A comparison of methods for the detection of phytophthora infestans on potatoes in Mauritius

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dc.contributor.author Takooree, Sandhya Devi
dc.contributor.author Neetoo, Hudaa
dc.contributor.author Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, Vijayanti Mala
dc.contributor.author Vally, Vivian
dc.contributor.author Bulajic, Aleksandra R.
dc.contributor.author Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-16T13:16:02Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-16T13:16:02Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description.abstract Late blight, a disease caused by oomycota, Phytophthora infestans, is a greater threat to the potato crop than any other disease in Mauritius. This disease remains the most challenging to manage once symptoms have appeared, thus requiring rapid detection for effective disease management. The aim of this study was to compare different methods for early detection of the causal agent of potato late blight. Conventional culture-based methods involved the direct isolation of P. infestans from infected leaves on Carrot Piece Agar (CPA), Carrot Sucrose Agar (CSA), Commercial Potato Dextrose Agar (CPDA), Fresh Potato Dextrose Agar (FPDA-1 and FPDA-2), Oatmeal Agar (OMA), Pea Sucrose Agar (PSA) and Water Agar (WA) without antibiotic supplementation. Mycelial growth on agar was subsequently identified using molecular techniques. A culture-independent method was also attempted whereby total genomic DNA was directly extracted from symptomatic leaves with mycelial growth followed by PCR amplification with ITS5/ITS4 primers and sequencing. The different media ranked in the following decreasing order of performance: PSA >>> CSA ~ FPDA-1 > CPA ~ CPDA ~ OMA, with growth appearing on PSA within 7 days without contamination. DNA sequencing confirmed the identity of the agent recovered from PSA and from diseased leaves to be P. infestans. Findings of this study point to an optimum nutritive medium for recovering and culturing P. infestans from leaves with foliar blight without the use of antibiotics. Alternatively, a culture-independent method can be used for rapid detection and identification during routine disease surveillance. en_US
dc.description.abstract Plamenjača, bolest koju izaziva oomiceta Phytophthora infestans predstavlja veću opasnost za usev krompira nego bilo koja druga bolest na Mauricijusu. Nakon pojave simptoma, suzbijanje je vrlo teško, što ukazuje da je neophodno ustanoviti način brze detekcije u cilju obezbeđenja primene efikasnih mera suzbijanja. Osnovni cilj ovih istraživanja bio je da se uporede različite metode za ranu detekciju prouzrokovača plamenjače krompira. Metode zasnovane na konvencionalnim metodama uključile su direktnu izolaciju P. infestans iz zaraženih listova bez dodavanja antibiotika na podlogu od komadića mrkve (CPA), podlogu od mrkve i saharoze (CSA), komercijalni krompir dektrozni agar (CPDA), svež krompir dekstrozni agar (FPDA-1 and FPDA-2), podlogu od ovsa (OMA), podlogu od graška i saharoze (PSA) i vodeni agar (WA). Porast micelije na podlogama identifikovan je korišćenjem molekularnih metoda. Direktna detekcja bez prethodne izolacije takođe je primenjena. Ukupna genomna DNA direktno je ekstrahovana iz listova sa simptomima i sporulacijom, nakon čega je PCR amplifikacija i sekvenciranje obavljeno primenom prajmera ITS5/ITS4. Po opadajućoj pogodnosti, podloge se mogu poređati na sledeći način: PSA >>> CSA ~ FPDA-1 > CPA ~ CPDA ~ OMA, pri čemu je porast na PSA bio bez kontaminacija i vidljiv nakon sedam dana. Sekvenciranje je potvrdilo identitet P. infestans kako sa PSA tako i direktno iz zaraženih listova. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na značaj izbora optimalne hranljive podloge bez antibiotika za izolaciju i gajenje P. infestans direktno iz listova sa plamenjačom. S druge strane, metoda direktnog dokazivanja bez izolacije može da se koristi za brzu detekciju i identifikaciju tokom rutinskog nadzora nad pojavom bolesti. en_US
dc.description.department Plant Production and Soil Science en_US
dc.description.librarian am2023 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Higher Education Commission of Mauritius. en_US
dc.description.uri http://joas.agrif.bg.ac.rs en_US
dc.identifier.citation Takoree, S.D., Neetoo, H., Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, V.M. et al. 2022, 'A comparison of methods for the detection of phytophthora infestans on potatoes in Mauritius', Journal of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 203-217, doi : 10.2298/JAS2202203T. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1450-8109 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2406-0968 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.2298/JAS2202203T
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91947
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture en_US
dc.rights © University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture. en_US
dc.subject Late blight en_US
dc.subject Morphology en_US
dc.subject Pea sucrose agar en_US
dc.subject Sequencing en_US
dc.subject Plamenjaca en_US
dc.subject Morfologija en_US
dc.subject Podloga od graska i saharoze en_US
dc.subject Sekvenciranje en_US
dc.title A comparison of methods for the detection of phytophthora infestans on potatoes in Mauritius en_US
dc.title.alternative Uporedno ocenjivanje metoda za detekciju patogena krompira phytophthora infestans na Mauricijusu en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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