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Disease Reports and Disease Diagnostics / Rapports Des Maladies

First report of Phytophthora infestans genotype US17 causing late blight on potato and tomato in British Columbia, Canada

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Accepted 17 Mar 2024, Published online: 11 Apr 2024
 

Abstract

Potato and tomato are grown in all Canadian provinces and contribute billions of dollars in exports and sales. Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a destructive disease of potato and tomato worldwide and is responsible for millions of dollars in losses annually. Changes in pathogen strains were reported to be associated with late blight epidemics in several regions and pose challenges to late blight management. In British Columbia (BC), diverse strains of P. infestans were reported. Using multiplex microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, we identified the new genotype US17 of P. infestans from samples of potato and tomato with late blight in BC. All isolates were of the A1 mating type. One, five, and one isolates were sensitive, moderately resistant, and highly resistant to metalaxyl-m, respectively. This is the first report of the occurrence of the US17 genotype in BC and Canada. The US17 strain was also able to cause tuber rot and foliar blight symptoms in potato in pathogen-inoculated assays.

Résumé

La pomme de terre et la tomate sont cultivées dans toutes les provinces canadiennes et représentent des milliards de dollars en exportations et en ventes. Le mildiou, causé par Phytophthora infestans, est une maladie destructrice de la pomme de terre et de la tomate dans le monde entier et est responsable de millions de dollars de pertes chaque année. Des changements dans les souches de pathogènes ont été signalés comme étant associés aux épidémies de mildiou dans plusieurs régions et posent des défis à la gestion du mildiou. En Colombie-Britannique, diverses souches de P. infestans ont été signalées. En utilisant des marqueurs microsatellites multiplex ou des répétitions de séquences simples (SSR), nous avons identifié le nouveau génotype US17 de P. infestans à partir d’échantillons de pommes de terre et de tomates atteints de mildiou en Colombie-Britannique. Tous les isolats étaient de type A1. Un, cinq et un isolats étaient respectivement sensibles, modérément résistants et hautement résistants au métalaxyl-m. Il s’agit du premier signalement de la présence du génotype US17 en Colombie-Britannique et au Canada. La souche US17 a également été capable de provoquer des symptômes de pourriture des tubercules et de brûlure foliaire de la pomme de terre dans des essais avec inoculation de pathogènes.

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the Canada/New Brunswick Canadian Agricultural Partnership Program and the Canadian Agri-Science Cluster for Horticulture 3 (2810-ASC-18/19 Hort Cluster 13A) for funding this work. We also thank ES Crop Consultant, BC for their assistance in collecting disease samples.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

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