum, P. aleophilum, P. rubrigenum, and Fomitiporia spp. Ilyonectria liriodendri and I. spp., known to be associated with black foot of grapevines, were also isolated. Plant pathogens causing vascular wilts and root rots, including Fusarium proliferatum, F. oxysporum, Verticillium spp., and Rhizoctonia solani, were also identified from diseased plant samples, and were found in mixed infections with GTDs pathogens. Most of the identified pathogens, except those associated with vascular wilt and root rot, are reported for the first time in Jordan. Results of this study indicate that GTDs are widespread in Jordan, and that there is urgent need to adopt a “national strategy” for GTD management in this country.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Greta DARDANI, Laura MUGNAI, Simone BUSSOTTI, M. Lodovica GULLINO, Vladimiro GUARNACCIA
Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTDs) are major threats in Mediterranean countries, causing economic losses due to reduced grape yields and long-term vine productivity, as well as death of grapevines. A survey was conducted in Piedmont (Northern Italy) during 2021-2022 to investigate the species diversity and distribution of GTD pathogens in this important Italian wine region. Morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses (based on ITS, tef1, tub2, act and rpb2) identified species of Botryosphaeriaceae at high frequency, including Botryosphaeria dothidea, Diplodia mutila, Diplodia seriata and Neofusicoccum parvum. Other pathogens commonly associated with GTDs, including Eutypa lata, Fomitiporia mediterranea and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, were also isolated. Less commonly isolated species included Neocucurbitaria juglandicola, Paraconiothyrium brasiliense, Seimatosporium vitis-viniferae and Truncatella angustata. Pathogenicity tests with two representative isolates of each species were carried out using one-year-old potted grapevine cuttings (‘Barbera’). All isolates (except N. juglandicola) caused brown wood necrotic vascular discolourations on inoculated plants and were successfully re-isolated. Effects of temperature on colony growth were also assessed. For all tested isolates there was no growth at 5°C, only four isolates (Botryosphaeriaceae) grew at 35°C, and optimum growth temperatures were between 20 and 25°C. This is the first record of Paraconiothyrium brasiliense and Neocucurbitaria juglandicola associated with symptomatic grapevines in Italy.
{"title":"Grapevine dieback caused by Botryosphaeriaceae species, Paraconiothyrium brasiliense, Seimatosporium vitis-viniferae and Truncatella angustata in Piedmont: characterization and pathogenicity","authors":"Greta DARDANI, Laura MUGNAI, Simone BUSSOTTI, M. Lodovica GULLINO, Vladimiro GUARNACCIA","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14673","url":null,"abstract":"Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTDs) are major threats in Mediterranean countries, causing economic losses due to reduced grape yields and long-term vine productivity, as well as death of grapevines. A survey was conducted in Piedmont (Northern Italy) during 2021-2022 to investigate the species diversity and distribution of GTD pathogens in this important Italian wine region. Morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses (based on ITS, tef1, tub2, act and rpb2) identified species of Botryosphaeriaceae at high frequency, including Botryosphaeria dothidea, Diplodia mutila, Diplodia seriata and Neofusicoccum parvum. Other pathogens commonly associated with GTDs, including Eutypa lata, Fomitiporia mediterranea and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, were also isolated. Less commonly isolated species included Neocucurbitaria juglandicola, Paraconiothyrium brasiliense, Seimatosporium vitis-viniferae and Truncatella angustata. Pathogenicity tests with two representative isolates of each species were carried out using one-year-old potted grapevine cuttings (‘Barbera’). All isolates (except N. juglandicola) caused brown wood necrotic vascular discolourations on inoculated plants and were successfully re-isolated. Effects of temperature on colony growth were also assessed. For all tested isolates there was no growth at 5°C, only four isolates (Botryosphaeriaceae) grew at 35°C, and optimum growth temperatures were between 20 and 25°C. This is the first record of Paraconiothyrium brasiliense and Neocucurbitaria juglandicola associated with symptomatic grapevines in Italy.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Many fungal pathogens are associated with grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs), which cause important yield and economic losses in grape production. There are no effective control methods against GTDs once plants are infected, so research is aimed at preventive measures to avoid infections in nurseries and vineyards. Inhibitory activities of the phenolic compounds eugenol, epigallocatechin–3–O–gallate (EGCG) and thymol against the GTD fungi Diplodia seriata, Eutypa lata, Fomitiporia mediterranea and Neofusicoccum parvum were assessed in vitro, and in planta as grapevine pruning wound treatments. Greatest inhibition of pathogen mycelium growth was observed with eugenol (fungistatic at 1,500 µg mL–1, fungicidal at 2,500 µg mL–1). No inhibitory activity against GTD fungi was observed with EGCG. Minimum concentrations with in vitro inhibitory effects on D. seriata and N. parvum spore germination were 360 µg mL–1 for thymol and 750 µg mL–1 for eugenol. In the grapevine wound protection tests, thymol was effective against N. parvum at 360 µg mL–1, but eugenol was not.
