Campus Units
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-2018
Journal or Book Title
Plant Disease
Volume
102
Issue
11
First Page
2194
Last Page
2200
DOI
10.1094/PDIS-12-17-1963-RE
Abstract
To improve our understanding of the timing of cold stress and its effect on Pythium damping-off, we performed a factorial experiment with two cold stress temperatures (4 and 10°C); exposure to 96 h of cold stress at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after planting; and inoculation with Pythium sylvaticum-infested millet or control. Increased susceptibility to damping-off resulting in reduced emergence was found in inoculated plants when the cold stress period began 2 or 4 days after planting. In the noninoculated controls, no effect of cold stress on emergence was observed. Slower seedling growth was observed during the cold stress period and in inoculated plants after exposure to cold stress. Seed exudation, mycelial growth, and sporangia germination of P. sylvaticum was evaluated at 4, 10, and 18°C. The greatest seed exudation was observed at 4°C. Low temperatures delayed mycelial growth of P. sylvaticum, although the pathogen was still able to grow at 4°C. Sporangia incubated for 3 h at 18°C in the presence of seed exudates had higher germination in comparison with sporangia incubated at 10 or 4°C. Moreover, more sporangia germinated in response to seed exudates that were previously collected from seed imbibed for 24 h at low temperatures (4°C). These results suggest that cold stress 2 to 4 days after planting increases soybean susceptibility to damping-off, presumably because of increased seed exudation and delayed seedling growth.
Copyright Owner
The American Phytopathological Society
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Serrano, M. and Robertson, Alison, "The Effect of Cold Stress on Damping-Off of Soybean Caused by Pythium sylvaticum" (2018). Plant Pathology and Microbiology Publications. 262.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/plantpath_pubs/262
Comments
This article is published as Serrano, M., and A. E. Robertson. "The Effect of Cold Stress on Damping-Off of Soybean Caused by Pythium sylvaticum." Plant disease 102, no. 11 (2018): 2194-2200. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-17-1963-RE. Posted with permission.