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Fungi As Plant Pathogens
Anubhav Vinayak Lisa Tofil
Heather Rice
Introduction
Definitions:
• Parasite – organism that gains all or part of its nutritional requirements from the living tissues of another organism – the host.
• Pathogen – organism that causes disease.
A pathogen almost always a parasite but not all parasites cause diseases.
Pathogens
• Pathogens – Necrotrophic – (kill the host tissues usually by
directly invading them or by producing toxins or degradative enzymes and then feed on the tissues that they kill)
– Biotrophic – (feed on living host tissues by producing special nutrient-absorbing structures that tap into host’s tissues)
Pathogens
Pathogen
Necrotroph Biotroph
Host-specialized Non-specialized Host-specialized
Seed rots and seedling pathogens
• Athelia rolfsii – One of the most devastating seedling pathogens
in the warmer parts of the world where rainfall is seasonal
Source: http://www.agroatlas.ru/content/diseases/Olee/Olee_Athelia_rolfsii/Olee_Athelia_rolfsii.jpg
Seedling pathogens (cont)
• Rhizoctonia solani – Common seedling pathogen that attacks the
basal stem tissues of plants – Examples
Source:http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nelsons/Misc/1_potato_sore_shin_rhizoctonia_1.jpg
Source: http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseaseID/diseasedetail.aspx?disease=RHISL
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Pectic Enzymes
• Degrade the middle lamella (the cementing layer)
• Three major types – Pectin methyl esterase (PME) – Pectic lyase (PL) – Polygalacturonase (PG)
Source: http://www.ccrc.uga.edu
Host-Specialized Necrotrophic Pathogens
• Necrotrophic pathogens: – Invade normal healthy tissues of plants – Overcome the defense mechanisms of their hosts
• Physical barriers • Fungitoxic chemicals
Botrytis cinerea Source: www.php.wur.nI/UK/Research/
Tissue Degrading Enzymes
• Necrotrophic fungi and nongrass plants: F. oxysporum and V. albo-atrum – Pectic enzymes
• Gramineae (grass family): R. cerealis, F. culmorum, and T. yallundae – Arabinase, xylanase, and glucanase enzymes – Small amounts of pectic enzymes
• Able to degrade typical wall components of their hosts
Plant Defenses Against Necrotrophic Pathogens
• Hypersensitive response: – Upon attack the infected cells die and accumulate
fungitoxic chemicals
• Physical barriers: – Leaf cuticle
• Cutinase enzyme allows the fungus to penetrate through the cuticle
– Papilla • Thickening of the cell wall
at the point of invasion
Source: staff.jccc.net/PDECELL/plants/transpiration.html
Plant Defenses Against Necrotrophic Pathogens
• Physical barriers: – Oxidative burst
• Produces hydrogen peroxide at or near plant cell surface • Hydrogen peroxide strengthens cell wall against attack
– Cross-links plant cell wall proteins
Plant Defenses Against Necrotrophic Pathogens
• Chemical defenses: – Phytoanticipins
• Converted to an active compound in response to infection
• S. lycopersici: – Can overcome phytoanticipins – Produce enzymes:
Avenacinase and α-tomatinase
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Plant Defenses Against Necrotrophic Pathogens
• Chemical Defenses: – Phytoalexins
• Low molecular weight • Protect plants against general attack by fungi • Produced in response to infection
– Activated by an oxidative burst Hydrogen peroxide is initial signal
Systemic Acquired and Induced Resistance
• Systemic acquired resistance (SAR): – Increased resistance following infection
• Mediated by salicylic acid
• Induced systemic resistance (ISR): – Increased resistance following colonization of
plants roots by rhizosphere bacteria • P. fluorescens • Mediated by jasmonic acid and ethylene
Vascular Wilt Pathogens
• Three main fungi: 1. V. albo-atrum 2. V. dahliae 3. F. oxysporum
• More than 80 strains (“special forms”) • Strains survive by producing
chlamydospores • Symptoms:
– Yellowing and death of leaves – Collapse of leaf stalks
• Epinasty
Source: www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/program/sc/path_vari.htm
Vascular Wilt Pathogens
• Mode of infection: – Spores enter water-conducting xylem vessels
• Vectors • Wounds • Young root tips
– Carried upwards in the water flow – Become trapped on perforated end walls
• Produce additional spores – Remain restricted to the xylem vessels until the
plant dies
Plant Response to Vascular Wilt Fungi
• Tyloses- (balloon-like swelling)
• Pectic gels • Release of phenolic
compounds • Accumulation of
phytoalexins
Source: Figure 14.14, Deacon (2006) Fungal Biology, 4th ed.
