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词条 Sclerophthora macrospora
释义

  1. Host Range

  2. Disease Cycle

  3. Management

  4. References

  5. External links

  6. References

{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Sclerophthora macrospora
| unranked_regnum = SAR
| superphylum = Heterokonta
| classis = Oomycetes
| subclassis = Peronosporomycetidae
| ordo = Peronosporales
| familia = Peronosporaceae
| genus = Sclerophthora
| species = S. macrospora
| binomial = Sclerophthora macrospora
| binomial_authority = (Sacc.) Thirum., (1953)
| synonyms =Nozemia macrospora
Phytophthora macrospora
Phytophthora oryzae
Sclerospora kriegeriana
Sclerospora macrospora

Sclerospora oryzae }}

Sclerophthora macrospora is a protist plant pathogen of the class Oomycota. It causes downy mildew on a vast number of cereal crops including oats, rice, maize, and wheat as well as varieties of turf grass.[1] The common names of the diseases associated with Sclerophthora macrospora include “crazy top disease” on maize [2] and yellow tuft disease on turf grass.[3] The disease is present all over the world, but it is especially persistent in Europe.

Host Range

Sclerophthora macrospora has a wide host range,[1] consisting of crops such as turf grass, maize, oats, rice, and wheat. The pathogen’s lack of host specificity allows for widespread prevalence of the disease, and it affects a multitude of economically essential crops. Sclerophthora macrospora is the pathogen associated with downy mildew (or yellow tuft disease) on turf grass.[3] The symptoms include proliferation of shoots and yellowing on cultivars of turf grass species.[4] Additionally, Sclerophthora macrospora causes crazy top disease on maize. The symptoms of crazy top include phyllody and rapid increase in growth of tassels.[2]

Disease Cycle

Sclerophthora macrospora is an obligate parasite.[5] All oomycetes, including Sclerophthora macrospora, produce oospores. Oospores are sexual spores produced by the fusion of an antheridium and oogonium. The oospore germinates and produces sporangium on sporangiophores in damp late spring to autumn. Dissemination of the sporangium, which is pearly white and lemon shaped,[3] is assisted by splashing water. The sporangium, aided by water transport, lands on a leaf surface and releases zoospores which infect the host plants by encysting near the stoma and penetrating the plant tissue with a germ tube. The leaf surface must remain damp or the sporangia will cave in. When wet conditions persist, sporangia can release many zoospores. The pathogen’s zoospores on the infected leaf provide a secondary inoculum allowing for the disease to be polycyclic. Oospores and mycelium can survive on dead leaves. In well drained soils, oospores can persist for a few months. The oospores that survive over winter will then produce more sporangium in late spring. Sclerophthora macrospora also produces mycelium from spores, which absorbs nutrients from the host plant.[5]

Management

Since Sclerophthora macrospora can infect a wide range of hosts, many growers will have to find a way to manage the pathogen. Cultural control, sanitary methods, and chemical control are common ways to prevent the disease.[1] Typical cultural practices used include mowing only when grass is dry and avoiding over watering. Since the disease proliferates in wet conditions, it is best to ensure that fields are well drained so sporangia don’t spread.[6] Preventive fungicides applied under certain guidelines can reduce the amount of the pathogen’s structures in the field - but the success is limited. Spring applications of the fungicide metalaxyl, known under the trade name Subdue, can be effective especially for yellow tuft disease.[3] It is important to recognize that most fungicides for Sclerophthora macrospora are preventive type, not curative. Therefore, it is vital that a grower recognizes the symptoms and signs as soon as possible. A variety of resistance strains have also been bred - most notably in maize.[1]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=49243|title=downy mildew (Sclerophthora macrospora)|website=www.plantwise.org|access-date=2016-12-08}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://cropdisease.cropsci.illinois.edu/corn/crazytop.html|title=Crazy Top|website=cropdisease.cropsci.illinois.edu|access-date=2016-12-08}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ipm.illinois.edu/diseases/series400/rpd415/|title=IPM : Reports on Plant Diseases : Yellow Tuft or Downy Mildew of Turfgrasses|website=ipm.illinois.edu|access-date=2016-12-08}}
4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Jackson and Derneoden|first=Noel and Peter|year=1980|title=The Incitant of Yellow Tuft Disease on Turf Grasses|url=https://www.apsnet.org/publications/plantdisease/backissues/Documents/1980Articles/PlantDisease64n10_915.pdf|journal=Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology at University of Rhode Island|volume=|pages=|via=}}
5. ^{{Cite journal|last=Dernoeden and Jackson|first=Peter and Noel|year=1980|title=Infection and Mycelial Colonization of Gramineous Hosts by Sclerophthora macrospora|url=http://www.apsnet.org/publications/phytopathology/backissues/Documents/1980Articles/Phyto70n10_1009.pdf|journal=Ecology and Epidemiology|volume=|pages=|via=}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://grunwaldlab.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/lab-protocols/zoosporesporgania-production|title=Zoospore/Sporgania production {{!}} Grünwald Lab|website=grunwaldlab.cgrb.oregonstate.edu|access-date=2016-12-08}}

External links

  • Index Fungorum
  • [https://www.webcitation.org/5QK694Uju?url=http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]