Cross-pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia solani strains on pasture legumes in pasture-crop rotations |
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Authors: | Ming Pei You Brandon Lancaster Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam Martin John Barbetti |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA, 6151, Australia;(2) School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia;(3) School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia |
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Abstract: | In Australia, in the past, pasture legumes were rotated mainly with cereals, but increasingly these rotations now involve
pasture legumes with a wider range of crops, including legumes. This increasing frequency of the leguminous host in the rotation
system may be associated with increased root rots in legumes in the current pasture-crop rotations. The primary aim of this
study was to see whether the pathogenicity on pasture legumes of strains of Rhizoctonia solani sourced from lupins and cereals (common crops in rotation with pastures) is associated with increased incidence of root rots
in pasture legumes in the disease conducive sandy soils of the Mediterranean regions of southern Australia. The second aim
was to determine sources of resistance among newly introduced pasture legumes to R. solani strains originating from rotational crops as this would reduce the impact of disease in the pasture phase. Fifteen pasture
legume genotypes were assessed for their resistance/susceptibility to five different zymogram groups (ZG) of the root rot
pathogen R. solani under glasshouse conditions. Of the R. solani groups tested, ZG1–5 and ZG1–4 (both known to be pathogenic on cereals and legumes) overall, caused the most severe root
disease across the genotypes tested, significantly more than ZG6 (known to be pathogenic on legumes), in turn significantly
>ZG4 (known to be pathogenic on legumes) which in turn was >ZG11 (known to be pathogenic on legumes including tropical species).
Overall, Ornithopus sativus Brot. cvs Cadiz and Margurita, Trifolium michelianum Savi. cvs Paradana and Frontier and T. purpureum Loisel. cv. Electro showed a significant level of resistance to root rot caused by R. solani ZG11 (root disease scores ≤1.2 on a 1–3 scale where 3 = maximum disease severity) while O. sativus cvs Cadiz and Erica showed a significant level of resistance to root rot caused by R. solani ZG4 (scores ≤1.2). O. compressus L. cvs Charano and Frontier, O. sativus cv. Erica, and T. purpureum cv. Electro showed some useful resistance to root rot caused by R. solani ZG6 (scores ≤1.8). This is the first time that cvs Cadiz, Electro, Frontier, Margurita and Paradana have been recognised
for their levels of resistance to root rot caused by R. solani ZG11; and similarly for cvs Cadiz and Erica against ZG4; and for cvs Charano, Erica, and Electro against ZG6. These genotypes
with resistance may also serve as useful sources of resistance in pasture legume breeding programs and also could potentially
be exploited directly into areas where other rotation crops are affected by these R. solani strains. None of the tested genotypes showed useful resistance to R. solani ZG1–4 (scores ≥2.0) or ZG1–5 (scores ≥2.5). This study demonstrates the relative potential of the various R. solani ZG strains, and particularly ZG1–4, ZG1–5, ZG4 and ZG6 to attack legume pastures and pose a significant threat to non-pasture
crop species susceptible to these strains grown in rotation with these pasture legumes. Significantly, the cross-pathogenicity
of these strains could result in the continuous build-up of inoculum of these strains that may seriously affect the productivity
eventually of legumes in all rotations. In particular, when choosing pasture legumes as rotation crops, caution needs to be
exercised so that the cultivars deployed are those with the best resistance to the R. solani ZGs most likely to be prevalent at the location. |
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Keywords: | Rhizoctonia solani Trifolium Ornithopus Hedysarum Medicago Root rot |
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