Phytophthora parasitica: a model oomycete plant pathogen

Abstract

Oomycetes are eukaryotic microorganisms morphologically similar to but phylogenetically distant from true fungi. Most species in the genus Phytophthora of oomycetes are devastating plant pathogens, causing damages to both agricultural production and natural ecosystems. Tremendous progress has been achieved in recent years in diversity, evolution and lifestyles of oomycete plant pathogens, as well as on the understanding of genetic and molecular basis of oomycete-plant interactions. Phytophthora parasitica is a soilborne pathogen with a wide range of host plants and represents most species in the genus Phytophthora. In this review, we present some recent progress of P. parasitica research by highlighting important features that make it emerge as a model species of oomycete pathogens. The emerged model pathogen will facilitate improved understanding of oomycete biology and pathology that are crucial to the development of novel disease-control strategies and improved disease-control measures.

Screening of antifungal activity of 12 essential oils against eight pathogenic fungi of vegetables and mushroom

“…Fungi, such as Botrytis cinerea , Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, Phytophthora parasitica , Pythium aphanidermatum and Alternaria brassicae, produce disease of a wide range of fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops (Meng et al . ; Diánez et al . ; Kamal et al .…”

“…For this research were selected some of the most important pathogens of vegetables and mushroom, which cause serious economic losses every year. Fungi, such as Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, Phytophthora parasitica, Pythium aphanidermatum and Alternaria brassicae, produce disease of a wide range of fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops (Meng et al 2014;Di anez et al 2016;Kamal et al 2016).…”

An RXLR effector secreted by Phytophthora parasitica is a virulence factor and triggers cell death in various plants

“…Phytophthora parasitica shares the main features of most Phytophthora species; it is a soil-borne pathogen with a wide host range (Meng et al, 2014). It causes tobacco black shank and is listed as one of the top 10 oomycete pathogens because of its scientific and economic importance (Kamoun et al, 2015).…”

Bioactivity-driven high throughput screening of microbiomes of medicinal plants for discovering new biological control agents

“…are the most destructive Oomycetes, including more than 100 species [2]. Phytophthora parasitica is a soil borne pathogen with a wide range of host plants [3]. The severity of P. parasitica assumed to the feasibility of zoospores dispersal, infecting plant roots and leaves and rapidly germinating via formation of appressorium at the tip of germ tube [4].…”