{"title":"Phenolic compounds inhibit viability and infectivity of the grapevine pathogens Diplodia seriata, Eutypa lata, Fomitiporia mediterranea, and Neofusicoccum parvum","authors":"Kateřina ŠTŮSKOVÁ, Vincenzo MONDELLO, Eliška HAKALOVÁ, Dorota TEKIELSKA, Florence FONTAINE, Aleš EICHMEIER","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14716","url":null,"abstract":"Many fungal pathogens are associated with grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs), which cause important yield and economic losses in grape production. There are no effective control methods against GTDs once plants are infected, so research is aimed at preventive measures to avoid infections in nurseries and vineyards. Inhibitory activities of the phenolic compounds eugenol, epigallocatechin–3–O–gallate (EGCG) and thymol against the GTD fungi Diplodia seriata, Eutypa lata, Fomitiporia mediterranea and Neofusicoccum parvum were assessed in vitro, and in planta as grapevine pruning wound treatments. Greatest inhibition of pathogen mycelium growth was observed with eugenol (fungistatic at 1,500 µg mL–1, fungicidal at 2,500 µg mL–1). No inhibitory activity against GTD fungi was observed with EGCG. Minimum concentrations with in vitro inhibitory effects on D. seriata and N. parvum spore germination were 360 µg mL–1 for thymol and 750 µg mL–1 for eugenol. In the grapevine wound protection tests, thymol was effective against N. parvum at 360 µg mL–1, but eugenol was not.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eutypa dieback of grapevine is a trunk disease that affects vineyard productivity. Wood symptoms of this disease develop consistently in greenhouse-grown plants, after inoculation of woody stems with the causal fungus Eutypa lata. Wood symptoms are a common measure of host cultivar resistance and E. lata isolate virulence. Leaf symptoms of the disease also develop in the greenhouse, although reports of low correlations between severity of wood and leaf symptoms (for some cultivars and isolates) indicate that a definitive procedure is required for evaluating cultivar resistance. Three ‘phenotyping assays’, replicated with two E. lata isolates (BX1-10 and M14), were assessed for quantifying resistance of a set of Vitis vinifera cultivars (‘Black Corinth’, ‘Carignane’, ‘Husseine’, ‘Merlot’, ‘Muscat Hamburg’, ‘Palomino’, ‘Peloursin’, ‘Primitivo’, and ‘Thompson Seedless’). The methods were: Assay 1 (leaf and woody-stem symptoms measured 1 year post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, dormant cuttings); Assay 2 (green stem symptoms measured 4 months post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, green cuttings); and Assay 3 (leaf symptoms measured 6 weeks post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, dormant cuttings). High rates of mortality among some cultivars (‘Merlot’) in Assay 3 confounded results based on leaf symptoms. Results from Assays 1 and 2 were more consistent with each other, especially for the most resistant cultivars [‘Merlot’ and ‘Primitivo’ (aka ‘Zinfandel’)]’, than they were for these cultivars in Assay 3. Compared to resistant cultivars, there was more variation in the most susceptible cultivar, including ‘Black Corinth’, ‘Carignane’, ‘Husseine’, and ‘Thompson Seedless’, regardless of the assay. Assay 1 with isolate BX1-10 was the most repeatable and provided data on wood and leaf symptoms for cultivar comparisons. Assay 2 was the most rapid, and gave results similar to those from Assay 1. Assay 2 also accommodated germplasm that can only be propagated from green cuttings.
