The oomycete broad‐host‐range pathogen Phytophthora capsici

Molecular Plant Pathology - Tập 13 Số 4 - Trang 329-337 - 2012
Kurt Lamour1, Remco Stam2,3, Julietta Jupe2, Edgar Huitema2
1Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
2Division of Plant Science, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee at JHI, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
3Plant Pathology Programme, James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK

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SUMMARYPhytophthora capsici is a highly dynamic and destructive pathogen of vegetables. It attacks all cucurbits, pepper, tomato and eggplant, and, more recently, snap and lima beans. The disease incidence and severity have increased significantly in recent decades and the molecular resources to study this pathogen are growing and now include a reference genome. At the population level, the epidemiology varies according to the geographical location, with populations in South America dominated by clonal reproduction, and populations in the USA and South Africa composed of many unique genotypes in which sexual reproduction is common. Just as the impact of crop loss as a result of P. capsici has increased in recent decades, there has been a similar increase in the development of new tools and resources to study this devastating pathogen. Phytophthora capsici presents an attractive model for understanding broad‐host‐range oomycetes, the impact of sexual recombination in field populations and the basic mechanisms of Phytophthora virulence.Taxonomy: Kingdom Chromista; Phylum Oomycota; Class Oomycetes; Order Peronosporales; Family Peronosporaceae; Genus Phytophthora; Species capsici.Disease symptoms: Symptoms vary considerably according to the host, plant part infected and environmental conditions. For example, in dry areas (e.g. southwestern USA and southern France), infection on tomato and bell or chilli pepper is generally on the roots and crown, and the infected plants have a distinctive black/brown lesion visible at the soil line (Fig. 1). In areas in which rainfall is more common (e.g. eastern USA), all parts of the plant are infected, including the roots, crown, foliage and fruit (Fig. 1). Root infections cause damping off in seedlings, whereas, in older plants, it is common to see stunted growth, wilting and, eventually, death. For tomatoes, it is common to see significant adventitious root growth just above an infected tap root, and the stunted plants, although severely compromised, may not die. For many cucurbit fruit, the expanding lesions produce fresh sporangia over days (or even weeks depending on the size of the fruit) and the fruit often look as if they have been dipped in white powdered confectioner's sugar (Fig. 1). Generally, hyphae do not emerge from infected plants or fruit (common with Pythium infections) and all that is visible on the surface of an infected plant is sporangia.Symptoms associated with Phytophthora capsici infection on various hosts. (A) Tomato plant with root and crown rot caused by P. capsici; note the distinctive brown lesion on the lower part of the plant. (B) Tap root of pumpkin plant showing loss of roots and browning caused by infection. (C) Infected bell pepper with spores on the surface of the fruit. (D) Heavy sporangia production on the surface of infected cucumber fruit. (E) Assortment of ornamental and edible winter squash infected with P. capsici in Tennessee. (F) Natural lesion exhibiting a clearly demarcated island of tissue that contains biotrophic infection surrounded by necrotic tissue with sporangia.imageImportance: Phytophthora capsici presents an oomycete worst‐case scenario to growers as it has a broad host range, often produces long‐lived dormant sexual spores, has extensive genotypic diversity and has an explosive asexual disease cycle. It is becoming increasingly apparent that novel control strategies are needed to safeguard food production from P. capsici and other oomycetes. Considering that P. capsici is easy to grow, mate and manipulate in the laboratory and infects many plant species, this pathogen is a robust model for investigations, particularly those related to sexual reproduction, host range and virulence.Useful websites: Phytophthora capsici genome database: http://genome.jgi‐psf.org/Phyca11/Phyca11.home.html. Molecular tools to identify Phytophthora isolates: http://phytophthora‐id.org.

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Molecular Plant Pathology

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