Smut Fungi
• Members of the Basidiomycota • Over 100 species:
– Loose smut of wheat: U. nuda – Maize smut: U. maydis – Stinking smut of wheat: T. caries
Source: www.uky.edu/.../wheat/disease/Ismut/Ismut1.htm
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Smut Fungi • Mode of infection:
– Germinating spores penetrate developing ovary
– Resulting seeds germinate, colonize, and enter flowering spike
– At maturity flowering spike produces a mass of black spores
Source: www.uky.edu/.../wheat/disease/Ismut/Ismut1.htm
Fungal Endophytes and Their Toxins
• Significance – produce secondary metabolites useful for
commercial use
– induce abiotic tolerance
– insect antifeedant Source: http://cc.oulu.fi/~ampir/kotisivu-3.html
Fungal Endophytes and Their Toxins Cont.
• “Clavicipitaceous endophytes” – Common species is called Claviceps purpurea – These type of endophytes are found in several
pasteur grasses in US, Europe and New Zealand
• Lolium (ryegrass) • Festuca (fescue) • Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot)
Fungal Endophytes and Their Toxins Cont.
• Dilemmas of endophytes – Produce mycotoxins – Mycotoxins harm grazing animals – endophytes increase stress tolerance – endophytes prevent insect damage over other
grasses
Fungal Endophytes and Their Toxins Cont.
• Types of mycotoxins and effects – loliterm B- saturated aminopyrrolizidine alkaloids--
“ryegrass staggers” disease of grazing sheep and cattle. Staggers are loss of coordination and/or tremors occur at times
– Egrovaline- causes “fesuce foot” and “fescue toxicosis” where the animal can experience hyperthermia, weight loss, reduced pregnancy rates, decreased milk production, and for horses birth defects or abortions
– Peramine- tripeptide that is repellent and toxic to insects, but not mammals
Fungal Endophytes and Their Toxins Cont.
Sources:
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/FungalBiology/chap14_3.htm#Fig14.18
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Phytophthora Diseases
• They are not fungi but are part of Oomycota • Phytophthora contains more than 50 species • Common known Phytophthora disease was the potatoe
blight • Causes
– Root rot – Cankers-develop near base of trees – Collar rots and crown rots- develop near base of steams of woody
herbaceous plants – Aerial blights – Fruit rots
Phytophthora Diseases Cont.
Sources:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/images/plantpath/soybean/rootrot/root_rot.jpg
http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/photos/canker.jpg
Sources Cont. http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu/disease.cfm?RecordID=1434
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/tomatoproblemsolver/ripe/images/photos/sour_rot.jpg
Phytophthora Diseases Cont.
• Phytophthora infestans – Heterothallic fungi – Originated in Central Mexico, both mating types
present there (A1 and A2) – Moved over to Europe by 1840’s causing Potatoe
Blight – Only A1 was dominantly present outside Central
Mexico, but in 1980 began to spread
Phytophthora Diseases Cont.
• Phytophthora infestans Cont. – Symptoms
• Black spreading lesions on foliage • Cool humid conditions allow black lesions to produce
sporangiophores that emerge from leaf stomata • Potato tubers become infected later (spread of motile zoospores) • Tubers rot then destroyed by secondary bacteria invaders • May also be spread by wind born sporangia or splashed sporangia
onto leaves
• Sources: – http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/microbes/blight.htm ( fig 14.19a )
Phytophthora Diseases Cont.
