Invasive properties of Ralstonia solanacearum virulent and avirulent strains in tomato roots

Microbial Pathogenesis
Xuefang ZhengDesen Zheng

Abstract

Ralstonia solanacearum causes bacterial wilt disease in a wide range of host plants, including tomato. To elucidate the invasion pattern of R. solanacearum, one avirulent strain, FJAT-1458, and one virulent strain, FJAT-91, were characterized according to their colonization and interaction with host in tomato roots. Both strains colonized in tomato roots. The highest colonization numbers were 1.66 × 108 cfu g-1 by FJAT-91 at 5 days (d) after inoculation and 1.09 × 108 cfu g-1 by FJAT-1458 at 6 d after inoculation. Infection with FJAT-91 caused tomato plant wilt with a disease index of 23.65% at 3 d after inoculation and 100% at 6 d after inoculation, and infection with FJAT-1458 did not cause plant wilt. Compared with FJAT-1458, infection with FJAT-91 reduced elongation of tomato roots, induced serious browning, and overflowed bacteria during the late stages of infection. Examination of cellular structure showed that infection with FJAT-1458 did not have obvious destructive effects on plant cells, while FJAT-91 induced a series of cytopathological changes, including swelling of mitochondria, degeneration of cytoplasm and nuclear heterochromatin, and collapse of host cells, which eventually resulted in the death of the host plan...Continue Reading

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May 1, 2020·Applications in Plant Sciences·Bendangchuchang LongcharMuthappa Senthil-Kumar

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