The Presence of Phytophthora Infestans in the Rhizosphere of a Wild Solanum Species May Contribute to Off-Season Survival and Pathogenicity T ⁎ Ramesh R
Applied Soil Ecology 148 (2020) 103475 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Soil Ecology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/apsoil The presence of Phytophthora infestans in the rhizosphere of a wild Solanum species may contribute to off-season survival and pathogenicity T ⁎ Ramesh R. Vetukuria,1, , Laura Masinib,1,2, Rebecca McDougalc, Preeti Pandac, Levine de Zingerb,3, Maja Brus-Szkalejb, Åsa Lankinenb,4, Laura J. Grenville-Briggsb,4 a Dept. of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden b Dept. of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden c Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), 49 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: We evaluated oomycete presence and abundance in the rhizosphere of wild perennial Solanum species to in- Soil microbiome vestigate the presence of plant pathogenic or mycoparasitic species. Furthermore, we investigated whether these Pythiales plant species could function as hosts, or associated plants, for off-season survival of economically important Late blight pathogens. We collected soil samples in Sweden from Solanum dulcamara and as a control from Vitis vinifera over Biodiversity all four seasons of a year, and in New Zealand from Solanum nigrum and Solanum laciniatum in the summer. Solanum dulcamara Species identification, confirmed by ITS and Cox2 sequencing, and root infection assays on the crop plant Phylogeny Overwintering Solanum tuberosum and on S. dulcamara, suggested the presence of mainly Pythiales species. In Sweden, we also found evidence for the presence of Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of potato late blight, in the rhizo- sphere of S.
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