• Phytophthora ramorum: sudden oak death – First found in Germany and Netherlands in 1993 – Described as P. ramorum in 2001 – Now found in coastal fog belt of northern California
and southern Oregon – European mating type is A1 – North American mating type is A2 – Separate origin of sources
Phytophthora Diseases Cont. • Phytophthora ramorum: sudden oak death cont.
– Plants affected and symptoms • Rhododendron branches, Vibrurnum bushes, ornamental
Rhododendron and Vibrurnum (Europe), and oaks-- “live and tan oaks” (US)
• Produces lesions on leaves and terminal shoots of shrubs (shoot dieback)
• Cankers at base of trees (destroys cambium) • Cracked bark • Seepage of dark, viscous sap from bark near base of tree
(gummosis) • Sudden death • Slow progressive building of infection under bark
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Phytophthora Diseases Cont. • Phytophthora ramorum: sudden oak death
cont.
Sources:
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/FungalBiology/pramorum.htm (Fig 14.20 a-e)
Biotrophic Plant Pathogens
• Characterized by an extended nutritional relationship with living host cells as opposed to necrotrophic pathogens which kills plant tissues
• Success depends upon – ability to avoid eliciting host cell death – securing a continuous nutrient supply from
living host tissues
Biotrophic Plant Pathogens Cont.
• Example Fulvia (Cladosporium) fulvum – One strain only feeds from the host if it avoids
inducing hypersensitive response – Governed by avirulence genes of the pathogen
and corresponding resistance genes in host • gene for gene relationship is common for biotrophic
plant pathogens
– Specific type of biotroph covered is Haustorial biotrophs
Biotrophic Plant Pathogens Cont.
Source:
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/FungalBiology/chap14_3.htm#Fig14.21
Biotrophic Plant Pathogens Cont.
• Rust Fungi – Black stem rust of wheat (Puccinia graminis)
• Life cycle fig 14.22
Sources:
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/FungalBiology/chap14_3.htm#Fig14.22
Biotrophic Plant Pathogens Cont. • Powdery Mildew Fungi
– Part of Ascomycota cause problems throughout all seasons, especially when dry and hot and if not treated with fungicides
– Common types • powdery mildew of roses (Sphaerotheca pannosa) • powdery mildew of gooseberries (S. mors-uvae) • powdery mildew of hawthorn bushes (Podosphaera
clandestina)
– This species undergoes multiple cycles of infection in one season like rust fungi
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Biotrophic Plant Pathogens Cont. • Downy mildews
– Part of Oomycota – haustorial biotroph act like rust fungi and
powdery mildew fungi, but need humid conditions for infection
– Examples • Blemia lactucae of lettuce • Plasmopara viticola on grape vines • Pseudoperonospora humuli on hops
Sources:
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/facilities/lihrec/vegpath/photos/downymildew_lettuce.htm
Question 1
• What structure do pectic enzymes degrade in plant cells? A. Primary wall B. Middle lamella C. Secondary wall D. Plasmodesmata
Question 2
• What is the name of the signal molecule that mediates systemic acquired resistance? A. Jasmonic acid B. Xylanase C. Ethylene D. Salicylic acid
Question 3
• Which of the following is not a defense mechanism used by plants to prevent invasion by necrotrophic pathogens? A. Phytoanticipins B. Cutinase enzyme C. Oxidative burst D. Phytoalexins
Question 4
• What type of fungi has multiple life cycles including uredospore, teliospores, basidiospores, and aeciospores? A. Powdery Mildew Fungi B. Rust Fungi C. Blemia lactucae D. Phytophthora ramorum
Question 5
• Which type of fungi has two types found in the US (A1 and A2) A. Phytophthora infestans B. Phytophthora ramorum C. Blemia lactucae D. Pseudoperonospora humuli