Disease Assessment Scales for Seedling Screening and Detached Leaf Assay for Gummy Stem Blight in Watermelon
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1 Disease Assessment Scales for Seedling Screening and Detached Leaf Assay for Gummy Stem Blight in Watermelon Gabriele Gusmini 1, and Todd C. Wehner 1 and Gerald J. Holmes 2 1 Department of Horticultural Science, and 2 Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) is a major vegetable crop in the U.S. Gummy stem blight, caused by Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm [=Mycosphaerella citrullina (C.O.Sm.) Gross. and Mycosphaerella melonis (Pass) Chiu & Walker] and its anamorph Phoma cucurbitacearum (Fr.:Fr.) Sacc. [=Ascochyta cucumis Fautrey & Roum] (4), is one of the most important diseases of this crop. Resistance to gummy stem blight in watermelon was ranked by U.S. researchers as the third most important trait for germplasm evaluation, following fruit blotch and Fusarium wilt (2). Gummy stem blight on watermelon plants is evident as crown blight, stem cankers, and extensive defoliation (7). Pycnidia and, less frequently, perithecia are produced in the diseased tissues and appear as black fruiting bodies which can be collected for single spore isolation (17, 21). Adequate control of gummy stem blight is difficult, even when using fungicide applications and good horticultural practices, and there are several reports of acquired resistance of D. bryoniae to fungicides (3, 5, 6, 8, 18). Therefore, genetic resistance is a very attractive alternative (9-11). The first two steps in every breeding program for plant resistance to pathogens are: 1) screening of the available germplasm, and 2) continuous testing for resistance of the segregating generations F1 and subsequent during the development of new varieties. The two most widely used methods for screening for resistance to pathogens are seedling screening [i.e. in watermelon (1), muskmelon (20), squash (19), and cucumbers (15)], and detached leaves assay [i.e. in watermelon (12), cucumber (14), tobacco (16), and tomato and pepper (13)]. In this report we present two disease assessment scales for gummy stem blight, one for screening watermelon seedlings, and one for a detached leaf assay. The purpose of developing this disease assessment scale was to make an easy and efficient system for screening large numbers of accessions from the watermelon germplasm collection. The two disease assessment scales were used for seedling and detached-leaf assays which were run in addition to the field assay. The assays will be useful for inheritance studies where large numbers of plants per generation and crosses (population) must be rated. The ordinal scale was adopted for the seedling assay instead of the interval Horsfall-Barratt scale, because it permitted us to record lesions either on leaves or on stems. Leaf ratings are important because plant yield and survival is affected by leaf area, which is reduced by severe disease epidemics. Stem ratings are important because large, localized lesions can kill the plant, especially those lesions located near the base (crown) of the plant. The detached leaf assay used an interval scale in order to make it easy and reliable for people (greenhouse technicians, nursery technicians, students, etc.) to use without much training. Disease assessment scale for seedling screening assay 0 = no symptoms 1 = yellowing on leaves (suspect of disease ) 2 = moderate symptoms (<20% necrosis) on leaves 3 = slight symptoms (21-45% necrosis) on leaves 4 = severe symptoms (>45% necrosis) on leaves 5 = some leaves dead, no symptoms on stem 6 = moderate symptoms (<20% necrosis) on leaves, with necrosis also on petioles and stem (<3 mm Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 25: 36-40(2002) 36
