This page was last edited on 19 december 2019, at 23. Ceratocystis platani cerafpphotos eppo global database. It is one of the causative agents of dutch elm disease. Laboratoryplant disease diagnostic clinic, cornell university, ithaca, new york, usa. Ophiostoma novoulmi is not a single entity but exists as.
Kwaasi, in encyclopedia of food sciences and nutrition second edition, 2003. Other articles where ceratocystis ulmi is discussed. Midwest, from texas to minnesota, wisconsin and michigan, pennsylvania, west virginia and. Ophiostoma ulmi formerly known as ceratocystis ulmi and o. Ceratocystis smalleyi colonization of bitternut hickory. Moreau in american elm trees article in canadian journal of botany 4011. Synnemata produce conidia that are sticky and can be spread by vectors. The mansonones were not detected on chromatographic analysis of extracts from healthy elm tissue. Although this is a longterm endeavor, combining desirable alleles from several genes. The sexual stage of ceratocystis is a perithecioid ascoma with a long neck and evanescent asci. Dutch elm disease and elm bark beetles iforest sisef. Searching for the oak wilt pathogen, ceratocystis fagacearum. Ophiostoma ulmi is a species of fungus in the family ophiostomataceae. Ceratocystis fagacearum fungus most species of oak including red oak, white oak, live oak, shumard oak, spanish oak, water oak, black jack oak.
The disease was first identified in the united states in 1930. Dutch elm disease is caused by two closely related species of fungi. Even though new diseases keep emerging, the most important and widespread of these is bayoud disease, a fungal wilt disease of date trees caused by the fungus fusarium oxysporium f. Calmodulin levels in the yeast and mycelial phases of ceratocystis ulmi ganapathy muthukumar university of nebraskalincoln rajiv k. Oak wilt was first described in wisconsin in 1944 where trees were found dying in localized areas. Morphological characteristics of ceratocystis ulmi buism.
Ceratocystis laricicola is associated with large larch bark beetle ips cembrae living on larch. The genus ceratocystis was established in 1890 and accommodates many important fungi. First record of ceratocystis laricicola ascomycota. Taxonomy, ecology, and pathogenicity 9780890541562. It does not constitute a detailed pest risk analysis pra but includes. Biological control of dutch elm disease aps journals the. Ceratoulmin, a toxin produced by the pathogens of the. The first symptoms are a circular necrotic area around the wound or branch junction. The pathogenicity of ceratocystis montia to lodgepole pine. We have shown that caii ions, ethylene glycolbis betaaminoethyl ethern,ntetraacetic acid, lacl3, and six known calmodulin inhibitors shift the yeastmycelium dimorphic potential of ceratocystis ulmi. Tissue cultures of ulmus and their interactions with. Ophiostoma novoulmi is highly virulent and can kill elm species that were tolerant to. These include serious plant pathogens, significant insect symbionts and agents of timber degradation that result in substantial economic losses. A federal eradication campaign in the late 1930s and early 40s sharply reduced the numbers of infected elms but could.
Ophiostoma ulmi formerly known as ceratocystis ulmi and ophiostoma novoulmi. This compound induced disease symptoms, similar to those produced by the fungus itself, in elm sprouits and trees. The extent to which these antifungal compounds may contribute to. The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus ceratocystis and the hosts they infect. Multiple ceratocystis smalleyi infections associated with reduced stem water transport in bitternut hickory. Pdf vegetative incompatibility and potential involvement. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Ceratocystis platani global invasive species database gisd 2015. These fungi have ascomata with round usually dark bases that are. Mansonones a and c to g, sesquiterpene quinones possessing antifungal properties, were isolated from the elmulmus americana infected withceratocystis ulmi.
Phytotoxic material has been isolated from liquid cultures of ceratocystis ulmi. The fungus, thought to be native to southeastern united states, was introduced to italy in the 1940s believed to. Metabolite of ceratocystis ulmi and its association with. Hundreds of cankers caused by ceratocystis smalleyi are associated with hickory bark beetleattacked bitternut hickory exhibiting rapid crown. Download citation on may 1, 2008, shozo takai and others published cerato. Plant pathogen causing wilt disease on cacao, ficus, mango, and oak and causes cankers on a variety of plants. Ophistoma ulmi ceratocystis ulmi fungus spread by vectors that are native and european elm bark beetles all native ulmus elm species. Ceratocystis was established in 1890 to accommodate c. There are several hostspecialized strains, some of which, such as ceratocystis platani that attacks plane trees, are now described as distinct. This disease kills young and mature oak quercus trees and has been found in 22 states. Pdf resistance breeding of the native elms against dutch elm disease, caused by the fungus ophiostoma novoulmi brasier, is a major. While the latter, more aggressive, species is thought to have caused much of the ded through the 1970s and beyond, it was only recently recognized as a separate species.
Ophiostoma ulmi can reproduce asexually by overwintering in both the bark and upper layers of dead or dying elm wood as mycelia and synnemata. The name ceratocystis was revised by bakshi 1950 and hunt. Searching for the oak wilt pathogen, ceratocystis fagacearum, in new york state emma rosenthal, karen snoverclift, sandra jensen. Oak wilt is a disease specific to oak trees, particularly red oaks, that is caused by the fungal pathogen. It is a diverse species that attacks a wide variety of annual and perennial plants. One component of the material has been obtained in pure form and has proved to be a rather thermostable glycoprotein. European and asiatic elms and zelkova moderately resistant. The predominant damage has occurred in the upper midwest although the range now extends from new york to texas.
