First Report of Fusarium thapsinum Causing Maize Stalk Rot in China

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most widely grown crop in China, which was planted 41.28 million hectares in 2019 (http://data.stats.gov.cnw/easyquery.htm?cn=C01&zb=A0D0F&sj=2019). Several fungal diseases of maize are reported in which stalk rot has become one of the most destructive diseases in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2021) vom: 18. März
1. Verfasser: Zhang, Jie (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cao, Yanyong, Han, Shengbo, Xia, Laikun, Zhu, Zhendong, Duan, Canxing, Zhang, Mengning, Yang, Lirong, Li, Huiyong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article Causal Agent Epidemiology Fungi Pathogen detection Subject Areas disease development and spread
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520 |a Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most widely grown crop in China, which was planted 41.28 million hectares in 2019 (http://data.stats.gov.cnw/easyquery.htm?cn=C01&zb=A0D0F&sj=2019). Several fungal diseases of maize are reported in which stalk rot has become one of the most destructive diseases in China. The average yield losses affected by the disease are estimated at 10% to 20% (Yu et al. 2016). From 2017 to 2019, a survey was conducted to determine the population diversity of Fusarium species associated with maize diseases in 18 cities across Henan province. Fusarium stalk rot of maize with disease incidence more than 25% was observed in two continuous maize fields at Xuchang city. The diseased stem tissues from junctions in health and disease were chopped into small pieces (3 × 8 mm), superficially disinfected (70% ethyl alcohol for 1 min), placed onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with L-(+)-Lactic-acid (1 g/L), poured in petri plates and incubated at 25°C for 4 days. Mycelia showing morphological characteristic of Fusarium spp. were sub-cultured from single conidium. The pure fungal isolates produced fluffy colonies, white aerial mycelium with yellow pigment in agar. The radial mycelial growth was measured and calculated at an average growth rate 10.9 mm/day at 25°C (Fig. 1A; 1B). Macroconidia produced on carnation leaf agar (CLA) were relatively slender, slightly curved and thick-walled, mostly 3 to 5 marked septa, with a curved and tapering apical cell and poorly developed foot cell, 46.9 ± 5.6 µm × 4.9 ± 0.2 µm (Fig. 1C). Microconidia formed abundantly and were generally oval on CLA, 8.2 ± 0.5 µm × 3.4± 0.1 µm (Fig. 1D). No chlamydospores were observed. Morphological characteristics of the isolates matched the description of Fusarium thapsinum (Leslie and Summerell 2006). To further get the phylogenetic evidence, TEF1-α (translation elongation factor), RPB1 (the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II) and RPB2 (the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II) were amplified with primer pairs EF1/EF2 (O'Donnell et al. 1998), thapR1F (5'-TTTTCCTCACAAAGGAGCAAATCATG-3')/thapR1R (5'-GTTCACCCAAGATATGGTCGAAAGCC-3'), and thapR2F (5'-ACTCTTTCACATTTGCGCCGAAC-3')/thapR2R (5'-CGGAGCTTTCGTCCAGTGTGAC-3'), and sequenced, respectively. The BLAST search of the sequences of EF1-α, RPB1 and RPB2 shared 99.87% to 100% identity with those of F. thapsinum strains deposited in the GenBank (Supplementary Table 1). Sequences from two isolates (XCCG-3-B-1 and XCCG-3-A-1) were deposited in GenBank (Accession No. MT550014, MT997082 for EF-1α; MT550011, MT997087 for RPB1 and MT550008, MT997091 for RPB2). The phylogenetic relationships based on analysis of the partial sequences showed the representive isolates clustered together with F. thapsinum at 96% bootstrap values (Fig. 2). Combined with the results of morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, the strain designated as Fusarium thapsinum. To complete Koch's postulates, the pathogenicity of the isolates was tested using the silking-stage plants in a greenhouse based on previously described method with modification (Zhang et al. 2016). An 8 mm in diameter wound hole was created at the second or third internode of the plant above the soil surface and injected with 0.5 ml of mycelia plug. The inoculated stalk exhibited internal dark brown necrotic regions and the brown area elongated obviously around the insertion at 14 dpi (days post inoculation). At 30 dpi, the stalks turned soft, hollow and even lodging of the plants for those severe ones, which are similar to those observed on naturally infected maize plants in the field (Fig. 1F). When the roots of the three-leaf-stage seedlings were inoculated with 1×106 macroconidia solution (Ye et al. 2013), the root rot and leaf wilting symptoms were observed (Fig. 1E). While the control plants that were inoculated with only sterile water showed no disease symptoms. The pathogen was re-isolated from the inoculated tissues and the identity was confirmed by the morphological characters. Fusarium thapsinum had been described as causal agent of maize stalk rot in Pakistan (Tahir et al. 2018). To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. thapsinum associated with maize stalk rot in China. The discovery will strengthen the theoretical foundation of maize stalk rot disease management 
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