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Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello Dept. of Plant Pathology
Plant Defenses - How Trees Defend Themselves and Why it Matters
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Why are we interested in this subject? è Plant defenses are the foundation of host plant resistance
è Resistance is a cost-effective and ecologically-sound approach to disease and insect management
è Resistance is compatible with other IPM techniques and sometimes it is singularly sufficient to suppress pest damage to tolerable levels è In IPM, defense traits associated with resistance can be used as biomarkers
for selection of resistant plant germplasm
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Disease Triangle
Host Pathogen
Environment
Amount of
Disease
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Why are we interested in this subject? è To apply resistance as an IPM tool we need to understand it
è Only once we understand it will we be able to harness it to our advantage, i.e. è lower costs of pest control
è lower human and environmental impacts of pesticide use
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Layout of today’s talk è Major concepts in tree defense against pathogens
è Current research on tree disease resistance
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Mechanisms of Pest Resistance Plants do not have an immune system as we understand it in
humans, they defend themselves using:
è Mechanical (physical) barriers: preformed (passive), induced
è Chemical barriers : preformed (passive), induced
But: mechanical barriers are always the result of chemical processes!
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Preformed Mechanical Barriers
è Leaves: e.g. cuticles, leaf hairs (trichomes)
è Stem and roots: outer bark
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8 (Manion, P.D. (1991) Tree Disease Concepts. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)
LEAVES
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Young poplar leaf (susceptible to
Marssonina leaf spot)
Older poplar leaf (resistant to
Marssonina leaf spot)
(Blanchette, R.A. & Biggs, A.R. (Eds.) (1992) Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plant Against Fungi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin)
LEAVES
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10 (Rost et al. (1984) Botany - A Brief Introduction to Plant Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York)
STEMS
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Franceschi VR, Krokene P, Christiansen E, Krekling T (2005) Anatomical and chemical defenses of conifer bark against bark beetles and other pests. New Phytologist 167 (2):353-375
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12 (Manion, P.D. (1991) Tree Disease Concepts. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)
STEMS
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Preformed Chemical Barriers è Leaves:
è exuded antibiotic chemicals, e.g. gallic acid from Norway maple leaves
è antibiotics inside leaves (a plethora), e.g. resin in pine needles.
è Stem and roots: è phloem and xylem usually contain all sorts of nasty chemicals
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Soluble chemicals
Franceschi VR, Krokene P, Christiansen E, Krekling T (2005) Anatomical and chemical defenses of conifer bark against bark beetles and other pests. New Phytologist 167 (2):353-375
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15 (Blanchette, R.A. & Biggs, A.R. (Eds.) (1992) Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plant Against Fungi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin)
Hickory cultivar susceptible to Cladosporium caryigenum
Hickory cultivar resistant to Cladosporium caryigenum
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Induced Mechanical Barriers (Wound Healing)
è Leaves: e.g. abscission zones, corky layers
è Stem and roots: corky layers, new periderms
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Phyllosticta leaf spot of red maple
Alternaria leaf blight of Zinnia
LEAVES
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18 (Blanchette, R.A. & Biggs, A.R. (Eds.) (1992) Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plant Against Fungi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin)
STEMS
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19 (Blanchette, R.A. & Biggs, A.R. (Eds.) (1992) Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plant Against Fungi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin)
STEMS
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20 (Blanchette, R.A. & Biggs, A.R. (Eds.) (1992) Defense Mechanisms of Woody
Plant Against Fungi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin) (Pearce, R.B. (1996) Tansley Review No. 87. Antimicrobial defences in the
wood of living trees. New Phytologist 132, 203-233)
STEMS
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Induced Chemical Barriers è All tissues: increased amounts of preformed antibiotic chemicals,
new antibiotic chemicals, chemical changes of the cell walls, etc.
è One of the main induced defense responses is increased lignification
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Soluble chemicals Cell wall-bound chemicals, e.g. lignin
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Chemical Plant Defense Components of defense
• Constitutive (phytoanticipins) and induced (phytoalexins)
Against herbivory (e.g. insects) • Typically relies on constitutive phenolics
Against infection (e.g. fungal pathogens) • Typically relies on induced phenolics • Intensity and, more importantly, speed of accumulation often correlated to
resistance
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Phenolics Specialized (secondary) metabolites
• Low molecular weight • Derivatives of phenol
Chemical properties • Organic compounds with structural heterogeneity • Benzene ring with one or more hydroxyl group • Absorb strongly in UV and / or visible light • Hydroxyl group allows for different reactions
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“Raison d’être” of phenolics
Synthesis selected for throughout evolution • Plant defense • Protection from environmental exposure, e.g. UV radiation • Physical support • Insect/animal attractants • Signaling • Allelopathy
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Case Study: Sudden Oak Death
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New Approaches to Assess Coast Live Oak Resistance Before Infection by the Invasive Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum
• Collaborators • Anna Conrad, Luis Rodriguez-Saona, Stephen Opiyo – Ohio State • Brice McPherson David Wood – University of California, Berkeley • Sylvia Mori – Forest Service
• Statistical guidance • Larry Madden – Ohio State
Anna O. Conrad
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• First documented in Marin County, CA in the mid-90’s.
• Associated with die-off of tanoak and coast live oak (CLO).
• Attacks by ambrosia and bark beetles and presence of fungi (e.g. Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum and Trametes versicolor) were associated with dying trees.
• Phytophthora ramorum identified as the causal agent in 2002.
Sudden Oak Death
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Pathogen: Phytophthora ramorum
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COAST LIVE OAK SUSCEPTIBILITY VARIES
Resistant Susceptible
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CANKER LENGTH PREDICTS RESISTANCE
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CANKER LENGTH PREDICTS SURVIVAL
External canker length measured 9 months following inoculation can be used to predict coast live oak survival 7 years following inoculation (McPherson et al., 2014).
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• Ellagic acid and a tyrosol derivative are associated with resistant CLO (Nagle et al., 2011)
• Concentrations of 4 putative phenolic biomarkers of resistance were identified from asymptomatic tissue of already infected CLO (McPherson et al., 2014)
• Ellagic acid and crude methanol extract from CLO phloem tissue both inhibit the growth of P. ramorum in vitro (McPherson et al., 2014)
PHYTOCHEMICALS AND DEFENSE
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PHENOLIC BIOMARKERS IDENTIFY RESISTANT CLO BEFORE INFECTION
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ELLAGIC ACID HAS STRONG ANTI-PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM EFFECTS IN VITRO
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• Phytochemical biomarkers can predict CLO resistance and, more importantly, survival
• First example of biomarkers of resistance developed for naturally regenerated trees growing under field conditions
CONCLUSIONS
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Why are we interested in this subject? è To apply resistance as an IPM tool we need to understand it
è Only once we understand it will we be able to harness it to our advantage, i.e. • lower costs of pest control
• lower human and environmental impacts of pesticide use
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• Studying plant chemistry associated with resistance can inform management
• Such methods can be used on many other systems • We are in the process of applying these approaches to Austrian
pine resistance to Diplodia tip blight, as well as other key diseases like white pine blister rust in whitebark pine, and ash dieback in Europe
CONCLUSIONS
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