Identification and Characterization of Fusarium Mexicanum Causing Mango Malformation Disease in Mexico

Rodríguez-Alvarado, Gerardo; Otero-Colina, Gabriel; Ploetz, R. C.; Aoki, Takayuki; O’Donnell, K.; Maymon, Marcel; Freeman, Stanley

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2013.992.48

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“…For fusaria species host switches may have already been observed from wild to cultivated plants in Mexico (Soto-Plancarte, 2013;Bufford et al, 2016). For instance, two species of Fusarium have been detected and described in mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars throughout Mexico (Otero-Colina et al, 2010;Rodríguez-Alvarado et al, 2013;Soto-Plancarte, 2013). One such pathogens is F. mexicanum that seems to be endemic to Mexico since it has not been detected in other mango growing areas outside this country.…”

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Antagonistic Interactions Between Fusaria Species and Their Host Plants Are Influenced by Host Taxonomic Distance: A Case Study From Mexico

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Interactions between cultivated and wild plants with their fungal pathogens have strong ecological, evolutionary and economic implications. Antagonistic interactions, however, have been scantily studied in an applied context by using ecological networks, phylogeny and spatial ecology concurrently. In this study, we describe for the first time, the topological structure of plant-fungi networks involving species of the genus Fusarium and their native and introduced (exotic) cultivated host plants in Mexico. For this, we based our study on a recent database describing the attack on 75 native and introduced plant species, including 35 species of the genus Fusarium. Host plant species varied in their degree of phylogenetical relatedness (Monocots and Dicots) and spatial geographical distribution. Therefore, we also tested whether or not plant-Fusarium networks are phylogenetically structured and highlighted the spatial correlation between pathogens and their host plants across the country. In general, the pathogen-plant network is more specialized and compartmentalized in closely related taxa. Closely related hosts are more likely to share the same pathogenic Fusarium species. Host plants are present in different ecosystems and climates, with regions having more cultivated plant species presenting the highest number of fusaria pathogens. From an economic standpoint, different species of the same taxonomic family may be more susceptible to being attacked by the same species of Fusarium, whereas from an ecological standpoint the movement of pathogens may expose wild and cultivated plants to new diseases. Our study highlights the relevance of interaction intimacy in structuring trophic relationships between plants and fusaria species in native and introduced species. Furthermore, we show that the analytical tools regarding host distribution and phylogeny could permit a rapid assessment of which plant species in a region are most likely to be attacked by a given fusaria.

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Antagonistic Interactions Between Fusaria Species and Their Host Plants Are Influenced by Host Taxonomic Distance: A Case Study From Mexico

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“…MMD was first reported in India in 1891 (29), and has subse quently been observed in Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, El Salva dor, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swazi land, Uganda, and the United States (2,3,8,9,15,24,29,31,34,37,42,51,55,64,67,70,77). Since the pathogen is easily disseminated in infected germplasm and there are conspicuous gaps in its geo graphic distribution, malformation may be even more widely spread (58).…”

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New Insights into Mango Malformation Disease Epidemiology Lead to a New Integrated Management Strategy for Subtropical Environments

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Mango (Mangifera indica) is regarded as the king of fruits in India, where it has been cultivated for at least 4,000 years and has great cultural and religious significance. Many Indian mango cultivars originated in the fifteenth century when the best selections of mango seedlings were propagated by grafting and planted in large orchards, in some cases numbering 100,000 trees. With the arrival of voyagers to India from Europe, mango was soon established throughout the tropics and subtropics. Mango malformation disease (MMD) is one of the most important and destructive diseases of this crop. It affects inflorescences and vegetative portions of the plant. Although trees are not killed, the vegetative phase of the disease impedes canopy development and the floral phase reduces fruit yield dramatically; substantial economic losses can occur since malformed inflorescences do not bear fruit. Significant advances have been made in understanding the etiology of MMD, which is caused by more than one agent. However, until recently little progress had been made on the epidemiology of this disease. The results that are discussed in this article are only for MMD caused by F. mangiferae.

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Current Scenario of Mango Malformation and Its Management Strategies: An Overview

Kumar

Misra

2016

Fungal Biology

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Identification and Characterization of Fusarium Mexicanum Causing Mango Malformation Disease in Mexico

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Antagonistic Interactions Between Fusaria Species and Their Host Plants Are Influenced by Host Taxonomic Distance: A Case Study From Mexico

Antagonistic Interactions Between Fusaria Species and Their Host Plants Are Influenced by Host Taxonomic Distance: A Case Study From Mexico

New Insights into Mango Malformation Disease Epidemiology Lead to a New Integrated Management Strategy for Subtropical Environments

Current Scenario of Mango Malformation and Its Management Strategies: An Overview

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