Article
Plant Sciences
Kosei Sakane, Mitsunori Akiyama, Ayaka Ando, Masayoshi Shigyo, Shin-ichi Ito, Kazunori Sasaki
Summary: In this study, Cep proteins were identified from Welsh onion-infecting Foc, and Cep28 was found to be associated with virulence, pigmentation, vegetative growth, and stress tolerance, with a functional tradeoff between virulence and vegetative growth.
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Ofir Degani, Ben Kalman
Summary: The study evaluated commercial chemical fungicides as control treatments against onion basal rot disease pathogens. Prochloraz showed the most promising effect, significantly reducing disease symptoms in Noam cultivars' seedlings, with no impact on seed germination and early growth.
Article
Microbiology
Sascha Jenkins, Andrew Taylor, Alison C. Jackson, Andrew D. Armitage, Helen J. Bates, Andrew Mead, Richard J. Harrison, John P. Clarkson
Summary: Fusarium oxysporum is a soilborne fungal plant pathogen causing Fusarium wilt disease of pea, with resistant cultivars commonly used for control but facing the risk of pathogen breakdown due to variations. Further research is needed to determine if differences in virulence across a broader set of pea cultivars are related to variations in SIX genes.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Owen Hudson, James C. Fulton, Alexi K. Dong, Nicholas S. Dufault, Md Emran Ali
Summary: Watermelon is an important commercial crop, but its production is significantly limited by fusarium wilt caused by the fungus Fon. Management strategies include rotation, improved resistance, and chemical control, but accurate diagnostics are crucial. Molecular strategies for diagnostics greatly reduce the time needed for diagnosis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anastasia Samsonova, Alexander Kanapin, Michael Bankin, Anton Logachev, Maria Gretsova, Tatyana Rozhmina, Maria Samsonova
Summary: The study revealed the complex genomic architecture of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini, shedding light on its diverse evolutionary dynamics that enhance genetic diversity and facilitate host adaptation. Experimental results indicate that mobile genetic elements are expressed in planta upon infection, suggesting a potential role in pathogenicity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Junhua Wang, Jiying Qiu, Xiaoyu Yang, Jinyu Yang, Shuangzhi Zhao, Qingxin Zhou, Leilei Chen
Summary: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain NCPSJ7 exhibits potential fungicidal activities, and the active antifungal compound C14-iturin A is identified to inhibit the growth of fungi. Furthermore, LPs cause damage to fungal cell wall and membrane, leading to the inhibition of fungal development and reproduction.
Article
Microbiology
Yan-Fen Wang, Fang-Min Hao, Huan-Huan Zhou, Jiang-Bo Chen, Hai-Chuan Su, Fang Yang, Yuan-Yuan Cai, Guan-Long Li, Meng Zhang, Feng Zhou
Summary: Melon Fusarium wilt (MFW), caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis (FOM), is a soil-borne disease that commonly affects melon cultivation worldwide. Fludioxonil, a phenylpyrrole fungicide, has strong inhibitory effects on the mycelial growth of FOM isolates. Mutant FOM isolates with fludioxonil resistance showed reduced sporulation and growth rates in response to certain stimuli. Molecular analysis suggested that the observed fludioxonil resistance was related to changes in the sequence and expression of the FoOs1 gene. No cross-resistance was found between fludioxonil and other tested fungicides. Fludioxonil has great potential as an alternative control method for FOM in melon crops.
