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Introduction of an opportunistic bacterial cotton pathogen into bolls by the southern green stink bug ( Nezara viridula L.). E. G. Medrano, J. F. Esquivel, and A. A. Bell USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX. Seed Rot of South Carolina Cotton. Emerging disease - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction of an opportunistic bacterial cotton pathogen into
bolls by the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula L.)
E. G. Medrano, J. F. Esquivel, and A. A. BellUSDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX
Seed Rot of South Carolina Cotton
• Emerging disease
• First reported during 1999 in South Carolina
• Yield losses from 10 to 15%
• Spread to fields located throughout southeastern Cotton Belt states
Disease Symptoms
• Disease symptoms manifested inside bolls
• Exterior carpel of immature diseased bolls are non-symptomatic
• Cross-sections of immature diseased bolls reveal necrotic seed and discolored fiber
Previous Work
• Role of Pantoea agglomerans in opportunistic bacterial seed and boll rot of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) grown in the field (Medrano and Bell,
2007, Journal of Applied Microbiology- 102, 134-143)• Transmission of cotton seed and boll rotting
bacteria by the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula L. (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) (Medrano, Esquivel, and Bell, 2007, Journal of
Applied Microbiology- in press)
Boll inoculated with P. agglomerans Rif (PaRif )*
*28-gauge needle simulating insect puncture (Medrano & Bell 2007)
r r
Comparison of diseased greenhouse* and field cotton
*28-gauge needle simulating insect puncture (Medrano & Bell 2007)
Cotton Insect Pests• Piercing/sucking mouthparts used for feeding
on developing fruit
• Includes stink bugs, lygus, and cotton fleahoppers
Insect Transmission Study Method• Lab-reared southern green stink bugs (SGSB) were raised on
fresh green beans (not sterile) that were replenished every 2 days.
• Bacterial exposure to insects:
SterilizedGreenBean
PaRif r
H2O
Provided to insectfor 2 days
Soaked 2 min in:
or
Insect Transmission Study Method (cont’d)
• Cotton boll harvesting: -Evidence of insect feeding was determined after
boll exposure to insects. -Bolls were surface sterilized and then seed and lint
tissue were aseptically collected, triturated, and thendilution plated on media with/without Rif.
• Exposure of cotton bolls to insects:
Weeks PostAnthesis:
2 wks Caged2 days
Harvestedafter:
2 wks
Cotton bolls exposed to SGSB
PaRif +r
PaRif -r
Cotton bolls exposed to SGSB
PaRif +r
PaRif -r
Cotton bolls exposed to SGSB
PaRif +r PaRif -r
Cotton bolls exposed to SGSB
PaRif +r
PaRif -r