Effect of phosphate and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices on disease severity of root rot of peas (Pisum sativum) caused by Aphanomyces euteiches |
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Authors: | Lars Bødker Rasmus Kjøller Søren Rosendahl |
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Affiliation: | Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science, Department of Plant Pathology and Pest Management, Flakkebjerg, DK 4200 Slagelse, Denmark, DK Department of Mycology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen. ?ster Farimagsgade 2D, DK 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark e-mail: soerenr@bot.ku.dk, Fax: +45-3532-2321, DK
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Abstract: | The effects of inorganic phosphate levels and the presence of arbuscular mycorrhiza on disease severity of Aphanomyces euteiches in pea roots were studied. Disease severity on roots and epicotyl as well as the oospore number within infected root tissue were correlated with the phosphorus (P) level in the growth medium. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices increased P uptake and the P concentration in the plant but reduced disease development in peas. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometry of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase specific to A.euteiches was used to measure the activity of the pathogen in roots. The enzyme activity increased with disease severity and disease incidence, except in plants supplemented with P at the highest level, where a peak in activity was seen 12 days after inoculation with the pathogen, followed by a decrease in activity. The epicotyl of mycorrhizal plants showed a reduction in disease severity although this part of the plants was not mycorrhizal. Thus, an induced systemic factor may be responsible for increased resistance in mycorrhizal plants. Accepted: 21 August 1998 |
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Keywords: | Peas Aphanomyces euteiches Phosphorus PAGE Isozymes |
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