2 7 = slight symptoms (21-45% necrosis) on leaves, with necrosis also on petioles and stem (3-5 mm 8 = severe symptoms (>45% necrosis) on leaves, with necrosis also on petioles and stem (>5 mm 9 = plant dead Disease assessment scale for detached leaf assay The disease assessment scale proposed for the detached leaf assay is an interval type scale which considers the percent of necrotic leaf-blade, including veins. Yellowing and other color changes are not considered reliable indicators of disease, because the leaves in Petri plates sometimes dehydrate and turn chlorotic in the absence of the pathogen. The scale is a discontinuous 0 to 9 scale, to connect it mnemonically to the seedling screening scale and to the lower limit of the percent interval. 0 = necrosis on 0% of leaf-blade; no symptoms 2 = necrosis on 20-30% of leaf-blade 4 = necrosis on 40-50% of leaf-blade 6 = necrosis on 60-70% of leaf-blade 8 = necrosis on 80-90% of leaf-blade 9 = necrosis on 100% of leaf-blade; leaf dead Photographs Photographs representing these disease assessment scales are available at the website gsbindex.html Literature Cited 1. Dias, R. d. C. S., M. A. d. Queiroz, M. Menezes, and M. A. De Queiroz Identification of sources of resistance to Didymella bryoniae. Horticultura Brasileira 14(1): Jarret, B., B. Rhodes, T. Williams, and G. W. Elmstrom Cucurbit germplasm committee report: watermelon. 30 pp. 3. Kato, T., K. Suzuky, J. Takahashy, and K. Kamoshita Negatively correlated crossresistance between benzimidazole fungicides and methyl N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl) carbamate. J. Pestic. Sci. (9): Keinath, A. P., M. W. Farnham, and T. A. Zitter Morphological, pathological, and genetic differentiation of Didymella bryoniae and Phoma spp. isolated from cucurbits. Phytopathology 85(3): Keinath, A. P., and T. A. Zitter Resistance to benomyl and thiophanate-methyl in Didymella bryoniae from South Carolina and New York. Plant Disease 82: Malathrakis, N. E., and K. J. Vakalounakis Resistance to benzimidazole fungicides in the gummy stem blight pathogen Didymella bryoniae on cucurbits. Plant Pathol. 32: Maynard, D. N., and D. L. Hopkins Watermelon fruit disorders. HortTechnology 9(2): Miller, M. E., T. Isakeit, J. X. Zhang, and B. D. Bruton, Gummy stem blight and black rot of melons, in Melon production system in South Texas. Annual Research report., M.E. Miller, Editor. 1997, Texas A&M University: Weslaco. 9. Norton, J. D., G. E. Boyhan, D. A. Smith, and B. R. Abrahams 'AU-golden producer' watermelon. HortScience 28(6): Norton, J. D., G. E. Boyhan, D. A. Smith, and B. R. Abrahams 'AU-Sweet' Scarlet' watermelon. HortScience 30: Norton, J. D., R. D. Cosper, D. A. Smith, and K. S. Rymal AU-Jubilant and AU- Producer Watermelons. HortScience 21: Rhodes, B., X. Zhang, R. A. Dean, J. Frick, and J. Zhang Use of detached leaf assay for race 1 and race 2 anthrachnose resistance in a diallel cross with Citrullus. CGC Report (15): Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 25: 36-40(2002) 37
3 13. Sharon, E., Y. Okon, Y. Bashan, and Y. Henis Detached leaf enrichment: a method for testing small numbers of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and Xanthomonas campestris var. vesicatoria in seed and symptomless leaves of tomato and pepper. J. Applied Bacteriol. 53: St. Amand, P. C., and T. C. Wehner Greenhouse, detached-leaf, and field testing methods to determine cucumber resistance to gummy stem blight. J. American Soc. Hort. Sci. 120(4): St. Amand, P. C., and T. C. Wehner Heritability and genetic variance estimates for leaf and stem resistance to gummy stem blight in two cucumber populations. J Am Soc Hortic Sci 126(1): Tedford, E. C., T. L. Miller, and M. T. Nielsen A detached-leaves technique for detecting Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae in tobacco. Plant Disease 74: van Steekelenburg, N. A. M Epidemiological aspects of Didymella bryoniae, the cause of stem and fruit rot of cucumber [Cucumis sativus]. 18. van Steekelenburg, N. A. M Resistance to benzimidazole and dicarboximide fungicides in Botrytis cinerea and Didymella bryoniae in cucumbers in The Netherlands. Med. Fac. Landbouww. Rijksuniv. Gent. 52: Zhang, Y. P., K. Anagnostou, M. Kyle, and T. A. Zitter Seedling screens for resistance to gummy stem blight in squash. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18: Zhang, Y. P., M. Kyle, K. Anagnostou, and T. A. Zitter Screening melon (Cucumis melo) for resistance to gummy stem blight in the greenhouse and field. HortScience 32(1): Zitter, T. A., D. L. Hopkins, and C. Thomas, Compendium of cucurbit diseases. 1996, APS Press: St. Paul. p Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 25: 36-40(2002) 38
4 Figure 1. Photographs of the gummy stem blight disease rating assay for watermelon seedlings. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 25: 36-40(2002) 39
5 Figure 2. Photographs of the gummy stem blight disease rating assay for watermelon detached leaves. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 25: 36-40(2002) 40
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