01756nas a2200181 4500008004100000245016900041210006900210260001200279300001400291490000700305520111500312100001301427700001601440700001701456700002101473700001401494856006601508 2013 eng d00aAssessment of Australian native annual/herbaceous perennial plant species as asymptomatic or symptomatic hosts of Phytophthora cinnamomi under controlled conditions0 aAssessment of Australian native annualherbaceous perennial plant c06/2013 a245–2510 v433 a

Phytophthora cinnamomi is a necrotrophic pathogen of woody perennials and devastates many biomes worldwide. A controlled perlite–hydroponic system with no other hyphae-producing organisms as contaminants present allowed rapid assessment of ten annual and herbaceous perennial plant species most of which have a wide distribution within the jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest in Western Australia where this pathogen has been introduced. As some annuals and herbaceous perennials have recently been reported as symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts, laboratory screening of some of the field-tested annuals and herbaceous perennials and additional species was used to further evaluate their role in the pathogen's disease cycle. Nine of the species challenged with the pathogen were asymptomatic, with none developing root lesions; however, Trachymene pilosa died. The pathogen produced thick-walled chlamydospores and stromata in the asymptomatic roots. Furthermore, haustoria were observed in the roots, indicating that the pathogen was growing as a biotroph in these hosts.

1 aCrone, M1 aMcComb, J A1 aO'Brien, P A1 aHardy, St, G E J1 aAndrea, V uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/efp.12027/abstract