A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease.
Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) of Juglans and Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) involves a fungal pathogen, Geosmithia morbida, and a primary insect vector, Pityophthorus juglandis. TCD was described originally from dying Juglans nigra trees in the western United States (USA), but it was reported subsequent...
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| author | Emel Oren William Klingeman Romina Gazis John Moulton Paris Lambdin Mark Coggeshall Jiri Hulcr Steven J Seybold Denita Hadziabdic |
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| description | Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) of Juglans and Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) involves a fungal pathogen, Geosmithia morbida, and a primary insect vector, Pityophthorus juglandis. TCD was described originally from dying Juglans nigra trees in the western United States (USA), but it was reported subsequently from the eastern USA and northern Italy. The disease is often difficult to diagnose due to the absence of symptoms or signs on the bark surface of the host. Furthermore, disease symptoms can be confused with those caused by other biotic and abiotic agents. Thus, there is a critical need for a method for rapid detection of the pathogen and vector of TCD. Using species-specific microsatellite DNA markers, we developed a molecular protocol for the detection of G. morbida and P. juglandis. To demonstrate the utility of the method for delineating TCD quarantine zones, we tested whether geographical occurrence of symptoms and signs of TCD was correlated with molecular evidence for the presence of the cryptic TCD organisms. A total of 1600 drill cores were taken from branch sections collected from three regions (n = 40 trees for each location): California-J. hindsii (heavy disease incidence); Tennessee-J. nigra (mild disease incidence); and outside the known TCD zone (Missouri-J. nigra, no record of the disease). California samples had the highest incidence of the TCD organisms (85%, 34/40). Tennessee had intermediate incidence (42.5%, 17/40), whereas neither organism was detected in samples from Missouri. The low cost molecular protocol developed here has a high degree of sensitivity and specificity, and it significantly reduces sample-processing time, making the protocol a powerful tool for rapid detection of TCD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-595aaa898157404993d3f557e724d2a82022-12-21T21:17:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01131e018508710.1371/journal.pone.0185087A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease.Emel OrenWilliam KlingemanRomina GazisJohn MoultonParis LambdinMark CoggeshallJiri HulcrSteven J SeyboldDenita HadziabdicThousand Cankers Disease (TCD) of Juglans and Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) involves a fungal pathogen, Geosmithia morbida, and a primary insect vector, Pityophthorus juglandis. TCD was described originally from dying Juglans nigra trees in the western United States (USA), but it was reported subsequently from the eastern USA and northern Italy. The disease is often difficult to diagnose due to the absence of symptoms or signs on the bark surface of the host. Furthermore, disease symptoms can be confused with those caused by other biotic and abiotic agents. Thus, there is a critical need for a method for rapid detection of the pathogen and vector of TCD. Using species-specific microsatellite DNA markers, we developed a molecular protocol for the detection of G. morbida and P. juglandis. To demonstrate the utility of the method for delineating TCD quarantine zones, we tested whether geographical occurrence of symptoms and signs of TCD was correlated with molecular evidence for the presence of the cryptic TCD organisms. A total of 1600 drill cores were taken from branch sections collected from three regions (n = 40 trees for each location): California-J. hindsii (heavy disease incidence); Tennessee-J. nigra (mild disease incidence); and outside the known TCD zone (Missouri-J. nigra, no record of the disease). California samples had the highest incidence of the TCD organisms (85%, 34/40). Tennessee had intermediate incidence (42.5%, 17/40), whereas neither organism was detected in samples from Missouri. The low cost molecular protocol developed here has a high degree of sensitivity and specificity, and it significantly reduces sample-processing time, making the protocol a powerful tool for rapid detection of TCD.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755734?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Emel Oren William Klingeman Romina Gazis John Moulton Paris Lambdin Mark Coggeshall Jiri Hulcr Steven J Seybold Denita Hadziabdic A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. PLoS ONE |
| title | A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. |
| title_full | A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. |
| title_fullStr | A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. |
| title_short | A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. |
| title_sort | novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755734?pdf=render |
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