Jones, LM, Koehler, A-K orcid.org/0000-0002-1059-8056, Trnka, M et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Climate change is predicted to alter the current pest status of Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis in the United Kingdom. Global Change Biology, 23 (11). https://do. pp. 4497-4507. ISSN 1354-1013
Abstract
The potato cyst nematodes Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis are economically important plant pathogens causing losses to UK potato harvests estimated at £50m/ year. Implications of climate change on their future pest status have not been fully considered. Here, we report growth of female G. pallida and G. rostochiensis over the range 15 to 25 °C. Females per plant and their fecundity declined progressively with temperatures above 17.5 °C for G. pallida, whilst females per plant were optimal between 17.5 and 22.5 ºC for G. rostochiensis. Relative reproductive success with temperature was confirmed on two potato cultivars infected with either species at 15, 22.5 and 25 ºC. The reduced reproductive success of G. pallida at 22.5 °C relative to 15 °C was also recorded for a further seven host cultivars studied. The differences in optimal temperatures for reproductive success may relate to known differences in the altitude of their regions of origin in the Andes. Exposure of G. pallida to a diurnal temperature stress for one week during female growth significantly suppressed subsequent growth for one week at 17.5 C but had no effect on G. rostochiensis. However, after two weeks of recovery female size was not significantly different from that for the control treatment. Future soil temperatures were simulated for medium and high emissions scenarios and combined with nematode growth data to project future implications of climate change for the two species. Increased soil temperatures associated with climate change may reduce the pest status of G. pallida but benefit G. rostochiensis especially in southern UK. We conclude that plant breeders may be able to exploit the thermal limits of G. pallida by developing potato cultivars able to grow under future warm summer conditions. Existing widely deployed resistance to G. rostochiensis is an important characteristic to retain for new potato cultivars.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | climate change; Globodera pallida ; Globodera rostochiensis ; plant pathogens; potato cyst nematode; soil temperature simulations; soil-borne pests |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BBSRC BB/J015563/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2017 10:33 |
Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2018 01:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/gcb.13676 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113124 |