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Zoosporogenesis in Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew
Authors:Lene Lange  Ulla Edén  Lauritz W Olson
Institution:Novo BioKontrol, Novo Induslri A/S, Novo Alle I, DK-2880 Bagsværd. Denmark.;Inst. of Genetics, Univ. of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2A. DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.;Inst. for Sporeplanter, Univ. of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 20, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Abstract:During sporulation of Pseudoperonospora cubensis on cucumber leaves ( Cucumis saliva ) zoosporangia are formed on the dichotomously branched sporangiophore. The mature zoosporangium has a preformed discharge papilla and the cytoplasm is uncleaved. The zoosporangium wall is decorated and the outer layer of the wall is electron opaque in ultrathin sections. As the zoosporangium is able to survive freezing (- 18°C) for prolonged periods of time (3–4 months) the zoosporangium may serve as the "resting" structure which survives overwintering in Northern latitudes in the absence of oospore formation.
Zoospore cleavage can be synchronized by placing freshly harvested zoosporangia in distilled water. Cleavage of the zoosporangial cytoplasm is by means of the fusion of small vesicles apparently derived from dictyosomes which become highly active after zoosporogenesis is induced.
Vesicles with an osmiophilic electron opaque content are the dominant type of vesicle found in the zoosporangia. The content of these vesicles undergoes dynamic changes during zoosporogenesis and during the late stages of sporogenesis the content becomes finely striated as is typical of these vesicles when observed in the zoospore. On the basis of the results presented here it is suggested that zoosporangium formation and zoosporogenesis in P. cubensis could serve as a model system for assays with obligate oomycetous plant pathogens, also in relation to fungicide mode of action studies.
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