Systemic Colonization of Potato Plants by Verticillium dahliae Leads to Infection of Tubers and Sprouting Buds

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第一作者： Zhang, Yuanyuan

作者： Zhang, Yuanyuan;Kang, Liru;Jia, Ruifang;Zhang, Zhiwei;Zhang, Jian;Zhao, Jun;Zhang, Yuanyuan;Kang, Liru;Gao, Jing;Puri, Krishna D.

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关键词： disease development and spread; epidemiology; field crops; fungi; green fluorescent protein GFP; infection processes; pathogen detection; potato Verticillium wilt

期刊名称：PLANT DISEASE （ 影响因子：4.5； 五年影响因子：5.0 ）

ISSN： 0191-2917

年卷期： 2023 年 107 卷 3 期

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摘要： A green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged isolate of Verticillium dahliae was used to study its colonization in potato plants and tubers. Three-week-old potato plants of the highly susceptible cultivar 'Shepody' were inoculated with a conidial suspension of a GFP-tagged isolate of V. dahliae using a wound inoculation method. Colonization was studied using confocal microscopy combined with tissue sections. Conidia germinated and hyphae grew along the root hairs, elongation zones, and root caps between 24 and 96 h postinoculation (HPI). At 7 days postinoculation (DPI), the pathogen advanced to cortical tissues and grew into the root vascular bundles. At 8 weeks postinoculation (WPI), the stem epidermal cells, cortical tissues, vascular elements, and petioles were fully colonized by the mycelium of V. dahliae. At 11 WPI, the pathogen was detected in the stolon and progeny tubers, as confirmed by both GFP signals in tissues and reisolation of the pathogen on the semiselective NP-10 medium. Progeny potato tubers were harvested from the inoculated potato plants, and the GFP-signal was observed in the epidermal cells and vascular elements of sprouting buds that emerged from the harvested tubers. The infection rate of progeny tubers detected on semiselective NP-10 medium ranged from 34.55 to 55.56%, with an average of 45.31%. In conclusion, we report, for the first time, the entire progression of colonization by V. dahliae in potato plant tissues, progeny tubers, as well as of the sprouting buds that emerged from progeny tubers.

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