Leptosphaeria maculans, agent de la nécrose du collet des crucifères, est un agent pathogène majeur du colza (Brassica napus). La lutte génétique est aujourd'hui le procédé le plus utilisé afin de protéger les cultures des attaques de ce champignon. Cette méthode se base principalement sur l'utilisation de cultivars possédant des gènes de résistance spécifique (Rlm) qui permettent le déclenchement des réactions de défense de la plante parla reconnaissance directe ou indirecte des produits des gènes d'avirulence correspondants (AvrLm) présents dans la population pathogène. Plusieurs de ces résistances ont déjà été massivement déployées en France et dans le monde, connaissant dans un premier temps un fort succès commercial grâce à la protection fournie, suivie d'une perte d'efficacité très rapide. Avant cette thèse, le nombre d'études au champ des processus impliqués dans le contournement d'un gène de résistance était très limité, en particulier chez les champignons. L'objectif de cette thèse était d'étudier l'évolution moléculaire du gène d'avirulence AvrLm4-7sous pression de sélection, en profitant de son clonage et de la commercialisation récente de cultivars Rlm7, afin d'obtenir une étude précoce et détaillée des mécanismes moléculaires à l'origine du contournement d'une résistance spécifique. Le gène AvrLm4-7 présente l'originalité de coder pour une protéine responsable d'une double spécificité d'interaction vis-à-vis des gènes Rlm4 et Rlm7. Dans un premier temps, j'ai pu valider par mutagenèse dirigée le rôle primordial de l'acide aminé 120 dont la mutation affecte la reconnaissance d'AvrLm4 par Rlm4 sans toutefois altérer la reconnaissance d'AvrLm7 par Rlm7.Le contournement de la résistance Rlm7 a été ensuite analysé à l'aide d'une importante collection de souches prélevée sur deux sites expérimentaux indépendants (Grignon ; Versailles) sur une période de trois ans. Sur le premier site était cultivée une variété Rlm7 en monoculture avec un travail du sol simplifié tandis que sur le second site, le mode de culture incluait rotation culturale et enfouissement par labour des résidus de cultures. Il a ensuite été montré que, au contraire de la reconnaissance AvrLm4/Rlm4, un grand nombre d'évènements de mutation peuvent être à l'origine de la virulence d'une souche vis-à-vis de Rlm7. L'analyse moléculaire des souches virulentes et avirulentes de cette collection a ainsi permis de répertorier sept catégories d'évènements de mutation. La grande majorité des cas concerne la délétion d'AvrLm4-7 mais des mutations dues au RIP et plusieurs autres évènements de mutation provoquant l'introduction prématurée de codons stop dans la séquence codante du gène sont aussi observés. La majorité de ces évènements de mutation sont liés à la reproduction sexuée du champignon et ont lieu au sein même de la parcelle d'étude. Le phénotypage de cette collection a par ailleurs révélé un fort contraste entre les deux sites expérimentaux, démontrant ainsi l'importance des pratiques culturales dans le maintien de l'efficacité de la résistance Rlm7 dans le temps. En effet, après trois années de culture de cultivars Rlm7, la fréquence des souches virulentes a7 dans les populations du site de Versailles reste inférieure à 1 % contre environ 30 % sur le site de Grignon. Finalement, le phénotypage de la collection de souches a également montré que le contournement de Rlm7 s'accompagnait dans plus de 98% des souches de la résurgence de l'avirulence AvrLm3. Par l'étude de cette collection et par croisements génétiques, j'ai pu montrer que AvrLm3 n'était pas un nouvel allèle d'avrLm4-7 mais un second gène situé en région télomérique à 19.3 cM d'AvrLm4-7. J'ai également démontré une interaction fonctionnelle antagoniste entre AvrLm4-7 et AvrLm3 qui empêche la reconnaissance Rlm3 /AvrLm3 en présence d'AvrLm4-7 et explique la restauration de l'avirulence AvrLm3 lors de la perte de l'avirulence AvrLm7.Par une association originale de biologie moléculaire, de génétique des populations et d'agronomie, j'ai ainsi pu apporter une nouvelle illustration à la course aux armements entre un agent pathogène et sa plante hôte, les gènes AvrLm3 et AvrLm4-7 utilisant deux stratégies distinctes afin d'échapper à la reconnaissance de leurs gènes de résistance spécifiques.

La maîtrise des épidémies fongiques par l'utilisation de résistances génétiques occupe une place centrale dans mon parcours de recherches. En tant qu'épidémiologiste, j'étudie la biologie et la génétique des populations du champignon responsable du phoma (Leptosphaeria maculans) en relation avec la stabilité de l'efficacité des résistances du colza dans les agro-écosystèmes. Comme trame à mon rapport d'HDR, je propose de revenir sur ce parcours en montrant en quoi l'utilisation du concept d'"épidémie" verrouillait notre conception d'épidémiologistes en focalisant les travaux sur l'échelle de la parcelle pendant la saison culturale ; puis comment mes travaux sur les populations naturelles (d'escargots) m'ont permis d'enrichir ma vision d'agronome. Ces connaissances m'ont permis de travailler à renforcer la prise en compte conjointe de l'épidémiologie et de la génétique des populations en étudiant la transmission de descendants entre saisons culturales. J'ai en particulier produit des connaissances sur la production d'inoculum à l'issue de la saison culturale et sur la dissémination entre parcelles. En parallèle à la production de connaissances, mon investissement théorique m'a permis de proposer un cadre dans lequel l'épidémiologie - à condition de la penser en termes d'"épidémies cycliques" - peut permettre le dialogue entre génétique et agronomie, entre dynamique et évolution des populations. Ceci ouvre la perspective de travailler dans les agro-écosystèmes, sur la coévolution entre métapopulations pathogènes (les champignons) et métapopulations hôtes (les plantes), sous l'influence des actions humaines.

