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18.06.2014 11:31

A nematode and fungus team up to damage soybean

Dipl.-Biol. Stefanie Hahn Pressestelle
Julius Kühn-Institut

    Together with an international consortium, scientist at the German Julius-Kühn-Institute publishes model of the damage potential of Sudden-Death-Syndrome in PlosOne

    (Braunschweig/St. Paul, MN USA) For years a disease complex of a plant-parasitic nematode and fungal pathogen has damaged soybean fields in the Midwest of the USA. Recently Dr. Andreas Westphal of the Julius-Kühn-Institute (JKI) and his American collaborator Dr. Lijuan Xing provided mathematical evidence for the synergistic nature of the interaction of Heterodera glycines and Fusarium virguliforme (Xing and Westphal, 2013, JPDP 120:209-217). Crop rotation offers no remedy against the teamed up pathogens. Now, the international author group quantified the specific role of the two pathogens in disease severity. This report was published on June 16th in the open-access journal PLOS ONE and is available online http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099529.

    In collaboration with researchers from Australia, China and the US, microplot studies were conducted in Indiana. “The data were used to model the role of the fungal pathogen and the nematode quantitatively when causing the disease “, reports Westphal. This type of information enables us to predict the occurrence of sudden death syndrome and the severity of the disease.

    “We gained insight how this important disease complex functions, while severely damaging the soybean-plants. In addition we developed new detection and quantification methods. These methods are critical for investigating and exploiting efficient management strategies of this still spreading disease“, summarizes Westphal.

    Background information on the experiment design:

    Tubes of 45-cm diameter were inserted perpendicular into the ground to provide the experimental context under field conditions. The plots were then infested with fungi and nematodes alone or in combination. Starting at the onset of disease, disease severity was monitored in the differently treated plots. The amount of the fungus at planting and in diseased plants was determined by a molecular quantification method called rtPCR using newly developed detection sets with specifically designed Primers. The Australian collaborator conducted the extraction of DNA from large amounts of soil (500 g) using a method currently only available in his laboratory. The US group conducted the molecular detection of the fungus. Nematode population densities were determined by extracting and counting. A response matrix using the amounts of the pathogens as independents and the amount of disease as dependent were developed. In addition, such matrix was also used to describe the relation between the amounts of disease parameters and yield.

    Author:
    Dr. Andreas Westphal
    Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
    Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland
    Messeweg 11-12
    D-38104 Braunschweig
    Germany
    E-Mail: andreas.westphal@jki.bund.de


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    Canopy view of diseased and healthy soybean leaves.
    Canopy view of diseased and healthy soybean leaves.
    Quelle: Photo: A.Westphal/Julius-Kühn-Institute

    Microplots at the time of rating showing differences in canopy health.
    Microplots at the time of rating showing differences in canopy health.
    Quelle: Photo: A.Westphal/Julius-Kühn-Institute


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    Canopy view of diseased and healthy soybean leaves.


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    Microplots at the time of rating showing differences in canopy health.


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