{"title":"Phenotyping grapevine cultivars for resistance to Eutypa dieback","authors":"Renaud TRAVADON, Kendra BAUMGARTNER","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14467","url":null,"abstract":"Eutypa dieback of grapevine is a trunk disease that affects vineyard productivity. Wood symptoms of this disease develop consistently in greenhouse-grown plants, after inoculation of woody stems with the causal fungus Eutypa lata. Wood symptoms are a common measure of host cultivar resistance and E. lata isolate virulence. Leaf symptoms of the disease also develop in the greenhouse, although reports of low correlations between severity of wood and leaf symptoms (for some cultivars and isolates) indicate that a definitive procedure is required for evaluating cultivar resistance. Three ‘phenotyping assays’, replicated with two E. lata isolates (BX1-10 and M14), were assessed for quantifying resistance of a set of Vitis vinifera cultivars (‘Black Corinth’, ‘Carignane’, ‘Husseine’, ‘Merlot’, ‘Muscat Hamburg’, ‘Palomino’, ‘Peloursin’, ‘Primitivo’, and ‘Thompson Seedless’). The methods were: Assay 1 (leaf and woody-stem symptoms measured 1 year post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, dormant cuttings); Assay 2 (green stem symptoms measured 4 months post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, green cuttings); and Assay 3 (leaf symptoms measured 6 weeks post-inoculation on plants propagated from rooted, dormant cuttings). High rates of mortality among some cultivars (‘Merlot’) in Assay 3 confounded results based on leaf symptoms. Results from Assays 1 and 2 were more consistent with each other, especially for the most resistant cultivars [‘Merlot’ and ‘Primitivo’ (aka ‘Zinfandel’)]’, than they were for these cultivars in Assay 3. Compared to resistant cultivars, there was more variation in the most susceptible cultivar, including ‘Black Corinth’, ‘Carignane’, ‘Husseine’, and ‘Thompson Seedless’, regardless of the assay. Assay 1 with isolate BX1-10 was the most repeatable and provided data on wood and leaf symptoms for cultivar comparisons. Assay 2 was the most rapid, and gave results similar to those from Assay 1. Assay 2 also accommodated germplasm that can only be propagated from green cuttings.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monika RIEDLE-BAUER, Dragana BANDION, Monika MADERCIC, Markus GORFER
Biological control agents (BCAs) have shown efficacy against several pathogens associated with Esca of grapevines, but their effects on the white rot pathogen Fomitiporia mediterranea (Fmed) have not been extensively studied. An assessment of several potential BCAs evaluated activity against Fmed. This included isolates of Trichoderma simmonsii, T. citrinoviride, T. atroviride, Bacillus subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis and Pseudomonas koreensis, all obtained from grapevines in Austria. Effects of the BCAs on Fmed growth were assessed in dual culture assays and in assays with fresh and autoclaved grapevine wood disks. In the dual culture assays, all the BCAs reduced growth of Fmed compared to experimental controls. In the Trichoderma experiments, Fmed growth only marginally exceeded the size of the initial mycelium plugs, and growth inhibition for all Fmed isolates and strains was 91 to 97%. Growth of Fmed was inhibited by 55 to 66% by B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis isolates, by 41 to 49% by B. subtilis isolates, and by 55 to 66% by P. koreensis. In the wood disc assays, Fmed colonized fresh and autoclaved wood. All the Trichoderma isolates almost completely suppressed Fmed growth on fresh and autoclaved wood. Less but statistically significant inhibition was recorded for an isolate of B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis and one of P. koreensis.
