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Kenneth B Johnson1, Todd N Temple1
1Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-2902.
Abstract:
Greenhouse-grown, 1-year-old potted 'Bosc' pear and apple rootstock cultivars 'M.9' and 'M.26' were inoculated with the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora, and subjected to trunk paint, root drench, or foliar spray treatments with acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM, 4 to 30 mg a.i./tree) to induce systemic acquired resistance. Each method of ASM treatment suppressed fire blight canker expansion by 22 to 25%. Furthermore, ASM application method and ASM treatment timing (at or ±3 weeks relative to inoculation) interacted significantly (P ≤ 0.02) in each experiment. A root drench was most effective when applied 3 weeks before inoculation (36% suppression) whereas trunk paints and foliar sprays were more effective at inoculation (43 and 34%, suppression, respectively). Sizes of fire blight cankers in potted apple rootstocks M.9 and M.26 (under scions 'Gala' or 'Cameo') inoculated directly with the pathogen were reduced by 82 and 87% after two pretreatments of ASM applied as a trunk paint or root drench, respectively. Expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes PR-1 and -2 in apple leaves sampled after an ASM trunk paint were elevated significantly (P ≤ 0.05) relative to control trees for at least 9 weeks after treatment. Results of this study are being used to guide field research on postinfection therapy with ASM in 1- to 10-year-old pear and apple trees where fire blight has proven difficult to manage with therapeutic pruning only.
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