Exploring the origin of crop pathogens - host-specific toxin producing pathogens as the case study
Exploring the origin of crop pathogens - host-specific toxin producing pathogens as the case study
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探究作物病原体的起源——以宿主特异性产毒病原体为例
DOI:
10.1007/s10327-019-00874-6
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
1.2
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T.
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作者:
Tsuge;T.
In the agroecosystem, new diseases often occur within several years after the introduction of a new crop species or cultivar. These diseases, referred to as “man-made diseases”, appear only on newly introduced crops that are genetically susceptible to the pathogens. Because these new diseases appear very soon after the introduction of a new crop, the pathogen most likely did not arise by mutation after cultivation began, but was already present in the population as a potential pathogen. How do pathogens emerge in the field? How and where do potential pathogens live and maintain their pathogenicity until they meet a host crop? Information on the origin of crop pathogens is still very limited. Since 1981, I have worked on Alternaria alternata pathogens, which produce host-specific toxins (HSTs). HSTs produced by fungal pathogens are generally low-molecular weight secondary metabolites with a diverse range of structures that function as effectors controlling pathogenicity or virulence in certain plant–pathogen interactions (Tsuge et al. 2013; Wolpert et al. 2002). Seven diseases are known to be caused by HST-producing A. alternata, and these diseases are thought to be typical man-made diseases (Thomma 2003; Tsuge et al. 2013). Here, I discuss the origin of crop pathogens on the basis of information currently available on A. alternata pathogens.