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Cultural, Morphological, Pathogenic and Molecular Characterization of Alternaria Mali Associated with Alternaria Leaf Blotch of Apple African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(4), pp. 370-381, 23 January, 2013 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB DOI: 10.5897/AJB12.2735 ISSN 1684–5315 ©2013 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Cultural, morphological, pathogenic and molecular characterization of Alternaria mali associated with Alternaria leaf blotch of apple T. A. Sofi*, Muzafer A. Beig, Gh. Hassan Dar, Mushtaq Ahmad, Aflaq Hamid, F. A. Ahangar, B. A. Padder and M. D. Shah Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST- Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar-191121, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Accepted 21 December, 2012 Alternaria blotch (Alternaria mali) causes severe foliar damage to apple trees in Kashmir. Twenty one (21) isolates of A. mali were collected from different locations and characterized for cultural, morphological, pathogenic and molecular variations. A. mali colonies varied in their cultural behaviour ranging from velvety to cottony, mostly appressed, with regular to irregular margins. Colour of colonies ranged between light to dark olivacious. Isolates impregnated media with colour ranging between grey to brown. Growth rate of isolates was between 5.86 to 8.21 mm/day with fast growth in isolate Am-13 and least in Am-5. Morphological variations in size, shape and septation of hyphae, conidiophore and conidia were observed in the isolates with significant variations in conidiophore and conidial septation. Average conidial size ranged from 21.36 to 31.74 x 8.34 to 14.48 µm. Isolates exhibited variations in incubation period, number and size of the lesions were produced. The dendrogram analysis, based on cultural, morphological and pathogenic studies, revealed variation within A. mali population. At 67% similarity matrix, all the isolates formed 2 clusters with 12 and nine isolates in cluster I and II, respectively. However, dendrogram on molecular (random amplification of polymorphic DNA, RAPD) basis revealed five clusters at 68% Dice similarity coefficient. There was no congruence between RAPD pattern and cultural, morphological and pathogenic characters. Isolates identical for one spectrum were often dissimilar for other spectrum. The results demonstrate existence of considerable variation in cultural, morphological, pathogenic and molecular characters of A. mali isolates prevalent in Kashmir valley. Key words: Apple, Alternaria mali, variability, cultural, morphological, pathogenic, RAPD. INTRODUCTION Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is most ubiquitous with total world production of 70297212 MT. India ranks temperate fruit cultivated in Europe and Asia from 5th in apple production with annual production of 2891000 antiquity. Leading apple producing countries in the world MT (NHB, 2011). In India, apple is predominantly grown are China, USA, Turkey, Italy, India, Poland and France in Western Himalayan states particularly in Jammu and Kashmir (JandK), Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal which account for about 90% of total apple production in the country. The apple in JandK State has attained the *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected], status of an industry and alone contributes around 65% [email protected]. of total production in the country. Like other horticultural crops, apple is attacked by several pathogens which Abbreviations: RAPD, Random amplification of impair the quality and yield of fruit. However, huge crop polymorphic DNA; UPGMA, unweighted paired group losses are incurred by fungal diseases. Amongst these, method of arithmetic average. Alternaria leaf blotch caused by Alternaria mali, prevalent Sofi et al. 371 in all apple growing areas of the world, is economically typical Alternaria leaf blotch symptoms were collected from twenty important apple disease. A. mali was first described in one apple orchards across the seven districts of Kashmir valley, 1924 in the United States by J. W. Roberts and become a namely, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian. For isolation of fungal pathogen, the problem in the southeastern United States. The disease diseased leaf area along with some healthy portion was cut into assumed alarming threat to the crop owing to premature small bits with a sharp sterilized blade. The bits were surface defoliation in North Carolina and has potential of sterilized in 0.1% mercuric chloride for 30 s followed by three becoming threat especially in those apple producing washing in distilled water to remove the traces of HgCl2. After regions where susceptible cultivars/strains of Delicious blotting dry with sterilized filter papers, the bits were transferred to potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium in sterilized petriplates and are