Diffuse Associations Between Drosophila suzukii and Filamentous Fungal Microbes May Alter Caneberry Disease Dynamics.
Phytopathology
; 114(1): 137-145, 2024 Jan.
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Interactions between microorganisms and frugivorous insects can modulate fruit rot disease epidemiology. Insect feeding and/or oviposition wounds may create opportunities for fungal infection. Passive and active dispersal of fungal inoculums by adult insects also increases disease incidence. In fall-bearing raspberries and blackberries, such vectoring interactions could increase crop damage from the invasive pestiferous vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii (spotted-wing drosophila). Periods of peak D. suzukii activity are known to overlap with several species of primary fruit rot pathogen, particularly Botrytis cinerea and Cladosporium cladosporioides, and previous work indicates that larvae co-occur with and feed on various filamentous fungi at low rates. To further our understanding of the epidemiological consequences that may emerge from these associations, we surveyed the filamentous fungal community associated with adult D. suzukii, isolating and molecularly identifying fungi externally and internally (indicating feeding) from field-collected adults over 3 years. We isolated and identified 37 unique genera of fungi in total, including known raspberry pathogens. Most fungi were detected infrequently, and flies acquired and carried fungi externally at higher richness, frequency, and density relative to internally. In a worst-case scenario laboratory vectoring assay, D. suzukii adults were able to transfer B. cinerea and C. cladosporioides to sterile media at 0, 24, 48, and 72 h after exposure to sporulating cultures in Petri dishes. These results collectively suggest an adventitious vectoring association between D. suzukii and fruit rot fungi that has the potential to alter caneberry disease dynamics.
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2024
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