Differences Between Aggressive and Non‐Aggressive Single Spore Lines of Leptosphaeria maculans in Cultural Characteristics and Phytotoxin Production
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Phytopathology
- Vol. 124 (1) , 52-62
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.1989.tb04894.x
Abstract
Stems of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) bearing pseudothecia of Leptosphaeria maculans were collected in different parts of West Germany. From single ascospores of this material a total of 352 fungal lines were derived, tested on rape cotyledons and devided into 124 aggressive and 228 non‐aggressive pathotypes. The two groups could be distinguished by certain characteristics. On nutrient agar, aggressive strains grew more slowly. In liquid cultures, non‐aggressive types produced a yellow‐brown pigment whereas the culture filtrates of aggressive strains remained unpigmented. The culture filtrates of aggressive lines contained phytotoxic compounds which were identified as sirodesmins. These compounds were absent in culture filtrates of non‐aggressive pathotypes. The very close correlation between aggressiviness as a pathogen and the phytotoxin production indicates that phytotoxins of Leptosphaeria maculans could be involved in the disease development.Zusammenfassung: Unterschiede zwischen aggressiven und nichtaggressiven Einzelsporlinien von Leptosphaeria maculaos in den Kulturcharakteristiken und der PhytotoxinproduktionRapsstengel (Brassica napus) mit Pseudothecien von Leptosphaeria maculans wurden in verschiedenen Teilen der Bundesrepublik gesammelt. Aus einzelnen Ascosporen dieses Materials wurden insgesamt 352 Pilzisolate hergestellt, an Rapskotyledonen getestet und in 124 aggressive und 228 nichaggressive Pathotypen unterteilt. Die beiden Gruppen unterschieden sich in bestimmten charakteristischen Eigenschaften voneinander. Auf Nährböden wuchsen die aggressiven Stämme langsamer. In Flüssigkulturen bildeten die nichtaggressiven Pathotypen gelb‐braune Pigmente, während die Kultur‐filtrate der aggressiven Stämme ungefärbt blieben. Die Kulturfiltrate der aggressiven Linien enthielten dagegen phytotoxische Verbindungen, die als Sirodesmine identifiziert wurden. Diese Verbindungen fehlten in den Kulturfiltraten der nichtaggressiven Pathotypen. Die sehr enge Korrelation zwischen der Aggressivität als Pathogen und der Toxinproduktion deutet darauf hin, daß die Phytotoxine von Leptosphaeria maculans an der Krankheitsentwicklung beteiligt sein könnten.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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