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2008. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

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To improve understanding of the effectiveness of host resistance against Leptosphaeria spp., three aspects of effectiveness of resistance were investigated. With focus on the major Rlm-mediated resistance against L. maculans, changes in effectiveness of Rlm7-mediated resistance to prevent initiation of disease epidemics at the leaf spot stage were investigated in winter oilseed rape field experiments at five sites in the UK over the period with the cropping seasons 2009/2010 - 2013/2014. L. maculans isolates virulent against Rlm7 were identified in the UK. This may be associated with observed changes in lesion phenotypes on the Rlm7 cultivars in field conditions. However, despite increased severity of phoma leaf spotting on Rlm7 cultivars, there was no associated increase in phoma stem canker severity at the end of the cropping seasons. The effectiveness of winter oilseed rape cultivars for control of phoma stem canker (caused by L. maculans or L. biglobosa) was affected by the coexistence of the two Leptosphaeria species in oilseed rape crops. Weather conditions influenced ascospore release of both species and favoured L. biglobosa ascospore release in 2011, resulting in subsequent increased L. biglobosa phoma leaf spotting and stem canker severity. However, coexistence of Leptosphaeria spp. on oilseed rape crops was affected by the cultivar resistance against L. maculans. CE experiments showed that there were interactions between the two Leptosphaeria spp. in planta. Their coexistence on B. napus was influenced by the different host responses that they trigger during host colonisation. Effects of increased temperature on effectiveness of resistance against L. maculans and on severity of symptoms by Leptosphaeria spp. on B. napus were investigated. Increased temperature affected both Rlm4- and Rlm7-mediated resistance, when assessed by phenotypic and molecular techniques. Increased temperature was associated with increased symptom severity, for both L. maculans and L. biglobosa lesions on plants. Cultivar quantitative resistance background increased effectiveness of resistance against phoma stem canker pathogens at increased temperature and should be deployed in in strategies for adaptation to climate change to avoid increased phoma stem canker epidemics in the future.

Masters of Science / Bacterial endophytes are able to improve the growth of their hosts through a number of different mechanisms such as nutrient uptake regulation, plant hormone production and regulation, siderophore production and phosphate solubilisation. They have also been shown to be able to provide protection to plants against various abiotic stressors, through various means such as oxidative stress protection. The purpose of this study was therefore to isolate endophytic bacteria from the stems of different weeds, to characterize their ability to use some of the most important growth promoting mechanisms including the ability to produce IAA, siderophores and ACC deaminase, what effect they had on the nutrient uptake in their hosts and to determine to what extent they could promote growth in the roots, stems and leaves of Brassica napus plants. In addition to this the endophytes were tested to see to what extent they could protect Brassica napus from the negative effects of vanadium stress and how this affected the plant physiologically in terms of morphology, overall biomass, the plants nutrient profile, lipid peroxidation and levels of cell death. The effect of vanadium stress on the oxidative state of Brassica napus was also monitored by determining the levels of stress induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the corresponding antioxidants that are responsible for regulating these reactive oxygen species. Six different endophytes (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6) were isolated from different weed samples. Each endophyte was found to be able to significantly improve germination and growth in their host plant. Each isolate was able to improve the uptake of certain macronutrients and micronutrients in their respective hosts, while all of the isolates were shown to be capable of producing siderophores and ACC deaminase. One isolate had high levels of IAA production, with the remaining isolates producing small amounts of IAA. All isolates were also unable to solubilize phosphate. The five best performing endophytes (P1, P2, P3, P5, P6) in the preliminary growth trials were used in the follow up vanadium stressed growth trials, with endophyte P4 being left out of the remaining experiments. All of the endophytes showed improvements in growth promotion in comparison to the control, with endophyte treated plants showing both increased growth and biomass in both the non-stressed and vanadium stressed treatments of the vanadium stressed growth trial; however, the leaves of the vanadium stressed plants were significantly smaller than their non-stressed counterparts. When looking at the oxidative state it was found that vanadium stress caused a significant increase in the development of O2 -, H2O2 and •OH in the control and in addition to this it was shown that treatment with endophytes was able to cause a significant decrease in the levels of stress induced H2O2 and •OH in all of the treatments and O2 - for plants treated with endophyte P5. The noted change in the oxidative state of endophyte treated plants was attributed to an increase in the antioxidant activity of these plants, as it was found that endophyte treated plants showed a combination of increased activity for Superoxide dismutase, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase. This study has shown that endophytic bacteria from plant stems can be used to improve crop growth and yield, while simultaneously producing more nutrient dense crops from the same amount of land. It has also determined that endophytes P1, P2, P3, P5 and P6 are able to successfully provide protection to crop plants from the harmful effects of exposure to vanadium stress. This has great potential for improving food security locally and around the world, by allowing those who cannot gain access to large amounts of food to take in more nutrients from the same amount of food. Furthermore, it also presents the opportunity to use endophyte treatments to grow crops on land that has been previously contaminated with certain heavy metals. / 2023-12-01