Article
Microbiology
Duy P. Le, Chi P. T. Nguyen, Dinesh Kafle, Linda Scheikowski, Janelle Montgomery, Emma Lambeth, Amanda Thomas, Kieran O'Keeffe, Beth Shakeshaft, Alison Young, Andrew Mckay, Annabel Twine, Elsie Hudson, Rodney Jackson, Linda J. Smith
Summary: Cotton is a valuable crop in regional New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. However, the economically important Fusarium wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov) has caused significant losses in cotton production. Although highly resistant varieties have been adopted to manage the disease, recent surveys have shown changes in disease incidence.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Saidi R. Achari, Ross C. Mann, Mamta Sharma, Jacqueline Edwards
Summary: We developed and validated a novel and highly specific PCR and LAMP assay for detecting the Indian Foc race 1 based on a putative effector gene uniquely present in its genome. These assays were simple, fast, sensitive and specific, and could be explored for other Foc races.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yi Zhu, Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, Phillip Lujan, John Idowu, Patrick Sullivan, Robert Nichols, Tom Wedegaertner, Jinfa Zhang
Summary: The study conducted a field survey in three southern counties of New Mexico and identified FOV4, a threat to cotton production, with different levels of virulence. Different cotton cultivars showed varying degrees of resistance to FOV4.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ping Xingxing, Raja Asad Ali Khan, Li Yan, Yang Yuhong, Xie Bingyan, Mao Zhenchuan, Ling Jian
Summary: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. capsici is the specific pathogen of pepper Fusarium wilt and its genome assembly serves as a valuable resource for research.
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Lynn Epstein, Sukhwinder Kaur, Peter M. Henry
Summary: Foa race 4 and Foci strains have emerged as infectious plant diseases in celery and coriander in coastal southern California. They are spreading rapidly and causing severe yield losses, with no economical solutions for control currently available. Foa race 4 has been observed to cause more severe disease at temperatures above 21 degrees Celsius.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Dawei Liu, Dong Liu, Li Liu, Ying Wang, Yanju Zhang
Summary: This study isolated antagonistic bacterial strains from vermicompost to combat Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (FOC) in cucumber, with Burkholderia cenocepacia identified as the most effective strain.
ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION B-SOIL AND PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fangwei Yu, Wei Zhang, Shenyun Wang, Hong Wang, Li Yu, Xiaoping Zeng, Zhangjun Fei, Jianbin Li
Summary: This study presents a high-quality genome sequence of a race 1 strain of F. oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, providing valuable insights into its interaction with cabbage.
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Eman Elagamey, Magdi A. E. Abdellatef, Md Yasir Arafat
Summary: This study provides insights into the inhibitory mechanism of chitosan against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (FOC) by identifying chitosan-responsive proteins (CRPs). It is found that chitosan can restrict disease severity, affect the metabolism and defense of FOC, and inhibit the synthesis of proteins responsible for FOC's virulence.
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
J. Aguayo, I. Cerf-Wendling, A. B. Folscher, C. Fourrier-Jeandel, R. Ioos, M. C. Mathews, D. Mostert, C. Renault, V. Wilson, A. Viljoen
Article
Plant Sciences
Janet N. Kimunye, Norman Muzhinji, Diane Mostert, Altus Viljoen, Aletta E. Bester-van der Merwe, George Mahuku
Summary: Genetic diversity of black Sigatoka pathogen in East Africa was analyzed using molecular markers, revealing moderate genetic diversity within subpopulations and evidence of both clonal and sexual reproduction. Breeding efforts for resistance to P. fijiensis in East Africa need to account for intrapopulation variation to select durable resistant banana cultivars.
