Influence of the Current State of Global Warming on Fruit Tree Growth in Japan

Sugiura, Toshihiko; Kuroda, Hajime; Sugiura, Hiroyoshi

doi:10.2503/hrj.6.257

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“…Host plant species of S. commune with reference to mode of infection are listed in Table 1. Recently, it was pointed out that global warming may enhance the incidence of sunscald, late frost damage and even freezing injury, depending on locality and tree species 53 . Therefore, appropriate care of trees suffering from such climatic damage will be of increasing importance to manage wood-rot diseases caused by S. commune and other basidiomycetous pathogens.…”

Section: Parasitism On Living Plantsmentioning

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Schizophyllum commune as a Ubiquitous Plant Parasite

Takemoto

Nakamura

Erwin

et al. 2010

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Schizophyllum commune is a sap-rot basidiomycete and cosmopolitan species. The fungus is also recognized as a plant pathogen that causes wood rot on living trees, and many plant species including fruit and ornamental trees have been recorded as hosts. In this paper, previous studies on the plant parasitism of S. commune and related information to date were reviewed, in addition to the unique characters of the fungus. Though the fungus is only a poor wood decomposer in vitro, it preferably invades living tissues of plants including bark and sapwood, being exceptional as a wood-rot basidiomycete. Basidiospores are abundantly ejected in the air, and pruning wounds, freeze injuries and sunscald lesions are major infection courts for them. Wood-rot disease by the fungus is promoted by drought, freezing temperatures and other weather conditions unfavorable for plants; the fungus is adapted to such adverse environmental conditions. It is expected that, depending on plant species and localities, ongoing global warming enhances plant damage, which may predispose plants to fungal infection. Schizophyllum rot possibly helps other wood-rot pathogens to infect and establish. More attention should be paid to the wood-rot disease complex in which S. commune is involved. In conclusion, various aspects on the biology of S. commune still remain to be studied in relation to the mechanism of its pathogenesis.Discipline: Plant disease Additional key words: broad host range, latent infection, sap rot, white rot, wood-rot disease Present address:

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Schizophyllum commune as a Ubiquitous Plant Parasite

Takemoto

Nakamura

Erwin

et al. 2010

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“…As a result, dormancy has an impact upon the following season's fruit production and vegetative growth. Recent global climate changes such as global warming (Solomon, 2007) are reported to affect winter chilling accumulation (Atkinson et al, 2013;Luedeling et al, 2011) and the dormancy release of fruit trees (Sugiura et al, 2007). Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the genetic factors underlying the control of dormancy to secure sustainable fruit production and maintain supply (Campoy et al, 2011a).…”

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Regulation of Bud Dormancy and Bud Break in Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume Siebold ^|^amp; Zucc.) and Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]: A Summary of Recent Studies

Yamane

2014

J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci.

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Bud dormancy allows most deciduous fruit tree species to avoid injury in unsuitable environments, synchronize their annual growth, and adapt to a temperate zone climate. Because bud dormancy affects next season's fruit production and vegetative growth, it is considered one of the most important physiological factors that control fruit production. Recent global climate changes require us to better understand the genetic factors regulating bud dormancy, especially those that induce dormancy release and subsequent bud break. In this review, environmental factors that affect the seasonal dormancy depth of Japanese apricot (P. mume Siebold & Zucc.) and peach [P. persica (L.) Batsch] are first outlined. Next, recent progress of genetic, biochemical, and molecular biological studies of Prunus dormancy regulation is described. Recent advances in functional genomics have promoted the discovery of gene function and gene networks associated with bud dormancy regulation. A group of candidate genes for bud dormancy regulation, the DORMANCY-ASSOCIATED MADS-box (DAM) genes in Prunus, are focused. Recently reported expressional analysis suggests a significant role for DAMs in dormancy release and bud break of Japanese apricot and peach vegetative buds. Transformation studies of PmDAM6 have demonstrated that it has an inhibitory effect on the apical growth of poplar (Populus spp.). As bud dormancy is a quantitative polygenic trait, not only DAMs, but also other genes and gene networks appear to regulate bud dormancy. Ongoing and future studies will undoubtedly facilitate the unveiling of the molecular aspects of bud dormancy regulation in temperate fruit tree species of Prunus.

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“…Nonuniform flowering is thought to be caused by irregular bud endodormancy release, which probably results from global warming (Sugiura et al, 2007). Moreover, the optimal production regions for some fruit trees such as apple (Malus × domestica) are predicted to move to more northern areas of Japan in the near future (Sugiura and Yokozawa, 2004); therefore, it is necessary to investigate the genetic factors that control endodormancy.…”

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454-Pyrosequencing of the Transcriptome in Leaf and Flower Buds of Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) at Different Dormant Stages

Habu

Yamane

Igarashi

et al. 2012

J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci.

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Bud dormancy in temperate woody perennials is a complex process consisting of three different stages; paradormancy, endodormancy, and ecodormancy. Endodormant buds differ from the other types of dormant buds in that they cannot resume growth under favorable conditions. Because endodormant buds require a certain amount of chilling accumulation for the transition to ecodormancy, genes showing chilling-mediated differential expression patterns are candidates for internal factors controlling endodormancy. To search for genes controlling the endodormancy of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.), we performed 454-pyrosequencing to examine gene expression patterns of the dormant leaf and flower buds of Japanese apricot at three different stages of dormancy. We also used buds from branches that had been collected at the endodormant stage and treated with cold or non-cold temperatures. From 485,376 reads generated, we obtained 28,382 contigs and 85,247 singletons, of which 47,401 (41.7%) were annotated by BLAST searches against the non-redundant NCBI protein/ nucleotide database. Among them, only 2,530 sequences showed high sequence similarity to Prunus genes in the database, while the remaining 44,871 sequences showed similarity to known genes of other genera and were novel in Prunus. Functional classification by the gene ontology (GO) term indicated that the genes obtained in this study function in a relatively wide range of biological processes. We searched for up-regulated genes in endodormant leaf and flower buds and found that 74 and 82 genes, respectively, were up-regulated at the endodormant stage as compared with the paradormant stage. About one-third of them, 21 and 25 genes in the leaf and flower buds, respectively, were down-regulated at the ecodormant stage as compared with the endodormant stage. P. mume DORMANCY-ASSOCIATED MADS (PmDAM) genes were among those that were up-regulated preferentially in endodormant buds. From the EST data obtained, we constructed a "Japanese apricot dormant bud EST database" (JADB) for future studies on dormancy in Prunus.

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Influence of the Current State of Global Warming on Fruit Tree Growth in Japan

Cited by 79 publications

References 30 publications

Schizophyllum commune as a Ubiquitous Plant Parasite

Schizophyllum commune as a Ubiquitous Plant Parasite

Regulation of Bud Dormancy and Bud Break in Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume Siebold ^|^amp; Zucc.) and Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]: A Summary of Recent Studies

454-Pyrosequencing of the Transcriptome in Leaf and Flower Buds of Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) at Different Dormant Stages

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