生物防治剂(bca)对几种与葡萄Esca相关的病原菌有一定的防治效果,但其对地中海白腐菌(Fmed)的防治效果尚未得到广泛的研究。对几种潜在bca的评估评估了对Fmed的活性。其中包括从奥地利葡萄树中分离出的simmoncderma, T. citriviride, T. atroviride,枯草芽孢杆菌,解淀粉芽孢杆菌/velezensis和韩国假单胞菌。bca对Fmed生长的影响通过双重培养试验和新鲜和高压灭菌葡萄藤木片试验进行了评估。在双重培养试验中,与实验对照相比,所有bca都降低了Fmed的生长。在木霉实验中,Fmed的生长仅略微超过初始菌丝塞的大小,对所有Fmed分离株和菌株的生长抑制率为91% ~ 97%。解淀粉芽孢杆菌对Fmed生长的抑制作用为55 ~ 66%,枯草芽孢杆菌对Fmed生长的抑制作用为41 ~ 49%,高丽芽孢杆菌对Fmed生长的抑制作用为55 ~ 66%。在木盘试验中,Fmed定植了新鲜和高压灭菌的木材。所有木霉分离株几乎完全抑制新鲜木材和蒸压木材上的Fmed生长。一株解淀粉芽孢杆菌/velezensis和一株韩国芽孢杆菌的抑制作用虽小,但有统计学意义。
{"title":"Activity of biocontrol agents against the grapevine pathogen Fomitiporia mediterranea","authors":"Monika RIEDLE-BAUER, Dragana BANDION, Monika MADERCIC, Markus GORFER","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14302","url":null,"abstract":"Biological control agents (BCAs) have shown efficacy against several pathogens associated with Esca of grapevines, but their effects on the white rot pathogen Fomitiporia mediterranea (Fmed) have not been extensively studied. An assessment of several potential BCAs evaluated activity against Fmed. This included isolates of Trichoderma simmonsii, T. citrinoviride, T. atroviride, Bacillus subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis and Pseudomonas koreensis, all obtained from grapevines in Austria. Effects of the BCAs on Fmed growth were assessed in dual culture assays and in assays with fresh and autoclaved grapevine wood disks. In the dual culture assays, all the BCAs reduced growth of Fmed compared to experimental controls. In the Trichoderma experiments, Fmed growth only marginally exceeded the size of the initial mycelium plugs, and growth inhibition for all Fmed isolates and strains was 91 to 97%. Growth of Fmed was inhibited by 55 to 66% by B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis isolates, by 41 to 49% by B. subtilis isolates, and by 55 to 66% by P. koreensis. In the wood disc assays, Fmed colonized fresh and autoclaved wood. All the Trichoderma isolates almost completely suppressed Fmed growth on fresh and autoclaved wood. Less but statistically significant inhibition was recorded for an isolate of B. amyloliquefaciens/velezensis and one of P. koreensis.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara FALSINI, Samuele MORETTI, Enrico BATTISTON, Corrado TANI, Alessio PAPINI, Giuseppe CARELLA, Marco NOCENTINI, Laura MUGNAI, Silvia SCHIFF
Grapevines require pruning procedures to maintain plant morphology and ensure productivity, and these procedures cause wounds that induce physical and biological host defence mechanisms. Grapevine tissue reactions to wounding resulting from four different pruning methods were assessed. Rapid (immediate) defence reactions were detected in 1-year-old canes with preserved basal buds. Formation of tyloses (≈ 90% of xylem vessels) was observed 1 month later on canes where the basal buds were maintained and no short stubs were left (i.e. the pruning cuts preserved the buds). At 2 months after pruning, lignin was slightly increased in cortical parenchyma after pruning of 3-year-old grapevine wood. Neither callose nor suberin production was observed in healing wounds, as is known in other fruit or broadleaf trees. In 3-year-old canes, fungal hyphae were observed in the non-active wood below the pruning cut surfaces. Preliminary observations of desiccation cones within canes confirmed that the basal buds preserved the canes from desiccation, after comparing different pruning procedures on canes of the same age. After 9 months, the desiccation cones were greater in 3- than 1-year-old wounds.
