title: Assessing the risk that Phytophthora melonis can develop a point mutation (V1109L) in CesA3 conferring resistance to carboxylic acid amide fungicides.
abstract: The risk that the plant pathogen Phytophthora melonis develops resistance to carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides was determined by measuring baseline sensitivities of field isolates, generating resistant mutants, and measuring the fitness of the resistant mutants. The baseline sensitivities of 80 isolates to flumorph, dimethomorph and iprovalicarb were described by unimodal curves, with mean EC(50) values of 0.986 (±0.245), 0.284 (±0.060) and 0.327 (±0.068) µg/ml, respectively. Seven isolates with different genetic background (as indicated by RAPD markers) were selected to generate CAA-resistance. Fifty-five resistant mutants were obtained from three out of seven isolates by spontaneous selection and UV-mutagenesis with frequencies of 1×10(-7) and 1×10(-6), respectively. CAA-resistance was stable for all mutants. The resistance factors of these mutants ranged from 7 to 601. The compound fitness index (CFI  =  mycelial growth × zoospore production × pathogenicity) was often lower for the CAA-resistant isolates than for wild-type isolates, suggesting that the risk of P. melonis developing resistance to CAA fungicides is low to moderate. Among the CAA-resistant isolates, a negative correlation between EC(50) values was found for iprovalicarb vs. flumorph and for iprovalicarb vs. dimethomorph. Comparison of the full-length cellulose synthase 3 (CesA3) between wild-type and CAA-resistant isolates revealed only one point mutation at codon position 1109: a valine residue (codon GTG in wild-type isolates) was converted to leucine (codon CTG in resistant mutants). This represents a novel point mutation with respect to mutations in CesA3 conferring resistance to CAA fungicides. Based on this mutation, an efficient allelic-specific PCR (AS-PCR) method was developed for rapid detection of CAA-resistance in P. melonis populations.
authors: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Shusheng
authors: S
authors: Zhu
authors: Xiaohong
authors: X
authors: Lu
authors: Zhili
authors: Z
authors: Pang
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Cai
authors: Xili
authors: X
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D025282:Mycelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D010838:Phytophthora / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013170:Spores / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C478648:cellulose synthase