Effects of acorn tannin content on infection by the fungus Ciboria batschiana
Effects of acorn tannin content on infection by the fungus Ciboria batschiana
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00612.x
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2010-04
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1.4
通讯作者:
A. Takahashi;Y. Ichihara;Y. Isagi;T. Shimada
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作者:
A. Takahashi;Y. Ichihara;Y. Isagi;T. Shimada
Summary Ciboria batschiana, a fructicolous Discomycete, is a pathogen of Quercus serrata acorns, which containconsiderable amounts of tannins in the cotyledons. It was hypothesized that the severity ofC. batschiana infection may differ according to individual acorn tannin content. To examine thishypothesis, we investigated the relationship between survival of acorns to C. batschiana and tannincontent, estimated non-destructively using near infrared spectroscopy analysis. In addition, aninoculation experiment showed that acorns with higher tannin contents were more resistant toC. batschiana than those with lower tannin contents. We conclude that infection success ofC. batschiana differs with tannin content of individual acorns. 1 Introduction In Europe the fungus Ciboria batschiana (Zopf) Buchwald, a fructicolous Discomycete, is awell known pathogen of Quercus acorns (seeds) (Schro¨der et al. 2004). Following acornattack the fungus forms a pseudosclerotium, causing diseased cotyledons to turn black andcorky, with subsequent development of apothecia on the pseudosclerotium the followingautumn. Apothecia eject huge numbers of ascospores, which infect mature acorns(Schro¨der 2002). Severe decay of individual acorns by C. batschiana causes irrevocabledeterioration in acorn viability (Schro¨der et al. 2004). In nature, where the annualinfection rate varies, C. batschiana can destroy up to 80% of an acorn crop (Procha´zkova´et al. 2005). Spread of C. batschiana may also result in severe losses in seedling populationsof oaks in forests (Procha´zkova´ et al. 2005).In Japan, C. batschiana apothecia develop on Quercus serrata and Quercus crispula(syn. Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata) acorns (Otani 1990) and inoculations haveshown that C. batschiana is pathogenic to such acorns (Y. Ichihara, Y. Masuya, andT. Kubono, unpublished). Cotyledons of Q. serrata acorns contain large amounts oftannins (Takahashi and Shimada 2008). Tannins have antimicrobial properties,inhibiting extracellular microbial enzymes, or acting directly on microbial metabolism(Scalbert 1991). The tannin content of individual Q. serrata acorns varies greatly(Takahashi and Shimada 2008). Therefore, we hypothesized that infection byC. batschiana may differ according to the tannin content of individual acorns. Toexamine this hypothesis, we investigated the relationship between acorn survival againstC. batschiana and acorn tannin content, which was non-destructively estimated beforeinoculation using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).For. Path. 40 (2010) 96–99 doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00612.x 2009 Blackwell Verlag GmbH