grown (Filajdic and Sutton, 1991). Alternaria blotch incubated for 7 days at 24±1°C. The isolates were purified using has attained the status of economically important disease single spore isolation technique (Johnston and Booth, 1983). in many Asian countries including Japan and India (Sawamura, 1990). One of the significant aspects of biology of an organism Pathogenicity is the morphological and physiological characters of an The isolates of A. mali were first multiplied on PDA medium and individual within a species, which are not fixed. This holds then spore suspension of fungus prepared by flooding the culture true with fungi also, although it is not frequent in plate with sterilized distilled water. The fungal growth on Perti-plate asexually produced individuals of the progeny. Variability was scrapped with the help of a sterilized razor blade, strained studies are important to document the changes occurring through a double layer of sterile cheese-cloth into a 150 ml flask and spore concentration adjusted to 4 x 105 conidia per millilitre in populations and individuals as variability in with the help of a haemocytometer. The prepared conidial morphological and physiological traits indicate the suspensions were used for pathogenicity. Pathogenicity of fungus existence of different pathotypes. The variability is a well was carried out on detached leaves of apple cv. ‘Red Delicious’. known phenomenon in genus Alternaria and may be Healthy leaves were collected, leaf surface rinsed with sterilized noticed as changes in spore shape and size, growth and water, leaves dried with a laboratory towel and placed in petriplates. sporulation, pathogenicity, etc. Diversity appears even in Each petriplate was lined with a wet blotter paper on bottom to maintain high humidity. A set of three leaves (injured, uninjured and single spore isolates. Shahzad (2003) reported the control) was placed in each petriplate. Before placement on Petri- prevalence of Alternaria leaf blotch in all the districts of plates, the injured and uninjured leaves were inoculated with a Kashmir with variable disease incidence and intensity. He conidial suspension (4 × 105 spores/ ml) with an atomizer to the also observed variation in susceptibility amongst different whole surface. The control leaves was sprayed with sterilized water. apple cultivars and attributed it to many factors including Leaves in petriplates were incubated at 24±1°C with 12 h dark and 12 h light adjustment and monitored for symptom development. Re- pathogenic variability. isolation of pathogen was carried out and compared with original Understanding pathogen population structure and inoculum to satisfy Koch’s postulates. mechanisms by which variation arises within a population is of paramount importance for devising a successful disease management strategy. This requires continuous Cultural variability monitoring of the development of pathogen variability Mycelial discs (5 mm) of 7 day old culture of A. mali isolates were more so for the breeding programme aimed at developing transferred to the centre of PDA plates and incubated at 24±1°C. resistant genotypes to the given set of pathogenic races Three replications were maintained for each isolate in a completely randomized design. The colony diameter was recorded on 2nd, 4th, (Sartorato, 2002). Variation in pathogen populations can th th th generally be detected with methods like morphological, 6 , 8 and 10 day after incubation. Growth per day was calculated by the formula: cultural, pathogenic and molecular specificity. DNA markers have become a powerful tool to study taxonomy Growth observed on a particular day (mm) – Growth on previous observation (mm) 2 and molecular genetics of a variety of organisms. The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) allows quick The other colony characters viz., type, colour, margin and colour on assessment of genetic variability, and has been used to underside of plate were recorded after 10 days incubation. study inter- and intra-specific variability amongst the isolates of several fungal species. Since the crop and Morphological variability disease are of paramount importance to the JandK state and no studies on pathogen variability have been Ten (10) days old cultures of all the isolates were studied for conducted in India and because of the non availability of morphological variations. Temporary mounts were studied under host differentials, the present study was conducted with compound microscope for hyphae (width), conidiophore and conidia the objective to ascertain prevalence of variability in A. (septation and size). The measurements were taken with the help of software Magnus Pro.MLX Series, New Delhi, India. Fifty mali in Kashmir valley. recordings per replication were made for the purpose. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pathogenic variability Isolation of Alternaria mali isolates Pathogenic variability was carried
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