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A Duplex PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Phytophthora nicotianae and Thielaviopsis basicola

  • Liu, Na;Jiang, Shijun;Feng, Songli;Shang, Wenyan;Xing, Guozhen;Qiu, Rui;Li, Chengjun;Li, Shujun;Zheng, Wenming
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.172-177
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    • 2019
  • A duplex PCR method was developed for simultaneous detection and identification of tobacco root rot pathogens Phytophthora nicotianae and Thielaviopsis basicola. The specific primers for P. nicotianae were developed based on its internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal gene, ras gene and hgd gene, while the specific primers for T. basicola were designed based on its ITS regions and ${\beta}$-tubulin gene. The specificity of the primers was determined using isolates of P. nicotianae, T. basicola and control samples. The results showed that the target pathogens could be detected from diseased tobacco plants by a combination of the specific primers. The sensitivity limitation was $100fg/{\mu}l$ of pure genomic DNA of the pathogens. This new assay can be applied to screen out target pathogens rapidly and reliably in one PCR and will be an important tool for the identification and precise early prediction of these two destructive diseases of tobacco.

Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing a Mutant VU-4 Calmodulin Have Altered Nicotinamide Co-Enzyme Levels and Hydrogen Peroxide Levels

  • Oh, Suk-Heung;Park, Yoon-Sick;Yang, Moon-Sik
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 1999
  • In order to understand the biological role of calmodulin in plants, transgenic tobacco plants expressing a calmodulin mutant (VU-4 calmodulin, lys to ile-115) gene have been analyzed. SDS-PAGE and Western-blot analyses showed that the foreign calmodulin mutant is stably and highly expressed in the transgenic tobacco plants. The levels of $H_2O_2$were elevated approximately 2-fold in the transgenic plants. Furthermore, the transgenic tobacco plants have more than 6-fold higher levels of NADPH compared to control tobacco plants. The present findings, combined with previous data showing differences in the susceptibility of the transgenic tobacco seeds and normal tobacco seeds to fungal contamination (Oh and Yang, 1996), suggest that the expression of the calmodulin derivative gene in tobacco plants could increase resistance to infection by fungal pathogens.

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Biological Control of Oomycete Soilborne Diseases Caused by Phytophthora capsici, Phytophthora infestans, and Phytophthora nicotianae in Solanaceous Crops

  • Elena Volynchikova;Ki Deok Kim
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.269-293
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    • 2022
  • Oomycete pathogens that belong to the genus Phytophthora cause devastating diseases in solanaceous crops such as pepper, potato, and tobacco, resulting in crop production losses worldwide. Although the application of fungicides efficiently controls these diseases, it has been shown to trigger negative side effects such as environmental pollution, phytotoxicity, and fungicide resistance in plant pathogens. Therefore, biological control of Phytophthora-induced diseases was proposed as an environmentally sound alternative to conventional chemical control. In this review, progress on biological control of the soilborne oomycete plant pathogens, Phytophthora capsici, Phytophthora infestans, and Phytophthora nicotianae, infecting pepper, potato, and tobacco is described. Bacterial (e.g., Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Chryseobacterium, Paenibacillus, Pseudomonas, and Streptomyces) and fungal (e.g., Trichoderma and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) agents, and yeasts (e.g., Aureobasidium, Curvibasidium, and Metschnikowia) have been reported as successful biocontrol agents of Phytophthora pathogens. These microorganisms antagonize Phytophthora spp. via antimicrobial compounds with inhibitory activities against mycelial growth, sporulation, and zoospore germination. They also trigger plant immunity-inducing systemic resistance via several pathways, resulting in enhanced defense responses in their hosts. Along with plant protection, some of the microorganisms promote plant growth, thereby enhancing their beneficial relations with host plants. Although the beneficial effects of the biocontrol microorganisms are acceptable, single applications of antagonistic microorganisms tend to lack consistent efficacy compared with chemical analogues. Therefore, strategies to improve the biocontrol performance of these prominent antagonists are also discussed in this review.

Identification of Actinomycin C\ulcorner Produced by Actinomycetes Isolate GT103 and Its Antimicrobial Activity Against Tobacco Pathogens (방선균 GT103 균주가 생산하는 Actinomycin C\ulcorner의 동정 및 연초 병원균에 대한 항균활성)

  • 여운형;김영호;김상석;박은경
    • Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.80-84
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    • 1996
  • 토양에서 분리한 방선균류(actinomycetes) GT103 균주의 배양여액 및 균체추출물은 담배의 주요 병원균인 담배 줄기속마름병균(Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora), 담배 탄저병균(Colletotrichum tabacum), 담배역병균(Phytophthora nicotianae var. nicotianae)등에 강한 항균활성을 보였다. 항균활성물질은 용매 추출, silica gel chromatography, HPLC 등을 실시하여 분리.정제하였으며 UV, IR, FAB-MS, \ulcornerH-NMR, \ulcornerC-NMR 분석결과 actinomycin group의 펩타이드계 항생 물질인 actinomycin C\ulcorner로 동정되었다. 이 활성물질의 담배 탄저병에 대한 방제효과는 50$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml 농도에서 100%, 10$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml 농도에서 90%의 방제효과를 보였다.