Article
Plant Sciences
David M. Geiser, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Takayuki Aoki, Tsutomu Arie, Virgilio Balmas, Irene Barnes, Gary C. Bergstrom, Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Cheryl L. Blomquist, Robert L. Bowden, Balazs Brankovics, Daren W. Brown, Lester W. Burgess, Kathryn Bushley, Mark Busman, Jose F. Cano-Lira, Joseph D. Carrillo, Hao-Xun Chang, Chi-Yu Chen, Wanquan Chen, Martin Chilvers, Sofia Chulze, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Christina A. Cuomo, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, G. Sybren de Hoog, Johanna Del Castillo-Munera, Emerson M. Del Ponte, Javier Dieguez-Uribeondo, Antonio Di Pietro, Veronique Edel-Hermann, Wade H. Elmer, Lynn Epstein, Akif Eskalen, Maria Carmela Esposto, Kathryne L. Everts, Sylvia P. Fernandez-Pavia, Gilvan Ferreira da Silva, Nora A. Foroud, Gerda Fourie, Rasmus J. N. Frandsen, Stanley Freeman, Michael Freitag, Omer Frenkel, Kevin K. Fuller, Tatiana Gagkaeva, Donald M. Gardiner, Anthony E. Glenn, Scott E. Gold, Thomas R. Gordon, Nancy F. Gregory, Marieka Gryzenhout, Josep Guarro, Beth K. Gugino, Santiago Gutierrez, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Linda J. Harris, Monika Homa, Cheng-Fang Hong, Laszlo Hornok, Jenn-Wen Huang, Macit Ilkit, Adriaana Jacobs, Karin Jacobs, Cong Jiang, Maria Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Seogchan Kang, Matthew T. Kasson, Kemal Kazan, John C. Kennell, Hye-Seon Kim, H. Corby Kistler, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Tomasz Kulik, Oliver Kurzai, Imane Laraba, Matthew H. Laurence, Theresa Lee, Yin-Won Lee, Yong-Hwan Lee, John F. Leslie, Edward C. Y. Liew, Lily W. Lofton, Antonio F. Logrieco, Manuel S. Lopez-Berges, Alicia G. Luque, Erik Lysoe, Li-Jun Ma, Robert E. Marra, Frank N. Martin, Sara R. May, Susan P. McCormick, Chyanna McGee, Jacques F. Meis, Quirico Migheli, N. M. I. Mohamed Nor, Michel Monod, Antonio Moretti, Diane Mostert, Giuseppina Mule, Francoise Munaut, Gary P. Munkvold, Paul Nicholson, Marcio Nucci, Kerry O'Donnell, Matias Pasquali, Ludwig H. Pfenning, Anna Prigitano, Robert H. Proctor, Stephane Ranque, Stephen A. Rehner, Martijn Rep, Gerardo Rodriguez-Alvarado, Lindy Joy Rose, Mitchell G. Roth, Carmen Ruiz-Roldan, Amgad A. Saleh, Baharuddin Salleh, Hyunkyu Sang, Maria Mercedes Scandiani, Jonathan Scauflaire, David G. Schmale, Dylan P. G. Short, Adnan Sisic, Jason A. Smith, Christopher W. Smyth, Hokyoung Son, Ellie Spahr, Jason E. Stajich, Emma Steenkamp, Christian Steinberg, Rajagopal Subramaniam, Haruhisa Suga, Brett A. Summerell, Antonella Susca, Cassandra L. Swett, Christopher Toomajian, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Anna M. Tortorano, Martin Urban, Lisa J. Vaillancourt, Gary E. Vallad, Theo A. J. van der Lee, Dan Vanderpool, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Martha M. Vaughan, Eduard Venter, Marcele Vermeulen, Paul E. Verweij, Altus Viljoen, Cees Waalwijk, Emma C. Wallace, Grit Walther, Jie Wang, Todd J. Ward, Brian L. Wickes, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Michael J. Wingfield, Ana K. M. Wood, Jin-Rong Xu, Xiao-Bing Yang, Tapani Yli-Mattila, Sung-Hwan Yun, Latiffah Zakaria, Hao Zhang, Ning Zhang, Sean X. Zhang, Xue Zhang
Summary: The debate over the classification of the Fusarium genus in recent years has focused on whether the FSSC should be included in Fusarium, but molecular phylogenetic research has shown strong support for the monophyly of Fusarium including the FSSC, which is considered the best taxonomic option available.
Article
Microbiology
Diane Mostert, Emmanuel Wicker, Mignon M. de Jager, Saif M. Al Kaabi, Wayne T. O'Neill, Suzy Perry, Chunyu Li, Yi Ganyun, Kenneth G. Pegg, Lizel Mostert, Altus Viljoen
Summary: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is a soil-borne fungus that causes Fusarium wilt in bananas. This study identified 14 novel Foc VCGs and 17 single-member VCGs, indicating that Foc is more diverse than previously thought.
