Increased Conidia Production and Germination In Vitro Correlate with Virulence Enhancement in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum

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第一作者： Uddin, Md. Jamal

作者： Uddin, Md. Jamal;Huang, Xiaoqing;Lu, Xiaohong;Li, Shidong;Uddin, Md. Jamal

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关键词： Fusarium oxysporum; virulence evolution; conidiation; Fusarium wilt; colonization

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF FUNGI （ 影响因子：4.7； 五年影响因子：5.2 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 9 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Cucumber plants commonly suffer from Fusarium wilt disease, which is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (Foc). Although resistant cultivars assist with Fusarium wilt disease control, enhancement of the virulence of Foc has been identified after monoculture of wilt-resistant cultivars. To investigate the biological characteristics that contribute to the virulence evolution of Foc, a wildtype strain foc-3b (WT) and its virulence-enhanced variant Ra-4 (InVir) were compared in terms of their growth, reproduction, stress tolerance, and colonization in cucumber plants. The InVir strain showed similar culture characteristics on PDA media to the WT strain but produced significantly more conidia (>two fold), with a distinctly higher germination rate (>four fold) than the WT strain. The colony diameter of the InVir strain increased faster than the WT strain on PDA plates; however, the mycelia dry weight of the InVir was significantly lower (<70%) than that of the WT harvested from PDB. The InVir strain exhibited a significant increase in tolerance to osmolality (1 M NaCl, 1 M KCl, etc.). The GFP-labeled InVir strain propagated in the cucumber vascular faster than the WT strain. These results suggest that increased conidia production and germination in vitro may correlate with virulence enhancement in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum. This study will provide an insight into its virulence evolution and help us understand the mechanisms underlying the evolutionary biology of F. oxysporum.

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