First report of <i>Puccinia psidii</i> (myrtle rust) on <i>Syzygium jambos</i> in Venezuela

Mohali, Sari; Aime, M. Catherine

doi:10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.034.018

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“…Eucalyptus citriodora; Joffily, 1944). Considered to be of neotropical origin, the pathogen has also been reported to infect other diverse myrtaceous hosts in South America (e.g., Granados et al, 2017;Kern & Toro, 1935;Mohali & Aime, 2016;Pérez, Wingfield, Altier, Simeto, & Blanchette, 2011;Simpson, Thomas, & Grgurinovic, 2006;Tommerup, Alfenas, & Old, 2003), the Caribbean (MacLachlan, 1938), California, USA (Mellano, 2006;Zambino & Nolan, 2011), Florida, USA (Marlatt & Kimbrough, 1979), Hawaii, USA (Uchida, Zhong, & Kilgore, 2006), Japan (Kawanishi et al, 2009), Australia (Carnegie et al, 2010), Hainan, China (Zhuang & Wei, 2011), and most recently South Africa (Roux, Greyling, Coutinho, Verleur, & Wingfield, 2013), New Caledonia (Giblin, 2013), Indonesia (McTaggart et al, 2016) and Singapore (de Plessis et al, 2017). In addition to rapid global spread of the myrtle rust pathogen in recent years, emergent natural epiphytotics (e.g., Rayachhetry, Elliott, & Van, 1997;Rayamajhi, Pratt, Klopfenstein, Ross-Davis, & Rodgers, 2013;Uchida & Loope, 2009) and new host reports (e.g., Pérez et al, 2011;Rodas et al, 2015;Telechea, Rolfo, Coutinho, & Wingfield, 2003;Zambino & Nolan, 2011) continue to be observed and documented within the Americas and Hawaii.…”

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Genetic diversity of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) in the Americas and Hawaii: Global implications for invasive threat assessments

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Summary Since the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) was first reported (as Puccinia psidii) in Brazil on guava (Psidium guajava) in 1884, it has been found infecting diverse myrtaceous species. Because A. psidii has recently spread rapidly worldwide with an extensive host range, genetic and genotypic diversities were evaluated within and among A. psidii populations in its putative native range and other areas of myrtle rust emergence in the Americas and Hawaii. Microsatellite markers revealed several unique multilocus genotypes (MLGs), which grouped isolates into nine distinct genetic clusters [C1–C9 comprising C1: from diverse hosts from Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and USA‐Hawaii, and USA‐California; C2: from eucalypts (Eucalyptus spp.) in Brazil/Uruguay and rose apple (Syzygium jambos) in Brazil; C3: from eucalypts in Brazil; C4: from diverse hosts in USA‐Florida; C5: from Java plum (Syzygium cumini) in Brazil; C6: from guava and Brazilian guava (Psidium guineense) in Brazil; C7: from pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) in Brazil; C8: from allspice (Pimenta dioica) in Jamaica and sweet flower (Myrrhinium atropurpureum) in Uruguay; C9: from jabuticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora) in Brazil]. The C1 cluster, which included a single MLG infecting diverse host in many geographic regions, and the closely related C4 cluster are considered as a “Pandemic biotype,” associated with myrtle rust emergence in Central America, the Caribbean, USA‐Florida, USA‐Hawaii, Australia, China‐Hainan, New Caledonia, Indonesia and Colombia. Based on 19 bioclimatic variables and documented occurrences of A. psidii contrasted with reduced sets of specific genetic clusters (subnetworks, considered as biotypes), maximum entropy bioclimatic modelling was used to predict geographic locations with suitable climate for A. psidii which are at risk from invasion. The genetic diversity of A. psidii throughout the Americas and Hawaii demonstrates the importance of recognizing biotypes when assessing the invasive threats posed by A. psidii around the globe.

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