{"title":"Grapevine histological responses to pruning: the influence of basal buds on tissue defence reactions","authors":"Sara FALSINI, Samuele MORETTI, Enrico BATTISTON, Corrado TANI, Alessio PAPINI, Giuseppe CARELLA, Marco NOCENTINI, Laura MUGNAI, Silvia SCHIFF","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14565","url":null,"abstract":"Grapevines require pruning procedures to maintain plant morphology and ensure productivity, and these procedures cause wounds that induce physical and biological host defence mechanisms. Grapevine tissue reactions to wounding resulting from four different pruning methods were assessed. Rapid (immediate) defence reactions were detected in 1-year-old canes with preserved basal buds. Formation of tyloses (≈ 90% of xylem vessels) was observed 1 month later on canes where the basal buds were maintained and no short stubs were left (i.e. the pruning cuts preserved the buds). At 2 months after pruning, lignin was slightly increased in cortical parenchyma after pruning of 3-year-old grapevine wood. Neither callose nor suberin production was observed in healing wounds, as is known in other fruit or broadleaf trees. In 3-year-old canes, fungal hyphae were observed in the non-active wood below the pruning cut surfaces. Preliminary observations of desiccation cones within canes confirmed that the basal buds preserved the canes from desiccation, after comparing different pruning procedures on canes of the same age. After 9 months, the desiccation cones were greater in 3- than 1-year-old wounds.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Ramón ÚRBEZ-TORRES, Julie BOULÉ, Jared HRYCAN, Daniel T. O'GORMAN
Despite studies associating Fusarium spp. with grapevine decline since late 1970s, no consensus has been reached regarding the roles these fungi play in grapevine health. Recent studies in British Columbia, Canada, assessed prevalence of grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in young and mature vineyards, and the presence of GTD fungi in ready-to-plant nursery material sold in Canada. This study characterized the Fusarium spp. isolated from grapevines in BC by sequencing part of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1) gene, and carried out pathogenicity studies to determine whether Fusarium plays a role in grapevine decline. Fusarium spp. were isolated from 9.8% of samples collected from young vines (≤ 8-year-old), and 7.3% from mature vines (> 8-year-old), showing decline symptoms in commercial vineyards. Fusarium was also isolated from 43.9% of ready-to-plant dormant grapevines analyzed from four nurseries. Fusarium incidence varied between plants within the same nursery and between plants from the different nurseries. DNA sequences of TEF1 allowed identification of Fusarium oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F. ramigenum, and a Fusarium sp. Pathogenicity studies were conducted in 1-year-old dormant rooted ‘Chardonnay’ plants grafted onto ‘3309C’ rootstock, and treatments included: i) whole plant, ii) trimming of roots, iii) cut at rootstock basal ends, and iv) trimming of roots plus cut at rootstock basal ends. Plants were inoculated using standardized methods, and were then planted in a greenhouse. Fusarium was compared with Dactylonectria macrodidyma, D. pauciseptata and Ilyonectria liriodendri used as positive controls. The Fusarium spp. caused necroses in rootstock roots and basal ends that were similar to those caused by black-foot fungi. Fusarium spp. and black-foot fungi reduced root and shoot dry weights when compared with non-inoculated controls, but no statistically significant differences were recorded for most treatments. This study is the first in Canada to identify Fusarium spp. from grapevines. Though Fusarium was common in these grapevines, pathogenicity tests suggest that the identified Fusarium spp. were weakly pathogenic to ‘3309C’ rootstock grapevines.
