Phytophthora, Nothophytophthora and Halophytophthora diversity in rivers, streams and riparian alder ecosystems of Central Europe

0577398 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Corcobado, T. - Cech, T.L. - Daxer, A. - Datková, M. - Janoušek, J. - Patra, Sneha - Jahn, D. - Hüttler, C. - Milenkovic, I. - Tomšovský, M. - Jung, M. H. - Jung, T.
Phytophthora, Nothophytophthora and Halophytophthora diversity in rivers, streams and riparian alder ecosystems of Central Europe.
Mycological Progress. Roč. 22, č. 7 (2023), č. článku 50. ISSN 1617-416X. E-ISSN 1861-8952
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS IV - 90248
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : Oomycetes * Hybrids * Alpine * Dieback * Water filtration * Phytophthora plurivora
OECD category: Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection
Impact factor: 2.4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-023-01898-1

Waterways are ideal pathways for Phytophthora dispersal and potential introduction to terrestrial ecosystems. While many Phytophthora species from phylogenetic clades 6, 9 and 10 are predominant oomycetes in watercourses due to their adaptation to a lifestyle as saprotrophs and opportunistic pathogens of riparian plants, species from clades 2, 7 and 8 are predominantly soil- or airborne using aquatic habitats as temporal niches for spreading and invading terrestrial sites along the watercourses. In contrast to forest ecosystems, knowledge of Phytophthora diversity in watercourses in Central Europe is limited. Between 2014 and 2019 extensive surveys of streams and rivers were undertaken across Austria, in South Moravia, Czech Republic and Zilina province, Slovakia to unveil the diversity and distribution of Phytophthora and related oomycetes. In addition, in Austria riparian forests of black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and grey alder (A. incana) in lowlands and in the Alps were examined. A variety of Phytophthora species from clades 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were isolated, with clade 6 species showing the widest distribution and abundance. Furthermore, interspecific clade 6 hybrids and other oomycetes such as Halophytophthora fluviatilis and undescribed Nothophytophthora spp. were also obtained. In riparian alders, symptoms of Phytophthora infections were associated with species from the P.xalni complex and P. plurivora. Phytophthora plurivora was most common in alder stands whereas P. uniformis was the oomycete species occurring at the highest altitude in alpine riparian areas.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346582