Stimulation of sexual reproduction in Phytophthora cactorum and P. parasitica by fatty acids and related compounds

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1140-1144

  Jee, Hyeong Jin ^a,b   Ko, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA;

EID: 0031463068     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297004127     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Ann, P. J. & Ko, W. H. (1988). Hormonal heterothallism in Phytophthora parasitica: a novel mode of sexual reproduction? Journal of General Microbiology 134, 2985-2992.
2. Burnett, J. H. (1976). Fundamentals of Mycology, 2nd ed. Crane Russak & Co.: New York.
3. Carroll, K. K. (1961). Separation of lipid classes by chromatography on florisil. Journal of Lipid Research 2, 135-141.
4. Elliott, C. G. (1983). Physiology of sexual reproduction in Phytophthora. In Phytophthora: Its Biology, Taxonomy, Ecology, and Pathology (ed. D. C. Erwin, S. Bartnicki-García & P. H. Tsao), pp. 71-80. American Phytopathological Society: St Paul, MN.
5. Elliott, C. G., Hendrie, M. E., Knight, B. A. & Parker, W. (1964). A steroid growth factor requirement in a fungus. Nature 203, 427-428.
6. Harnish, W. N. (1968). Effect of sterols in sexual reproduction of Phytophthora cactorum. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 40, 99-104.
7. Hendrix, J. W. (1970). Sterols in growth and reproduction of fungi. Annual Review of Phytopathology 8, 111-130.
8. Ho, W. C. & Ko, W. H. (1980). Agarose medium for bioassay of antimicrobial substances. Phytopathology 70, 764-766.
9. Hunter, J. H., Berg, L. A., Harnish, W. N. & Merz, W. G. (1965). The nutritional requirements for sexual reproduction in some species of Phytophthora. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 37, 75-62.
10. Jee, H. J., Tang, C. S. & Ko, W. H. (1997). Stimulation of sexual reproduction in Phytophthora cactorum by phospholipids is not due to sterol contamination. Microbiology (in press).
11. Kerwin, J. L. & Duddles, N. D. (1989). Reassessment of the role of phospholipids in sexual reproduction by sterol-auxotrophic fungi. Journal of Bacteriology 171, 3831-3839.
12. Ko, W. H. (1985). Stimulation of sexual reproduction of Phytophthora cactorum by phospholipids. Journal of General Microbiology 131, 2591-2594.
13. Ko, W. H. (1986). Sexual reproduction of Pythium aphanidermatum: stimulation by phospholipids. Phytopathology 76, 1159-1160.
14. Ko, W. H. (1988). Hormonal heterothallism and homothallism in Phytophthora. Annual Review of Phytopathology 26, 57-73.
15. Ko, W. H., Chase, L. L. & Kunimoto, R. K. (1973). A microsyringe method for determining concentration of fungal propagules. Phytopathology 63, 1206-1207.
16. Ko, W. H. & Ho, W. C. (1983). Reassessment of apparent sterol requirement for sexual reproduction in Phytophthora. Annals of the Phytopathological Society of Japan 49, 316-321.
17. Losel, D. M. (1988). Fungal lipids. In Microbial Lipids, Vol. 1 (ed. C. Ratledge & S. C. Wilkinson), pp. 699-806. Academic Press: San Diego, CA.
18. Nes, W. D. (1987). Biosynthesis and requirement for sterols in the growth and reproduction of Oomycetes. In Ecology and Metabolism of Plant Lipids (ed. G. Fuller & W. D. Nes), pp. 304-328. American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C.
19. Nes, W. D. (1988). Phytophthorols - novel lipids produced by Phytophthora cactorum. Lipids 23, 9-16.
20. Nes, W. D., Saunders, G. A. & Heftmann, E. (1982). Role of steroids and triterpenoids in the growth and reproduction of Phytophthora cactorum. Lipids 7, 178-183.
21. Robinson, T. (1991). The Organic Constituents of Higher Plants, 6th ed. Cordus Press: North Amherst, MA.
22. Smith, J. E. & Berry, D. R. (1974). An Introduction to the Biochemistry of Fungal Development. Academic Press: New York.
23. Webster, J. (1980). Introduction to Fungi. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, U.K.