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| Author(s): |
Isabela Vescove Primiano
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2015-06-23 |
| Examining board members: |
Lilian Amorim;
Natalia Aparecida Peres Lauretti;
Louise Larissa May de Mio
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| Advisor: | Lilian Amorim |
| Abstract | |
Control of brown rot in peaches (caused by Monilinia fructicola) is mainly by preventive applications of fungicides, mostly single-target site. Repeated use of these fungicides can, however, select for resistant pathogen populations, which may result in failure of disease control. The evolution of resistant isolates in a population over time can be predicted with competitive ability assays between sensitive and resistant isolates. Therefore, studies quantifying pathogen fitness and stability are necessary to characterize field isolates and improve anti-resistant strategies. However, there are limited reports concerning the methodology used in competitive ability assays. This study determined the fitness of M. fructicola isolates with different levels of sensitivity to azoxystrobin in trials in vitro and in vivo (in natura and canned peaches) with different monocyclic components. Isolates characterization were carried out in vitro, in vivo and molecularly. Mycelial growth rate and sporulation were estimated in vitro, and disease incidence, severity, lesion sporulation, incubation and latent period were evaluated in peach fruit for sensitive and resistant isolates. Sporulation in vitro data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test and mycelial growth rate with the Tukey test at 5% probability. For the in vivo experiments, multivariate analysis were carried out. Ten consecutive transfers on non-amended media were conducted to determine the stability of isolates (two resistant and one sensitive). Sporulation, percent spore germination and colony diameter on azoxystrobin amended media were also evaluated four times (the first, the third, the sixth and the last transfer). Competitive ability was investigated by testing the percentage increase of resistant individuals five generations after inoculation with a mix of azoxystrobin sensitive and resistant isolates. The competitive ability of sensitive and resistant isolates were compared with different variables as colony-forming unit and spore germination. Linear or generalized linear models (GLM) were adjusted to compare the progress of resistant isolates over time. All resistant isolates had in vitro sporulation and mycelial growth rate similar to sensitive isolates. All isolates sequenced presented an intron close to codon 143 and did not have any of the point mutations commonly associated with resistance to QoI fungicides (G143A, G137R, and F129L). After 10 transfers in PDA, colony diameter of resistant isolates was not reduced in azoxystrobin-amended media with 1 μg.ml-1 nor was their sporulation in vitro For all parameters used to measure competitive ability, no fitness cost was associated to M. fructicola isolates resistant to azoxystrobin. Canned peach is a viable option for studies aiming to determine fitness cost of resistant isolates. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/20285-0 - Fitness of Monilinia fructicola isolates at different levels of sensitivity to azoxystrobin |
| Grantee: | Isabela Vescove Primiano |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |