Adhesion of Macroconidia to the Plant Surface and Virulence of Nectria haematococca
AUTOR(ES)
Jones, Margaret J.
RESUMO
To study spore attachment of the cucurbit pathogen Nectria haematococca (anamorph, Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae), mutants with adhesion-deficient macroconidia were isolated. The adhesion-deficient mutants were selected after treatment with N-methyl-N′ -nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine followed by repeated enrichment for macroconidia which did not attach to polystyrene. Two independently derived mutants produced macroconidia with an approximately 50% reduction in attachment to polystyrene and to zucchini fruits. When macroconidia were inoculated into wounded zucchini fruits, the adhesion-deficient mutants were as virulent as the wild-type strain. However, in disease assays in which macroconidia were deposited onto the surface of unwounded zucchini, the mutants were less virulent than the wild type. Thus, adhesion of N. haematococca macroconidia to its host surface appears to be a virulence factor.
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