Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.

The soil-borne pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotorium is the causal agent of sclerotinia stem rot, a severe disease of broad-leaf crops including canola/rapeseed Brassica napus that can result in significant yield losses. Sclerotia, the hard melanized resting structure of the pathogen, requires precondit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael, Pippa, Lui, King Yin, Thomson, Linda, Lamichhane, Ashmita, Bennett, Sarita
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82813
_version_ 1848764545952120832
author Michael, Pippa
Lui, King Yin
Thomson, Linda
Lamichhane, Ashmita
Bennett, Sarita
author_facet Michael, Pippa
Lui, King Yin
Thomson, Linda
Lamichhane, Ashmita
Bennett, Sarita
author_sort Michael, Pippa
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The soil-borne pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotorium is the causal agent of sclerotinia stem rot, a severe disease of broad-leaf crops including canola/rapeseed Brassica napus that can result in significant yield losses. Sclerotia, the hard melanized resting structure of the pathogen, requires preconditioning before carpogenic germination can occur. We investigated the effect of pre-conditioning temperature (4°C, 20°C, 35°C, 50°C and field conditions) and duration (0, 30, 60, 120, 179, 240, 301 days) on germination of S. sclerotorium sclerotia collected from five canola fields in the south-western Australian grain-belt. The ecological diversity of each population was characterised using mycelial compatibility groups (MCGs) typing. No response was observed for isolates conditioned at 4°C at any time period indicating chilling is not a preconditioning requirement for these isolates. Sclerotia required preconditioning for a minimum of 60 days before any significant increase in germination occurred, with no further increases in germination recorded in response to longer conditioning after 60 days. The highest germination was observed in sclerotia conditioned at 50°C. The MCG results indicated significant within and between population diversity suggesting local adaptation to different environments as well as ensuring the ability to respond to seasonal variation between years.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:21:04Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-82813
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language eng
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:21:04Z
publishDate 2020
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-828132021-05-17T07:46:43Z Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia. Michael, Pippa Lui, King Yin Thomson, Linda Lamichhane, Ashmita Bennett, Sarita Disease management Sclerotinia stem rot Subject Areas mycelial compatibility grouping (MCG) pre-conditioning sclerotia The soil-borne pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotorium is the causal agent of sclerotinia stem rot, a severe disease of broad-leaf crops including canola/rapeseed Brassica napus that can result in significant yield losses. Sclerotia, the hard melanized resting structure of the pathogen, requires preconditioning before carpogenic germination can occur. We investigated the effect of pre-conditioning temperature (4°C, 20°C, 35°C, 50°C and field conditions) and duration (0, 30, 60, 120, 179, 240, 301 days) on germination of S. sclerotorium sclerotia collected from five canola fields in the south-western Australian grain-belt. The ecological diversity of each population was characterised using mycelial compatibility groups (MCGs) typing. No response was observed for isolates conditioned at 4°C at any time period indicating chilling is not a preconditioning requirement for these isolates. Sclerotia required preconditioning for a minimum of 60 days before any significant increase in germination occurred, with no further increases in germination recorded in response to longer conditioning after 60 days. The highest germination was observed in sclerotia conditioned at 50°C. The MCG results indicated significant within and between population diversity suggesting local adaptation to different environments as well as ensuring the ability to respond to seasonal variation between years. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82813 10.1094/PDIS-09-20-1957-RE eng restricted
spellingShingle Disease management
Sclerotinia stem rot
Subject Areas
mycelial compatibility grouping (MCG)
pre-conditioning
sclerotia
Michael, Pippa
Lui, King Yin
Thomson, Linda
Lamichhane, Ashmita
Bennett, Sarita
Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title_full Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title_fullStr Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title_full_unstemmed Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title_short Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia.
title_sort impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse sclerotinia sclerotorium (lib.) de bary populations in south-western australia.
topic Disease management
Sclerotinia stem rot
Subject Areas
mycelial compatibility grouping (MCG)
pre-conditioning
sclerotia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82813