Article
Microbiology
Khonesavanh Chittarath, Chung Huy Nguyen, Wendy C. Bailey, Si-Jun Zheng, Diane Mostert, Altus Viljoen, Anthony Fredrick Tazuba, Walter Ocimati, Elizabeth Kearsley, Tran Yen Chi, Nguyen Thi Tho, Nguyen Tien Hung, Miguel Dita, Trushar Shah, Margaret Karanja, George Mahuku, Guy Blomme
Summary: Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is a significant threat to global banana production. The tropical race 4 (TR4) variant of Foc is highly virulent and mainly affects Cavendish bananas. Recent surveys in Laos and Vietnam show that Foc TR4 is mainly restricted to the northern regions of these countries and is limited to Cavendish cultivation settings. The disease may have been introduced through infected planting material brought by Chinese companies. Clear communication efforts on disease epidemiology and management with emphasis on biosecurity practices need to be improved to prevent further spread.
Article
Mycology
Huoqing Huang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Yong Zhang, Ganjun Yi, Jianghui Xie, Altus Viljoen, Wei Wang, Diane Mostert, Gang Fu, Changcao Peng, Dandan Xiang, Chunyu Li, Siwen Liu
Summary: This study identified a GPI-anchored protein FocECM33 that plays a crucial role in the growth and pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4). FocECM33 was highly upregulated during the early infection process in banana roots and its disruption led to decreased hyphal growth, increased sensitivity to cell wall stresses, and reduced virulence. Transcription analysis revealed that FocECM33 influences the production of secondary metabolites and regulates biosynthetic processes in Foc TR4.
Article
Mycology
Evans Were, Jochen Schone, Altus Viljoen, Frank Rasche
Summary: This study reveals the potential mechanism of manipulating iron bioavailability in the banana rhizosphere to suppress Fusarium wilt. The results suggest that iron starvation induces the production of iron-scavenging secondary metabolites, called siderophores, by Foc TR4 as a counteractive mechanism to evade iron starvation.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
N. Zhan, M. Y. Kuang, C. Y. Li, S. W. Liu, G. M. Deng, A. Viljoen, G. J. Yi, O. Sheng
Article
Agronomy
Evans Were, Jochen Schone, Altus Viljoen, Frank Rasche
Summary: This study found that phenolic acids excreted by the roots of Desmodium uncinatum and Mucuna pruriens can inhibit the development and toxin synthesis of the banana wilt pathogen Foc TR4, thereby suppressing the disease.
Article
Plant Sciences
F. Halleen, M. Havenga, A. McLeod, L. Mostert
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Gerhardus J. van Coller, Frederik J. Kloppers, Vicky M. Coetzee, Toinette van Rooyen, Lindy J. Rose, Sandra C. Lamprecht, Altus Viljoen
Summary: Chemical control of Fusarium head blight (FHB), a yield-limiting and quality-reducing wheat disease, is effective in managing the disease in South Africa. The study evaluated the efficacy of foliar fungicides and seed treatments in reducing FHB incidence and increasing yield. Significant interactions were found between the seed treatments and fungicides, with certain combinations leading to decreased FHB incidence and increased yield. Future research should focus on integrating chemical control with host resistance for optimal results.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PLANT AND SOIL
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Evans Were, Altus Viljoen, Frank Rasche
Summary: Fusarium wilt, caused by the soilborne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is a devastating disease affecting global banana production. Understanding the below-ground interactions in the banana rhizosphere is crucial for managing Fusarium wilt effectively.
Article
Agronomy
Adele McLeod, Zizipho Hamza, Maritha H. Schoeman, Lindani Moyo, Olufemi A. Akinsanmi
Summary: This study investigated the temporal pattern of Phytophthora cinnamomi colonization in macadamia tree roots and found that different seasons and types of feeder roots influenced the pathogen colonization levels.