{"title":"Potential role of Fusarium spp. in grapevine decline","authors":"José Ramón ÚRBEZ-TORRES, Julie BOULÉ, Jared HRYCAN, Daniel T. O'GORMAN","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14679","url":null,"abstract":"Despite studies associating Fusarium spp. with grapevine decline since late 1970s, no consensus has been reached regarding the roles these fungi play in grapevine health. Recent studies in British Columbia, Canada, assessed prevalence of grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in young and mature vineyards, and the presence of GTD fungi in ready-to-plant nursery material sold in Canada. This study characterized the Fusarium spp. isolated from grapevines in BC by sequencing part of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1) gene, and carried out pathogenicity studies to determine whether Fusarium plays a role in grapevine decline. Fusarium spp. were isolated from 9.8% of samples collected from young vines (≤ 8-year-old), and 7.3% from mature vines (> 8-year-old), showing decline symptoms in commercial vineyards. Fusarium was also isolated from 43.9% of ready-to-plant dormant grapevines analyzed from four nurseries. Fusarium incidence varied between plants within the same nursery and between plants from the different nurseries. DNA sequences of TEF1 allowed identification of Fusarium oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F. ramigenum, and a Fusarium sp. Pathogenicity studies were conducted in 1-year-old dormant rooted ‘Chardonnay’ plants grafted onto ‘3309C’ rootstock, and treatments included: i) whole plant, ii) trimming of roots, iii) cut at rootstock basal ends, and iv) trimming of roots plus cut at rootstock basal ends. Plants were inoculated using standardized methods, and were then planted in a greenhouse. Fusarium was compared with Dactylonectria macrodidyma, D. pauciseptata and Ilyonectria liriodendri used as positive controls. The Fusarium spp. caused necroses in rootstock roots and basal ends that were similar to those caused by black-foot fungi. Fusarium spp. and black-foot fungi reduced root and shoot dry weights when compared with non-inoculated controls, but no statistically significant differences were recorded for most treatments. This study is the first in Canada to identify Fusarium spp. from grapevines. Though Fusarium was common in these grapevines, pathogenicity tests suggest that the identified Fusarium spp. were weakly pathogenic to ‘3309C’ rootstock grapevines.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomato production is an important part of the Swiss vegetable production with most tomato crops grown in greenhouses. Tomato plants are vulnerable to diseases caused by viruses, which can have significant impacts on crop production. This study reports the first detection of tomato fruit botch virus (ToFBV, Blunervirus solani) in Switzerland, from a tomato production site at the southern part of the Ticino region. The symptoms observed indicated presence of a viral pathogen, but tests against the most common tomato viruses were negative. Immunocapture of double-stranded RNA and its subsequent sequencing on a Flongle flowcell (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) identified the presence of ToFBV and southern tomato virus. The genome of the Swiss ToFBV isolate was very similar to that available in GenBank. Datamining of the sequence read archives found the virus in two other countries, with a highly conserved genome. With this study, there are now 12 near-complete genomes of ToFBV available, and the virus is recorded from ten countries. This study underlines the importance of continuous monitoring and research on emerging viruses in tomato production.
{"title":"Symptomatic, widespread, and inconspicuous: new detection of tomato fruit blotch virus","authors":"Arnaud G. BLOUIN, Nathalie DUBUIS, Justine BRODARD, Laure APOTHÉLOZ-PERRET-GENTIL, Denise ALTENBACH, Olivier SCHUMPP","doi":"10.36253/phyto-14463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-14463","url":null,"abstract":"Tomato production is an important part of the Swiss vegetable production with most tomato crops grown in greenhouses. Tomato plants are vulnerable to diseases caused by viruses, which can have significant impacts on crop production. This study reports the first detection of tomato fruit botch virus (ToFBV, Blunervirus solani) in Switzerland, from a tomato production site at the southern part of the Ticino region. The symptoms observed indicated presence of a viral pathogen, but tests against the most common tomato viruses were negative. Immunocapture of double-stranded RNA and its subsequent sequencing on a Flongle flowcell (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) identified the presence of ToFBV and southern tomato virus. The genome of the Swiss ToFBV isolate was very similar to that available in GenBank. Datamining of the sequence read archives found the virus in two other countries, with a highly conserved genome. With this study, there are now 12 near-complete genomes of ToFBV available, and the virus is recorded from ten countries. This study underlines the importance of continuous monitoring and research on emerging viruses in tomato production.","PeriodicalId":20165,"journal":{"name":"Phytopathologia Mediterranea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135443210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}