Name: screening of tobacco genotypes for phytophthora nicotianae resistance
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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31571738) and the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of China (ASTIP-TRIC01).

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	<li>Obtain tobacco varieties. 
	NOTE: For this experiment &#34;Beinhart1000-1&#34; (a selection of Beinhart 1000) (BH) and &#34;Xiaohuangjin1025&#34; (XHJ) were obtained from the National Medium-term Genbank of the Tobacco Germplasm Resource of China. BH is resistant, whereas XHJ is susceptible to P. nicotianae infection16. A field isolate of P. nicotianae race 0, which was preserved in the Tobacco Research Institute of the Chinese Acade...

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Multiple resistance sources have been used to improve P. nicotianae resistance in cultivated tobacco. Single dominant R genes, Php and Phl, have been introgressed from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia and Nicotiana longiflora, respectively10. The cigar tobacco variety Beinhart 1000 has the highest reported level of quantitative resistance to P. nicotianae13. Multiple interval mapping experiments have suggested that at least six...

P. nicotianae is destructive to many solanaceous crops. It can cause tobacco &#34;black shank&#34;1, potato foliar and tuber rot2, tomato and sweet pepper crown and root rot3, and Goji collar and root rot4. P. nicotianae can attack all parts of tobacco plants, including the roots, stems, and leaves at any growing stage5. The most common symptom of the disease is the black base of the stalk. The roots are initially visible as water-soaked and then become necrotic, and the leaves show large circular lesions5. This disease can be devastating to a tobacco plant in the greenhouse, as well as in the field6. The most practical and economical method for controlling P. nicotianae is the use of resistant varieties7. However, an effective screening protocol is required for the identification of P. nicotianae-resistant accessions from tobacco germplasm collections.
Various identification methods have been described to assess P. nicotianae resistance in tobacco7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. In general, three major approaches have been used for the identification of P. nicotianae-resistant tobacco genotypes. The first includes mixing mycelia with agar medium on Petri plates containing P. nicotianae. The mycelia are then cultivated in the dark at room temperature for 2 weeks. 1 L of deionized water is added to the mycelia and homogenized for 30 s. The inoculum is kept on ice until needed. Two holes (1 cm in diameter and 4-5 cm deep) are made on each side of the plant, and 10 mL of the inoculum is poured into each hole. The holes are then filled with the surrounding soil, and disease development is monitored daily for 2 weeks8,10.
In the second method, the plants are inoculated with pathogen-infested toothpicks. For this approach, the plants should be used approximately 6 weeks after transplanting and should have a minimum height of 30 cm. Autoclaved toothpicks are placed on the surface of cultures containing P. nicotianae mycelia. The culture dishes are then stored under the light at room temperature for 7 days. Then, colonized toothpicks are used to inoculate the plants. Toothpicks are inserted into the tobacco stems between the fourth and fifth nodes. The plants are monitored daily for 5 days9,15. This method is not applicable for small seedlings. As the inoculum is pathogen-infested toothpicks, the inoculation intensity cannot be precisely controlled.
The most frequently used approach involves oat grains for inoculation. In this case, oat grains are prepared by autoclaving 500 mL of oats and 300 mL of deionized water at 121 &#176;C for 1 h once per day for 3 days. Then, oat grains are added to the pathogen-colonized culture medium. The dishes are sealed with paraffin film and incubated at 25 &#176;C in light for 7-12 days. Four separate 5 cm deep holes are madeon the potting soil, 4 cm from each plant, and one pathogen-infested oat grain is placed into each hole. The incubation period is determined based on when the first aboveground symptom occurrs7,11,12,13,14,15,16. This method is efficient and applicable for large-scale resistance screening. However, one limitation of this approach is that the inoculum is pathogen-infested oat grains, hence the inoculation intensity cannot be precisely controlled.
However, presented here is a more accurate method that is applicable to growth chamber resistance evaluation. Compared to the other approaches, the inoculum is zoospore suspension, hence the inoculation intensity is controllable and adjustable. As the tobacco plants in this study are cultivated without soil, the results are easier to observe. Moreover, sampling plant roots from soil always causes damage to the roots, which induces a series of physiological responses17. In this method, as plants are cultivated without soil, the interference in root damage can be eliminated. In conclusion, this method is more practical for molecular mechanism research and precision breeding. Using this protocol, data are typically obtained within 5 days, with more than 200 plants evaluated in a single experiment.

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screening of tobacco genotypes for phytophthora nicotianae resistance

Black shank, caused by the oomycetes Phytophthora nicotianae, is destructive to tobacco, and this pathogen is highly pathogenic to many solanaceous crops. P. nicotianae is well adapted to high temperatures; therefore, research on this pathogen is gaining importance in agriculture worldwide because of global warming. P. nicotianae-resistant varieties of tobacco plants are commonly screened by inoculation with oat grains colonized by P. nicotianae and monitoring for the disease symptoms. However, it is difficult to quantify the inoculation intensity since accurate inoculation is crucial in this case. This study aimed to develop an efficient and reliable method for evaluating the resistance of tobacco to infection with P. nicotianae. This method has been successfully used to identify resistant varieties, and the inoculation efficiency was confirmed by real-time PCR. The resistance evaluation method presented in this study is efficient and practical for precision breeding, as well as molecular mechanism research.

4-week-old plants of the resistant variety BH and susceptible variety XHJ were challenged with P. nicotianae using the method presented in this article. The experiment was designed with three replicates, each with 8 plants per group. P. nicotianae infection of the two tobacco varieties, BH and XHJ, is presented in Figure 2. At 3 days post inoculation, for XHJ, stem lesions covered approximately one-half of the stem girth, and one-half of the leaves were slightly wilted; in ...

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Screening of Tobacco Genotypes for Phytophthora nicotianae Resistance

Here, a protocol is presented for the efficient and accurate screening of tobacco genotypes for Phytophthora nicotianae resistance in seedlings. This is a practical approach for precision breeding, as well as molecular mechanism research.

Screening of Tobacco Genotypes for Phytophthora nicotianae Resistance

Black shank, caused by the oomycetes Phytophthora nicotianae, is destructive to tobacco, and this pathogen is highly pathogenic to many solanaceous crops. ...

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