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Crystal Structure of Osmotin, a Plant Antifungal Protein

  • Kyeongsik Min;Ha, Sung-Chul;Yun, Dae-Jin;Kim, Kyeong-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 2002.06b
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    • pp.29-29
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    • 2002
  • In response to fungal invasion and other signals, plants accumulate a number of proteins that are involved in defense against pathogens. Osmotin is a 24 kDa protein belonging to the pathogenesis-related (PR) protein, a component of the hypersensitive response in leaves of tobacco plants exposed to tobacco mosaic virus.(omitted)

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Modulation of Quorum Sensing in Acyl-homoserine Lactone-Producing or -Degrading Tobacco Plants Leads to Alteration of Induced Systemic Resistance Elicited by the Rhizobacterium Serratia marcescens 90-166

  • Ryu, Choong-Min;Choi, Hye Kyung;Lee, Chi-Ho;Murphy, John F.;Lee, Jung-Kee;Kloepper, Joseph W.
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.182-192
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    • 2013
  • Numerous root-associated bacteria (rhizobacteria) are known to elicit induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plants. Bacterial cell-density-dependent quorum sensing (QS) is thought to be important for ISR. Here, we investigated the role of QS in the ISR elicited by the rhizobacterium, Serratia marcescens strain 90-166, in tobacco. Since S. marcescens 90-166 produces at least three QS signals, QS-mediated ISR in strain 90-166 has been difficult to understand. Therefore, we investigated the ISR capacity of two transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants that contained either bacterial acylhomoserine lactone-producing (AHL) or -degrading (AiiA) genes in conjunction with S. marcescens 90-166 to induce resistance against bacterial and viral pathogens. Root application of S. marcescens 90-166 increased ISR to the bacterial pathogens, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci, in AHL plants and decreased ISR in AiiA plants. In contrast, ISR to Cucumber mosaic virus was reduced in AHL plants treated with S. marcescens 90-166 but enhanced in AiiA plants. Taken together, these data indicate that QS-dependent ISR is elicited by S. marcescens 90-166 in a pathogen-dependent manner. This study provides insight into QS-dependent ISR in tobacco elicited by S. marcescens 90-166.

Activation of Pathogenesis-related Genes by the Rhizobacterium, Bacillus sp. JS, Which Induces Systemic Resistance in Tobacco Plants

  • Kim, Ji-Seong;Lee, Jeongeun;Lee, Chan-Hui;Woo, Su Young;Kang, Hoduck;Seo, Sang-Gyu;Kim, Sun-Hyung
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.195-201
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    • 2015
  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are known to confer disease resistance to plants. Bacillus sp. JS demonstrated antifungal activities against five fungal pathogens in in vitro assays. To verify whether the volatiles of Bacillus sp. JS confer disease resistance, tobacco leaves pre-treated with the volatiles were damaged by the fungal pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani and oomycete Phytophthora nicotianae. Pre-treated tobacco leaves had smaller lesion than the control plant leaves. In pathogenesis-related (PR) gene expression analysis, volatiles of Bacillus sp. JS caused the up-regulation of PR-2 encoding ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase and acidic PR-3 encoding chitinase. Expression of acidic PR-4 encoding chitinase and acidic PR-9 encoding peroxidase increased gradually after exposure of the volatiles to Bacillus sp. JS. Basic PR-14 encoding lipid transfer protein was also increased. However, PR-1 genes, as markers of salicylic acid (SA) induced resistance, were not expressed. These results suggested that the volatiles of Bacillus sp. JS confer disease resistance against fungal and oomycete pathogens through PR genes expression.

Bacillus vallismortis EXTN-1-Mediated Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression in Rice

  • Park Kyung-Seok;Paul Diby;Yeh Wan-Hae
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.278-282
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    • 2006
  • Bacillus vallismortis EXTN-1, a biocontrol agent in cucumber, tomato and potato was tested in rice pathosystem against rice fungal pathogens viz. Magnaporthe grisea, Rhizoctonia solani and Cochliobolus miyabeanus. Apart from increasing the yield in the bacterized plants (11.6-12.6% over control), the study showed that EXTN1 is effective in bringing about disease suppression against all the tested fungal pathogens. EXTN-l treatment resulted in 52.11% reduction in rice blast, 83.02% reduction in sheath blight and 11.54% decrease in brown spot symptoms. As the strain is proven as an inducer for systemic resistance based on PR gene expression in Arabidopsis and tobacco models, it is supposed that a similar mechanism works in rice, bringing about disease suppression. The strain could be used as a potent biocontrol and growth-promoting agent in rice cropping system.

Enhanced bacterial resistance in transgenic tobacco expressing a BrRZFP1 encoding a C3HC4-type RING zinc finger protein from Brassica rapa

  • Jung, Yu Jin;Nou, Ill Sup;Hong, Sung Kee;Lee, Young Kee;Cho, Yong Gu;Kang, Kwon Kyoo
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2013
  • C3HC4-type RING zinc finger proteins essential in the regulation of plant processes, including responses to abiotic stresses. We previously isolated and examined the C3HC4-type RING zinc finger protein (BrRZFP1) from Brassica rapa under abiotic stresses. To elucidate the role of the BrRZFP1 transcription factor in gene regulation, we transformed tobacco plants with the BrRZFP1 gene. Plants were regenerated from 82 independently transformed callus lines of tobacco and analysed for transgene expression. Transgene integration and expression was confirmed by Southern and RT-PCR analyses, respectively. T2 plants displayed more tolerance to the bacterial pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum and Ralstonia solanacearum, and the tolerance levels were correlated with BrRZFP1 expression levels. These results suggest that the transcription factor BrRZFP1 is an important determinant of stress response in plants and its overexpression in plants could increase biotic stress resistance.