Multiple ceratocystis smalleyi infections associated with. General information about ceratocystis platani cerafp. Dutch elm disease ded is a destructive disease of both native european and north american elms. Elliott 1923, 1925 transferred ceratocystis fimbriata to ceratostomella. Juzwik2,3 1korea forest research institute, seoul, republic of korea. Elm trees were once an ecologically valuable tree that dominated mixed broadleaf forests, floodplains, and low. Strobel and fumio sugawara department of plant pathology, montana state university, bozeman, mt, u. Harr ceratocystis platani is a fungal pathogen that causes canker stain of plane trees in the genus platanus. Perhaps the most indispensable fungus of all is an ascomycete. Isolation and identification of six mansonones from ulmus.
It was then transferred to ophiostoma by melin and nannfeldt 1934 and to endoconidiophora by davidson 1935. Plane tree showing advanced dieback after 23 years, after infection by c. This was made possible by combining extensive conventional. Electron microscopy of elm infected with ceratocystis ulmi. The american elm is extremely susceptible, and the disease has killed hundreds of thousands of them across. This page was last edited on 19 december 2019, at 19. The list is organized by the scientific name of the pathogen species capital letters, followed by the various susceptible plant hosts. The pathogenicity of ceratocystis montia to lodgepole pine gary a. Cyclooxygenases cox have been proposed to modulate yeastmycelium dimorphism of ded fungi, and homologs of cox genes have been found in the nuclear genome of o. Though it can infect through leaves, petioles and young stems, the primary site of infection is a trunk wound. Calmodulin levels in the yeast and mycelial phases of ceratocystis ulmi.
The ascomycete fungus ophiostoma novoulmi is responsible for the pandemic of. Four ceratocystis species have been reported to occur in hawaii raabe, et al. Dates are afflicted by a number of pests and diseases, which result in substantial losses. Ceratocystis platani causes a disease in plane trees known as canker stain of plane uk english or canker of sycamore us english the disease is caused by the phytotoxin ceratoplatanin, which occurs in the cell wall of c. Ded was first noticed in 1919 by the dutch phytopathological service, when it was spread over large areas of belgium, the netherlands and part of northern france. The management prac tices described in this publication can help minimize the risk of losing oaks to this disease. Ophiostoma novo ulmi is not a single entity but exists as.
In dutch elm disease, the vectors that transmit ophiostoma ulmi are scolytid beetles. The latter exists in two forms, ean in eurasia and nan in north america, which subsequently invaded europe hoegger et al. Pdf phylogeny and taxonomy of the ophiostoma piceae complex. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
The name refers to a closely related ceratocystis species also occurring on theobroma cacaofrom, the greek word plant pathogenic fungi that infect a diversity of agricultural and adelphe, which means sister. Of 10 isolates of ceratocystis ulmi collected in september, 1970, from eight trees of ulmus x hollandica cl. Bakshi, transactions of the british mycological society 33 12. Pdf screening european elms for resistance to ophiostoma novo.
Field and culture tests of antibiotics against graphium ulmi. It was first described under the name graphium ulmi, and later transferred to the genus ophiostoma dutch elm disease originated in europe in the early 1900s. Dutch elm disease is caused by three species of ascomycete fungi in the genus ophiostoma. Vegetative incompatibility and potential involvement of a mycovirus in the italian population of geosmithia morbida. Genus ceratocystis 1cerag species ceratocystis platani cerafp. The metabolite was produced most prolifically by fluffy isolates obtained from the epidemic areas and less so by waxy isolates from the nonepidemic areas. Ceratocystis platani cerafpoverview eppo global database. Rapid pest risk analysis for ceratocystis platani this document provides a rapid assessment of the risks posed by the pest to the uk in order to assist risk managers decide on a response to a new or revised pest threat. Pdf caiicalmodulin regulation of fungal dimorphism in. It is spread from tree to tree primarily by insects visiting wounds. Ophiostoma ulmi formerly known as ceratocystis ulmi and ophiostoma novo ulmi. Virtually since its type was described from sweet potatoes, the.
Functional annotation of the ophiostoma novoulmi genome. Ceratocystis smalleyi colonization of bitternut hickory and host responses in the xylem by j. Pdf calmodulin levels in the yeast and mycelial phases. Rapid evolution of introduced plant pathogens via interspecific. Similar species both genera names ceratocystis and ophiostoma are commonly used. The genus now includes many important fungi including important pathogens of plants and the causal agents of sap stain in timber that are symbiotic associates of insects fig. This may be seen on certain branches of the tree and on inspection under the bark the sapwood reveals brown streaks. In studies concerning variation within the elm disease fungus, ceratocystis ulmi, the production of a milky metabolite was observed on the surface of the medium in liquid culture. A federal eradication campaign in the late 1930s and early 40s sharply reduced the numbers of infected elms but could not stop the diseases spread into regions wherever the very susceptible american elm ulmus americana grows. Ceratocystis in index fungorum this sordariomycetesrelated article is a stub. Disease survey records suggest that it had been present there since at least 1912. Phytotoxin isolated from liquid cultures of ceratocystis ulmi.
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