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Modeling the spread of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae in simulated physical microenvironment

Journal

TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 282-293

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40858-021-00425-5

Keywords

Invasion; Osmotic potentials; Percolation theory; pH

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  1. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES, Brazil)
  2. CNPq [307442/2013-6]

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This study simulated the in vitro dynamics of the plant pathogenic fungus FOP under different environmental conditions and found that the nutrient state of the environment influenced the rate of pathogen spread, potentially slowing down epidemic progress. The research provides new biological knowledge and insights for disease management improvement.
The plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae (FOP) causes severe losses to the Brazilian passiculture. As a soil inhabitant, the fungus spreads at the micro spatial scale (microspread) via mycelial growth and colony expansion. The pathogen expansion rate is affected by the spatial distribution of inoculum sources available, as well as by environmental factors. The objective of this study was to model the in vitro dynamics of FOP by simulating its microspread, under the effect of pH and osmotic potential, in controlled physical environments formed by agar sites spatially distributed in a triangular lattice. An additional experiment evaluated the effect of a heterogeneous environment on FOP microspread. This setting was represented by different fractions of sites with high and low nutritional content. A percolation theory was used to determine the limits of pathogen spread where critical distances are associated with a critical probability of site colonization. The logistic dose-response model was fitted to growth curves with the parameters estimated based on non-linear regression. We found that nutritional state of sites affected FOP microspread. In particular, a heterogeneous environment reduced their rate of microspread and consequently could reduce epidemic progress rate. This study contributes new biological knowledge and information to further improve disease management.

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